the federalist society host a panel with former congressman nikki edwards. also andrew mccarthy. it starts at 12:15 p.m. eastern on c-span2 up next, a conversation on race, ethnicity and religion and how they affect policy such as affirmative action and immigration. from the new york public library this is about one hour. >> good evening everybody and welcome. my name is simon, i'm the executive director or of the ethics center. along with our partners advance which is a network of australians around the world, the globalization program and the council of ethics and international fair, i'd like to welcome you all to the session within our program shades of red and blue. the reason why we've convened this session is because we think it's essential to bring together for the first time people who are distributed across the political system in which in my country and i suspect also here there is very little by way of conversation and a lot of shouting at people. we are all facing issues of profound importance which we think they're better addressed by allowing for principal disagreem