Would you minds i went out and came in again. I would lake to say how special this night is but you beat me to it. Im steve roth rothstein, and on behalf of all the colleagues, were really thrilled you can be here. All of our forums are great but tonight is really a treat because of the speakers who is here and also the beginning of the john f. Kennedy centennial weekend and we planned this months ago, and we really literally thought, who would be the best pair about speaker of and moderator we can get for this historic time and were thrilled there here. [applause] before i introduce them, a few brief announcements. First i want to thank our underwriters and sponsors. The lead sponsor, bank of america, the lowell institute, our Media Sponsors, the globe, xfinity, bur and the Media Sponsor for the centennial, wcbb tv. As i say, were kick off the centennial and there are information when you leave or maybe on your chairs about what we are doing over the next few days but, there are oppor
[applause] the applause was a little longer for him. [laughter] i was about to say how special this natives i am the executive director of the Jfk Library Foundation to call the colleagues we are thrilled but tonight is a treat the beginning of the centennial weekend we literally thought food could be the best air the speaker moderator we could get and this is what we have got essaouira. They are both here. [applause] before i introduce them for someone to thank our underwriters and sponsors bankamerica, and our media sponsors we are kicking off this centennial with information when you leave over the next few days were doing i hope there are opportunities with over 100 items including 40 that have not been seen on saturday and sunday we will have a master not here as part of our tribute to nasa and on monday we will have musec and the navy to honor president kennedys service said it 3 00 p. M. 100 years to the minute he was born to fet and flying overhead to honor president kennedy we
In sport west indies have won a test match in england for the first time in 17 years. Shai hopes historic century helped them to a famous victory, on a thrilling final day at headingley. That looks nice. Low love cardamom. The Great British bake off returned to our screens last night. We will be asking if the new recipe tickled the taste buds of one panel of viewers. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Across the north of the country today, we are looking at a breezy day, with sunshine and showers. Warmer than yesterday. Further south, though, it is the opposite. We have some persistent rain particularly in the south east and it will feel colder than it was yesterday. I will have more details inis yesterday. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story there has been unanimous condemnation of north koreas firing of a Ballistic Missile overjapan at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council overnight. Pyongyang has described the launch as the fi
In sport still in the title race. Tottenham beat Crystal Palace and keep the heat on leaders chelsea. A boom for books as the Publishing Industry has a surge in sales and a record year. And carol has the weather. A chilly start in southern areas, with a touch of frost. But here weve got early sunshine. Most of the uk will be cloudy, with showers and a few sunny spells in between. More in about 15 minutes. Thank you amcu bend. See you then. Tensions are rising in north korea, as the u 5 call for more pressure to force the country to give up its Nuclear Weapons programmes. Last night, President Trump briefed all 100 members of the senate, revealing a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomacy. But washington also said they were prepared to defend themselves and their allies, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. The us is piling on the pressure. This is a Military Exercise just north of the north korean border. A message that the us is ready if diplomatic efforts fail. This is how
It were to pass, this could pose a very dangerous threat to our relationship with saudi arabia at a time when the iranians are now have achieved a peninsula all the way across from baghdad to from tehran all the way to baghdad and theres no doubt that the iranians have continued their ie agreesive their aggressive behavior. And if we voted down this arms sale to saudi arabia, it would have a devastating effect on our standing in the middle east and longterm impact on our ability to counter what is clearly iranian aggressive behavior. So i urge my colleagues i strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south carolina. Mr. Graham id like to join with senator mccain very quickly. 71, 27, september 21 last year we voted to approve tank sales to saudi arabia because they need more weapons and equipment to counter the iranian aggression in yemen and other places. Most of the people who voted for tank sales are