It is special to be here today. I am honored you asked me to inaugurate this center for freedom and democracy. I was reminded of this quote from emerson, an institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man. There is no man who did more than reagan to a store to confidence inas the postworld war ii era. Event atno better continuing that work i launching this institution 40 years after we sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california come i got to see him in action as governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but, it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of america. He understood that no other nation under god was conceived in liberty quite like the way we are. His deep innate understanding of americas exceptional place in the world gave him the strength to face down the soviet scourge. He was confident in every threat he faced. I must
Yeah, probably frustrating for a lot of people, power shutoffs persist this morning but in some cases power has been restored. This map gives you the latest look. Where the outages are and its mostly in the north bay and along the peninsula. Pg e plans to restore all power at some point they say today. Businesses in oaklands montclair district has power again this morning. They lost it about 20 hours ago. One Business Owner says hes becoming all too familiar with the same drill. Today is only one day. Also, its not a friday so its okay. We can survive. The north bay still feeling the impact. That wont help anyone get their wifi back which has been tough for anyone trying to work or learn from home. Decision 2020 for you this morning and President Trump and joe biden hit the south and midwest today after dueling town halls last night. Each candidate touched on the same issues but not on the same stage. Today in the bays tracie potts with reaction. I was flipping back and forth. Certainl
President ial nomination. He lost in the general election to the incumbent president , with Richard Nixon taking 49 states. Our coverage is from the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. Chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton and my fellow citizens, im happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. But i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. And i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. So i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien and even brave weight burke. Yvonne braithwaite burke so tonight, i accept yo
Senior at the endowment, women to carnegie connects. Issues of americans in the world. The last discussion was the afternoon with a simple question, what foreign factor, our lee panelists, and myself included new the answer to that question before with we began. Not so today. The request he we pose, will american democracy survive november 3rd and beyond, is unanswerable. It may be overly dramatically rendered, but there are simply tomorrow unknowns and too many uncertainties and fears about the consequences of this election. However, there are also hopes. Rachel had written reflecting the fact for many its hard to imagine that the u. S. Wont find a way to muddle. Through. Ross argued in the New York Times on sunday that well definitely muddle through and then some. Let me quote what he said. Meanwhile, the scenarios that have been spun out in reputable publications where trump induces republican state legislators to overrule the clear outcome or militia violent intimidates the Supreme
When chris described the experience, knowing what it feels like to encounter a Police Officer. This is a potentially life or death situation and that is true for me as a 40yearold man so knowing that made me think a lot more about the importance of empathy and understanding the shared or different experience so i want to think about how to move beyond the surface conversation about topics like race, gender, sexual orientation, religion. What advice you have for audiences on doing a job learning more about perspectives of others particularly topics that might be difficult to understand anothers perspective or put yourself in someone elses shoes . It is a hard question. Jordan and i still fight about things. We were laughing about a fight we had yesterday. This is a messy process. To understand one another on issues that are so core to so Many Americans it can be difficult. It goes to the deck of coming back to the table. We are at our best when talking about these difficult things and t