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[ applause ] . john: who are your heroes, and what makes for a hero? a harris poll asked americans that question, and the person who came in first was jesus christ. i understand that. but after jesus many people picked politicians. ronald reagan was second. barack obama third. president obama ranked higher right after he was elected then placed first ahead of jesus. are any of those people your heroes? [ cheers ] some for jesus, but not the politicians, but the list is politicians, george bush is on the list. hillary clinton, fdr, elizabeth warren. why politicians? what is so heroic about what they do? when i look at them i see self-serving panderers who say anything to win. and once elected dole out favors and money to their cronies. but that s not how the hollywood left sees politicians. they see them as inspirational heroes. let the american people explode into this new millennium with the exhilaration of being true to the glory of this democracy. thank you. [ ap ....
[ applause ] . john: who are your heroes, and what makes for a hero? a harris poll asked americans that question, and the person who came in first was jesus christ. i understand that. but after jesus many people picked politicians. ronald reagan was second. barack obama third. president obama ranked higher right after he was elected then placed first ahead of jesus. are any of those people your heroes? [ cheers ] some for jesus, but not the politicians, but the list is politicians, george bush is on the list. hillary clinton, fdr, elizabeth warren. why politicians? what is so heroic about what they do? when i look at them i see self-serving panderers who say anything to win. and once elected dole out favors and money to their cronies. but that s not how the hollywood left sees politicians. they see them as inspirational heroes. let the american people explode into this new millennium with the exhilaration of being true to the glory of this democracy. thank you. [ ap ....
nay,, kim aye, peskin aye, ronen aye, safai nay, sheehy aye, tang nay, yee gentoo breed nay there are four twin one and 710 to nay. okay. the motion fails. [gavel] with that would someone like to make an alternative motion? supervisor tending thank you i ll make a motion to move forward item 14 and file item 15 and 16. supervisor tang has made a motion to approve item 14 and table 15 and six and is there a second? seconded by supervisor farrell. mme. clerk, on the motion, please, roll call cohen aye farrell aye fewer aye kim nay peskin nay ronen nay safai aye sheehy nay, tang aye yee aye breed aye. there are seven aye and for nay. item 14 is approved and i am 15 in 16 our table. [gavel] mme. clerk let s go to item 22 yes. item 22 is a resolution to urge the office of the treas. and tax collector to convene a municipal public bank task force to increase transparency and equity across the cities financial functions. supervisor trenton san franc ....
daughter. and. , gets ready for a blast of summer heat the weekend warm-up and when we can see rain. your news starts now. and we begin with that developing story in howard county. tonight an all-out manhunt for a prisoner who escaped from a van outside a mental hospital in jess up this morning. i m sarah simmons in for tony. i m shawn yancy. the prisoner s name is david watson. he was serving a sentence of more than 100 years for attempting to murder police officers. fox5 laurean is live in jess-up tonight with the latest on this manhunt, la lauren. sarah, shawn, it s been more than twelve hours antesearch continues tonight. police still operating under the possibility that david watson is somewhere here in this area outside the clifton tea perkins hospital. look that 28-year-old. tattoos drop on his eye and new photos of tattoos on his body and world evil on the back of neck and on right arm watson his last name and left arm the number 187 which is slang f ....
i m a professor here at vanderbilt university. it s my great fortune to welcome you to this wonderful discussion that we re going to have about the presidency of richard nixon and the lessons therein. is and i m also happy to invite you to a conversation we ll be able to have on that same, that same theme and that same question. before we get started in earnest though,s it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that we re in and who founded it. tonight we are gathered in the first amendment center here at vanderbilt university which was founded by john seigenthaler. for those of you who may not remember mr. seigenthaler or be aware of his legacy, he served for 43 years as an award-winning journalist for the tennessean. at his retirement, he was editor, publisher and ceo. and in 1982, seigenthaler became the founding editorial director of usa today and served in that position for a decade. seigenthaler left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the u ....