i think my boss, the provost, would be very surprised to hear that. whoa. that s him. [laughter] ok. so, we ll start with that. but, in any case. i have the great pleasure of introducing harold holzer. i ve know harold for nearly a century, not a century about a quarter of a century. [laughter] i m reminded of the mistake since the last century, that s right. i ve known harold for nearly a quarter of a century and of had the pleasure of working with him both on a publication and on several national boards, including this one. as the bio in your packet indicates, harold currently the director of the roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. and, as you know, he is the cofounder with frank williams of the forum which they established 24 years ago. he is currently our co-chair. in his past lives, harold chaired the lincoln bicentennial foundation and co-chaired the lincoln bicentennial commission. harold is the most prolific writer i have ever met. he is the a
this program from the annual lincoln forum symposium is about an hour. good afternoon and welcome to the second session of the lincoln forum. i want to make one correction before we begin. in your packet, there are biographies and mine suggests that i am the provost at howard university. the provost,ss, would be very surprised to hear that. that s him. [laughter] ok. so, we ll start with that. but, in any case. i have the great pleasure of introducing harold holzer. for nearly arold century, not a century about a quarter of a century. [laughter] i m reminded of the mistake since the last century, that s right. i ve known harold for nearly a quarter of a century and of had the pleasure of working with him both on a publication and on several national boards, including this one. as the bio in your packet indicates, harold currently the director of the roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. and, as you know, he is the cofounder with frank williams of the
in the case of puerto rico, not just one but two hurricanes, irma and maria hit and devastated that island. this is certainly going to help for those who lost their jobs or they were unable to work due to hurricane maria get back on their feet. mr. president, as the ranking member of the commerce committee, i ve always sought to address the national challenges by reaching across the aisle to find bipartisan consensus, and this bill just does that. and as i said in my comments, senator thune has been a great partner to work with, and i appreciate the opportunity of working with him, with senators blunt and cantwell, as well as representative shuster, defazio, mccall, and thompson on this important legislation. five years, an f.a.a. bill. madam president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired, and the question occurs on the motion to concur. is there a suffi
crash. it turned on its side. as i take you back to these pictures i want to show you the response now from folks there. doing the only thing they can do, running to the scene to be able to donate blood to try to save some of these kids. we re going to keep you updated on this story. our sister station is headed to the scene right now. meantime. more breaking news from stks. what s happen texas. what s happening in san antonio. the police are telling us that this is is person who shot detective benjamin marconi in his car as he was riding writing a traffic ticket. writing a traffic ticket. someone else walked up and fired a shot. police were offering a $25,000 reward. these details just coming into the newsroom. as soon as we learn more we ll update you. a crime spree targeting women. crooks breaking into cars and snatching purses. police say the thieves are striking when the women are distracted. yes, stephanie, police say the purses and bags were left in cars as t
sdwroefr night before the 50s low 60s overnight before 50s settle in. as the storm clears out some dry days ahead and a butte of thanksgiving. a closer beautiful thanksgiving. a closer look next. a woman who found herself being shot at on the 101. she turned the tables. jason has the story. the victim was getting breakfast here in the drive- thru. she heard something that sounded like dment think anything of it. didn t think anything of it. it was bullets hitting her car. when the suspects came back, that s when she knew she was in trouble. far from running in fear she called 911 and chased the suspects out of the parking lot and west on the i-10. they shot at her two more times. her car is railed with bullet holes. she s very fortunate to be alive today i would say. police caught up, the woman kept running. finally bailing out of their bmw in scottsdale. 40 miles from where they started. police arrested two suspects who told police they thought they were shooti