Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Berry, very much. Let me begin by thanking all of you for taking a little time out of your lives to come here and help us enhance the life of this great country. Thank you. I want to thank some of our colleagues over here. Elma adams from north carolina. Malloy and simpson that have been up and down with me. My daughters, jennifer covert angela, thank you also much. As emotionaln about this last week experience as any two people i know and i thank them so much. As many of you know, i have studied history and used to teach history. And i have said often to those whoents are used to teach would question, why do we spend so much time reading and discussing those things that happened way back yonder. And i would often say to them, we study history in order to and toand the present prepare for the future. Because anything that happened before can happen again. Tonight, as i stand here i , am thinking about some of that history. And im recalling something tha
All right. Well, welcome again yall continue to eat. Welcome to the 52nd silver elephant gala event. Thank you for being here. We want to dedicate this event to you. I wanted to get just a few comments and talk about the party, and you know, obviously, you are here tonight because this stuff matters. Were all engaged and involved in this business of politics in some capacity or another because we care about various principles. We all share some common core conservative principles. Many may car more about one issue than the other. But weve got a solid con serve active platform and were in this because we know that politics matter when it comes to policy. Ronald reagan said that personnel is policy. The type of people that we hire are the type of policys that were going to have. And if thats the case that means that elections are about personnel. And election matters. And if elections matter, well, that means that our party matters. Your being involved in what we do makes a difference, m
Such horror and heartbreak . You can join in on the conversation on cspans washington journal our phone lines are open and we are dividing them regionally. If you live in the central or eastern time zones, 202 7488000. For those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. Two Mass Shootings within 24 hours. Injured,nd dozens more those shootings in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio. You can join the conversation online. Ae president tweeting on couple of these shootings yesterday including the el paso shooting, calling it not only tragic but also an act of cowardice. I know i stand with everyone in this country to condemn todays hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people. Texas, pointing out the saturday shooting in el paso was the 249th mass shooting incident this year. That according to gun violence archives. It defines a mass shooting as four or more victims killed or injured with a perpetrator in one location. It includ
Cason all, here to talk about kavanaugh,jennifer here to talk about her book. About the Rand Corporation, what is your role . Scientist. Olitical rand is a Research Organization founded 70 years ago. Many are familiar with rands work in the national security. They have also done research on domestic issues including education, civil justice, energy , and the mission is to inform policymakers through research and analysis. Onalso inform the public topics ranging from military strategy to evaluation of childhood education. Is facts andopic opinion making. The line between fact and fiction is becoming blurred. How so . Trends,we point to 4 that we called truth decay. To describe diminishing reliance on facts and opinion in American Public life. It,first time we look at objective facts and analytical interpretations. The debate over the safety of vaccines, for example. This is the blurring of the line between fact and opinion and compared to fact. You can see this on cable news, anywhere w
Differences between the two countries. Yesterday, presence of candidates campaigned in New Hampshire and iowa. For a question today in the first 45 minutes take a look at 2016, we want to take a look at social issues, especially in 2016, and if you think they will be a factor, invite of the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. Here is how you can let us know your thoughts on social issues. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. For independents 202 7458002 202 7458002,. You can post on our twitter page , cspanwj. You can also post on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. On the front page of the New York Times it takes a look at technology and campaigning specifically selfies. Yesterday, a popular day to be campaigning, especially as 2016 comes about. The folks at gallup did a recent poll, looking at americans and their attitudes towards various types of social issues. You can find on their website. It shows a little bit how thin