Good evening everybody and welcome, i direct event here, we are so happy to have everyone here, before we launch into a session of strange rights, unlike tissue history, this is a 1927 by benjamin over fourth avenue, stretching from union square, from an original or the eight stores until after 93 years the sole survivor and now run by thirdgeneration owner, we want to thank all of you for your support without her whole community of authors, booklovers and friends we would not be here today. Tonight we are excited to have with this tar Isabella Burton celebrating the release of her new book, strange rights in the religions for a world, shes a tribute editor at the american interest. The former Staff Reporter at fox. Com. Shes written religion and secular religion for national geographic, the washington post, the New York Times and more in the doctrine and theology in oxford, shes the author of the novel social creature. Joining her to discuss her new book is ross, a columnist for the N
It was. What we are politics and 71 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger but it didnt make sense to be a communist. Went to the transformational kerr . It was gradual. It took place, in fact i just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institute of why i turned right and its a story of a bunch of us. And it is a long story and i wont tell you but i will give the short version. I was a radical leftist in a search of marxist socialist thing in america and i got a job i got a job paying 150 a week. I was the messenger in new york. That was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was very broke and i was paid every two weeks. I was really looking forward to that 300 and so was my landlord. And my drug dealer. [laughter] and other people. I got my first paycheck it was 178. It was supposed to be 300 but after taxes and Social Security and Health Care Retirement fund i said wait. I have been advocating socialism marxism
[cheers] he his that he is working his way through the crowd. A pathway of sorts. [applause] this is a well stagemanaged convention. Covering through the delegates. [applause] [applause] now walking up the steps. [applause] [applause] [indiscernible] [applause] [applause] [indiscernible] that is his mother, 77 years old. His daughter. [indiscernible] [applause] how sweet it is. His mother, standing, watching her son. [applause] even when a candidate becomes president [indiscernible] [applause] my name is jimmy carter and i am running for president. [applause] it has been a long time. Since i have said those words the first time. Here after seeing our great country to accept your nomination. [applause] i accept it in the words of john of kennedy, with full and grateful heart, and with only one obligation to devote every upper of body, mind devote every effort of body mind and spirit to lead our party to victory in our nation back to greatness. [applause] it is a pleasure to be here with
In cooperation with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Quite often, and many of our most famous decisions, there once the court took that were quite unpopular. You lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it beans to live in a society of 310 different people who have helped stick together, because they believe in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases, our series that explores the people and stories behind some of the Supreme Courts most important decisions throughout our history. This week, the 1952 steel seizure case. Its officially known as youngstown steel and two Company Versus soy or. To get us started, we will start with a piece of vintage film from a documentary. It features president terri truman on april 8th 1952 as he announces to the nation his seizure of the nations Steel Industry. With american troops facing the enemy
Today weve taken a historic step we can be all proud of our response to the biggest crisis the European Union has ever faced when you when you begin to live in the new should my timing was this perhaps for the longest summit in history but it. Came out of it is truly historic. This is the this is towards europe as a whole has now a chance to come out stronger from the crisis. Is this good work you look for europe writes no. Also on the day a committee of m. P. s from Britains Parliament accuses the government of badly underestimating the threat from russia and failing to investigate the possibility of russian interference in the present referendum so the question is who is protecting the British Public from interference in our democratic process well in a nutshell we found no one is. After 4 days and 4 nights of tough and often bad tempered negotiating the European Union has agreed i dont precedented 750000000000 Euro Coronavirus Recovery Fund countries here. Hardest by covered 19 will