This panel was convened by the National Archives to explore the original intent of the declaration of independence, including the popular interpretation by 19thcentury abolitionists to focus on the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This is about an hour. This is someone different than what was on your program. Let me tell you the order we will introduce these speakers. First, we will have hotly. She is at the tail end of a guggenheim fellowship. Then she will be followed by the professor from the university of South Carolina. Abigail adams. Third, we will hear from professor eric slaughter, the university of chicago. He is the author of the state as a work of arts the cultural underpinnings of the constitution. And finally you will hear from professor David Armitage from Harvard University who is very well known for his book, the declaration of independence a global history. Everyone will speak for about 10 minutes and we will have questions from the audience. I think
Fessor woody holton from the university of South Carolina. Third we hear from professor eri c slauter from the university of chicago. Finally, we hear from professor David Armitage at Harvard University known fo the declaration of independence a global history. Everyone will speak about 10 to 12 minutes and then we have questions from the audience. I think youre all set. Prof. Brewer thank you to organizers of this conference, which is terrific. When the delegates to the Continental Congress assembled in june of 1776, they faced a dilemma. Fighting between colonists and british troops have been going on more than a year. Political disputes over whether colonists needed to dissent to their own government and taxes remained at a standoff. Some delegates sought peace and redfin scissors peace and reckons lesion with their king. Only seven supported independence. New york, new jersey delaware, and South Carolina were not yet ready to fight. Congress chose a committee of five men to persuad
Our direction to make for a damp and dreary thursday. Overnight a couple of pockets of showers and some downpours. Heres 5 00 a. M. You can see temperatures to start kind of mild and muggy in the 70s so grab an umbrella off to work and school tomorrow. Well see a little bit of a lull in the action early tomorrow morning heres 88m mostly cloudy. Once again a couple of pockets of some showers but then bite afternoon it look like some of the heavier rain really starts to move back in and things start to ramp up. So the sun will rise tomorrow about 6 36. Were talking cloud cover and once again a few showers around. Coming up, new information just coming in on the exact timing that heaviest rain as well as new expected rainfall amounts. Well go county by county for your neighborhood coming up. Back to you. Thanks scott. As we look live in south philadelphia tonight, you can stay ahead of the weather with the fox 29 news app. Get live radar and alerts sent right to your phone. Youll find it
Our direction to make for a damp and dreary thursday. Overnight a couple of pockets of showers and some downpours. Heres 5 00 a. M. You can see temperatures to start kind of mild and muggy in the 70s so grab an umbrella off to work and school tomorrow. Well see a little bit of a lull in the action early tomorrow morning heres 88m mostly cloudy. Once again a couple of pockets of some showers but then bite afternoon it look like some of the heavier rain really starts to move back in and things start to ramp up. So the sun will rise tomorrow about 6 36. Were talking cloud cover and once again a few showers around. Coming up, new information just coming in on the exact timing that heaviest rain as well as new expected rainfall amounts. Well go county by county for your neighborhood coming up. Back to you. Thanks scott. As we look live in south philadelphia tonight, you can stay ahead of the weather with the fox 29 news app. Get live radar and alerts sent right to your phone. Youll find it
Theyre lying and you know theyre lying. If this isnt the turn, i dont know what it is. Well and golfing amid a Public Health crisis that killed over 125,000 americans and counting. Infections are surging with arizona, florida and texas as the latest epicenters. Good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday june 29th. With us we have White House Reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire. Former chair of the Republican National committee now an msnbc political analyst, michael steele. Correspondent and host of kasie dc kasie hunt. And the reverent al sharpton, great to have you with us on this monday morning. The u. S. Has get erred intelligence that russia has offered to pay bounties to those who kill americans. The New York Times first broke the story on friday,s aspects o which have been patched and reported by cnn, the washington journal, and abc news. According to the times large amounts of American Cash at a taliban outpost in afghanistan helped tip off officials.