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all be there are few things as democrats we should all be proud of from this convention. one is that the senator sanders campaign came together with the hillary clinton campaign. [applause] without the very spirited and engaging debate that we had ending gauge primary that be have those issues would not be the forefront of the national debate and that s very important that they are and that we were able to produce that platform. second is that another core strength of the democratic party and american values is that we care about our children and we don t ever give up and that is what you are going to hear about hillary clinton tonight. her life that started working with the children s defense defense fund and the core value of the democratic party and one the best things about america too. i think we should all be proud that tonight we will elect our first woman to be the nominee of a major political party. [applause] it s a pretty amazing moment and i think one th ....
in his book evicted he writes about the families in milwaukee wisconsin as a prism to the public housing and antipoverty programs. he discussed his book in washington, d.c.. this is an hour. i am so pleased to welcome matthew this evening to discuss his important new book which iss out and already generating a much-needed conversation about poverty in america and the role that eviction plays in creating a downward spiral on the already economic downward edge of the facts of which hit women and children the hardest. to research this book he endorsed himself in the poorest committees in milwaukee and with such depth if sometimes reads like a novel. the reviews have been outstanding in on comparison behind another powerful work of poverty. they ve called this and above all book adding that it will no longer be possible to have a serious discussion about poverty without having a serious discussion about housing. he is the author of several books including on the fire line ....
can bring the way they think to bear on our kids, see here is the thing. we are so nice we don t get angry. my kid isn t going to go to school, what are you going to do it s not norway yet. i really think that people have to get involved. we have to be involved in these things and willing to make a fuss because the things they simply don t have this right. if we allow them to do i if we have ourselves to blame. if somebody is doing that to your kids at some point you have to act. we have time for publicly just one more question. i appreciate the way that you contrasted this belief with the virtue that was present at the time. benjamin franklin is kind of a genius hedonist and not all the founders were absolute saints. what has been the virtue that has been kind of walked away from? a pitcher goes oif each recoe 20s and 30s. the schools already turned this into 30s basically. europe turned the corner as a result of world war i that they had seen the church and state ....
caribbean, and then he was sent to tasmania, and he had terrible asthma. meagher was the great orator during the rebel times, mitchell was the great writer. so it was a one-two punch. mitchell would write in the newspaper, meagher would give speeches in front of thousands of people. they were very close. mitchell finally comes to america as well, but he likes slavery. something happens in him that he sees slavery as not a bad thing. he writes in his own newspaper that if you irishmen are coming to america looking for a start, get yourself a couple of slaves and come south. and so meagher and he, his other people, break with mitchell. mitchell has three boys. two of them were on the other side of that wall when the irish stormed mary s heights. so there was not a technical irish brigade in the confederacy, but there certainly were irish who fought on the other side, including the very people who were the kids of his best friends. also i have a scene in the book where the ....
ho you are looking at some of the images from the 1884 presidential electionthey discud his time. 1884 against cleveland. ironically, in 1876, it was b laine who prevented ulysses grant from making a comeback and winning a third term. besides being secretary of state for james garfield and chester arthur he was secretary of state under three presidents. what else did he do? he was a speaker of the house. he was a governor. he changed some of the rules in the house. the speakers are always changing the rules somewhat to their advantage is. this was after the civil war when congress was much more central, much more potent than it had been. their reaction against the strong executive said in. to be the secret the speaker of the house, to be a power in congress meant a lot more fun than it would today. do you have anything to say? what do you think would have happened if he won? i think he would be regarded as the best president between lincoln ....