Flags were on the Capitol Building and at the white house are being flown at half staff in members of pearl harbor. Now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Great redeemer, guide our lawmakers along the best path to fulfill your purposes on earth. May they submit to your wisdom and providential leading, believing that you will supply all of their needs. Remind them that your unfailing love accompanies those who put their trust in you. Give our senators an attitude of reverential awe that will keep them from evil. Inspire them to rejoice and be glad, as they strive to live lives of purity and obedience. And lord, as we remember pearl harbor on this december 7th, thank you for your loving and prevailing providence. May we show our gratitude by facing the future without fear. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting
Cspan. Org. We take you back live to a forum on china relations. A look at chinas relationship with china and hong kong. The host of this event. Live coverage on cspan two. Next we will hear from founding faculty member of Global Political economy at the Chinese University of hong kong. The author of taiwan china dilemma. Multiple interest in the economic policy. Frequently if there is chinese media. Finally, we will hear from doctor victoria who is the professor of Political Science at the university of notre dame. Early modern europe. Maintains hong kong from the movement to the antiextradition protest. Written on a democracy unit for foreign affairs. I ask all of our witnesses to keep your comments to seven minutes so we can ask lots of questions which we all are very good at. We will start with you. Other members of the commission, thank you so much for the invitation today to contribute to your deliberations the implications for the United States. As you all know, this year marks
The day, i am a david milne i teach at the university of east anglia in the u. K. Unfortunately, a professor cannot be with us today. It goes without saying she will be greatly missed. If you lived in the u. K. Or the u. S. , it is probably fair to say that 2016 was a challenging and distracting year. In june, the u. K. Voted to leave the european union. In november, the u. S. Said hold my beer and elected donald trump to the presidency. One group in particular remained calm and productive during this tumultuous time and i refer to the historians of the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 2016, a man published his first book, the computer see the contest the conspiracy of free trade. Nicholas published his third book. 2016, Danielle Holtz asked who are the true conservatives . She passed with flying colors the following year. Matt published6, his first book with Harvard University press. Books and the dissertation were met with great acclaim. 2016 was a bad year for the re
Report. Obviously a little rainy out there. Thank you for joining us for those here in the room. We have one of our speakers who is dealing with the challenge thats getting here and uber. She needs an uber boat instead of a regular uber to get here. Well go ahead and get started. We have webcast audience as well as cspan covering us today. Well go ahead and get going. Thank you all for braving the weather and joining us today. We appreciate that and our final panels is actually here right now. Welcome blanca and thank you for joining us. A year ago on july 1st, 53 of the vote and that was 30 points higher than the second place candidate. It was a landslide victory. Moreno, concept the Congressional Election and winning majority of the lower house and the senate in mexico. It was historic for him winning both. Together they have ruled mexico for the past 90 years. This was a significant change. I was in mexico city last year on the day of the elections going around and talking to people
Reconstruction, 1862 1920 with Manisha Sinha in conversation with John Stauffer, the American Antiquarian Society is located on the ancestral homelands of the nipmuc Tribal Community who remain an active presence here in central massachusetts. Tonights program is being recorded and will be available on our youtube page or channel following this program. And we are delighted to welcome both those of you who are with us tonight in antiquarian hall in worcester, massachusetts, and those of us who are joining us across the country and around the world on youtube. My name is scott casper. Im the president of the American Antiquarian Society. And tonights event is a special one for us because we are honored to help launch a brand new book published today by an author who has been part of the a community for many, many years. And i would note that her book has already today been reviewed in the New York Times. Indeed Manisha Sinha and her exemplify a us mission which is to cultivate a deeper