I am jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of this wonderful constitution, the National Constitution center. We recite our Inspiring Mission statement to prepare for the discussion ahead. National Constitution Center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. I want to share with you some upcoming programs. On october 12th, we have a discussion of the most contentious president ial elections in american history. Particularly 1876 and on october 15th we will be joined by Robert Putnam who discusses his new book the upside, how america came together a century ago and how we can do it again. You can register for these programs or watch them live at Constitution Center. Org. We will take questions throughout the program so please put them in the q and a box. I will ask them after we have a chance to chat for a bit. It is a great pleasure to introduce our panel in a mathematical order. Adam co
He is the author of the recent New York Times bestseller callsign chaos, learning the lead. Joshua over is the constantine chair in the school of humanities and sciences. Specializing in the areas of ancient and modernpolitical theory and historical institutionalism. We as a secondary appointmentin the department of classics and currency appointment in philosophy. His most recent books is entitled there marvelous, democracy before liberalism in theory and practice published in 2017. His work focuses on the theory and practice of democracy and the politics of knowledge and innovation. I run skinner is the Campbell Research fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of International Relations and politics and director of the institute of politics and strategy at Carnegie Mellon university. Prior to the recent return to academia he served as director of the office of policy planning and senior policy advisor for the secretary of state at the Us Department of state. Her areas of expert
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Advance. Everyone needs a chance to prosper. And broadband, the internet, modern communications is to us what pencil and tablet was to my greatgrandparents 100 years ago. Peter lets bring our guest reporter, gopal ratnam, from cq roll call into our conversation. Gopal thank you for having me, peter. And congressman lucas, thank you for taking this time to speak. I want to ask you about the proposal you have, that you put out in january, asking for an increase in spending on federal r d. Among the things that you called for is a boost in spending on Artificial Intelligence, biotech and quantum computing. But given the pandemic we are amidst now, 120,000 plus americans have died, is there anything that you would change in terms of areas of focus, areas of research where such federal spending to be applied . Could be applied . Rep. Lucas i think what we have seen in recent weeks demonstrates not just the need, but the magnitude of the resources that are necessary. When legislation was bei
Democrats deliver the articles of impeachment against president trump. They were red by adam e schiff of the lawmakers selected by nancy pelosi to prosecute the case against donald trump. The case will start next week. The republican led senate ma not approve new witnesses or evidence. Six icdemocrpresident canadas debated in iowa. Bernie sanders with a slim lead over joe biden and elizabeth warren. We are joined by skype in washington dc. Lcome. Ron ll start with you. You are coming from the furthest away. This is the trial of the u. S. E senate. Only ird time in u. S. History that an impeachment trial has taken place. Tell us how this will work and what weshould expectto happen next. It will be a strange trial. It will not be a conventional trial. We may nos. Have witnes people will be giving speeches onehalf of the president and behalf of the managers of the house. The se tors will have tosit in their chairs a listen and not talk and not on their cell i phones fordays at a time. It