Hi everyone. Im Heather Moran and i in the ceo of six and i. Thank you so much for being here tonight. By joining us you are supporting us at a time where we are deeply impacted by the loss of income with times. We are very grateful to you. John dickerson has been a longtime friend we hosted the first live taping. During 2009 on the weekend of president obamas first inauguration. Since then john has returned to our states many time tonight we are so excited to celebrate him and his fantastic new book which came out today. The office of the president looks a lot different now than it did back in 2009. Not only a party a power change. But the tone of position shifted. It has become an almost impossible job between trying to fulfill Campaign Promises and solving every surprising and urgent crisis that arises. As we prepare for the 2020 election could not be more timely to reevaluate how we view with the president. And how we choose our president and what we should expect from them once th
Economy and onto the election 2020 will continue to be a process of change. Hes hit with us today to discuss his book and his thoughts on america. We invite you to join our Virtual Program coming to you from our air force one Leadership Academy oval office with Newt Gingrich and john heubusch. Speaker gingrich, just terrific to have you with us at the Reagan Library. As you know we originally had planned to have you live and in person as with so many times. I want you to know, this pandemic is behind us and you are able to travel and things can be said again, you still we would love to have you out at the Reagan Library again with your new book, or the next one you write. So thanks so much for joining us today. I want to say first of all i am a huge fan of the Reagan Library, and particularly the educational work you do and the way you create learning experiences for young people. I cannot remember a time when we visited that we do not just a wonderful experience, so i can assure you a
Dialogue about the most Critical Issues of our time. Were gathered tonight albeit virtually at a time when so much feels uncertain. But over the past two weeks it has become abundantly clear there is no more urgent time to talk about Voter Suppression than ahead of the upcoming 2020 election. In this moment following ongoing unconscionable tragedies of Racial Injustice in our country i have more hope than ever that our declaration that black lives matter and our protest in support of freedom for all will be unrelenting in bringing about equitable and long overdue change. We feel incredibly fortunate that you tonight suggest this f the most foremost expert on Voting Rights. Leader abrams is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, nonprofit ceo and political leader. She was the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major part in the United States. In the race for governor of georgia 2018 she won more votes than any other democrat in the states history. Stacey abrams aga
But i will never know. Simon and schuster is the publisher for mary trumps book, you can watch for her in the near future on booktv. Hi everyone, im Heather Moran and im the ceo of sixth and i. On behalf of our entire team, thank you so much for being here tonight. Sixth and i is a nonprofit and by joining us or supporting us at a time when we been deeply impacted by the loss of income from canceled events. You are helping to lift up authors during a challenging time to write a book. On both accounts, we are very grateful to you. John dickerson has been a longtime friend to sixth and i. We hosted the first live taping of abof which john is cohost during 2009 on weekend of president obamas first inauguration. Since then, john has returned to our stage many times to support our programming. Tonight we are so excited to celebrate him and his fantastic new book which came out today the hardest job in the world. I think its safe to say the office of the president looks a lot different now t
People will sometimes they northerners wanted to waive hearts and minds wasnt there why wasnt there a Marshall Plan well, there was. The friedman zero often gave more to governors than africanamericans, but it was pro trade as sort of agency of subjugation and oppression and tyranny and so on, so there was no link that lost cause types it would go to to distort history and part of their distortion was sweeping under the rug the evidence of dissent in the south, sweeping under the unity, sweeping under the rug the contributions of the southern black Union Victory in their opposition to slavery and so on to create a fiction and again, northerners and others who had hopes and a change to come in the face of a Massive Campaign of a propaganda. I have been thinking about this and im writing a biography of a james long street, a confederate general who almost alone among confederate generals accepted terms offered and through the conclusion that the confederates did have to yielded to the id