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Welcome dr. Craig smith. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] dr. Smith, its a pleasure to see you, thanks for being here with us tonight. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us a little bit about your early life and tell us more about how you get to be a president ial speechwriter. I became a president ial speechwriter can only happen in america. I was an undergraduate debater got a lot of training in how to make cases, how to sift evidence, how to build arguments. I then went on for a phd in Communication Stud...

Our moderators, jim broudy and margery eagan. At evening and welcome to our audience here at wgbh and those watching at home for the first debate in the senate race being closely watched, not just here but all across the country. With the incumbent serving about the house of the senate the challenges for seven years under his belt and the house [inaudible] they will weigh their differences and their worldviews and ask for the rules there are no rules. The opening statements, no closings, no time limits although we will be keeping track of speaking time to keep things relatively even and we wan...

[applause] united for infrastructure is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization. It has been our honor for many years to convene and collaborate with leaders in business and government on this important issue. I would like to take a moment to say thank you. Thank you to the city of las vegas and the great state of nevada for hosting us. [applause] i would like to recognize a few local leaders from the community. Mayor john lee. Congressman stephen horse martin. Ethan robertson. Las vegas city councilman brian. And mayor eric garcetti. [applause] id very much like to thank our host commi...

Tonights guest was a fulltime speechwriter for president gerald ford and a consulting writer to george h. W. Bush. He served as founding president of the freedom of Expression Foundation in washington, d. C. He has won numerous awards for his research, including an award for political communication. It is with pleasure that i welcome dr. Craig smith. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] dr. Smith, it is a pleasure to see you and thank you for being here tonight. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us about your ...

Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 for years now, its been assumed that americas destiny was to be overtaken by china as the Worlds Largest economy, and that may still happen, but actually its chinas economy that now seems under pressure in the face of robust american efforts to stop china taking advantage of the free trade that it never practices itself. The people who know china best, the rich china, cant wait to get their money out and their kids educated in the west and the people of hong kong who are risking bloody repression of support of their British Heritage dont t...