And society broadly. We are grateful for this partnership and the impact the institute has had on communities near and far and now i would like to welcome to the stage will moderate tonights conversation coowner of politics and prose bookstore serving as secretary clintons chief speechwriter she is currently working on a book to be published by Penguin Press called hillary land. Please welcome her to the stage. [applause] are you ready for some gutsy women . [applause] i think i know a couple are ready for you. So first on behalf of the entire staff of politics and prose and especially our Extraordinary Events team, we would like to say all our friends and partners so i will be moderating the conversation with our special guest Chelsea Clinton and Hillary Rodham clinton. We are talking about their book the book of gutsy women i have been asked to remind all of you that you will get your copy at the end of the event if you go downstairs there will be a copy waiting for you. Dont forget
And society broadly. We are grateful for this partnership and the impact the institute has had on communities near and far and now i would like to welcome to the stage will moderate tonights conversation coowner of politics and prose bookstore serving as secretary clintons chief speechwriter she is currently working on a book to be published by Penguin Press called hillary land. Please welcome her to the stage. [applause] are you ready for some gutsy women . [applause] i think i know a couple are ready for you. So first on behalf of the entire staff of politics and prose and especially our Extraordinary Events team, we would like to say all our friends and partners so i will be moderating the conversation with our special guest Chelsea Clinton and Hillary Rodham clinton. We are talking about their book the book of gutsy women i have been asked to remind all of you that you will get your copy at the end of the event if you go downstairs there will be a copy waiting for you. Dont forget
Are gutsy not only because they want to achieve something but because they want to pave the way for others who are going to come behind. Background sounds. Please welcome the 17th president of the George Washington University Thomas locke. [applause] sued a im going evening everyone and welcome to the George Washington university. I am pleased to you to tonight his if it. Presented in partnership with politics and prose bookstore and the second in the George Washington university his president ial extinguish if it series. We want to series last semester to give our students the opportunity to hear from renowned leaders. Individuals who bring them eliminating dialogue insight and inspirations to our campus. Tonight is an honor to host secretary Hillary Rodham clinton and Chelsea Clinton. Our campus. [applause] is i greeted secretary clinton on arrival i remind her that i traded trace the arc of my career with hers. A being at the university of rochester, i welcomed her to our campus. I
[inaudible] great to be back here at gw. I want to thank president leblanc for welcoming all of us. Our family loves coming here. We were just talking backstage that both my husband and chelsea as well as myself have been here numerous times on this stage, bill and i speaking, chelsea dancing while she was on the ballet. I dont know why you all laugh. I was never a star. [laughter] its great being here and always great to be with you. I feel like weve done this in various combinations and its always fun and such an honor for me. First i just want to thank you on behalf of womankind for this book. I was saying to them ahead of time its a frustration tonight is going to be that we can only talk about so many of them. Not nearly the range we would want to, we could, we could stay for a week and talk about all of them. Its an amazing book, its so important to have the stories of so many women in one place. We will talk about that in a second. We should get going because we dont have a ton
Amy as Hillary Clinton looks to a november showdown against donald trump, Bernie Sanders vows to keep fighting for the democratic nomination. Will sanders win today in West Virginia . We will speak to former president ial candidate ralph nader on the democratic race, obstacles facing Third Party Candidates, breaking through power and the rise of trump. , he gets away with absurdities. Yes community that with tank any other political candidate because he is so outrageous in the press thinks he is outrageous, so they give him a pass. It is amazing. Amy all of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Justice Department has sued North Carolina over its antitransgender law. The law bars transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. It also invalidates local ordinances aimed at protecting lgbt people from discrimination. Attorney general Loretta Lynch announced the lawsuit mond