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Karen welcome. Thank you all for being here. Before we get started, i just want to tell you that i am so happy to be having this event because we never get to talk about history and historians. We always talk about politics and the law and Foreign Policy. And it is all very interesting. But those of you who know me know that i like the history. And i think it wouldve been a very good thing if more historians were weighing in more frequently and people who write about politics in a historical vei...

This is our meager attempt to try to do that. Before we get started, let me just say that this is being recorded by cspan. You know the routine, which means that when you get the mic, speak into the mic, wait for the mic before you speak. And be aware of the fact that its being recorded. So before we get started with our discussion, let me introduce the men to my left. Jim banner who edited the book president ial misconduct, which is our kickoff for our discussion tonight, is a visiting scholar ...

Historians were weighing in more frequently. We dont have enough of it. This is our attempt to do that. Before we get started, let me say that this is being recorded by cspan. When you get the microphone, speak into the microphone. Wait for it for you speak. Before you speak. Be aware of the fact that it is being recorded. Before we get started, let me introduce the men to my left. Jim banner, an editor of a book about president ial misconduct. That is the kickoff for our discussion. A visiting ...

At cspan. Org. Welcome to the poly side and also some graduate student sitting in the back of gotten up ofhandouts for you all. Greetings to our friends watching this on the cspan lectures and history series. So just a quick reminder on thursday and were in a circle with the writing assignment and get back a test. I know were getting very close to spring break if you are not able to make it you have e opportunities to get the assignment and ask plenty of questions and i will of course hand exams...

Ed a the senate is not in session for the month of august and september to allow lawmakers to work in their home state. They will be back for legislative business on tuesday, september 5th. We will bring you live coverage on cspan2. Right now we return to American History tv. The big question, the legacy. What does this mean for american politics and i want to end by talking about carter as a transition point. Using my own work as a jumping off point but why carter is in the class of a transitio...

International boulevard remains open but you will see just obviously theres a lot of activity there for the days to come. Yes, the death toll increased from 33 to 36 victims. Another big piece of information coming out at 12 18 am it was decided that the recovery work had to stop because of the instability in the building. And they hope to continue work later in the day according to the investigators. We are going to go now to our coanchor whos in the at the scene. And you have been there all mo...

[ applause ] people get very giftconscious on days like this, and i want to thank the lady from the audience who left the longstemmed american beauty in my dressing room. [ laughter ] although your daughter seems like a nice girl, i cant get her on the show. You were ahead of me, werent ya . [ laughter ] by the way, if youre out here as tourists especially today and you [ applause ] welcome. All right. And if youre up on hollywood boulevard and you see a man walking along dressed as cupid, that ...

10 minutes. Prof. Oconnell four score and several years ago, our forefathers brought a new continent and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. It is with those were sent Abraham Lincoln consecrated a battlefield not far from recent today. The brilliance of those words wasnt necessarily recognized at the time. Lincoln was not the featured speaker. Lincoln waited until the very end to give his poignant closing words. The gettysburg address is the greatest moment of a speech ...

President s done over the years, and compares the criteria and results. His class is about an hour and 10 minutes. four scores are fathers said, with those words, there was a battlefield not far from where we sit today. The brilliance of those words is not recognized at the time. In fact lincoln was not the featured speaker at gettysburg. Everett,tually edward a senator from massachusetts who spoke for two hours well lincoln waited to give his closing words. Today we recognize the gettysburg add...

Margaret warner gets an update on the surveillance programs from Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post. Brown the kepler space telescope, once used to search for earthlike planets, is crippled, and nasa says it cant be fixed. We explore its legacy and ask if it can still be used for scientific research. Woodruff under a pristine rain forest in ecuador lie more than 800 Million Barrels of oil. The countrys president had asked the world to ante up in exchange for a promise not to drill, but that pl...