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Well, okay. Well, thank you very much again. And thank again. Its an honor to be the kennedy lecture. And here. Is well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of all of us involved with Andrew Jackson hermitage, its my pleasure to welcome you, to our seventh president home. Im Howard Kittell president and ceo of the Andrew Jackson foundation. Today, there are few americans who are not in some way grappling with our nations history of slavery, how it shaped our countrys formation from the colonial era up to the present and how it impacts our lives today, however, its virtually impossible to come to grips with that topic of slavery in america without understanding the laws that both permitted and shaped the practice. Just as we see elements of ourselves in our ancestors. So our legal, economic and social system are ....
Why we sell a nonrefundable product. Even though customers have agreed to a nonrefundable product you can see this entire hearing on our website on cspan. Org, type House Transportation Committee in the Library Search bar. Well also have it tonight on the cspan networks. Well go live to capitol hill as the House Rules Committee is meeting to consider the rules debating the Government Spending bill sent down from the white house. In approved, Government Operations would continue until september of this year. A tentative agreement was worked out on monday morning and the bill is due on the house floor later this week. Live coverage here on cspan3. The rules committee will come t ....
About . Vote . The new yorkwith times front page this morning. It is the nra. The association has spent millions of dollars on Television Commercials for mr. Trump, even as other republican groups have kept their checkbooks closed. Mr. Trump has not run any ads of his own. Forceful gave a fo testimony at the convention. The nra this week released a new ad, againstlion Hillary Clinton. Take a look. [video clip] she is one of the wealthiest women in politics. 30 million income. Tours the world on private jets. Protected by armed guards for 30 years, but she does not believe in your right to keep a gun at your home for selfdefense. I fully appreciate how life is for so Many Americans today. She would leave you defenseless. The enemy Political Victory Fund< ....
Today is the deadline for bills to pass the legislatedture with key issues on the table legislature, with key issues on the table. Two of the biggest bills involve the right to die bill and the longawaited statewide guidelines for medical marijuana. Kpix 5s anne makovec has more from the newsroom. Reporter its been two decades since california legalized medical marijuana and finally lawmakers are set to take action. It is part of a flurry of activity at the state capital today. The deal calls for the creation of a bureau of medical marijuana regulations to oversee everything from cultivation to retail distribution. Cities and counties would still have the right to ban medical pot businesses and may be able to tax the sales on top of the states tax. The agreement calls for mandatory testing for potency and it addresses some of the environmental damage done by outdoor crops. Also up for a vote today, the end of life option acted otherwise known as the right to die or assisted suicide. Th ....
Economic, and military force for freedom and Human Dignity that the world has ever known. These are challenging times. I dont have to tell you that. Around the world, as well as here at home, you turn on the tv and we are saturated with heartbreaking images of war and senseless violence and terrorism and tragedy. It can be easy to grow cynical or give in to the sense that the future we seek is somehow beyond our reach. But as men and women who have been tested like few others, you should know better. You know that cynicism is not the character of a great nation. Even as we face, yes, the hard tests of our time, we should never lose sight of our progress as a people or the strength of our leadership in the world. Think about it, six years after the worst financial crisis since the great depression, in some ways the crisis at the potential of being worse than the great depression, thanks to the decisions we made to secure our economy ....