If bannon follows through on his threats . Plus, after the deadly clash in charlottesville, are we in a new culture war . What do you think the country will see in the next few months . In the next few years . From the white house to your house, we take on the moments that matter this week. From abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning. What happens when a president faces a defining moment for all americans and chooses to speak only to a portion of his base . Who pays the price . If you voted for donald trump, you may have agreed with what you heard tuesday when the president tore into the media, doubled down on his assertion that both sides in charlottesville shared the blame. The polls say that message went over reasonably well with trumps most loyal supporters. But if youre among those who liked what you heard, you should also know that those words wont come cheap. By alienating so much of america. Including allies in the Republican Party and the busi
Welcome to each and everyone of you. We are thrilled that you could be here critical with the weather. Went to thank our underwriters, later on this evening we will have an opportunity for questions and our great team will be passing around cards if you have questions. If you have questions you can write them down and we will collect them and answer those questions. Want to thank those for joining us either from cspan which is joining us, we appreciate that. Also streaming from the jfk museum and other folks streaming. Ino for those of you coming you may have noticed this is the Stephen Smith rumored when i said there is no place in the world that would rather be doing this, i mean literally there is no place in the world that one that is much more appropriate. We are thrilled to be doing this for the centennial, in jfks words there is an event going on is an event that been dedicated to the president. Please check out the website, we would love to have you participate in many of those
Virginia. Explore anere to aspect of the civil war that is very much in the news. It has been in the news for several years. Some of you have found these rancorous debates about civil justonuments traveling and wish the debates will go away. But you know it wont just go away. The constructive thing to do is to accept the debates is evidence that the subject of our institution, the American Civil War museum, is relevant today. Many of you are regulars to the events, history buffs to look learn you love to study history. I would like to extend a welcome to those of you who are new, the preservationists, in the audience. Museum of the the American Civil War center, we have always audit was our response thought it was our responsibility to engage constructively with issues arising from the civil war, whether that subject be monuments, the confederate battle flag or the discussion of slavery as the cause of the war. Today is to promote a constructive and civil consideration of civil war mon
For their wonderful work on the bliss of the. And i think former staffers teresa and i think former staffers for their aid with my archival and photo research. This book literally would not have been possible without their expertise and assistance. Since we are here on site, i want to set the scene at the white house of the confederacy, nextdoor. I want to make sure you know the setting before we get started. Can everyone hear me ok . Is that good . Book,oing to read from my winnie davis, daughter of the lost cause, from the introduction. The girls who loved the poison great, the girls to country true, can never in wedlock give their hands to those who were the blue. This is from a southern poem called true to the gray. Was april 1864, in richmond, virginia. The northern and Southern United States were locked in an epic battle for dominance over states rights and slavery. Thousands were being slaughtered every day. Richmond was literally surrounded by rivers of blood. Depressed and dow
It has captured the fancy of generations for 400 years. The president expresses the gratification of the nation. We are grateful for this loan from the leading artistic power in the world, france. In view of the recent meeting at nassau, i must note further it has been kept under the french control and that france has sent along its own commanderinchief. I want to make it clear as grateful as we are for this painting we will continue to press ahead with the effort to develop an independent force and power of our own. Scores of camera man record the event as the president ial party leads a tribute to the lady who will play host to the many, many thousands in the next three weeks. It acts like a magnet to art lovers and the curious. It is estimated by a curious statistician. The smile that has launched a thousand arguments. The painting is being exhibited under stringent security measures and wooden panels protected from damage in a temperature, humidity controlled case. Nearly 10,000 pe