President trump and his views on professional athletes. [applause] [laughter] my bad. Im sorry. I just checked twitter and i thought i am happy to say this panel is sponsored by the obj school of school of public affairs. That sponsorship. Im dutybound to say my sponsors i love them but they do not get to choose the questions or answers. With that caveat out of the way, a your host and moderator professor here at ut austin. I am the cofounder of a blog that is the nations leading commentary on National Security the curator of National Security law podcast which is mixed up with crossfire and the National Security news. We have one hour. Into 40be divided minutes of discussion with panelists and 20 minutes of discussion with you. So as you are sitting there reacting, there are topics will not get to because of limits of time, you can i will remind you at the time i will remind you to keep your comments brief, or keep the questions brief. Lastly, please silence your phones but dont neces
The event was part of the Washington Ideas Forum cohosted by the atlantic magazine and aspen institute. It is 25 minutes. Welcome. Here we are, enemies of the people. Andrea mitchell was getting an award last night in new york and she said we are the eyes and ears of the people. The audience can decide. Katie, you were plucked out of the press pen, given a nickname as if you were a candidate, little katie. President trump treated you like one. You have a number two New York Times bestseller. It takes us from the campaign [applause] i like the smattering of applause. Unbelievable and an unbelievable good read. Spoiler alert, trump wins. [laughter] little katie, take us briefly from being in the press pen, and in the hallway outside of morning joe, in new hampshire. Katie its interesting to share that nickname with marco rubio and kim jongun, who is also little rocket man. Back in june of 2015, robert, you can attest to this, not many folks were taking donald trump as a candidate serious
Today, lead our senators along the road of humility so that you can exalt them in due time. May they have the wisdom to reap the bountiful harvest that comes from planting the seeds of lowliness and reverential awe. Lord, make them wise and strong, as they face National Challenges that threaten our freedoms. Guide them, strong deliverer, for they are pilgrims in time who are headed for eternity. Continue in everything to work for the good of those who love you, who are called according to your purposes. Keep us, o god, so dedicated to you and your purposes that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr.
Schools, our communities, children and families must be safe. I respectfully ask my colleagues to make this issue of violence a priority and to support our nations leadership as they work through resolving this challenge which should not be difficult. If we compromise and keep focusing on saving lives. Madam chair, i pledge to support you and to support all my other colleagues with the Congressional Black Caucus to make a difficult task safe and to protect the lives of our children and families from gun fire and a culture of violence. Ms. Fudge i thank the gentlelady from ohio for participating. We certainly know how difficult this is going to be as we move forward, but im pleased. Thank you so much. I yield to the gentleman from new jersey who has joined our caucus. Representative donald payne junior. Pain pain mr. Speaker, let me mr. Payne let me begin by thanking my chairwoman, fudge for anchoring this evenings special order on the culture of violence. Coming together to address unv