. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim i. the cheryl and philip milstein family. rosalind p. walter, in memory of george o'neil. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america, deomgning cued individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. ee additional support has byrovided by: anhe corporation for public broadcasting, a private eoorporation funded by the americane. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewe like yo thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at ncoln center in new york, karina mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening and thank you for joining us. week two of public hearings in the congressional impeachment inquirare about to get underway. scheduled testimony includes -ranking officials, some with first-hand knowledge of president trump's conversations about ukraine. yesterday there was more closed door testimony and the release of transcripts from earlier sessions. jennifer williams, an aide to vice president mike pe

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tonight's program is part of our bernard and irene schwartz distinguished speaker series and is always the would like to thank mr. swartz for his support, which has enabled us to invite so many scholars here to new york historical. i would like to recognize and thank our trustees, as well as all of out chairman's councilmembers who were with us for their great work and support. tonight's program will last one hour and include a q&a session, a question and answer. as you came in, some of our volunteers in the audience were handing out cards and. if you didn't get one, staff members will be circulating through the auditorium in giving goes out and we will collect those later on and hand them off to the moderator so they can answer some of your questions later on. and also, there will also be able to signing tonight with philip bobbitt and akhil reed amar out in the smith gallery, where the books will be for sale. we do hope that you join us for that. we are very happy to welcome back philip c. bobbitt, welcome -- murphy center for national security. he has or does the counselor on intern

program, "give me liberty: a history of america's exceptional idea," is a part of our bernard and irene schwartz speakers series, and as always, i'd like to thank mr. schwartz for his great generosity which has enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to this stage. also want the thank all of our chairman's council members who are in attendance this evening and to thank you for your great support which enables us to do our work. tonight's program will last about an hour, and it will include a question and answer session. you should have receivedse a noe card and pencil as you entered the auditorium this afternoon, in the evening, and if not, my colleagues are a going up and dn the aisles with note cards and pencils. the note cards will be collected later on in the program with your questions. following the program, there will be a book signing in our ny district store and copies of our speaker's books will be available for prime minister tonight -- for purchase. tonight we arelc thrilled to welcome richard brookhiser back to the new york historical society. he's a senior fellow at the national

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