My wife we have a thought provoking program this evening featuring two accomplished attorneys with high Level Government Experience Bob Bauer and jack goldsmith. Theyre here to talk about their book after trump, reconstructing the presidency. Jack was a veteran of the republican administration. Bob worked in the democratic one. And together theyve written a sort of guide to the damage that donald trumps presidency did to our governing institutions and they suggested how to go about repairing and better protecting our system. A couple of brief housekeeping notes, first though, to post the question at any point, just click on the q a icon at the bottom of the screen. The Tab Function also will be active. Though for comments, not questions, which questions q a column. And in the Tag Column Youll find a link for purchasing copies of after trump. Jack served under president george w. Bush special counsel to the department of defense 20022003 and then as head of the office of legal counsel a
Welcome to Fort Monroe located here on the very pleasant place. We call Point Comfort. Actually, we call it old Point Comfort and thats been that way for a long long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact some would say even longer some would say even thousands of years. Were inside the Casemate Museum aptly named because youre actually inside a casemate the case made is nothing more than a vault inside of Fort Wall. So youre actually inside the Fort Wall kind of unique for museums in this day in time. Were going to walk you through the case may museum and talk about the very interesting history that occurs here some of our stories will deal with the virginia indians the africans that first arrived here and theyre plight during the american civil war. Thousands and thousands of years ago the natives of this land started to migrate they migrated as far as far west as mexico. The Mississippi River Valley they migrated as far south as south america and cent
Buckeye broadband along with these television companies support cspan 2 as a public service now this summer the coronavirus the postponement of the plan olympic games. Were bringing you a conversation about the 1936 olympics held in nazi berlin. There are so many compelling stories from this moment in history ranging from the personal experience of athletes to the german Governments Campaign to camouflage its discriminatory policies. Please join me in welcoming todays guests. First dr. Damien thomas, who is the Sports Curator at the national museum of africanamerican history and culture. Hi, damian, good morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Im excited to participate in this conversation. Glad to have you on and maybe sometime well actually meet in person instead of just through a box on the screen. Our other guest is my former Colleague Dr. Daniel green. Danny is president of the Newberry Library in chicago, and he also served as curator of the Holocaust Museums current spec
The cult old Point Comfort it has been that way for a long, long time. It was here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact some is that even longer. Some would say thousands of years. Aptly named because nothing more than a vault inside the Fort Wall. You are actually inside the Fort Wall which is kind of unique for museums. Were going to walk you through the museum will talk about the very interesting history that occurs here. Some of our stories that first arrived here in their plight during the american civil war. Thousands and thousands of years ago neighbors of this land started to migrate. They migrate as far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america and central america. They migrated or Apartment Row is located today. They were hunters, they were gatherers, they lived a very successful and prosperous life there. 1607 the virginians had learned and mastered the art of cultivation. They struggled the first two years
A bill that will lower cost for families, bring good paying jobs, cut taxes for hardworking americans. Next is a chart 4, which will stem the tide of antidemocratic policies and states across the country and protect the path to the Ballot Box for every single american. 18 states have enacted 30 Voter Suppression laws this year. The supreme court has even seen chipping away at the voting Rights Act. This is the kind of systematic assault on the right to vote that our friend and former colleague John Lewis spent his life fighting against. John lewis used to say that the vote is precious, almost sacred. It is appalling to many of us that there are people trying to trample all over that we dont have a moment to spare. Not only must congress act, we have a responsibility to do so. The third is the amendment to the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Ive got bridges in my district that are older than most of your states, roads and highways all of this country are crumbling and many are in a stat