all programs of the national park service. under representative communities grants, which just opened for the new applications season. please do jump in. that wef these programs manage and work with we have places across the country in every county, every state where the national parks service can explore and tell the story of women suffrage. we are looking as the 19th the moment as a watershed moment. it is clearly an important moment in history but also a lot of people got left out. we are talking about the people they got left out of the right 1920 and looking although we have through the civil rights and voting rights act of the 1960's. for our national work we have all these places but also have done work online. we know not all visitors to the national park service resources are on the ground. somewhere digital. we created the women's history website, which includes a very robust 19th amendment subsite. places where women made history site for trip ideas. there are other national programs. we have a handbook coming out, t

oferve as the superintendent national historic site and the at brown v.ger board of education national historic site. link.d bring to you the for a sustained statement, if not for us, they would not be a brown. preparationemiss in for this topic we are talking about, when we are talking about black migrations, more than a statement about black migrations, the african-american experience has been a litany of questions. rather that making the statement black migrations, the better question, why did blacks migrate? voluntary or involuntary. that, nicodemus was a slave of african birth and was bought with a bag full of gold. ago very old. , or atus was a prophet least he was wise. he told of the battles to come. with fear when he rolled up his eyes and we --ted the shake of his stump his thumb. nicodemus has two understandings of how it got its name. there are some that argue it got its name from the pharisees who became a follower of jesus christ at his crucifixion, when he is buried, nicodemus is there to bury his savior. others argue, this get more of the notable accreditation, there wa

american art and culture, the national medal of arts and the national humanities medal. join me in congratulating each of today's recipients on their really, and i mean truly phenomenal achievement to the incredible achievement and congratulations to all. [applaus [applause] >> with us today are vice-president mike pence. mike thank you very much. secretary steven mnuchin, secretary betsy devos. thank you very much, betsy. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and a great warrior and a man who has done some incredible things two weeks ago, al-badhdadi, he did a very great job, al-badhdadi, the terrorist leader, the head of isis is dead. thank you very much, mark millie, please stand up, mark. [applaus [applause]. thank you. also with us a friend of ours and a great congressman and a warrior in his own right, congressman phil rowe. phil, thank you, wherever you may be, thank you, phil very much. along with the chairman of the national endowment for the arts, mary anne carter and the chairman of the national endowments of the humanities, john pede, thank you very much, tha

the national medal of arts in the national humanities medal. me in congratulating each of today's recipients really and truly phenomenal achievement that is an incredible achievement. congratulations. [applause] vice president mike pence thank you very much secretary divorce thank you very much and chairman of the joint chief of staff and has done some incredible things and aku bakr al-baghdadi he did a great job. aku bakr al-baghdadi the terrorist leader the head of isis is dead. thank you very much. please stand up mark. [applause] also with us is a friend of ours and a great congressman in the lawyer, congressman phil, thank you very much along with the chairman of the national endowment of the arts marianne carter in the national endowment of the humanities, thank you very much. i appreciate it. [applause] great nations produce artist in the scholars each of these recipients and to exemplify the exceptional nation. ♪ ♪ >> i want to hear the whole song. but i don't know we better get moving. what a great movie. you have made some of the grea

along with the chairman of the national endowment for the arts and the chairman for the national endowmente humanities. thank you very much. appreciate it. [applause] great nations produce great thinkers, artists, musicians, and scholars. they make our world a more beautiful place. each of today's recipients has made outstanding contributions to american society, culture, and life. they exemplify the genius talent of our exceptional nation. ♪ [applause] pres. trump: i went to hear that whole song but maybe we need to get it moving a little bit. voight isfriend jon america's greatest living legend in sinema. captivated many and hollywood blockbusters. one of his films is the greatest boxing movies of all time, the champ. everyone was crying at that movie but not me, but it was not easy. really great job. that was incredible. john is an actor of extended sing -- astonishing range. --played one of the leading roles and deliverance. he became an investigative reporter tracking down nazi criminals in the odessa files. in pearl harbor he was so great. and he masterfully played howard cosell in a

let me turn to the benefits of national service. we could probably fill this nice room at brookings with all the studies that have been done looking at the benefits of national service and the vast majority of those just national service works. we need to make a couple distinctions here. we know that volunteering works. compared to otherwise comparable people who volunteer and do the volunteering have higher life satisfaction, better self rated help or better occupational or academic outcomes, longer lives, and lots of other positive outcomes. on the benefits of volunteering, on the benefits of volunteer programs who are national service programs in particular. for helping out on one's church or neighborhood school or community elder care, what gets counted, occurs outside the context of any regular commitment or quasi-formal or programmatic organizational setting or context. you have to make that distraction. that dooley said when you do look at the research and literature that does address national service programs in particular th

along with the chairman of the national endowment for the arts marianne carter and the chairman of thel endowment of the humanities, john pead, thank you very much. appreciate it. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] great nations produce great thinkers, artists, musicians and scholars who make our world a more beautiful, enlightened and joyful place. each of these recipients have made outstanding contributions to american society, culture and life. they exemplify the genius talent and creativity of our exceptional nation. ♪ ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i want to hear that whole song, but jon, maybe we have to get it moving a little bit. what a great movie. you've made one of the greatest movies of all time. thank you very much. actor and friend jon voight is one of america's greatest living legends in cinema. he's captivated audiences for more than half a century starring in dozens of hollywood blockbusters including "midnight cowboy," "coming home," "mission impossible" and "national treasure treasure," and another one they think is frankly the greatest boxing movie of all time "t

there was the american nation prior to 1776 and the essence of the revolution was to say that nation d its own and should govern itself. he wouldn't get the drafting occasion of the constitution without the nationalism of hamilton and washington and like-minded founders who believe that we could not just be a series of separate stateless vulnerable to foreign powers around us vulnerable to being picked apart and vulnerable to falling into disgrace we need a strong and capable national government and of course you don't get victory in the civil war. without nationalism. which is the main event underlining legitimacy of the american state. this tradition runs throughout alexander hamilton, believing he should have strong military especially strong navy and our country should become a great great power on great britain this tradition runs through lincoln and runs to pr you can see nationalist symbols and sentiments running through the 20th century through fdr and reagan. fdr's blue eagle to sell the nra program he is a democratic nationalist arrayed against hitler in world war ii and fig

more than 1 successfully tournament the host nation. rs flooded the 16 fan zones across the country during the 6— week tournament. 0ur sports analyst told me how the event has panned out 01’ told me how the event has panned out orjapan. the risk has paid off in short, commercially. a few weeks ago when rugby told the financial times it was originally expecting revenues from this world cup to be down 20— 2596 from this world cup to be down 20— 25% compared to england in 2015, actually, it looks like they are going to come out about 20% up and that's a result that surprised world rugby. eczema 10% up. that's a result that surprised world rugby. eczema 1096 up. -- 1096 that's a result that surprised world rugby. eczema 1096 up. --1096 up. let's look at the markets before we go stop trading on from the losses we saw on wall street. lots of concerns that a trade deal will not be resolved between the us and china. that's it. this is bbc news — the top stories this hour. the lower house of the us congress has approved the next stage of the impe

mean the soul identity is founded as a nation. on the one hand to see ourselves as a community that is vibrant i'm sitting here in miami the kind of community that people know each other but through that community to share a common community that members of the humanity should not be at odds with each other. in the whole of what we are to belong to. >>host: patrick deneen is the author of t6 we appreciate you co i'm director of social cultural and constitutional studies here at ai and it's my great pleasure to welcome our friend rich lowry to discuss important new book "the case for nationalism" reaches the editor of national review the flagship magazine of american conservativism for decades. he's edited it since 1997, rich is also a syndicated columnist and author i very much recommend to you the previous book study of abraham lincoln social and economic thought lincoln unbound. this new one speaks to a very live and significant controversy in our politics a subject that has been an area that's been a subject of enormous amount o

thank you for coming to the national book awards. bullet that hit me you could take a bear down with that. later they showed me how i am alive and does make you wonder. a lot of miracles that day that is when that a detail in the book and it helped to get me through with the prayers up to get me through it but i chronicles of very specific things even if you don't have the same kind of faith that by the time you get to the fifth through the sixth clearly there is a larger presence on the ball field. but the congressman usually did not stay till the end. >> he normally leaves around 8:00 o'clock normally leaves around seven to shower and get ready but that morning the meeting was canceled. so he stayed for extra batting practice and was in the batting cage down the first base line the shooter was we had the third-base dugout he was out of line of fire but could see what was happening and his skills took over he knew he had to check on me to see just what had happen if he could do something to help me. again i wouldn't be here if he wa

so but what i know is that the united nations and to reach those 2020 targets. not only that with the 2030 commitments and the other factors that will contribute to that. and we agree. that is not an issue of debate or division. the issue is the level of targets that has on the australian economy. so now we know very clearly about the cost of those and how we go about to meet them. so then what is the cost to join cracks and now the labour party cannot even settle the policy and climate change today. we have 20 percent over here and 45 percent over here. >> we need a point of order. >> this does not address the drought and the climate crisis. >> just before i call the prime minister there is a narrow escape in the question with respect to opportunity policies but in terms of what it was the question it was 45 seconds and there are a number of questions and statements and as i have said before the longer they are the more there is to answer. >> and now i'm sure the greens would agree to talk about what we described as a climate emergency. and they said they will h

those were the national parks, but we never got there. instead we went up to roanoke mountain and watch the hang gliders. or do small visits like that. but it was not until one day, one of my high school teachers gave me a call and she said to me, how would you like to be a park ranger on the blue ridge parkway? i was just coming on my first i had not jmu, traveled anywhere and i said what's a park ranger and where's the parkway? little did i know that roanoke mountain, where my family had been going on their trips and visits, was a part of the blue ridge parkway. i had been going there all my young life, but never knew that it was a national park. i never saw park ranger there when we were walking on the trails, outside. until i became a park ranger. i never saw an arrow head on roanoke mountain until i wore one on my shoulder myself. unbeknownst to me, i already had my own connection to the national parks. i just needed to be shown. after that i was excited to learn more about the national parks. my siblings and i would jump into my 67 m

roosevelt nudged the nation toward a war. he was determined not to get too far in front of public opinion, but at the same time, to push the united states oward involvement. i have been struck, king george the sixth wrote roosevelt, by the way you have led public opinion while allowing it to get ahead of you. roosevelt and the king were quite close, quite friendly. i might pause to say that roosevelt genuinely enjoyed associating with royalty. he always called him george, lizabeth,wilhelmina. they always called him mr. president. on his own initiative, roosevelt flies the idea to provide aid for britain. let me pause just for a moment to say, the lend lease was roosevelt idea. he came up with it personally as he was on the uss houston and in response to a letter from churchill. this was pure roosevelt. this did not bubble up from the bureaucracy. established a peacetime draft for the first time in american history and probably in violation of the constitution and certainly contrary to statute provided 50 sea worthy destroyers

it would divide the course of our nation. sh the doughboys of world war i who set standards of courage in combat. we admire the determination of our soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who took the fight to the enemy in world war ii and prevailed by their valor and sheer power of will. not only did they preserve our freedom, but they also made possible to pursue a world at peace. that same commitment to the cause of liberty has brought us to the mountains of korea, the jungles of vietnam, and the deserts of the middle east. in each time and place, our veterans have distinguished themselves for their bravery and care for those innocents caught in the horrors of war. we recall fondly the courageous sacrifice of our doctors, nurses, clergy of all faiths, merchant mariners, rosie the riveter's, and entertainers who stood shoulder to shoulder on front lines, factory yards, shipyards and at home to demonstrate the best that america had to offer. our commitment to peace remains the highest priority of these united states of americ

we imagine, i think, the values of the nation. finally, the rockwell museum organized some 40 artists work to be shown, work that was done can temporarily today, work by living artists to reflect on the values of four freedoms, or a different context of how we might think of them today. let's begin our tour. i would like to show you some of the earliest images that rockwell made of world war ii. he conceived a character named willy gillis, who is actually a 15-year-old boy at the time, too young to enlist. he created a series of images that were a lighthearted look at life in the military. one of his more famous ones is willie gillis receiving the care package. he received the box of goodies and made quite a few friends. the friends have lined up looking at this package. it became a lighthearted symbol of the military together, life on the base, training, and this kind of thing. today, sometimes these images change a little bit subsequent to their publishing on the post. it's important for us to know that these images for rockwell

i think the national services will help the forces to gain strength. and national service provides shared experiences in solving public challenges. it connects people from different classes and ethnicities and races and life experiences in ways they would often not otherwise connect. and i'm guessing a lot of you know this from your own personal experience, your own lives, when people work together side by side for a common purpose, political differences deintensify. if there's one thing we can use in america today is the deintensification of political differences. the institute for public policy did a study and they said that reports that participants of races and background said their service taught their new perspectives and exposed them to groups of people with whom they had not identified in the past. if you ask me what one of my wish lists were for the country and for us as individuals, one of them would be help me to see the world through the eyes of others. to better see the world through the eyes of others, not necessarily agree with them, buy

your own nationalism the appeal of other's nationalism and maybe also suggested, the question is gettingasked, a sense that nationalism isn't connected to militarism wasn't about national expansion. is that fair? expansion is part of the american - >> excuse me. i think it is. nationalism can easily fade, aggressive and militaristic can fade into imperialism, but there is a line there. it is often fuzzy. but i had had, inherited from my ancestral reading of "national review," sympathy for western colonialism is still that surely british colonialism which compared with a colonialisms was more benign and had a liberalizing tendency but i think it is entirely mistaken. farsighted and correct posture is to be willing to let people go their own way and be self-governing. fdr and churchill had a good argument about this, that churchill was positively victorian is the way she put it on the question of colonialism and clearly right. >> take another question up here. >> you will answer no questions when you are moderating. >> pretty much but that was a very burkeian answer. >> thank you. i am a m

historian with the national parks service. she has served as the midwest regional manager since 2010 for the national underground railroad network to freedom program. ,he works with local state, and federal entities to work with the public and educationnd promote about the underground railroad. she has also been working with the historic context for african-american outdoor recreation projects since its inception. she received her ba from the university of california, san diego, and her masters and doctorate degree in american studies from the college of william and mary. [applause] >> so i would like to turn it over to judge jackson. welcome to colorado. as you can see in colorado, it can go from 20 degrees to 70 degrees in one day. so welcome to colorado. as indicated, i have been a lawyer and a judge now for 49 years, but i am a member of one of colorado's historic families, and that is what i would like to talk about. , called the pit-scott-jackson family has been in colorado since 1926. my grandfather was part of the great

that was the first ever, nationals history. ryan, i have to tell you, i know a lot of people in the city, and they love you. they really love you. great job. great job. great job. had two big wins in houston, and chers.wo great pit headed back to d.c., hoping for another sweet. and you were thinking it was going to be easy, right? then something bad happened. to the best of my knowledge, you lost three games. how did that happen? we won't talk about that. that's been the whole season. there's never been anything like this that's happened in baseball before. you suffered that three heartbreaking home-field losses in a row. now, the nats would have to do what no team had ever done, win road,ur games on the which is not something that's very easy to do. and you're playing a great team and you're playing against great pictures. -- pitchers. and then you have a man named stephen strasburg. anybody ever heard of him? six anden started game dominated the astros for over eight innings with a 1.98, think of that, less than 2.00 against t

> what people forget today is that the concept of four freedoms did not take immediate hold on the national psyche. a few artists made images of freedoms, there was talk of freedoms but it didn't capture the imagination in any way that people would be excited about until norman rockwell. rockwell's four paintings of the four freedoms encapsulated -- made understandable and tangible the values of each of those freedoms and were arguably the most prominent and public images of domestic images of world war ii and unified the nation. the exhibition begins with early rockwell paintings at the time of the new deal. the depression era. giving a little sense of what america was like prior to world war ii. and then it goes straight into the war years with videos of fdr's "four freedoms" speech and some reactions to it from other artists trying to encapsulate the four freedoms in art and other images of world war ii following the introduction of fdr's state of the union address of 1941. we look at some of rockwell's early war images. images that were about the common person joining the military and w

and the evidence is irrefutable. and when it comes to national security, when you're interacting with peoples and countries and issues that are so complex and involve the entire world and we have literally the most diverse country on earth. we have people here from every corner of the earth with every perspective and every language and if we're not harnessing that talent, we're dealing with the world's challenges with one hand tied behind our back. and so, we pushed hard to change that, to have real data collected, real metrics about hiring and retention, and to enlist the leadership of the agencies who are extremely willing to participate in this enthusiastic, to join in that effort. and it was a substantial and important initiative which i do write about in the book. i'm not sure it's being sustained today. >> i would say no. [laughter] >> all right, so, i'm getting a signal that i have so many things that i want to ask you, but i'm getting the signal it's time to bring in the audience to ask some things. but one last thing for me to ask you to

i am reminded just this week of the saga of the washington nationals. e] just -- [laughter] just six month ago, the experts said the nats had a one point 5% chance of winning the world series. in other words, a 98.5% chance they would lose, but they beat the odds and won, and tomorrow the city will celebrate in thes' willing to stay fight entity what most thought was unachievable. [applause] i'm also reminded that when lonnie bunch set out to build a new museum, he had no money, no collection and no site. most people said it was a fools errand -- a fool's errand, indeed, the title of his book. but lonnie didn't listen to doctors, he assembled a coalition of the willing, believers, and moved forward, and that museum now sits proudly across the mall as a testament to the possibilities of the seemingly impossible. [applause] so the bottom line is this. there is no better person to help the smithsonian be more moreal, more agile, collaborative, to lead the way forward and do the impossible, then lonnie bunch -- than lonnie bunch. indeed, lonnie has the poten

the united nations which said very clearly that we'll meet our 2020 targets. t only that, we will meet our 2030 commitments. the other factors will continue to that after 2030. and we agree that there is a need to take action on climate change. ort was an issue of debate division, i believe between the major parties at the last election. the issue that was that debate, the issue that was being contested was the scale and the level of targets that could be responsibly set for australia into the future and the impact that would have on the australian economy. at the election we were able to explain -- what the cost of those were, of our targets and how we will meet them. now, the labour party at the last election were unable to do that and they were unable to the costs-- out what would be and is was a key issue, mr. speaker. labour partyat the after the election cannot even settle a policy on climate change today. they cannot settle what their policy is. we've got 28% over here. 45% over here. >> resume your seat. the prime minister will resume his seat. the memb

, it's the second most beautiful national seashore, but it was the first national seashore created, the advisory commission has served as a main forum for consultation and coordination between local communities and the national park service. comprised of representatives from the six towns within the park, the commonwealth of massachusetts and the secretary of interior, this advisory commission gives surrounding communities a voice in the management of the seashore. so i'd like to thank representative keating for his leadership in introducing this important legislation, and i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 182. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mcclintock: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcclintock: madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 182, which extends the authorization of the cape cod national seashore advisory commission until 2028. . it was established in 1961.

so the challenge to the 020 candidates to make national service a priority in the first 100 days of the administration, and to roll out big bold ambitious plans to scale and make national service a priority. three candidates have directly accepted the challenges. mayor pete is the highest profile of those. many other candidates have rolled out, have not accepted the challenges but have rolled out big bold plans around national service. we want every candidate to accept the challenge we can live with at the end of this, every candidate having a plan for national service. the same way you would expect them to have a plan for health care. we at service year alliance think national service is actually inevitable. we think it is inevitable because we're talking about the civic divides, we are about to enter a political phase beginning in washington where those divides are only going to deepen. we think at some point as these divides get deeper and deeper, and our fabric is continuing to be torn apart, that we're going to have leaders asking for solutions to help bring us back together, to un

press club president and the co-chair of the national press club headliners team. i would like to also acknowledge a few additional members of the headliners team responsible for organizing today's luncheon. lori rousseau and donna wineland who we just mentioned. kevin and press club staff liaison lindsey underwood, and membership engagement manager laura coacher, and chef susan dellfer who prepared the lunch, and executive director bill mccarron. thank you all. [applause] i'd also like to give a shoutout to american legion post 20 which celebrates its 100th anniversary this month. it has been meeting at the club since its inception in 1919. is that right? no, yes. yes. okay. we are so proud to have you here. [applause] and now, let me tell you just a little bit about secretary robert wilkie. robert wilkie is not a doctor, but he is responsible for the health care of about 20 million u.s. veterans. and that is just the beginning. as secretary of the department of veterans affairs, secretary wilkie is also in charge of administering veterans benefits, including hea

we'll talk with the new national security advisor, robert o'brien. plus, former new york mayor michael bloomberg is exploring a presidential run, but is america ready for another new york billionaire in the white house? neither the candidates -- >> tonight we say to michael bloomberg and other billionaires, sorry! you ain't going to buy this election! >> brennan: nor the democrat primary voters are convinced. >> have you heard about michael bloomberg possibly entering -- >> yes. t appalled. >> and i think he was a republican at one time and turnaround democrat. >> brennan: all of that plus analysis of news of the week is just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >> brennan: good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." it's a big week here in washington, so we want to get quickly to our very first guest, republican senator john kennedy who joins us this morning from kenner, laws lose. good morning, and congrats on the big win. >> thank you, margaret. it was a great gain. i'm proud of our youngsters, but alabama played a great game, too. >> brennan: very ge

the s.s. nation continues i mean that it goes to. to gaza and then from gaza to damascus and vice versa and you need don't see the international community oust by this by this murder you don't see a quick a condemnation and some sanctions imposed upon israel this killing really has taken some highlight because it hits leadership but daily this israelis are killing individuals are killing people and killing brothers sisters wives husbands. and continuing it there are keep the illegal occupation of our land and. building colonial settlements on our villages maybe you don't see that international condemnation because european governments and the united states . believe that islamic jihad is a terrorist movement dedicated to destroying the state of israel well the reality is that israel is a terrorist government that is that they catered to destroying the palestinian homes rights people you wonder who i mean really who is the murderer and who is the victim i mean they are the occupiers we are not occupying their country they're occupying

the school district and all that. everybody knew we were living in a nation, and the nations fate mattered -- nation's fate mattered. were more conscious of it by the late 1980's because of the globalization of the economy. and we knew we were in a competitive race for the future. you can live in arkansas or knew in a wayu that we rarely feel, except at war, that we were in a nation. and how we stacked up and would relate to this whole new world appended in no small measure on whether we provided the ability for our youngest children -- on that was one of the biggest things about this by the way. this is the first education deal like this where we said, we've got to get kids ready for school. there's got to be something in kindergarten and even before. we also recognized as you said, governor, that lifelong learning was important. as far as i know, this was the first big statement that really said look, this is no easy out here. we are not giving you the solution to the problem, we are asking you for a commitment to a process of excellence that will last a lifetime. big take away. a the first time we had national go

we must be the glue that holds the nation together. e smithsonian, must become much more comfortable working outside of our silos, reaching across museums and research center boundaries to maximize our creativity and our impact. and we, this is sony and, must be a more nimble organization that embraces innovation as the key to understanding the 21st century. we, the is sony and -- smithsonian, must strike the balance between tradition and innovation, using technology to expand our reach and vision that we are to reach places we have yet to imagine. we must be open and accessible. we must be an institution that allows every person regardless of race, age, , gender, background or ability to experience the wonders and joys of this smithsonian. the smithsonian. ultimately we will be an that makes our country stronger. an institution not just visited and venerated, but valued for our contributions to the community and nation we serve. let me continue as i began, by looking back. in 1852, the smithsonian refused to let the great abolitionist

senator cornyn. >> we are a founding member of the united nations, we would not be leaving the united nations, to improve the operation of what we are part of. any organization made if human beings can always -- always improved. it is appropriate for the prime minister in a comprehensive foreign policy speech to assess the issues we believe are important and what everybody did and the prime minister's speech. >> the second fortnight, widespread campaign for the media on press freedom, a disparate group of media companies asking the question whether the government page as the rules -- >> the prime minister now rule out prosecuting idc journalists and are they doing their jobs and agree that journalism is not a crime? >> the prime minister? >> journalism is not a crime but i agree also and wonder if the leader of the opposition agrees whatever profession people are and whether they are politicians, journalists, whether they are anyone, public officials, there is no one in this country who is above the law. people should be prosecuted for their professions. that -- they should only be pr

it is amazing to think in 2016, here in new hampshire, in the first in the nation primary, the people of new hampshire believed we could be strong again. they believed we could be prosperous again. they said yes to president as histrump in 2016, and vice president, it is my great honor to add his name to the new hampshire republican primary ballot today because we need new hampshire and america to give us four more years. [applause] -- >> [chanting] four more years. had -- we we have have an incredible story to tell. i have to tell you, you look over the last three years, despite incredible opposition by democrats and their allies in the media, we have delivered. think about it. we have rebuilt our military, restored democracy. cut taxes. rollback regulation, fought for free and fair trade. 6.7 million new jobs created all across america. unemployment is at a 50-year low. there are more americans working today than ever before in our nations history, and mr. president celebrated yesterday, more than 150 conservatives confirmed to our federal court, including justice neil gorsuch and j

texas is the only country on earth as you will recall, it was a nation for a few years, the only nationearth to codify slavery in its constitution. recently i was reading this history and i asked myself why am i just finding out about this now? was i sick that day? i searched the country and i found in a bookstore in detroit my it'll school texas history book. it was written in 1962. mister secretary, i would like you to look in the index, look up slavery and tell us what it says in the index. >> it is not there. >> it is not there. >> that is pretty amazing. >> it is not there. and so for generations of americans, we have had a wholly inadequate education about not the african-american experience. [applause] >> not just the african-american experience but is this museum shows, the inseparable nature of the african-american experience, the entire american experience. it is the american experience and that is what this museum means to me. [applause] >> i promised we would read questions and here they come. now we are going to get to some good questions. thank you very much. all right. th

a live look at the world series champion washington nationals parade through the streets of the nation'sy night the team secured the first world series title since 1924. but when the team visits president trump at the white house by invitation on monday, one member, pitcher sean doolittle will not be in attendance. he told the washington post that the president's rhetoric is the reason for skipping the visit on monday. cnn national correspondent natasha chen is at the celebration. what more can you tell us about doolittle's thinking and what the fans have to say about it? >> to do litel told the washington post he can't hang out with someone who talks about people of minority races and people with certain disabilities the way that he has observed president trump do. and so he said that was his personal decision which some of these fans told me. they said that's fine, they respect that that's his choice. one woman told me this is liberal d.c. she herself would not mind if the entire team avoided the visit altogether. the washington post also reported that several other players were wrestl

the national coalition is been around promised 44 years. tionaloalition of organizations, not just african-american, but labor and other kinds of civil rights and social justice organizations. the black women's roundtable is our women and girls power movement. it is like the glue for the organization. i sasay that because when you tk about the black vote, black women really need to move the black vote. that is because of our voting strength and the fact we influence our families and all of our significant others. when you say there's a big surge in the black vote, that is because black women did not just show up -- we are going to show up, but we're also going to encourage our families and communitieies to do that. many times we are leading a lot of the work and becoming more unapologetic about demanding respect for that, whether it is the democratic party or the progressive community, to understand we are not just a voting block, we are also leaders in this thing. appreciatearound -- -- i was going to say congresswoman. >> please, don't sta

the national sacrifice all but forgotten. all the more reason, i think, that we recall this cheerful man who could not walk, who could not stand unassisted yet who serenely and confidently guided the nags into a peaceful and prosperous future. he limited himself from his wheelchair to limit this nation from its knees. thanks very much. i'll take questions. [applause] i can't take credit for the last lines. that were from mario queem cuomo's keynote address to the democratic convention in 1986. please? >> i'm curious why you've left out hiroshima and wondered if you could talk about roosevelt's role. i know truman bus was blamed for it but it was already in the works. >> the question is why did i leave oath out here sheepa? when the president died in april was not yet bomb operable. at albert einstein's discussion -- suggests he encouraged roosevelt to work on the development of the atomic bomb believing the germsen were working on it. but it was president truman's decision simply to explain mr. truman's decision, the military

envoy to nato kurt volker and tim morrison the former national security council advisor. and a cabinet meeting president trump continued his condemnation of the entire inquiry we had 3 what is going on is a disgrace and it's an embarrassment to our nation and given enough evidence of wrongdoing on the president's part the house dominated by democrats will vote to send the case to trial in senate this long drawn out political battle is only shifting gears. well for more we can bring in public fully in washington public the committee is still focusing on the coal from trump to the president's alinsky is this cold going to be the smoking gun in this impeachment process. hi anthony well it certainly looks like it because of course you know a lot of the session today has been basically centered around this july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president. because of course we're hearing from 2 witness who actually 2 witnesses who actually listened in to that call you know as we've seen in the report there you know lieutenant colonel alexander vin you kno

and welcome to the national press club. the place when news happens. i'm andrea edney, immediate past president of the national press club and and i serve on the bof both the club and of our journalism institute. we have a really, really great program ahead, invite you to listen, watch or follow along on twitter using the #npclive. for our c-span audience and public radio audience, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, so any applause a reaction you may here are not, is not necessarily from working press. let me begin by introducing the head table and a like to ask you to please hold your applause and until all of the head table guests are introduced. helpful to have the list. so from my left and from your right we have sean butcher, communications manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. we have retired navy captain jim noon, command of the american legion post 20 here at the national press club. next to captain noon, we have retired u.s. marine corps lieutenant colonel brooks tucker. he

if you look at the national defense strategy and look at the priorities of national defense strategy, rebuilding the readiness and strengthening allies and -- alliances and rebuilding the department, those are all things that u.s. space command ties into. our priorities for the command of five. first, we will transition space or fight response was from u.s. strategic command to u.s. space command in full. we have done that, we did that starting on 29 august. we are responsible for space operations. we do that day today. not only have we not missed a beat, we have enhanced the game a little bit. we are leading this going to full operational capability and we are moving out with a sense of urgency to be able to do that. if we are already doing operations, what are the other things we are working on? requirements, component doesn't have a requirement function, a combatant command does so we are building out our requirements team. intelligence. i will tell you that may be one of the most important things that we do early on is to rebuild that intelligence function that atrophied once the

is united for the 1st time in franchise history the washington nationals have claimed their title as the best in the world series. used to win the game started well for the houston astros in a winner take all finals. the team were at home and put up the 1st 2 grant would soon change. they ended up being their only going 76 against the nationals answered back how we can jerk an anthony ran don't both hit a home run in the 7 any i win it all came down to this point to i was the washington nationals beating the houston astros 62 years for the 1st time to thank you i say still. i die i hope they. are joined i just think that like the 1st team wins it is amazing the nationals are the 1st team in the world series to win all 4 of their away games disappointing this houston crowd this year. i can honestly say nothing but a surprise to me i mean for more we started. so roach a traveling blues i mean you name it we've been through a lot but like i said before these guys we stuck together if you want to live this thing up the nationals had a rough start to their season only winning 60 percent of