we have a member of the ford family, greg ford. we're so pleased, greg, that you came out this evening. thank you. we also have a trustee, david hooker, back there. thank you so much for your service, david. and of course, sitting next to him is his dad, bob hooker, who was on the board and taught david everything he knows. know so, so great to see you all these friends of ford, you know, you friends of four of the ones who make these programs possible. i'll say something about that in the wrap at the end of the evening. but right now, i want to introduce our distinguished speaker. bill brandes has been coming back to grand rapids a long time h w brands as you know, just been a prolific author and researcher, great teacher, somebody, anybody who watches the history channel, it's people like bill brands that keep it from being called the hitler channel because he says so much about american history in such insightful ways and know if 2 a.m. and you can't sleep, you turn on the history channel. you probably you'll probably see bill y

>> ford. >> jimmy: 4 months old? >> ford. he is 3 months old. get confused by that. >> not at all. he's 3 months now. >> jimmy: you got a boy, two girls, boy. >> that's right. jack, 12. lila, 4. eloise about to be 3 and then ford. >> jimmy: i remember jack was like 4 years old or something. he came here with you to the show. >> that's right. >> jimmy: is he helping you or is he of no help at all? >> he's my accountant. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he is? >> he's helping. he's got the books cooked, though. we're done. >> jimmy: you know what? i don't think there is anybody checking anything at the irs anymore. >> yeah, we got it, we're good. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: do you help with all of the swaddling and the changing and that kind of duties? >> dooties, it takes a team. we've got a lot of them. but yeah. he can deuce, i tell you. >> jimmy: oh, he can? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you must be very proud. >> oh, yeah. he didn't get my eyes. but he got my long butt crack. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, good. >> yeah. that's a genetic thing. and i'll tell you, most of

9th, when president ford came to the white house 50 years ago. we have great lineup this coming winter and spring and we look forward to seeing you there. have a good evening. thank you so much. great to seethis is a war in whn hold responsible military positions on an equal footing with men submitting to the same discipline, earning the same pay in some theaters of war. sharing the dangers of front line, fighting. but it is not only in the field of military operations that are pulling their weight. they are working on the assembly lines in munitions factories, helping to produce the enormous bulk of material that, we and our allies must have to fight the war in the sprawling aircraft factories on the west coast. teams of women blush, the rivets that hold together the aluminum skin on the wing of a b-24 or. this is like punching holes, a tennis, scouring powder instead of cutting out dresses. this woman stamps out the patterns of airplane parts hot plastic glass is lifted out of the processing that and molded into shatterproof windows for fighter

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century, there appeared atlantics, laved ray, the slave traders from european countries started building fords on the western coast of the african continent to transport the african inhabitants to america, to be forced into hard labor until the middle of the 17th century. portugal had played the main role in this atrocious business. in great britain, france and the netherlands took the leadership for this fan of 400 years of legal and illegal slave trade. about 17000000 people were forcefully shipped across the atlantic. not including those who died on the way due to unbearable living conditions. modern historians estimate that for each slave ship to america, there were 5 who died while captured during transportation and cruel obliteration of rebellion. this route, because the whole tre practiced by the leading european countries took away tens of millions of african lives. the organization of united nations class advised the trans atlantics laved rate as one of the greatest human rights abuses in the history of humanity. this is the biggest act of deportation of people ever seen by mankind. t

focusing on the behavior of the ford actors. second, this is a bipartisan problem. it affects candidates, organizations on both sides of the aisle. third, elections are a flashpoint but they are not the start or end of this activity. it puts a wide array of targets in its crosshairs. american institutions, businesses. everyone understands why elections are at this important moment, but i think the aperture is just much wider. in terms of what we can do, you are asking about these foundational -- broad approach. we need to look at this as an asymmetric competition. we need to shore up the sources of our strength. local journalism, the strength of our information environment, our responsiveness to civil liberties, etc. also our technological competitiveness. this is a brat competition. then we need to organize ourselves against the problem. we have seen government begin to do this with the creation of a handful of institutions to address the problem but there is more that can be done. and then go on offense in places that are most conducive to our success. miles: let

of ontario, doug ford, who i wrote, could be played by.alks about. >> how. >> ontario alone. >> is like the biggest trading partner for like a dozen states in the us. so they want to. know that this. >> is a matter. >> of a friendship, but also be. >> business. >> willie. >> that you. >> guys sell us goods. we sell you goods. why would you want to screw that up? >> why would you want to screw that up? and yet you also hear from that same minister that you're talking about, that he talks to republicans and republicans say, yeah, i'm with you. this isn't a good idea. there's plenty of governors who look at the way that their states do business, who say, i'm with you, too. this doesn't work for my bottom line. >> yeah. >> and in fact. >> it's. >> pretty easy to find senators, governors. >> of. >> both parties who are deeply. uneasy about the idea of a trade war with canada, in part because of the retaliatory tariffs. let's take, for example, andy beshear, the governor of kentucky. mitch mcconnell, rand paul, the two senators, they're deeply c

one of those trophies actually went to one of the greatest film makers of all-time, francis ford coppolan this world today i choose to not follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified by risk despite the tal want pool at its disposal may not create pictures relevant and alive 50 years from now. i like that response. he's a risktaker and that's always made him so great. >> madam webb did very well at the razzies. >>> finally, president angela basset, after all she plays commander in chief in the netflix series "zero day." sat down with willie to discuss working with another acting icon, robber de niro. >> you have worked with robert before, but what was it like at the stages of both of your careers? >> it was wonderful. a little nervous because the legend and the man. it was great to meet a sitting former president. >> you can catch willie's sunday sit down with angela basset tomorrow morning on "sunday today." and that's your "pop start." >> that show was very good. >> she never lost her groove, but the groove was definitely back. >> didn't know you were a fan of stella

street tales and red piece out from current maria's 20 sorry 2023 series boom town rose candy by maria ford for her 2005 series the pickpocket is del and phyllis by felicia carlyle and jessica hobbs from the 2005 series the wedding portraits series f market by helena keefe from her 2007 work muni maps. the theme of that year was urban systems travel and journeys and then dash by owen smith from his 2008 series dashiell dashiell mamet's san francisco street artist by jonathan bernstein from his 2010 series meat market portraits of the street. the theme of that year was new images based on photographs and seasonal. williams and janice merritt cattani by kate haag and ivan aranda from the 2017 series summer of love trading cards. the theme of that year was the 50th anniversary of the summer of love. next we have the mother and child free huey rally by deborah sahm for the series i also from 2017 oh sorry went to fast. untitled by sylvia cordova for the 2018 series of body reorganized. the theme of that year was sanctuary city david brooks at hospitality house by lukas brafman. similar for 2019

your predecessor -- to court because gerald ford was not willing to comply with the impoundment act. this was not a decision that she made -- moyers spoke out and i want to ask you whether what you think the president is doing in pausing these payments automatically is a violation of the impoundment act. >> yes, we are looking at that issue. we have already sent letters to the administration asking them to explain their legal position to us, and we will be making rulings as to whether or not these issues violated the act or not. >> when will you be making that? >> as soon as we can get the information from the administration. you're following the court case -- court cases as well and the court filings. >> what if they refuse to give you the information? >> we have the information available from the court filings of what their legal positions are for many of the issues that are subject to the litigation. >> would you say within 45 days? because that is the rescission -- they have about 45 days. i think the automatic payments is a violation. >> you're going to make these decisions as f