Up next Lawrence Odonnell talks about his book playing with fire. And the transformation of american politics, which recalls the turmoil of the 1968 president ial election. We recorded this in washington to d. C. In 2017. This 1968 election, was the first when i was alert for. I was in high school, i remember zero of the 1964 election, just the one right before that. And i remember just flashes of 1960, because it was a giant deal for Irish Catholic boys in boston. And one of us was on his way to winning it. And its hard to believe this now, but in those days we lived under a certain kind of, old ghetto culture notion that it could not happen. That they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. But if you know our political history, for the decades proceeding that without smith, and with others there was evidence, that you could not elect a catholic person. And that was transcended and exploded, one night in november in 1960. So the world we were looking at, in 1968 wh
Will have him just on audio. We will see how that goes. We hope that you can hear well enough if we do it this way and let us know in the chat box if it is not working for you. So just a warm hello to all of you, i am so happy to see that there are so many of you. My entered i am the owner and i want to start by thanking our speakers for being game to switch and for all of us this is a new way of life, we are presenting tonight in the partnership with a very good friend from the public library. I think we are all good by the precarious and frightening reality at this moment but there are so many books that can serve as antidotes and historical memory is certainly one of those antidotes. I think its another were sharing the next 45 minutes or hour or so tonight. And basically before introducer speakers more detail and step aside are many minds or whatever it is that we do these days, i just want to say quickly that davids book, here it is unmasking the angel of death is available or wha
Notion that it couldnt happen, that they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. If you know our political history for the decades preceding that with al smith and others there was evidence that , you cannot elect a catholic, and that was all transcended and exploded one night in november 1960. And so the world we were looking at in 1968 when i could really finally Pay Attention was a world coming apart in the United States. The vietnam war is raging, we had an incumbent president Lyndon Johnson who had been elected four years ago in a landslide who was on the way to an easy reelection again. He was very likely to be facing some of very good at losing president ial elections. Richard nixon, who had the distinction in history at the beginning of 1968, of being the very first Vice President in history to lose a president ial campaign. He then made Hubert Humphrey the second 1968. As the year began, it was back in that ancient america where if someone said, i democrat o
This hearing was called to order. Pleased to see a hearing on stem thats an auspicious way to the discussion on one of the hottest nights of the summer all the people that crowded onto the National Mall they were not there for protest or to celebrate a National Holiday were to watch a firework show instead now they went drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission projected on the Washington Monument ra monument commemorating the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took the giant leap for mankind. Was everyone in dc knows if there are people on the mall and its not a protest then Something Big is goingnd on. Landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks one of the ethical moments in the history of mankind. Looking over our landscape today its very different of 1969. And to succeed going back again but putting robotic rovers on celestial observatories that can liddy one literally peering into the beginning of the unive
And an exhibition of their work is on display at the turner contemporary gallery, just down the road from here in margate. You can see it until the middle of january. Im at dreamland, where the awards ceremony is taking place and where we will reveal the name of the winner, and over the next 30 minutes, well be talking about the art and about the turner prize coming to margate with some very special guests. And none more special than the artist tracey emin. Sorry to disturb your evening. You were shortlisted for the turner prize in 1999, but more importantly, you grew up in margate. Can you give us a sense of how important it is that the price has come here . Its kind of really strange, because this used to be top spot, which was a ballroom at dreamland margate. So its strange to be back here again. But that is wonderful to see all these people. There are hundreds of people here celebrating art, celebrating the turner prize. It is fantastic. I would say to people, wherever art goes, co