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the harvard law school hosted this 50 minute event. wilkins sits here is a graduate of the harvard law school, have many honors, to the u.s. court of appeals district of columbia 2014. he is a native of indiana with a bs in chemical engineering. judge wilkins served as a law to the united states district court for california. in 1990, he joined the public and service district later for several years. firm02, he joined the law as a partner handling white-collar defense, intellectual property, and litigation matters. served as the lead plaintiff in wilkins in the state of maryland, a landmark civil rights lawsuit that inspired nationwide executive reform. invited him to come and speak to my class after this. he has also played a key role in the establishment of the smithsonian national museum of african american history. his work led to the congressional authorization of the museum and the selection of this location. he was named one of the 40 under 40 most successful y ....
[applause] mr. bruno: democratic senator al gore. [applause] mr. bruno: and retired vice admiral james stockdale, who is the vice presidential nominee [applause] mr. bruno: for independent candidate ross perot. [applause] mr. bruno: now, the ground rules for tonight s debate. each candidate will have two minutes for an opening statement. i will then present the issues to be discussed. for each topic, the candidates will have a minute and 15 seconds to respond. then this will be followed by a five minute discussion period in which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. now, the order of response has been determined by a drawing and we ll rotate with each topic. at the end of the debate, each candidate will have two minutes for a closing statement. our radio and tv audience should know that the candidates were given an equal allocation of auditorium seats for their supporters. so i d like to ask the audience here in the theater to please refrain from ....
we visit the health office building to see artifacts that tell the story of african-americans in congress in the 20th century. i am the curator at the u.s. house of representatives. i am the historian. we wanted to talk about the history of african-american representation in the 20th century. we have a lot of artifacts from house collections that has to do with that. and a lot of history to cover. the last african-american to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901. george white of north carolina. then it is a long time before another african-american comes into the house and that is oscar dupree from illinois. we had a couple of rare artifacts from him from the 1920 s and 1930 s. before i launch into them, matt, tell us about oscar dupree. matt: almost three decades after george henry white leaves congress when there are no african-american to serve in the house or senate. that has everything to do with the jim crow laws that go on the books in the south. t ....
clinton has arrived in st. louis in tonight s debate washington university. here we see her getting off of her plane about an hour and a half ago. and donald trump has also made his way to st. louis. here s a tweet from kellyanne conway showing mr. trump on his plane, alongside reince priebus and former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. now, let s take a look at the scene outside of the debate hall at washington university in st. louis. it will give you a sense of what s going on is we prepare for tonight s debate. it gets underway at 9:00 eastern. our coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. here on c-span. look now ate a another presidential debate. this time, 2008 with democratic senator barack obama facing republican senator john mccain at hofstra university in hempstead, new york. this is an hour and a half. schieffer: good evening. and welcome to the third and last presidential debate of 2008, sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. i m bob schieffer of cbs ....
and from complacency to apathy, and from apathy to dependency, and from dependency back to bondage. it is not a stretch to describe the united states as a nation that has become apathetic. with all the blessing we have in this country, everything that god has done for us in this nation, how easy it is for us to take it for granted and just to fall a that we deserve this, that we should have this, when in reality, what we have is the result of sacrifice on the part of many people who paid dearly for the american way of life. so, i want to talk with you today about the subject of apathy. why are we apathetic and what can we do about it? how can we move back into the right cycle in our own lives as christians and as americans? about the founding fathers of this nation and what they believed was important for america. many people argue that our founding fathers were not christians. i don t know whether they were all christians or not but i know most of them believed in god. ....