Day. A. Q a forum on inclusion in policy end government. Opportunities in those areas under a Joe Biden Administration. The hill hosted the event. Greetings and welcome. I am the editor at large of the hail. Thank you for joining us for the final session of our diversity and inclusion summit. We have been testing the proposition that without diversity, a government does not represent its constituents, its society suffers, and businesses and organizations are less successful. We are going to take a look at how all of us can play a role in building a culture of equity in society. I would like to thank our sponsors, qualcomm, the International Franchise association, and association of realtors. Special thanks to the National Association of realtors for supporting this band of programming and it is going to be a great band. Stay tuned, lots of cool stuff. Some of the leading minds in civil rights and activism are with us this afternoon to discuss how intentional actions can lead to positiv
Welcome in to The Sunday Show, i am jonathan capehart, and we are following Breaking News out of iran. Earlier today, helicopter carrying the iranian president crash landed in a mountainous region in the countrys northwest, near the border with azerbaijan. Irans Foreign Minister and other State Officials were also on board. According to Iranian State media reports, rescuers have had a hard time reaching the crash site due to poor weather and heavy fog in the area. At this hour, theres no word on the president s condition. Rescuers have reportedly pinpointed the location of the downed chopper and made contact with two of the passengers. Joining me now is nbc news correspondent, josh letterman, who is following developments on the story, live in london. Whats the latest on the Rescue Effort . Reporter well, it is the early hours of the morning in iran, and jonathan, its been nearly 12 hours since we believe that plane went down and we still do not know the fate of the helicopter, the pre
Our team is covering it all this morning. I want to start with nbcs mike memoli in wilmington, delaware and Peter Alexander at the white house. Good morning to both of you. Peter, let me start with you since this is the first time that were going to see the president in his official capacity since this loss was declared, and i know youve had some great reporting from inside the white house, what officials are acknowledging about whats going on. What do we know about the president s state of mind this morning and where everything stands . Yeah. You know, well start with the president s plans. An hour from now on this rainy day in the nations capital, the president , the first lay den and mike pence are scheduled to go to Arlington National cemetery. It will snap the longest streak in his tenure where we havent seen the president in any form doing what is the responsibilities of his job. Its notable the president on twitter has been venting, again, claiming hes going to win this election
Ill be glad to read them and directing to the right person. Without further ado we have welcome max boot lissa Jeane Kirkpatrick fellow and National Security studies at the council on Foreign Relations and established contributor to the washington post. We have general Philip Breedlove who is the former supreme allied commander in joke and a great friend of the Eurasia Center and a board director. We have dara massicot is a Senior Policy Research at the Rand Corporation and anything she writes is worth reading. We have Vivian Salama whos a National Security correspondent of the wall street journal and choose fresh back from glad to have her. And finally we have andriy zagorodnyuk, he will be a a ce minutes late but he is is a former mayors of defense, distinguished fellow at the Eurasia Center and is chairman of a great think tank in key have called the centre for Defense Strategies. If youre not getting his daily updates get online and have a look. Centre for Defense Strategies really
Thank you for joining us. Today, we have five phenomenal experts and we are very excited about this panel. We have an hour together. We invite you to put your questions into the chat or to send us questions on twitter. I will be glad to direct them to the right person. Without further ado, we have the Jeanne Kirkpatrick the at the council on Foreign Relations and contributed to the washington post. We have the former supreme allied commander in europe and a great event of the Eurasian Center and a board director. We have a senior policy regime a the grand corporation and everything he write is where the meeting. Really glad to have her and finally, he will be a couple minutes late, the former minister of defense. Distinguished fellow at the Eurasia Center and is chairman of a great think tank in key have called the centre for Defense Strategies. If youre not getting his daily updates get online and have a look. Centre for Defense Strategies really helpful. I want to make the most of ou