Foundation. Their support for online cultural events has been absolutely unwavering and they are, oh my gosh, im so excited to see john nichols. Their support for these events has been absolutely unwavering and they have been so dedicated bringing author events to all of you whether you are watching in your home in madison or across the country or across the globe. Seen an incredible uptick in her audience of people from all over and it is just absolutely wonderful to see the response. Thank you to everyone here tonight and everyone who comes and to all the sponsors who made sure these events keep going. Without further ado i would like to bring john and mary to the screen and step away myself. Larry tye. Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us. Larry, thanks for coming all the way to massachusetts to be here with us. [laughter] larry is on cape cod as we speak. You have about 100 people or close to 100 people with us and some more may join us as we go along and as was explained upfro
Book demagogue but senator joe mccarthy and larry will appear long side john nichols who many ourself know from his various roles at the Capital Times, associate editor, the nation magazine, and progressive. We couldnt be more delighted to be hosting these events for you all spring and summer long here on our crowdcast channel and i want to take moment to say thank you to maddison Public Library and the foundation. Theyre support for online cultural events has been absolutely unwaiverring, they are my gosh, im so excited so see john nichols. Their support for these events has been sluicely unwavering and they have been so dedicated to bringing author events to all of you whether youre watching watn your home or across the country or across the globe. We have seen an incredible uptick in our audience of people from all over and it has just absolutely wonderful to see the response. So thank you to everyone who is here tonight. Everyone who has come to one and to all the sponsors who made
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, we are reminded at this time of year of the greatness of your gift to us in sending your son. Use us as instruments for his glory. Because of our faith in you, make us bold as lions in these turbulent times. May our lawmakers Work Together to protect and defend our constitution, realizing, as iron sharpens iron so friends sharpen friends. Make our senators grateful for the fires in our nations history that have tested their commitment to freedom, providing opportunities to become profiles of courage, serving their generation with faithfulness. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Impeachment inquiry and theres been testimony from a number of and ministries and officials and soon we will be moving to public hearings. At the same time as we head into the 2020 election there is concern about foreign interference in the security of our election infrastructure. There is a concern about hacking voter registers and databases, sowing societal discord and spreading disinformation. You should have copies of the constitution at each of your seats so if theres anything that comes up during the course of this conversation or you need to refer to that legal documents, feel free to do so. To help us think about these issues we have for distinguished experts. He writes a column for the wall street journal and is the author of type realism, a populace that to liberal democracy. Molly reynolds is a senior fellow and government studies in brookings and is the author of exceptions to the rule and the politics that filibuster limitations in the u. S. Senate. Elaine is a senior fell
Seneca discussion on threat to us political system talking about the impeachment inquiry and use of social media and the role of the courts. From the Brookings Institution this is 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon i would like to welcome you to foreign erinterference and election security. It has been several weeks since impeachment inquiry has been launched and soon we will be moving to public hearings. Heading into the 2020 election concerned about foreign interference with the infrastructure. With a societal discord and you should have copies of the constitution at each of your seats if anything comes up or you need to refer to that legal document feel free to do so. We have four distinguished experts your fellow government studies at brookings and the author of anti pluralism. Molly reynolds is a senior fellow at brookings and the author of exceptions to the i rule and then the senior fellow governor studies at the director for effective Public Management and the