Page 39 - Public Programs News Today

Thank you all for joining us this evening. It is nice to see all of you and some new faces in the crowd. If this is your first time visiting we welcome you. We are the Oldest Society and the country and we are inviting people for 226 years. We are an independent nonprofit organization. We offer training for educators, and material for researchers. Looking back at how we planned this Evenings Program i can say that there has been about a year in the making. Last August Brenda lawson our head of C...

Proposition, the defenders of the proposition conceded to everybodys surprise, certainly to my surprise, that the fiveyear limitation was wildly impractical and probably unenforceable. They recharacterized that fiveyear limit not as a mandatory deadline, but as an aspiration. Reporter speeding up the process was no longer mandatory, the constitutionality of prop 66 was upheld by the California Supreme Court by a vote of 52. But it doesnt address the logjam in finding qualified attorneys to repre...

Penalty . Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. San quentin, roughly 700 inmates condemned to die there. That includes Scott Peterson who awaits the execution for the murder of his pregnant wife lacy. The last time california executed an inmate was in 2006. Some in the Legal Community doubt todays ruling the affect death row. Leslie brinkley is live now to explain exactly why. Leslie . Reporter the California Supreme Court today, dan, overruled a constitutional challenge to prop 66, the...

Warnings and store closures. Public transit in the area will come to a virtual stand still and even the cable car lines will shut down. And im dan ashley. Were going to begin with the latest developments. Several events are planned on both sides of the political spectrum. Rallies are planned for saturday and the prep raegzs are well underway. Reporter muny said for the safety and security of their customer customers it will not stop beginning at noon on saturday and during the prayer rally at cr...

She talks about the motivations and charity work of mid18thcentury north american and british philanthropists and humanitarians. This event was cohosted by the Woodrow Wilson center and National History center. It is just under 90 minutes. All right. It is great to have such a large crowd here on this day for the before the election, as we are all sort of anxiously awaiting what happens. It is a genuine pleasure for me to be able to introduce amanda to you. She is the associate director of the N...

The Affordable Care act. We want to hear from those in the medical field about how this has impacted your job and patience. For the first 45 minutes we will have a special line for doctors 202 7488000. Nurses, special line for you, 202 7488001. All other medical professionals can call in 202 7488002. You can catch up with us on social media, on twitter. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You, we areng to talking about the Affordable Care the current state and future of that law. We want to h...

Without the president s signature. Signature. Can you explain what this is to our viewers . Spee02 i understand the president s position and i certainly had no problems with what hes doing. The iran sanctions act was passed by congress which gave the president. Youre watching on our youtube or joining us our friends from cspan two, welcome and and happy bill of rights day. Since president Franklin Roosevelt claimed it on december fifteenth, 1941, the day has served as a reminder that we should n...

Happen to have a lot of exciting exhibitions and Public Programs going all through the seasons. You know the museum. Yes. In the beautiful jesse square. It is a building designed, originally it was a power station that gave light to all of San Francisco. It was to become a contemporary Jewish Museum and the roof line actually says in hebrew, hi, meaning life. We think of it as culture, history, life and ideas. Our museum is for everybody, not just for jewish people. It is for everybody from ever...

The museum. How many of you have visited in the past . And how many have you gone to our tenement . How many have been to exhibits here in this building . Okay. No you havent because it hasno opened yet. [laughter] so upstairs will be opening an exhibit, weve done talks in here so maybe thats great, youre wonderful, excellent. But i like to do that because i think sometimes people feel like theyve visited the museum and they came in 1992 and they dont need to come again, we are so sm glad when y...

And authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious read [inaudible conversations]naudibe [inaudible conversations] evening, everybody. Good evening and welcome to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. My museum. Nn my name is anna collins, Vice President for programs and education to hear at the museum. How many of you have visited in the past . How many of you have gone to our tenement at 97 how many of you have been here in thisl go . Building . It hasnt opened yet. So upstairs we will ...