And former legislators develop coolidge or reagan, which former president is the better model for gop candidates today. They discuss their commitment to small government and the economy. Calvin coolidge president ial foundation and the New Hampshire institute of politics hosted this hour and 15minute event. Thank you very much. Its nice to be back in New Hampshire again. Some of you may be wondering, asking yourselves as youre sitting there, why would they invite a guy like me to moderate this debate. Two reasons. Number one, to demonstrate once again that standards are falling everywhere. [ laughter ] and number two, because i have a lineage with the coolidge family. My first name is john. My middle name is calvin. I was named after the coolidges two sons. And the reason for that is that my grandfather and mrs. Coolidge, grace good hugh coolidge, were First Cousins and they double dated their respective soon to be spouses and one of my favorite of many stories was my grandfather, arth
Challenge things. Thank you. [ applause ] coming up on American History tv on cspan 3, programs about the presidency. Next, two debates on president s coolidge and reagan. Historians and students debate which president is a better model for republican candidates today. Jimmy carter joins a tribute to Vice President walter mondale. The donation of a paper crane donated by a japanese child who died of leukemia after the hiroshi ma bombing. Coming up next, historians and former legislators develop coolidge or reagan, which former president is the better model for gop candidates today. They discuss their commitment to small government and the economy. Calvin coolidge president ial foundation and the New Hampshire institute of politics hosted this hour and 15minute event. Thank you very much. Its nice to be back in New Hampshire again. Some of you may be wondering, asking yourselves as youre sitting there, why would they invite a guy like me to moderate this debate. Two reasons. Number one,
The declaration tells us that rights come from god, not government. [ applause ] the constitution has a framework thats set up not as some kind of result of bureaucratic haggling, but as something is designed to protect, promote freedom. And the president is right. In many way, we are a shining city on a hill. But the hard truth is that not everyone is sharing in this citys slender and glory. A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the port ko of the white house and the ver randa of thiz ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well. But theres another city. Another part to the shining city. The part where some people cant pay their mortgages. And most young people cant afford one. Where students cant afford the education they need and middle class parents watch the dreams they hold for their children evaporate. In this part of the city, there are more poor than ever. More families in trouble. More and more people who need help, but cant find it. Even worse. There are elde
[ singing in japanese ] [ singing in japanese ] thank you so much. [ applause ] [ speaking in japanese ] translator im sorry that i presented the song in japanese. I wonder houw many of you understand japanese . Its good to see there are some hands. Translator so those of you who dont know the japanese, to you, id like to present some verses of the song in english. She has gone from this earth but her memory lives on so please remember her when you hear this song how ill keep the darkness from falling like rain in a world of peace is where we will meet once again say a prayer for peace on earth keep the world safe from harm may a thousand paper cranes shine hope on everyone say a prayer for harmony oh, the wings of peace will keep you safe forever the wings of peace will keep you safe forever thank you so much. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you, yuji, thank you so much. What a beautiful tribute. Its very touching to realize that youve written such a beautiful piece for your aunt who yo
Taliban presence in many parts of pakistan. Lahore has certainly reeled under militant attacks several times in the past few years, not so much recently, but they have reached they reached their zenith in 20102011. Scores of people kled in different types of attacks, sometimes sectarian attacks, victimizing the shia population of pakistan, sometimes attacks sometimesfi tribes, in areas popular with forests tourists. Yes, pakistan secondbiggest city. The u. S. Is clearly worried about what it calls a specific threat, but it is not explaining what that means. How long will the consulate be closed for, do we know . U. S. Officials have been asked about this, and they are saying, we really do not know. As is interesting because pakistan was not included in the list of mainly muslim countries in which the u. S. Diplomatic missions were closed starting from last sunday. Is notsion in islamabad open today because of eid, but it has not closed. At diplomats withdrawn from lahore will be taken