Discussion with professor from Rice University welcome to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you for the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to someone who sits on the board of several museums i have a deep appreciation for the role of institutions that play in the local community as a window of the past and a guide to the future the indispensable resources i go above and beyond what you read in books. Houston is fortunate enough to have this place its a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist i have always sought to maintain to be involved in cultural organizations and when i applied for scholarship at the university of cambridge i had to submit an essay about was completely different to my main area of study. And a piece about the architectures i can explain later to anyone who is interested what that actually means that my first bonus check and the more Senior Executive such as the Folger Shakespeare library in washington dc the British Museum tod
Adam wilson discusses the current challenges facing Law Enforcement in the u. S. And the state of relations between the police and the communities they serve. We will also take your phone calls, comments, and tweet. Live right now on cspan. Host this is the washington journal for january 2. We will ask you to share your thoughts about the largest about hate crimes and terrorist incidents in the United States. The fbi released data looking at hate crimes in the u. S. We will show you the data and ask you to give your thoughts on this topic. Here is how you can call us. 2027488000 if you live in the eastern and central time zones. 2027488001 if you live in the mountain and pacific time zones. And if you are a member of Law Enforcement and want to give your perspective, it is 2027488002. Ou can text us at 2027488003 you can post on our twitter feed at cspanwj and our Facebook Page available to you as well at facebook. Com cspan. The fbi last november released information about the topic o
Competition for gas in greece cyprus and israel sign a pipeline deal in the Eastern Mediterranean but turkey is also expanding its influence there so well still feel the rivalry and how is it shaping politics in the region this is inside story. Of their very warm welcome to the program im Julie Mcdonald worldwide demand for natural gas is growing and discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean are changing the use policies on its Energy Supplies for decades its relied on russia for gas but israel greece and cyprus have signed off on a project for a pipeline that would lessen europes dependence on most school well the supply will connect israels offshore fields with europe and is expected to meet about 10 percent of the e. U. s demand for natural gas but that unites the 3 signatories in all positions at sarky and libya last month on korea and aaa agreed a new maritime boundary that they call their exclusive economic so they say this gives them full rights to exploit actual resorts in the E
Another good one. Host what does the term Climate Change mean to people versus what you have seen in the past . Guest it is huge. This past decade is when Climate Change left out of the lab and onto our front pages and on television screens. People understand we have a problem and they know we need to do something about it. 70 of the people want our government to do something about it, according to quinnipiac polls. This is the decade, starting now, that we need to get this right. Nations, tying cysts scientists from all over the world are telling us that we need to get this ship turned around, cut our fossil fuel pollution by about a half by 2030, on the way to cutting it by 80 , cutting all of it or offsetting that with that remains by no later than 2050 if we are going to avoid the worked the worst impacts of climate catastrophe. Host we have seen those type of deadlines before, that if we do x by such and such a date what is different now . Guest we look around and the seas are ris
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