To summit that will take place in washington, d. C. Over the summer. Good morning, everyone. On behalf of the Atlantic Council, its my pleasure to welcome you to todays event, nato at 75, an alliance for a better world. 75 years ago today, 12 countries came together to sign the washington treaty. Marking the very beginning of what would become the worlds most powerful and successful military alliance. In 1949, nato was founded to provide collective security and defense and prevent the outbreak of yet another world war. In the 75 years that have followed, nato has welcomed 20 additional allies, all committed to safeguarding Democratic Values and to promoting peace and stability in the euro Atlantic Region and beyond. This anniversary is unquestionably a moment to take stock and celebrate the accomplishments of the most successful alliance in history. These celebrations are taking place against a backdrop of tremendous uncertainty. War is raging in europe and the Global Security environm
To summit that will take place in washington, d. C. Over the summer. Good morning, everyone. On behalf of the Atlantic Council, its my pleasure to welcome you to todays event, nato at 75, an alliance for a better world. 75 years ago today, 12 countries came together to sign the washington treaty. Marking the very beginning of what would become the worlds most powerful and successful military alliance. In 1949, nato was founded to provide collective security and defense and prevent the outbreak of yet another world war. In the 75 years that have followed, nato has welcomed 20 additional allies, all committed to safeguarding Democratic Values and to promoting peace and stability in the euro Atlantic Region and beyond. This anniversary is unquestionably a moment to take stock and celebrate the accomplishments of the most successful alliance in history. These celebrations are taking place against a backdrop of tremendous uncertainty. War is raging in europe and the Global Security environm
Per hour gusts in cupertino. The strong winds and dry conditions also have a fire crews on alert. Jackie ward is in brooklyn where they are dealing with downed trees. Jackie . That is for sure. We started here worked our way down to antioch and then traveled west. Where this tree fell on a car, crash through a window and really the whole east bay was windswept today. Here we are just over a week until Christmas Day and we are still in fire season. Cal fire chief says that the season is unprecedented. All of our fire stations are open and staffed. Something you never see in the beer bay area. Ive never seen a december like this before. The normally staff 15 trucks during its peak season. And only for during winter. But now they are back up to 15 units. At one. 11 of them were in Southern California battling the thomas fire there. Our forces are getting tired. With that is our job. It started for us in march, and nine months later we are still going strong. The wind was so powerful here
A new Political Panel as befits the new era. Paul mason, guardian columnist, is here, as is ian dale, Lbc Radio Presenter and polly mckenzie, special advisor to nick clegg until 2015. Great to have you all here. Paul, this was an overwhelmingly good day for the tories, wasnt it, you presumably concede it . 0verwhelmingly good day for hard brexit. We have seen dramatic events of su bsta nce. Its not been a week of flimflam. Theresa may picked a real fight with the european union. Walked away dramatically she did her own bit. Walked away and created a diplomatic situation which i think has drama advertised in the minds of former ukip voters the whole situation. We have an Alliance Of Tories and ukip. That is new. That can win any election it wants to. Aggressive alliance isnt going to work . It redoubles the need for that half of british politics it redoubles the need for that half of british politics that believes in progressive politician, globalalism, we need to stop fighting each oth
A new Political Panel as befits the new era. Paul mason, guardian columnist, is here, as is ian dale, Lbc Radio Presenter and polly mckenzie, special advisor to nick clegg until 2015. Great to have you all here. Paul, this was an overwhelmingly good day for the tories, wasnt it, you presumably concede it . 0verwhelmingly good day for hard brexit. We have seen dramatic events of su bsta nce. Its not been a week of flimflam. Theresa may picked a real fight with the european union. Walked away dramatically she did her own bit. Walked away and created a diplomatic situation which i think has drama advertised in the minds of former ukip voters the whole situation. We have an Alliance Of Tories and ukip. That is new. That can win any election it wants to. Aggressive alliance isnt going to work . It redoubles the need for that half of british politics it redoubles the need for that half of british politics that believes in progressive politician, globalalism, we need to stop fighting each oth