of beijing s clampdown on religion and spirituality as it pushes for a revival of communist ideology. and in bolivia people are dying in their cars from covert 19 because over whelmed hospitals are turning them away we have a special report. i m brian thomas good to have you with us today here in germany children have started going back to school just as coronavirus cases are on the rise it s the 1st time many have been in a classroom since march but the experience is not the same a reporter visited one school in the city of rostock in northern germany to see how children there are adjusting. finally back where they wanted to be in the school yard with all of their friends for the 1st time in 5 months these children from john franklin primary school in rust up can play together without a mask and without daring to social distancing rules. even hugs are allowed although not recommended. and specify it s better now because we are allowed to sit next to each other again and we c
his running mate to beat donald trump will take a closer look at why his choice for vice president could be the most important decision of his campaign to win in november. and it appears spain s former king juan carlos has fled the country and that s the corruption from is accused of taking millions of dollars and kickbacks in a saudi arabian rail project. i m brian thomas great to have you with us today here in germany children have started going back to school just as coronavirus cases are on the rise it is the 1st time many have been in a classroom since march but the experience is certainly not going to be the same a reporter visited one school in the city of rostock in northern germany to see how children there are adjusting. finally back where they wanted to be in the schoolyard with all of their friends for the 1st time in 5 months these children from john brinkman primary school in rough stop can play together without a mask and without daring to social distancing rol
ms. voss: we have a tradition at james madison s monthly a of hosting speakers for a special president s day program. this year, we thought it would be a nice change and important and fun to feature our own amazing staff. to feature the research and just the way we are thinking about things currently at montpelier. so it is my pleasure to introduce our first speaker, emily voss. emily is the director of education at the robert h. smith center for the constitution, where we are gathered today, in the home of the robert h. smith center for the constitution. emily has been at montpelier for six years. she is responsible for all of the programming of the center, which involves programs for teachers, programs for police officers, programs for international groups visiting the area. she has an undergraduate degree from gettysburg college, and a masters degree in museum studies from the very prestigious program in cooperstown, new york. and she s going to talk to us today about madi
feature our own amazing staff. to feature the research and just the way the things we re thinking about things currently at montpelier. so it s my pleasure to introduce our first speaker, emily voss. emily is the director of education at the robert h. smith center for the constitution, which is where we are gathered today, in the home of the robert h. smith center for the constitution. emily has been at montpelier for six years. and she is responsible for all of the programming of the center, which involves programs for teachers, programs for police officers, programs for international groups visiting the area. she has an undergraduate degree from gettysburg college and a masters degree in museum studies from the very prestigious program in cooperstown, new york. and she s going to talk to us today about madison and the lead up to the constitution. emily: thank you. all right. i need two seconds to get my powerpoint up. because you can t have anything without a powerpoint,
you have fought and triumphed together. where is lord cornwallace? he is under the weather, sir. general lincoln here will accept the sword. [ shouting ] open the door! what is this? gentlemen, our nation is on the verge of collapse because we are not truly one nation. our current congress can achieve nothing because every state, no matter how small, has an equal vote. we must have a congress whose members are proportional and elected by direct vote. yes. yes! of course, virginia would propose such a plan. the larger states will hold all the power. we fought to preserve the sovereignty of the various states. congress must remain as a single body with one representative per state. yes. i would rather have a monarch again than a tyranny of the states. open the damn door! [ shouting ] my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty land where my fathers died land of the pilgrims pride from every mountainside let freedom ring pushed to their