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Thank you. [applause] the writers festival continues now with a discussion on us president ial elections with Arthenia Joyner and historians mark and morley. Karl rove, your moderator. [applause] good morning. What a pleasure to be here to talk about some of the most important subjects that are on everybodys mind. Today we are going to have a wonderful opportunity to talk to three outstanding experts about the election that changed our history. Somebody who once worked on many campaigns, i will ...

It is 202 7488000. If you live in the pacific time zone, it is 202 7488001. If you want to give us an email journal cspan. Org. Host i want to point you to a poll that was done, democratic voters taking a look at 2016 and two people would support if the election took place. Hillary clinton getting the top honors with 51 of those democrats even their support to her. Bernie sanders, 17 . Vice President Joe Biden not declared to run for the residency, garnering 13 . Jim webb followed at 1 , as well...

And we are contacting everyone we can. We are trying to go back at least 24 hours to find out who people had contact with. Ed police are still waiting on toxicology results for the little boy. Family members were in court today, but did not speak. Jc new data shows Substance Abuse is the number one factor in child abuse and neglect cases in massachusetts. The herald reporting Substance Abuse was a factor in 30 of the nearly 48,000 reports of neglect investigated between march and september. It w...

Peninsula. We dont want someone our issue today to be someones problem tomorrow. Reporter the select committee has come up with a list of recommendations. Some are uncontroversial, like shift something flights and Populated Areas over the peninsula to open water on the east side of the bay. Consider a plan to require planes to require at higher altitudes over the city of woodstock, that would reduce noise until those same planes dive down to a low her altitude as they approach the airport, meani...

And effective Death Penalty reform act which made it nearly impossible to use habeas corpus to free innocent prisoners. Despite all of the setbacks come 2002 was a blockbuster year for the Innocence Movement. 25 people were exonerated by dna testing. Still the highest number of dna exonerations in any one year to date. Teenage exonerations became part of the public consciousness and people starte are starting to understand that the system made mistakes. It also is a big year for mike mcalister. ...

Are my grandchildren. There comes a point in life whether your 20 or 70 and you have to leave it a better place than when you entered it. I wanted them to learn lessons from my public life. Second, as i had been running and Holding Office and losing for office and running uphill races, i was struck by two comments that framed my opinion. A famed conductor said a liberal is someone who believes in a bright infinite future. A conservative is someone who stands up for history yelling stop. Thats a ...

Itself issues. Texas a quand m, university of texas at austin, the university of houston, other institutions, these arell public universities. And these individuals, these students, pay tuition to go to these public universities. And in response, theyre issued identification vehicles. Identification cards. But the state of texas has seen fit to say, thats not valid in order to vote. And i think that one example, and weve heard several others, basically exposes the fact that the movement to impos...

With your families or friends . Here are the phone numbers. You can also share your thoughts on social media. The question this morning is whether or not this president ial election and the debates over have caused a rift with your family or friends. Research from the pew research center. They ask how many of your Close Friends support the opposing candidate . Some of this debate is taking place online. Data fromto this Online Harassment dated. Org they also ask whether politics play a role in w...

Youll also hear a profile of the first ladies since 1960, and booktv visits denver to speak with local authors and tour the citys literary sites. Plus, the science used toism prove the effectiveness and safety of the u. S. Military, trent lott and jon meacham talk about president ial politics, we discuss why the mix has lost faith why the public has lost faith in their political leaders. And finally, Jean Edward Smith discusses his most recent book on the president ial tenure of george w. Bush. ...

Are citizens. Thats their role but they dont get taught that in school. They dont learn civic skills. They dont connect the schools with the community to raise people who know how to shape the future of their neighborhood, state, country in the world. So this is why i finally wrote a short book. [laughter] its called breaking through power. Its easier than we think, and im very willing to be challenged on documenting its easier than we think. 1 or less, we hear about the other 1 , the occupied w...