Readers. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is john allen, president of the Brookings Institution and it is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to todays event celebrating andre perrys release of his new book know your price, valuing black lives, across brookingss roughly 104 year history brookings has taken powerful positions on issues of race, equality and civil rights. These issues stand at the top of brookings qualities and i have made this president ial priority, certainly for the institution. Brookings not only made an obligation to study these issues but it is also the responsibility of the organization as well, to examine the intersection of race and policy not just because we are an organization deeply committed to the public good but also because we are an organization based in washington dc, the nations capital. As much as washington is a city of politics it is also a city of great diversity, of the roughly 700,000 residents the call the city home, one need only wa
Good afternoon i am the president Bookings Institution is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to todays event celebrating our brookings fellow release of his new book. Know your face. Roughly 104 year history we have taken powerful positions on issues of race and equality and civil rights these matters stand at the top since becoming president i have made this a president ial priority both personally and for the institution that only has there an obligation then to study these issues but also our responsibility of the organization as well that we examine race and policy not just because were capable of impact and committed to the cap public good but based on washington dc our Nations Capital as a city of politics but also great adversity and history of the roughly 700,000 residents that call the city home nearly half are black america. Walking past such sites as the Lincoln Memorial in the immortal words of doctor mlk i have a dream speech a wonderful place to live and work we at brooki
E. J. good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming. Thank you to those who are joining us online. The hashtag for this event for those who want to quot the very distinguished panel or make any comment is impeachment101. I want to thank john allen for those remarks. I think it would show the seriousness of the think tank if john allens remarks alone could make federalist 65 go viral. Perhaps we can publish federalist cyst i5 as a brookings policy brief and turn Alexander Hamilton into a temporary senior fellow but think you so much. We have become almost accustomed to impeachment but this doesnt make it any less serious or complicated. It involves constitutional issues related to accusations of abuse of power and that loaded but illdefined phrase high crimes and misdemeanors our panel will try to define those for us or talk about how they have been defined at different moments in our history. It is also inevitably political in the high sense of that word and there is a high sense of the
Or over the webcast, good morning and welcome to the Brookings Institution. We are very glad to have you with us today. My name is john allen, the president of brookings. And we are glad to welcome you today to this event entitled impeachment, what happens now . This is an extraordinary moment for america. As for the fourth time in our history, u. S. House leadership has launched a formal him preach met inquiry into the a formal impeachment a query into the resident of United States and its a great moment. The stakes are undoubtedly high, not just for this country but for the world as well. Ladies and gentlemen, the constitution of the united in the house of representatives, the sole power to impeach a public official while it further vests the senate the sole power to try all impeachment. S. This separation of role was vital in the minds of the framers of our constitution to ensure that the enormity of the power to remove from Public Office, to impeach, was not concentrated in the han
President of the National Press club the former general manager of cbs Radio Networks and executive producer of the report published broadcasting series moderated by todays virtual headliner guest journalist marvin kalb. We are free to accept questions from those tuning in today and i will ask as many as time permits. To submit a question please email headliners at press. Org. For 27 years now ive had the privilege and pleasure of working with and introducing this gentleman for 101 programs here the National Press club. The introduction is always the same. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome the last correspondent personally hired to at cbs news by edward r. Moreau and the Gold Standard broadcast journalism my friend and colleague marvin kalb. Thank you mike. Thats the kindest intro. Please do it again and again. For 17th book just published by the Brookings Press marvin present the second installment of his autobiography entitled assignment russia becoming a Foreign Correspondent in t