Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Good thursday morning to you, you can call in now. Gallup has been asking this question since 1971. Either extremely proud or very proud to be americans marks the lowest response rate. Here is how it broke down. Those who said they were extremely proud of, 45 of respondents. This is the second Consecutive Year that finding is below the 50 level. 25 saying they are very proud,. 8 saying moderately proud 3 saying they are not at all proud. Here is how the chart breaks down historically from the gallup released earlier this week. The top line, those who said they were extremely or very proud, the numbers have declined. The same for those saying they are extremely proud. The highest readings for extremely proud, 69 and 70 2002 and 2003 2004 after the 9 11 attacks. Fewer than expressed extreme pride in being american. The breakdown split by both partisan
Series. To our speaker this Series Features 11 Panel Discussions over the course of the year to so case to showcase. Let me introduce the discussions to the countering threats to free and open societies. This research this creature onthis researcher focused nonwestern immigrants into the society and defending the rights of muslim women. For more than six years, mr. Diamond talked about the rule of law and leads a program on democracy and mobile digital policy incubator. Senior fellowis a at the Hoover Institution. 26th assistant to the president for National Security affairs and served as an officer in the u. S. Army for 34 years before retiring as a Lieutenant General in june of 2018. The moderator for the panel is neil ferguson. Was a senior fellow at the center for European Studies at harvard where he serves to where he served for 12 years as a professor. Please welcome this group to the stage. [applause] mr. Ferguson good afternoon. Thank you for the introduction and thank you, lad
Learn about their history and life. We will look at highlights of some of these stops. We begin in selma, alabama. Alabama,n selma, africanamericans were denied the right to vote. There were folks throughout the south that did not want these people to have the right to vote. They can be considered second class citizens. Poll taxes would be the price you had to pay per year in order to get on the voting rolls. Say i live here in Dallas County and allke 60 dollars taxes are one dollar a year. Raise that isa 40. Thenf my 60 will go i will have 20 which i have to feed and flow my kids. There are not very many black people who will have extra money left over to pay a poll tax. On something when i have an extra dollar left over and i go down to this courthouse and i show up saying i would like to register to vote. I would go to the county registrar, have my poll tax ready. Takes my pollnel tax but he also administers a literary tax. That tests could take many forms. Ask me the name of the pr
How about that. [laughter] do you know the fourth of july is a celebration of this countrys independence . Are you aware about . I am. Ms. Conway you are . It doesnt sound like you are talking about the patriotism that undergirds it. Reporter so what is the Republican National committee tickets to the president . Ms. Conway it is a public event that is open to the public. The public is welcome to come and celebrate our country, the greatest democracy. The constitution, not just the amendment that appears to interest you on the, the second amendment, but all others. I will not allow you to politicize it. Reporter there are concerns that the president is mixing partisanship and patriotism. Yesterday he was asked if it could make a speech that will which all americans, and he said democrats and their Health Care Plan would destroy the country. Ms. Conway both are true at the same time. You are not given his full response, which is the responsible of you. Otherwise, it sounds like the pres
Brookings institution large to my want to welcome you again. We have a special event and a full house to boot. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic and it is a fair question to ask why, why are we focusing on the murder of one individual . That is the topic that will come up in our discussion today. I think two points are worth pointing out first area and perhaps even right here ive said this here. Brookings has a quaint notion that facts matter. It is controversial, but we do and we think that norms might matter or should matter. That is perhaps more open for debate on which norms and when and i cannot think of a better event to shed light on some of the facts of what became a large important event. Jamal khashoggi was known to many people. He was in this holding many times and known too many people here and abroad. His murdered true more attention than others, it is fair to say. Important also had implications for International Law, for interNational Norms,