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that, ambassador seki a will give opening remarks about why he felt the need to initiate this series. [video] even as president ford was growing in assurance and popularity he knew he could not heal the country until the situation with richard nixon was resolved. the former president had resigned. but, would he be prosecuted for ? at ford: ford s .irst meeting, are you saying the option of a pardon is one you will consider? every day was a different crisis, a different issue. it was a different time. he needed to and wanted to attack those problems. but you can t do that when you have a press conference and 90% of the questions are asked about watergate. ruling it out. it is an option. over the labor day weekend, ford gathered his closest legal advisors and considered the options. if nixon faced trial, the country would be mired in watergate for years to come. if he steered america clear of that fate, by pardoning nixon before trial, public anger would cost ....
of moral courage in the presidency of gerald ford. we thought we would open tonight s program with a brief clip of gerald r ford: ford a a test of character, a documentary that aired on national geographic last year. after that the investor will come up and differ much about why he felt the need to initiate this series. [applause] even as president ford was growing in assurance in popularity, he knew he could not truly heal the country until the situation with richard nixon was resolved. the former president had resigned, but would he be prosecuted for his actions? at ford s first major press conference a month into his presidency, journals asked him if he would use his power power to pardon nixon. are you saying that it is an option you will still consider? every day was a different issue. it was serious times. he needed to and wanted to attack those problems, but you can t attack those problems when you have a press conference and 90% of the questions are as ....
of the state. where people had their social networks, their continuities. one of the interesting things has come out of those ofnections was a kind leadership out of a black congregation, particularly the clergy. in this discussion, i am going ,o talk too much about men but males have dominated in some ways the kind of conversation about american politics for a number of reasons as we can see. let us see if my little thing works. let us try that again. a host ofare characters. i will not talk about all of them. there are some things that i really want you to pay attention to. one, it says indigenous community organizations. black churches are indigenous community organizations. by the it is controlled people at the very lowest level. at the ground level. i don t mean that in terms of status but at the ground level. thatherefore, you can see it creates its own organic leadership. a leadership that belongs to its own community. about that aalk little more, these terms, ec ....
good afternoon. want to build on what we began to talk about last week. on monday. african-americans have a civil society, and that is a civil society, i mean a wherey outside the state people had social networks, continuities good continuities. one of the interesting things that has come out of those connections is a kind of leadership out of a black congregation, particularly the .lergy in the suspicion, i will talk to much about men, but males have dominated in some ways the kind of conversation about american politics for a number of reasons, as we can see. we can see if this will work, let s try this again. so there are a host of characters, i m not going to talk about all of them, but there are some things i really want you to pay attention to. one, indigenous community organization. black churches are indigenous community organizations. it is indigenous because it is controlled by the people at the very lowest level, at the ground level. i don t mean that low ....
designated for them. host: okay. caller: i don t know why anybody said that. host: the supreme court, the mortgage will x air in the evening on c-span. right now, we go to the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the marriage, we will air the audio this coming friday on c-span. right now, we go to the house of representatives. speaker s room, washington, d.c., december 5, 2017. hereby appoint the honorable jody b. highs to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to the amendment of the house to s. 371, an act to make technical changes and other improvements to the department of state authorities act, fiscal year 2017. ....