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minutes. ladies and gentlemen, welcome. i am the president of this wonderful institution. the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. so great to hear those wonderful words of our inspiring mission statement here in the beautifully renovated theater. ladies and gentlemen, just a few months ago we opened up this gorgeous new space renovated with the great foundation. and you re hearing me from the state of the art cool mics on these beautiful new seats. it s a thrill to see so many people here to celebrate the opening of the return of our great exhibit, american spirit. [applause] i want you to go see it after the show if you haven t seen it yet and c-span viewers i want you to come to philadelphia to see this beautiful exhibit which tells an amazing constitutional story that we are going to talk about tonight. that is the constitutional story that poses an incredible ....
months ago we opened up this gorgeous new space renovated with the great foundation. and you re hearing me from the state of the art cool mics on these beautiful new seats. it s a thrill to see so many people here to celebrate the opening of the return of our great exhibit, american spirit. [applause] i want you to go see it after the show if you haven t seen it yet and c-span viewers i want you to come to philadelphia to see this beautiful exhibit which tells an amazing constitutional story that we are going to talk about tonight. that is the constitutional story that poses an incredible question. how did it happen? how did it happen that america voluntarily by a vote of 46 states with only two states dissenting in 1919 decided essentially to ban intoxicating liquors with the 18th amendment and then only 14 years later by a similarly overwhelming majority of 46 states with only two states dissenting changed its mind and repealed the 18th amendment in the 21st amendme ....
forward by the government. and coming up at 10.30am, the travel show heads to thailand to see the world s first elephant hospital. good morning and welcome to bbc news. north korea has staged a massive military parade in the capital pyongyang amid warnings that it will retaliate if it is provoked by the united states. the event was staged amid rising tension about north korea s nuclear we willons programme with pyongyang telling the united states to end what it called a provocative and reckless moves. our correspondentjohn sudworth was invited to witness the event. his movements are being tightly controlled, but earlier he described the scene in pyongyang. it s an extraordinary sight. you can actually feel the ground shake as thousands upon thousands of goose stepping soldiers, tanks, rockets and other weaponry have marched and rumbled their way through the capital city. this is a display of unity for the young north korean leader and it s meant, of course, to send a ....
together today, we will focus on issues of substance that may separate these highly qualified individuals enough so that we can cast an intelligent vote. our opening statement based on the coin toss is from brian fitzpatrick. fitzpatrick: thank you mr. president and steve for participating. this is about you and i hope to get involved despite what was said earlier about the vitriol that s unfortunately taken over a big part of this. don t lose faith, because we need you in that involvement in the process. you need your voice b to be hea, whatever that voice is. my name is brian fitzpatrick, and i come to you from a very different place but he will get to that and a second. i am a lifelong resident of bucks county. i grew up right down the road in the middletown township and it s where my parents still reside. i grew up here and went to grade school, and i went to penn state and i m an eagle scout and a certified licensed attorney and i had the honor to serve my countr ....
then it s the history of african-americans in congress and after 10:00 eastern the 50th anniversary of the national historic preservation act. at 10:45. the dedication of the thomas edison statue in the u.s. capitol. as the nation elects a new president in november, will america have its first foreign born first lady since louise is a adams or will we have a former president as first gentleman? learn more about the influence of america s presidential spouses from c-span s first ladies. now available in paper back. first ladies gives readers a look into the personal lives and impact of every first lady in american history. first ladies is a companion to c-span s well regarded biography series and features interviews with the nations leading first ladies historians. each chapter also offers brief biographies of the 45 presidential spouses and archival photos from their lives. first ladies in paper back, published by public affairs is now available at your favorite book ....