Things will get worse this fall, and we may not see things back to normal until the end of 2021. And pandemic pause. More parents are opting to create back yard schools pairing Close Friends and private teachers. Well look at the cost and the problems it may be causing. First, we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. What were experiencing right here is coming to community all across the United States of america unless we get our act together on climate change. Reporter this years fire season in the western u. S. Is already one of the worst ever recorded. Reporter these 100 fires have burned 4. 5 million acres, nearly the size of new jersey. Just incredible. Reporter sobering prediction from dr. Anthony fauci. Normal life may not return until the end of next year. Its not going to be an overnight event where you have a vaccine and then all of a sudden everything is okay. Reporter all four Police Officers charged in the death of george floyd went to court. Th
Providing transportation in rural areas and Railroad Safety. Well also learn about the department of transportations priorities for the coming year. Live coverage on cspan3. We have some wonderful, luxurious, very nice seatingrow. Id like to encourage everybody tole to closer. Were going to have a very nice discussion. Id like to encourage everybody closer. Make the setting a little bit more cozy and familial. We very much enjoy that. We like having a nice conversation about one of our favorite Public Policy issues. Yeah. Right along there. Thanks so much. Well, great. I want to welcome everyone to this panel. Again, thank you, all, very much for joining. My name is lawrence smith. Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the u. S. Department of transportation. It will be three years this month that ive been at the department. Incredibly honored to be part of a great team. Doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts
For joining. My name is loren smith. Itll be three years this month that ive been at the department, incredibly honored to be part of a great team doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Its going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts of the country. Were really, really excited about. I had the honor of serving previously with secretary chow at the labor department. Its been a fascinating experience seeing different cabinet agencies and how the different organizations work. Im joined today by four really excellent panelists i think youre going to enjoy hearing from. I first want to introduce Alex Herrgott who is executive director of the public improvement counsel, fipsi. He has been in that role since september 2018. He had been serving previously as the associate director for infrastructure for counsel on Environmental Quality at the white house. Mr. Herrgott worked for senator james earnhoff in california. He served as primary staff for transportation
Any other inmate out the front door. The media tax was unique to him. It took 20 seconds to exit lobby door, go down the steps and hop into a waiting s. U. V. An arm wrap a him pull him inside and like that, his controversial jail sentence was behind him. The three months he senator was not enough for Santa Clara County sheriff laurie smooth who supported a bill laurie smith who support add bill requiring prison for anyone convicted of sexually assaulting an un conscious person. It is aingly any, a rape, six months where you do three, that is not right. I was the only bay area reporter allowed in the jail cell he shared with five otherren mates. His time behind bars was spent in protective custody on the third floor west side of the south jail complex because of the nature of his crime. There are a lot of reasons a person is in protective custody. They are at risk while they are here. At risk for what . From other inmates. Attacking him . He was allowed 1 1 2 hours of exerts in the yar
U. S. Army Educational Center and the entire staff of the u. S. Army heritage and Educational Center, and the u. S. Army war college, welcome to the third lecture of our series. The u. S. Army war college sponsors the series to provide an historical dimension to the exercise of generalship, strategic leadership, and war fighting institutions of power. We would like to extend a warm thank you to the Army Heritage Center Foundation for their support and everything we do. Please be aware that the book for tonight is on sale in the gift shop, and we will have a book signing directly after the lecture. All proceeds go to the foundation to support the growth of the Army Heritage and education center. Our speaker is dr. Richard somers. He is a native of indiana and obtained his bachelors degree in history from the Carleton College in northfield, minnesota. He earned his doctorate in history at Rice University in 1970. The u. S. Army employed him right here at carlisle barracks, making him the