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Cspan. Org thepresident s, order your copy today wherever books and ebooks are sold. Can everybody hear me okay . We appreciate you supporting our event. I have a couple quick House Keeping announcements first. Silence your cell phones. If you would like to keep those on and that is fine but turn off your flash. We have 300 every year. We need to do that because if you come here you by your socks and greeting cards. Our guests will be speaking tonight, recorded by steve that cspan. After this, we will have an opportunity to ask questions and we will have mikes available. If you would like to stick around, we can accommodate that but ask that you purchase the book downstairs, it is on the information desk. We are excited welcome back to the store, h. W. Brands, a professor who holds the senior chair, the New York Times bestselling author, it is interesting, you can buy 30 books ....
Gov. Desantis good morning. I wanted to start by just noting that we are in holy week. Over the last few days, we have been in contact with a lot of religious leaders throughout the state, both at the christian and jewish communities. And we want to discuss with them their plans for these upcoming events, both passover and easter. Our message is basically adhere to social distancing guidelines, what a lot of churches have done in terms of online services, some have even done outdoors for people to stay in their car. I think theyve been innovative, i think that will ultimately be something that matters a lot to people, but we also pointed out the risk of having a packed gathering right now, given what we are going through. You look at different parts around the country, there have been different events such as i was talking to the georgia governor, they had a big funeral and that really spread throughout the folks. It would be a potential to have a super spreader, and that would eventua ....
Thank you for being with us organizing todays event in my Live Audience here in San Francisco you can always visit us at www. Commonwealth club. Org and with the upcoming schedule. With cohost of morning edition of npr with jesse and john fremont thank you for coming. [applause] thank you everyone im delighted you could come this afternoon one of the most beautiful cities in the world San Francisco and to talk about jesse and john fremont to had some issue with the creation of california as we know it is so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. And then on the july a delayed flight from los angeles and then to be picked up by a car and driven by a car the thing about live radio but with San Franci ....
Thanks, everyone. Good day. Im delighted to be here in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Particularly to talk about jesse and John Freemont who had so much to do with the creation of california as we know it and so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got in to San Francisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles, got a couple of hours of sleep at an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do alive radio thing on to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about live radio is it begins at an exact time. The thin ....
The speaking portion is almost always e. And open to the public and we are able to do that because you come here and buy your books and your stocks and greeting cards and we appreciate you keeping it local. Its about our guest will be speaking tonight. The event will be recorded by cspan, so an extra special reminder to silence your cell phones. After the guest is done speaking there will be an opportunity to ask questions, and we will have microphones available so your questions can be picked up as well. If you would like to stick around afterwards to get it signed, we can accommodate that we just ask that you first purchased the book downstairs. They are available right when you walk in at the information desk. Tonight we are excited to welcome back to the store h. W. Brands. He is a professor here at u. Of t. And he holds five senior chair in history. He is a New York Times bestselling author of 30 books on u. S. History. If yo ....