continuing in just a moment, but first let's get a look at a few minutes of conversation with jeffrey rosen, who has been leading the conversation today. the events and today's festival at the constitution center. rosen,rey rosen, mr. monday, december 15th, the 223rd anniversary of the ratification of the bill of rights. what is the national constitution center doing on that day? >> we are thrilled to be opening a new of -- a new exhibit that shows one of the 12 surviving original copies of the bill of rights. this is so exciting. basically, george washington sent 13 copies out to be ratified, one of the federal government. 12 survived. one of these will be displayed in a new gallery at the national constitution center, along with rare original copies of the declaration of independence and the first public reading of the constitution. we have an exciting interactive that viewers experience at the constitution center and online, constitution center dot ford, where you can the historicale antecedents, tracing the spread of the liberty across the globe. for example, from general macarthur wrot

jeffrey rosen. >> jeffrey rosen. dr.kissinger, do you see -- you described the motivations of stalin i think immediately after the second world war. do you see many parallels between his motivations and his techniques at the time and mr. putin's today? >> actually, no. i see parallels between putin and almost any czar i can think of. i don't think that putin believes that the system of government in russia is inherently incompatible with the system of government in the west. he feels deeply aggrieved by western actions and he reacts in a manner that peter the great would have understood. it's brutal. but i do not think we face the same phenomenon. >> i'm going to try to encourage questions more about the history side of life, which is, again, on the origins, conduct, and conclusion of the cold war. so we can go there -- sure. let's wait for a microphone and in the front row. >> nice to see you, henry. so i wanted to ask a question about terrorism in the cold war. one of the issues you dealt with in the 1970s was, of cour

i am jeffrey rosen, president and ceo. it is so great to welcome you back to the keynote opening event of our blockbuster fall season. the national constitution center is the only institution in america started by congress to disseminate information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis. and we are about to be transformed by the opening at the end of october of a new gallery displaying one of the 12 surviving original copies of the bill of rights. this is the first time that an original copy of the bill of rights is returning to philadelphia in 200 years. it will be enjoying the new gallery with rare copies of the declaration of independence and the constitution. making us one of the only institutions in america to display these three documents in one place. this will be the anchor for an incredible forum of debates and panels and podcasts about the bill of rights and i hope you will join us for all of them. i cannot help plugging the ones coming up, including september 17, constitution day. judges from the third c

minute program was hosted by the national constitution center and was moderated by its president, jeffrey rosen.

alito, governor bush, tony marx, david rubenstein, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen, i am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution. the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. it is hard to imagine a more exciting milestone in that than the one we celebrate tonight. 225 years ago,george washington sent to the state 30 copies of the bill of rights. 12 of those original copies survive,aand today, one of them is returning to philadelphia. we are unveiling a few viewing __ previewing the gallery today. this display of the bill of rights is made possible thanks to an historic agreement between the commonwealth of pennsylvania and the new york public library. the exhibit, which you will see after the show, is thrilling. it includes a stone declaration, as well as a printing of the u.s. constitution. that tells how the weiss, who were promised in the constitution, and were finally codified in the bill of rights. it will allow visitors in the gallery and

i am jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this institution, the national center, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. it is hard to imagine a more exciting milestone in the fulfillment of that inspiring mission than the one we celebrate tonight. 1789,ars ago, october george washington sent to the states 13 copies of the bill of rights and one to the federal government. 12 of those copies survived. today, one of them is returning to philadelphia. it will be displayed in the george h.w. bush gallery, which we are unveiling and previewing today in a beautiful exhibit. it will open to the public later this year. this display is made possible thanks to a historic agreement between the commonwealth of pennsylvania and the new york public library. is here corbett tonight. the exhibit, which he will see after, is rolling. it includes a stone declaration of independence, and the first public printing of the cots to -- c

i'm jeffrey rosen, tthe present is wonderful institution. it is so great to welcome you a the keynote event of blockbuster fall cycle. the national constitution center is the only institution dedicated to the constitution a nonpartisan basis. a new gallery displaying one of the 12 original copies of the bill of rights. this is the first time that to l of rights is returning philadelphia. it will be joining the gallery copies of that -- making us the only institution in the united states of america to display three documents of liberty on the same place. will join us.ou i cannot help but plugging the evidence coming up. incredible debate about collecting cell data information. we have the government on john marshall. the freedom medal. on october 27, the of rights the bill gallery. the gallery is being named after george h. bush. it will be an incredible fall season. for all ou will join us of it. i could not be more excited to open this panoply of discussions on the bill of rights. with my friend and colleague, one of the most distinguished

jeffrey rosen, thank you. >> the host of today's conversation, the national constitution center, moderator james rosen, president and ceo. c-span live for the bill of rights book festival, taking a look at the key events and individuals. the forum will close with a look at the influence of the longest-serving chief justice in american history, john marshall. go back online and look at the earlier presentations throughout the morning and earlier afternoon. while we're waiting for the final panel to convene today, take a look at the size and scope of u.s. customs and border patrol. host: we're joined by gary graff, the green monster how order patrol became america's most out-of-control law enforcement agency. i want to start with a green monster and where that name comes from. that is in the same internally within customs and border protection that talks about the hout conditions the border patrol has of the dark, all of green uniforms. are one of the identifying marks that goes back to the original founding of the border 1920's and has been a key part of the identity, and was a big fight or

i am jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this institution, the national constitution center, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. it is hard to imagine a more exciting milestone in the fulfillment of that inspiring mission than the one we celebrate tonight. 225 years ago, october 1789, george washington sent to the states 13 copies of the bill of rights and one to the federal government. 12 of those copies survived. today, one of them is returning to philadelphia. it will be displayed in the george h.w. bush gallery, which we are unveiling and previewing today in a beautiful exhibit. it will open to the public later this year. this display is made possible thanks to a historic agreement between the commonwealth of pennsylvania and the new york public library. governor corbett is here tonight. the exhibit, which he will see after, is thrilling. it includes a stone declaration of independence, and the first publ

ladies and gentlemen i am jeffrey rosen. i am the president of this wonderful institution the national constitution center. and those of you who have been here before no the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to distribute information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis and it is hard to imagine a more exciting milestone than the one we celebrate today. 225 years ago in october of 1789, george washington sent to the state 13 copies of the bill of rights. 12 of those copies of the bill of rights survive. one is returning to the adelphia . it will be displayed in the george h w bush gallery, which we will exhibit and it will open to the public later this year. this display of the bill of rights is made possible thanks to an extraordinary agreement between the commonwealth of pennsylvania and the new york public library and governor corbett and tony marx, the president of the new york public library, are here tonight. the exhibit, which you will see after the show is