Of arizona and bank of america. Thank you, president robins and thank you all for coming here tonight. Its a thrill to see you here in Centennial Hall and as dr. Robbins said, we have ambitious plans to think about the arts in new and transformative ways here on campus. I am thrilled to be leading arizona arts and our new gateway to arts experience, assets and Educational Programs at the university of arizona. The core of our mission in arizona is to ensure that all students, regardless of major have meaningful experience in the arts and the david human can early change in transform five ways it is a prime example to integrating the arts into all aspects of the University Experience and to making it a true arts destination. Tonight, were in for such a treat as we hear from two Pulitzer Prize winners john medium in kenneth you can early as doctor robbins said, david will collaborate and work closely with faculty in aerz arz arts and the college of soech and behavioral, archive as an Inv
Good evening. Welcome to mt. Vernon. My name is kevin butterfield. And it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernons lady associations and Ford Motor Company which sponsors a free monthly book talk to learn from the greatest historians. Thank you for being here tonight. Were thrilled to have you. To begin the Program Shortly well hear a brief presentation from susan swain, copresident and executive officer of cspan and coauthors of the president s. Shell be joined by brian lamb, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating and esteemed group of historians in discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is as you know a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. In the constitution, theres not as much said about it as you might imagine. Article i is quite long, ii much shorter and the key phrase is about as short as you can imagine. The executive power should be vested in a president of the United States of america.
trying not to get hit. they are stonewalling reporters day after day. now the justice were dumb department is blocking the intelligence committee from accessing the documents found at both president biden s home and former president trumps properties. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are going after that move. and they are not they are no warning, rather they will stop at nothing to get their hands on those documents so they can do their jobs properly. you know, investigate, watch. the members of congress have an absolute right to this information so we can make an informed judgment that the risk if and eight this document imposed by not being properly handled. how can we judge and to see if it is accurate or if there mitigation efforts are sufficient if we don t know what it is where the materials that were exposed potentially as? we are left in limbo until somehow a special counsel designates it is okay for us to get briefed. is not going to stand. harris :
Speaking while im interrupting. [inaudible] [inaudible] gentlemen, you will have your turn. [inaudible] [inaudible] and we focus On The Issues that matter . Everybody knows that. If i may. Holding joe biden accountable. [inaudible] so, if you could not understand any of that, you are not alone. The republican candidates onstage at the Ronald Reagan president ial library, mostly, focused on attacking each other rather than the front runner in the polls. Donald trump. Talking over each other a lot. Trump was instead onstage by himself. In michigan. Speaking to a crowd of mostly non union autoworkers. And criticizing the strike against detroits big three. That is a tight shot there. So really, the debate we are going to get to it. And more of the clips. But just overall. A mess. One republican later, one contributor, every, after another, after another. They were texting, and calling, all saying the same thing. What a mess. What an embarrassment. What a disaster. It was, it was a lot of w
Rate to see you all again today. [applause] this is not being recorded live. This andve right into stay as close to schedule as possible. I want to talk about the economic crisis, and i am happy to say that thanks to my friends, some of you here, my entering its fifth week as a New York Times bestseller, and you guys help make that happen. Thank you. [applause] it is the ideas that matter. Forced towe are being in doer this conventional wisdom that tells us that the free market has failed and we are stupid for believing in the free need thed instead we geniuses and washington to see us through. It is so false that i wonder if everybody who utters it believes it. Im sure some of them dont understand the situation well enough. That is what they think. Something moreis sinister in some cases. This is so far from the truth that i think when rahm emanuel said you cant let a good crisis go to waste, he revealed that dontople who rule us care what the causes of this thing is. Moreolution is t