Ceo of the Wilson Center. I am a recovering politician, which is not a 12 step program, but i am absolutely delighted at the Wilson Center is hosting this event. I am looking for john milton hooper. Where is he . What are you doing in the back . For anyone who has not heard of john milton hooper, shame on you. He wrote an awardwinning biography of Woodrow Wilson, and he has been enormously hopeful to us over the years, appearing many times, but also helping us unpack some of the difficult issues around Woodrow Wilson. The subject of todays conversation. 1978, when the Wilson Center was 10 years old, we were charged by congress with creating a Hubert Humphrey fellowship in social and political thought. Good idea. The idea was that a quote, distinguished scholar, statesman, or cultural figure would deliver a lecture honoring humphreys legacy, which makes sense since he was a founding father of this place, as well as Vice President , senator, and dedicated public servant. And at times lik
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When it comes, youre right, much done. We will talk more about the International Womens day coming up. Happening now, President Trump has just landed in georgia. Hes on his way to alabama where he will meet with victims of the tornado that killed 23 people we have video of the president and the first lady as they bring greeted when they arrived in fort benning, georgia. The president will go to the hardest hit area of alabama and that is lee county. That is where as many as 116 homes were either damaged or destroyed. 30 tornadoes in all hit the southeast on sunday 12 of them hit alabama alone. This weekend the region is expecting even more dangerous weather. A federal judge in virginia had sentence President Trump former campaign chair, paul manafort, to nearly 4 years in prison for tax and bank fraud. That sentences is more lenient than what manafort paste under federal sentencing guidelines. Prosecutors have called for up to 24 years with the judge called that length of time excessiv
My name is sylvia cyrus. We are delighted to have you here today as we salute our veterans and our theme africanamericans in times of war. That is the guidepost for this weeks events. We are excited to share this day with those who have and are serving in our armed forces and in civilian roles. I want to take a moment to thank you for making this possible. Our gold sponsor, the Hutchins Center for african and africanamerican research at Harvard University. Our silver sponsor, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, theres been a lot of talk about different fraternity stuff up here in the past couple of days. So we do accept support from all members of the divine nine. Our Host Committee member mr. Danny portee and his indianapolisbased Company Professional Management enterprises. Theyre at table number seven. And finally the honorable senator Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts who sponsored a table for local veterans to attendant as a salute to their service. [ applause ] we are also delighted to h