live within the constitutional con strastraints of buckley and that s what s led to some of this sort of starts and fits of reform. the other thing i think buckley has changed, or what would be different if there hadn t been buckley, is that probably political parties would be much stronger and much more in control of their candidates, much more influential over their candidates and so that would probably be a big difference as well. yeah, i was going to ask you about what do you think the impact would have been on parties? can you give us a reason why do you think the parties would be stronger if, under that scenario? well, the parties are a source of resources, of brand name, and so if candidates are less free to raise their own resources, make their own brand, then they have to rely on the parties more. and, therefore, you re going to see more party discipline and you see, you know, more powerful parties in the u.s. like you see in european countries. there wouldn t be
as the flag is unrolled, i think speak a little bit to the project that brought this particular flag about that we re about to hoist today. last year, the maryland historical society launched the stitching history project. two noted individuals, the ceo of the maryland historical society and the director of education spearheaded the project. the first stop was to heirloom weavers because what they did was they researched from the smithsonian institution the accura accura accurate weave of the material. there s very few places that can do that. it was a custom job. heirloom weavers did that. they are in redline, pennsylvania. the material did, indeed, come from the united states. [ applause ] the stripes and the blue are made out of wool bunting. the stars are made out of cotton. so they have the authentic material. but the second step was to have it authentically stitched. no sewing machines were used in the making of this plan. indeed, over 200 stitchers from across the stat
combination. explosion with fire. hidden beneath our feet, ageing pipes leaking deadly risks. a system so bad we can t afford to fix it. sara hoy on the dangers we can t see. that right there is a dangerousous combination, if you dropped a match, that could light on fire. an indepth report on crumbling america and behind the seconds ahad of the world cup. what brazilian police hope to sweep off the streets. we go to the favellas - on the clean-up and the crackdown. good evening thanks for joining us, i m joie chen. we begin with a look at the criminal justice system. many times it depends on ordinary citizens coming forward and helping investigators to catch the culprit. it s not as easy as it sounds. studies going back to the 1930s find that witness misidentification is to blame for most. as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. when it comes to crime and punishment, juries almost always convilent if there s convict if there s eyewitness testimony or if
hidden beneath our feet, ageing pipes leaking deadly risks. a system so bad we can t afford to fix it. sara hoy on the dangers we can t see. that right there is a dangerousous combination, if you dropped a match, that could light on fire. an indepth report on crumbling america and behind the seconds ahad of the world cup. what brazilian police hope to sweep off the streets. we go to the favellas - on the clean-up and the crackdown. good evening thanks for joining us, i m joie chen. we begin with a look at the criminal justice system. many times it depends on ordinary citizens coming forward and helping investigators to catch the culprit. it s not as easy as it sounds. studies going back to the 1930s find that witness misidentification is to blame for most. as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. when it comes to crime and punishment, juries almost always convilent if there s convict if there s eyewitness testimony or if the witness has a solid alibi - proof
half. good evening. tha thanks so much for coming. we have a number of thank you s. executive deep, nation institute, the guardian and others worked to make it possible. we obviously have a special thank you to watching and who came out tonight. it is being live streamed and taped for book tv and free speech television. so i would ask everybody to check cell phones to make sure it is off. and just so you know it is being filmed. we will take questions and pass around note cards and reading them from up here so they can be part of the live stream and booktv. there is going to be a book signing afterwards as well. hey market books has a table d gary is going to be signing. i went to washington, d.c. this weekend and had a couple extra hours. i went to see the king memorial. how many people have seen it? it is exceedingly depressing. the original plans for the monument included plans to honor other martyrs but they were scrapped. king towers over us. 14 quotes on the equal. an