Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
We do it. Alone welcome to weekend update from our. Thanks for joining us here this saturday these are the headlines stories where across right now yellow vest activists are back on the streets of paris for their 1st major rally since march there were new in their protests over income inequality and unpopular tax reforms so far the more than 250. 00 arrests this saturday. When the tensions have broken through here now we need a new device which is quite close to the uk to feels its ready to get a look up not. See any gas as people are not trying to move away from lets just give you taste of whats happening oh. Protesters and Police Officers have being clashing at what is the real new just a version of the yellow vests it was cooled by one of the de facto leaders jury rodrigue is he suggested he wanted civil disobedience. I am here to talk about the yellow vests about people who are suffering all these people here who are angry and tired of talking about all the brutality this rallies f
Our next panel explore one of the most Critical Issues facing, president ial and Historic Sites today, the state of civics ihistory, education. Now it is my privilege to introduce our moderator and Julie Silverbrook senior director of partnerships and i civics. Joining her on stage is joni albrecht, director of the John Marshall center for Virginia Museum history and culture jay barth, director of the william j. Clinton president ial library and ohn bridgeland cochaired ceo move perfect and former director white house domestic policy l kaufman associate Department Director and Senior Researcher for rand. Please join me in welcoming our. Matt, thank you so much for wonderful introduction. Were going to dig right in to this ask this first question, which civics and history are two sides of the same relationship between the two . Well i think you put it well. They are the two sides of the same coin. I think they really Work Together. Maybe like gears one drives the other. I think one way
Well, good evening. Welcome and thank you for joining us this evening for what im sure will be a very stimulating session. My name is susan poser and im the president of Hofstra University. This Evenings Program will address the leadership and legacy of first Lady Michelle obama. Tonight, we will hear about the role that the first lady played in supporting president obamas election campaign. Advising him during his time in the white house and how she continues to influence american politics today. I want to thank the women in Leadership Advisory Board of Hofstra University for cosponsoring this event, and many of them are with us today. My role this evening is to moderate a Panel Discussion about with mr. Tina tchen, who served as chief of staff to the first lady. From 2011 to 2017. And in conversation with several members of the house, two faculty. So ill begin with brief introductions. Tina tchen currently serves as the executive Vice President and chief strategy and impact officer f