kathryn blackmer: ahí está otra vez.ción, pueden buscar fotos que son, que pueden ellos ahorita reconocer las áreas, y ver cómo han cambiado, este, también queremos decirles que tenemos una tarjeta, este, especial, que todos pueden, este, recibir ahorita, es una tarjeta que se llama "siempre east side", fue un, un artista del este de san josé que lo diseñó, y es no más un poquito de historia de la biblioteca y del este de san josé. damián trujillo: se llama, "puro east side", ¿o cómo dijiste que se llama la tarjeta? elizabeth castañeda: "siempre east side". damián trujillo: ah, a mí me gusta "puro east side", pero nos vamos con ese-- [risas] no, me encanta, como les decía, yo vivo en el este de la ciudad y cada día soy testigo de la belleza que está de este lado, así es que me encanta que ustedes le están ofreciendo esta oportunidad a los que no pueden, no tienen la oportunidad de ver esta belleza; gracias por lo que hacen, y por su colaboración. - gracias. - muchas gracias, damián. damián trujillo: muchas gracias, bueno

elaina and kathryn, thanks so much.orning. >> thank you. >>> many students in ohio starting the new year online as teachers in the state's largest school system go on strike. up next, a look at what it will take for teachers to return to the classrooms there. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: type 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3 in the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lored my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. announcer: ozempic provides powerful a1c reduction. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. and you may lose weight. adults lost up to 14 pounds. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles. don't take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop ozempic® and get medical help right a

kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news.heathland in dorset caused by a disposable barbecue say they have uncovered a piece of unexploded world war ii ammunition. a bomb disposal unit has been sent to the studland nature reserve to make the area safe. the fire began on friday and led to the evacuation of a nearby beach. fire services across the country have called on people not to use disposable barbecues during the drought due the risk of wildfires. rail passengers have been warned to expect severe disruption today. around 6,500 train drivers at nine rail companies, who are members of the aslef union, are walking out again, in a dispute about pay. our business correspondent, ramzan karmali, reports. a sight that has become a familiar one this summer. this time, it's the train drivers, members of the aslef union, on the picket line at euston station. it's completely shut and it's caught some travellers out. no, i'm not going home today. i was going to go home on thursday, but i can't because of the strikes, so i'm going home

kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news.t papers marked "top secret" were taken during an fbi search of donald trump's home in florida on monday. the search warrant shows that the former president is being investigated for allegedly breaking espionage laws — and removing government records. he denies doing anything wrong. chichi izundu reports. this has been quite the week for the former president of the united states. monday started off with an unprecedented search of donald trump's primary residency in florida, mar—a—lago, by fbi agents. what they were looking for was only made public today, through the unusual move during an ongoing investigation of unsealing the warrant used to enter the property. receipts attached gave little detail, but did indicate the kinds of things removed — including several miscellaneous top secret papers, information regarding the french president, and various classified documents labelled "sci", which stands for "sensitive compartmented information" which could be exceptionally grave for us nat

kathryn stanczyszyn reports from hinckley in leicestershire.ryside look scorched and yellow at the moment, after the driest summer in decades. eight areas of england have now been officially designated as being in drought. some, like the south—east, already with water restrictions in place. others expecting them to be brought in soon. even where hosepipe bans aren't yet being enforced, companies are asking users to be more mindful of their water consumption as reservoirs slowly but steadily recede. and for some farmers, it means a much tougher year than expected. it's just like the sahara desert out there. we're having to feed the winter rations, silage, to the cattle now. and by the end of the summer, we'll be halfway through that and we're going to have to source it from somewhere else and i don't know where yet. hopefully it'll rain very soon. the extreme dry weather brings another risk — fire. services across the country are dealing with tinder dry conditions that are more difficult to control if a blaze breaks out. and that means a usual f

kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news. temperatures, with severe drought conditions evident across nearly half of the continent. in germany, the lack of water is starting to have a significant economic impact, while a huge fire is continuing to devastate forests in the gironde region in france. bethany bell has more. a fire crew has just arrived on this stretch of road, because as you can see, there is smoke coming from the dead trees. a fire swept through here, but there are a lot of smouldering embers in the ground, the soil here is rich with peat and the embers go on burning for some time. 10,000 people have been evacuated from this area because of the very, very dry conditions. their hopes that the heat may start to improve over the next few days, that things will get a little bit cooler, but there are strong winds forecast for tonight and that can make things very hard for firefighters. a critical incident�*s been declared by the nhs in shropshire. the crisis has been put down to a high number of patients arriving at

first our moderator this morning is kathryn lopez a senior fellow at the national review institute where she directs the center for religious and civil society and editor-at-large of the national review and editorial staff of national review since 1997 so catherine and i assume you must have started as a college intern.ub she published a widely in the publications and is the national columnist. she's the author of the visionary wisdom for daily living and speaks for it only on virtue and prayer. ryan anderson is the presence of a public policy center of the founding editor of the public discourse the ons line journal f the institute. he wasll my predecessor. the heritage foundation for many years. he is author and co-author of five books including this brand-new book tearing us apart" and his previous book which was banned from amazon is when harry became sally responding to the transgender moment. he was cited by two supreme court justice samuel alito and justice clarence thomas in two supreme court cases. alexandra desanctus is a visiting fellow at the ethics center where she's covers

nione morning they come up to me and say kathryn jean lopez thank you for joining us and would you going to blame on abortion in the national review today and i thought oh my goodness there's a whole lot that traces back to abortion as the pier review goes through in the book. ryan can i start with you? what were your first thoughts is even processing what happened and you took a gamble that it would happen and it's really a handbook for post roe so the timing couldn't be better. >> a couple of things. alexander at night last fall when the state of mississippi asked the supreme court not only to uphold the law protecting after 15 weeks of life in the womb they didn't ask the court to uphold that. they asked the court to overturn roe which was a bold move. the attorney general deserves a lot of credit for doing what -- wisdom told them not to do. i think conservatives have been burned so many times that the court that they are cautious and always preparese for the. in the past 50 years that so we have come to expect. it'sw, great. they arean still a chance so friday morning i went to the

first, our moderator is kathryn lopez, a senior fellow at the national review institute where she directsfor religion, culture and civilil society. she's also editor at large national review and on the editorial staff of national review since 1997. i assume he must have started as a college intern given that. she's published widely, it's a nationally syndicated columnist. she's the author of the year with visionary wisdom for daily living and speaks frequently on faith and public life,. virtue and prayer. bryan anderson is the president of the ethics and public policy center and founding editor of the public discourse, online journal of the witherspoon too o and he was my predecessor here at the heritage foundation for many years. his co-author of five books including this brand-new book terry as a part of his previous book which has the distinction of band from amazon is when harry became sally responding to the transgender moment. his research has been cited by two supreme court justices, justice samuel alito and justice clarence thomas and two supreme court cases. alexandra is a visiti

elder abuse lawyers were not involved in this case, kathryn stebner spoke about what investigators are looking at and how something like this could have happened. >> what weather safety protocols? -- what were the safety protocols? >> either shortstaffed and/or poor training. because if there is only one person there and they do too much, they do things like this. j.r.: san mateo police confirmed that trudy and two others were given the toxic chemical on sunday evening but not confirmed if that happened during dinner. we expect more information from police in this case for the next 24 hours to help fill in some of the gaps. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. ama: in the east bay, oakland is searching for solutions after another wave of violence has shaken the city. since last thursday, there have been six killings, almost equal to last year's total number of killings this time last year. 13-year-old was shot by a 12-year-old on monday at madison park academy. a rally took place at the steps of city hall where police chief leronne armstrong pleaded for peace. >> put the guns down and stop it. give

elder abuse lawyers were not involved in this case, kathryn stebner spoke about what investigators are looking at and how something like this could have happened. >> what weather safety protocols? -- what were the safety protocols? >> either shortstaffed and/or poor training. because if there is only one person there and they do too much, they do things like this. j.r.: san mateo police confirmed that trudy and two others were given the toxic chemical on sunday evening but not confirmed if that happened during dinner. we expect more information from police in this case for the next 24 hours to help fill in some of the gaps. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. ama: in the east bay, oakland is searching for solutions after another wave of violence has shaken the city. since last thursday, there have been six killings, almost equal to last year's total number of killings this time last year. 13-year-old was shot by a 12-year-old on monday at madison park academy. a rally took place at the steps of city hall where police chief leronne armstrong pleaded for peace. >> put the guns down and stop it. give

. >> the water cylinder is -- >> kathryn invested heavily in climate change. 0 -- installing a solarel on the roof of her home writing hot water in the summer months. and extra insulation upstairs. and paying more for nubile energy. and they drive an electric car. a commitment to the planet beyond the reach of many. >> this makes me angry because people do not have enough honey to do this on their own and for us it has been a process of doing it in stages. 100 years ago of the street, they put gas fight for everybody it was a national project. why are we not doing the same this time? we could see -- wells into the ground and he pull neighborhoods but it does not seem to be at joint of thinking. >> our lifestyles have an impact on the planet. and houses creating two thirds of global emissions. -- and transport 20% of livestock emissions. all of that mean the we do -- means that what we do can have an impact. >> can we the people take lead customer bun is so convinced of our ability to make a difference it wants to campaign called individual action with things we can do today. along wi

well, we did a production with kathryn hunter playing timon, and there was no...se timon isn't defined by his gender, he's defined by his situation, and therefore it worked. now, some people don't like it... do you think you leave some people behind when you do this? yeah. probably we do, but also, we bring others along with us. and how far do you take it? you referenced arthur hughes, who is getting rave reviews for playing richard iii. and as you say, he's a richard iii who has a genuine disability, which is very visible on stage. and that is seen as sort of, quote unquote, authentic, a real lived experience. but how far do you take that? there's a real debate... there is. ...across acting and across theatre and other forms of drama, saying do you now have to have a gay person playing a gay character? yeah. how far do you take lived experience? well, taking richard, the extraordinary thing about arthur's lived experience of disability — he has radial dysplasia in his right arm — is that when those insults land on richard, they're not landing on an actor wearing

kathryn armstrong has more. back on track with a different look.g covid—19. it dates back to 1888 and offers views of hong kong's skyline as it climbs to victoria peak. the tram normally attracts millions of visitors per year, but the city's closed borders saw numbers dwindle and was a key reason why the face—lift ended up being $15 million over budget. covid has affected all industries in hong kong, particularly the tourism industry, and for the upgrade project itself, the biggest hurdle was the supply chain. that caused a big delay of the programme. the financial toll means a ticket now costs nearly 70% more than it did before the makeover, but in return, visitors will travel in more spacious tram cars that can accommodate over 200 passengers. there has also been a full overhaul of the tram's rail systems and a redesigned terminus in the central business district. however, tourist numbers in hong kong are still low, with visitors still needing to enter quarantine and undergo strict testing when they arrive. the tram's operator says it is confiden

officer kathryn winters says the officers exchanged fire with them and the situation ended on shotwell between 17th and 18th streets. no one was shot in this incident and the suspect was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury. antonio perkins lives on shotwell heard police arguing with the gunman outside his home and the shots fired. i heard officer say put down the gun, put down the gun, put down the gun. >> and he went behind the core, i believe, called then calvary came based on what he heard and saw. perkins says he's certain the gunman started the gunfight. police say that is still under investigation. they gave the guy a chance. they that baby whenever an officer is confined by somebody who shoots at them, you know, per our policy, they are. >> i allowed to defend their lives or lives of others. >> with their firearms, if necessary, police department will host a public town hall in 10 days to explain what happened, including why an attempt was made to detain the man. the officers involved in shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of

. >> yeah, kathryn, he is. and he's looking forward to it. i read another person's post on instagram today saying president biden's plan will completely eliminate their student loan debt of $20,000, calling it life changing for others. the forgiveness amount is just a fraction of what they owe. >> all this means people who start finally crawl out from under that mountain of debt. >> president biden made good on his campaign promise wednesday to forgive student loan debt payments that are huge stress for millions of americans, including john paul warren with $250,000 and that i can't get to have. i can't get a car loan but that income ratio to high the assistant professor of social work at cal state university east bay does most of his research on how to get teens to age of the foster care system into college as a person who aged out of the system himself. i worked 3 jobs to make up your school law with student law. he says president biden, student loan debt plan will be helpful, but he wants to see high interest rates lowered and for congress

kathryn armstrong has more.ria peak. the tram normally attracts millions of visitors per year but the cities closed borders so numbers dwindled. and how it ended up being $15 million over budget. ended up being $15 million over budaet. ., ' ' ended up being $15 million over budaet. ., " .,, ended up being $15 million over budaet. ., " .p . budget. covid-19 has affected all industries _ budget. covid-19 has affected all industries in _ budget. covid-19 has affected all industries in hong - budget. covid-19 has affected all industries in hong kong, l all industries in hong kong, particularly the tourism industry and for the project itself, _ industry and for the project itself, the biggest hurdle was the supply chain and that was a bil the supply chain and that was a big delivery of the programme. the financial says the ticket now because 70% more than you did before the makeover. but in return, this isjust what travelling the more spacious car can accommodate over 200 passengers. there also been a full overhaul o

. >> kathryn, your gut tells you about the 3,600 level on the s&p? june 16th. is that -- do we approach that do we go through it? do we not approach it? i know strategists don't like to talk about numbers do you think we need to make a better low >> retail positioning will being going to a new low and the fed pivot will be disappointed the fed is taking that 2% inflation target seriously so i think the retail investors will be disappointed he is also going to find headwinds with the collapse in the housing market and rise in unemployment if we get that, consumer sentiment on the real economy front also suffers we have to remember, for me, joe, it is about the label or market rising double digits that to me is the recipe for disaster we are going to see unemployment rise economic activity slow and the markets start to price in lower earnings growth going into the future >> kathryn, thanks i'm always very careful here bulltick that's a minefield mess up two letters and all over the general news >> don't do it >> also, rich, thanks. rich repetto of piper sandler.

briefly introduce our panel and i will hand it over to them for it first hour moderate this morning is kathrynean lopez for a at the national review institute she directs the center for religion, culture and civil society. she is also editor at large national review and has been on the editorial staff of national review since 1997. so catherine, i assume you must've started as a college intern given that. she has published why think catholic and secular publication is also nationally syndicated columnist with universal. she is the author of the year visionary wisdom for dailyue living and speaks frequently on faith and public life, virtue and prayer. ryan anderson as the press of the ethics and public policy center. also the founding editor of the public discourse which is the online journal of that with her student institute. he's also not his bio he was actually my predecessor at the heritage foundation for many years. rihe's co-authored five books including this brand-new book tearing ust'ev apart. his previous book has distinction is being banned from amazon is when harry became silent res

but i'm kathryn was going to be back at 10 and grants going to join me for kron. 4 news at night.e to unload a person suffering from homelessness and mental illness in another city, we have pointed reaction from leaders in both bay area cities tonight. plus, what men who have with men are doing differently now as the vaccination supply remains a big issue with monkeypox. also, we'll chat live with a tech expert about this twitter whistleblower and all of these accusations. keep it here. kron. 4 news at night is next. here at city of refuge, we house up to 26 families. we reduce homelessness, address mental health, provide spaces for addiction to be broken, create spaces of healing and restoration. for the first time ever, prop 27 will provide permanent funding for organizations like ours. saying yes to prop 27 means more people get the assistance that they nee they get someone to partner in such a way to see transformation come to them. yes on prop 27, because there's no place like home. wait. you're a night manager and mom and birthday cake baker? so adding “and” student might fe

that sounds like it's really on edge than yeah, ken and kathryn, these businesses, as we've been reporting, have been struggling a lot over the last few years with the pandemic and now. >> an increase in crime in asian communities which are making life just challenging and unfortunately, as we've seen in this video that will show you here soon

individuals that i am at kathryn city. here in boston have been serving as a priest for 24 years. at this critical moment in church history what advice and counsel would begin to those of us were working kind of pluralism and that many wrongs point out in your latest book? i welcome that observation question. i will answer quite rightly. personal i would like to say i salute you for your struggle, father. and i am grateful to you for. in the think i understand what is implied in your comment in question. i think about the many,e many, many priests i have known her in a similar situation, heroic people in my view.ls i will also say that reese at our at this moment life of the church. they're not exercising. priests is the just anybody. and priests as a group whether diocese, a nation, a lesion, perhaps even globally raise their voice management chain, in which to admit women to the priesthood. change the rule on celibacy away from these negative erotic morality. if priests did that out of their voice would break the logjam. i think back to the race example of this that i know of a

officer kathryn winters says the officers exchanged fire with them and the situation ended on shot will between 17th and 18th streets. no one was shot in this incident and the suspect was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury. antonio perkins lives on shot. well heard police arguing with the gunman outside his home and the shots fired. i heard officer say put down the gun, put down the gun, put down the gun. >> and he went behind the core, i believe, called calvary came based on what he heard and saw. perkins says he's certain the gunman started the gunfight. police say that is still under investigation. they gave the guy a chance. they that they did do that. whenever an officer is confined by somebody who shoots at them, you know, per our policy, they are. >> allowed to defend their lives or lives of others with their firearms, necessary. police department will host a public town hall in 10 days to explain what happened, including why an attempt was made to detain the man. >> meanwhile, the officers involved in shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pending

officer kathryn winters says

. >> reporter: dead pool is mead is low enough to crash the whole system and when kathryn was runningn phoenix in mesa, it was the biggest worry but now it's worse and the feds are begging western states to cut up to one out of every four gallons consumed. i know from our reporting, there was some western water managers frustrated the burro wasn't tougher. they said you guys work it out or we'll work it out for you but they didn't do that. what are your thoughts on that? >> it is disappointing. the longer that we have to endure the uncertainty, the more at risk the entire system is and i don't envy the federal government, you know, the biden administration, they have really tough choices to make. no elected official wants to be the person saying who gets water and who doesn't. i'm sure they are desperately searching for the least worst option but in the meantime, water levels continue to fall. >> we will invest heavily in conservation, efficiency, reuse and advanced water technologies like desalination. >> reporter: arizona's out going governor wants to build a desalination planltt in

that sounds like it's really on edge than yeah, ken and kathryn, these businesses, as we've been reporting, have been struggling a lot over the last few years with the pandemic and now. >> an increase in crime in asian communities which are making life just challenging and unfortunately, as we've seen in this video that will show you here soon. these problems are persisting. business owners say that they're hoping with the new district attorney in more police patrolling the problems. we'll stop. >> for the 3rd time this year, burglars and vandals have targeted dim sum corner in san francisco's chinatown, among other temporary repairs, plywood replaces broken glass on the restaurant's front door. the latest crime challenging the business owners resolve for the people who live and work here. >> we just don't feel safe. >> jane re max says this happened during the predawn hours on thursday. video from outside of the restaurant shows someone throwing a rock through the glass. they continue to walk before circling back and going inside. they're then caught on camera ripping out to cash register

ken and kathryn and one thing that is noticeable is the lack of august out there this evening. we're tracking. >> relatively clear skies all night out there in the bay area. but even for this year as well, crystal clear skies tonight and that's going to continue through the 1st half of your weekend as well. we're going to see temperatures on the mild side with widespread 80's all weekend long and not that much cloud cover as well with truckee warming up to eighty-four degrees. 83 for those of you at south lake tahoe on saturday. little change on sunday with a slight bump in temperatures with mostly sunny skies by monday. but just a heads up. there is the risk of possible monsoonal moisture bringing the thought of pop-up thunderstorms and lightning and thunder by tuesday. so enjoy the next 3 days because it is going to be the mall. this and dry us out there in the sierra. but fortunately that monsoonal moisture not going to make its way into the bay area in the form of pop-up thunderstorms. just a few high increasing high clouds by early this upcoming week. but from now, until t

officer kathryn winters says the officers exchanged fire with them and the situation ended on shotwellno one was shot in this incident and the suspect was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury. antonio perkins lives on shotwell heard police arguing with the gunman outside his home and the shots fired. i heard officer say put down the gun, put down the gun, put down the gun. >> and he went behind the core, i believe, called calvary came based on what he heard and saw. perkins says he's certain the gunman started the gunfight. police say that is still under investigation. they gave the guy a chance. they that they do that. whenever an officer is confined by somebody who shoots at them, you know, per our policy, they are. >> i allowed to defend their lives or lives of others. >> with their firearms, if necessary, police department will host a public town hall in 10 days to explain what happened, including why an attempt was made to detain the man. meanwhile, the officers involved in shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation

officer kathryn winters says the officers exchanged fire with them and the situation ended on shotwelleen 17th and 18th streets. no one was shot in this incident and the suspect was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury. antonio perkins lives on shotwell heard police arguing with the gunman outside his home and the shots fired. i heard officer say put down the gun, put down the gun, put down the gun. >> and he went behind the core, i believe, called then calvary came based on what he heard and saw. perkins says he's certain the gunman started the gunfight. police say that is still under investigation. they gave the guy a chance. they that they do that. whenever an officer is confined by somebody who shoots at them, you know, per our policy, they are. >> i allowed to defend their lives or lives of others with their firearms. if necessary. police department will host a public town hall in 10 days to explain what happened, including why an attempt was made to detain the man. >> meanwhile, the officers involved in shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pending t

officer kathryn winters says the officers exchanged fire with them and the situation ended on shotwellen 17th and 18th streets. no one was shot in this incident and the suspect was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury. antonio perkins lives on shotwell heard police arguing with the gunman outside his home and the shots fired. i heard officer say put down the gun, put down the gun, put down the gun. >> and he went behind the core, i believe, called calvary came based on what he heard and saw. perkins says he's certain the gunman started the gunfight. police say that is still under investigation. they gave the guy a chance. they that they did do that. whenever an officer is confined by somebody who shoots at them, you know, per our policy, they are. >> i allowed to defend their lives or lives of others with their firearms. if necessary. police department will host a public town hall in 10 days to explain what happened, including why an attempt was made to detain the man. >> meanwhile, the officers involved in shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pending the

officer kathryn winters says the officers exchanged fire with them and the situation ended on shotwell between 17th and 18th streets. no one was shot in this incident and the suspect was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury. antonio perkins lives on shotwell heard police arguing with the gunman outside his home and the shots fired. i heard officer say put down the gun, put down the gun, put down the gun. >> and he went behind the core, i believe, called then calvary came based on what he heard and saw. perkins says he's certain the gunman started the gunfight. police say that is still under investigation. they gave the guy a chance. they that they do that whenever an officer is confront by somebody who shoots at them, you know, per our policy, they are. >> i allowed to defend their lives or lives of others with their firearms, if necessary. police department will host a public town hall in 10 days to explain what happened, including why an attempt was made to detain the man. >> meanwhile, the officers involved in shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pendi

officer kathryn winters says the officers exchanged fire with them and the situation ended on shotwelltween 17th and 18th streets. no one was shot in this incident and the suspect was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury. antonio perkins lives on shotwell heard police arguing with the gunman outside his home and the shots fired. i heard officer say put down the gun, put down the gun, put down the gun. >> and he went behind the core, i believe, called then calvary came based on what he heard and saw. perkins says he's certain the gunman started the gunfight. police say that is still under investigation. they gave the guy a chance. they that baby do that whenever an officer is confined by somebody who shoots at them, you know, per our policy, they are. >> i allowed to defend their lives or lives of others. >> with their firearms, if necessary, police department will host a public town hall in 10 days to explain what happened, including why an attempt was made to detain the man. the officers involved in shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcom

november 2001 marks 20 kathryn lasdow 21 marks the bicentennial of when andrew and rachael jackson and their son andrew jackson jr. moved into their new constructed home here at the hermitage. while significantly more modest, the mansion you will visit today. it was a substantial upgrade from the two story farmhouse they had lived in for the prior 17 years. the question is, why did the jackson's choose to construct this particular type of house beyond the functional considerations? what did it symbolize to them. how did it position them in the community. how did it express the families aspirations? tonight, we are honored to have dr. kevin murphy as this evening's speaker. doctor murphy is the andrew w. melon chair in humanities. professor and chair of the department of history of art and architecture at vanderbilt university. he will explore for us the history of early presidential plantation homes, what these buildings symbolize to their owners and to their constituents. what do they mean to us today. dr. murphy grew up in the boston massachusetts area he holds an undergraduate degre

we also have barbara comstock, kathryn miller, the founder at and janet rodriguez who is head of communications and former white house correspondent. differing opinions and differing perspectives and backgrounds. but the common thread that i think is maybe the most important for all of you is sign institute fellow. i am so appreciative. it is so great to have you with us today. we are on the precipice of another midterm election. wewe had in the senate, 14 democratic seats, 21 republican. 32 of the 34 seats were up in 2016. it is amazing how this is the class of the senate we are looking at and what will be the control of that narrow margin. the u.s. house is going to be a big topic of conversation today as all seats are up and several of them are targeted. the primaries have pushed what kind of election we are looking at in terms of gubernatorial races. in the state legislatures, if you can believe, eth chambers in 46 states are up. all of these individuals voting soon to determine what our leaders to -- leadership structure is. we want to hear your perspectives. i want to encourage anybody wh

we also have barbara comstock, kathryn miller, the founder at table 81 and janet