A water bottle. Its one of the largest in the world and its being severely tested by the worst floods china has seen in decades the 3 gorges dam was once a school for great and National Pride but what impact of such megaprojects have on people and the environment and how is beijing now we considering how it manages rivers this is inside story. And welcome to the program im laura caro its been described as a once in a generation event floods have swamped large parts of southern and Central China after the worst torrential rains in decades many people of dead or missing whole villages are inundated a 1000000 of people displaced the Economic Losses in dollars all believed to be in the billions nearly 2 months of intense rains have swelled 433. 00 rivets with water in some reaching record levels trying to authorities or raise flood alerts and deployed soldiers to evacuate people and shore up levees seasonal rains a common in china but this year as flooding has been exceptional and early so
1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight, we are on location at ashland henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . I think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, famous comment, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were doing. Whether were in politics or Something Else, to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense, that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man known as the great
This man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . I think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous comment, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people doing. Whether were in politics or Something Else, to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense, that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man known as the great compromiser. A man that forged compromises that not only kept the nation together, but were constructive. Those kind of things i think are the things we need to remember about henry clay, as well as all the things that he
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Its one of the largest dams in the world and its being so barely tested by the worst floods china has seen in decades the 3 gorges dam was once a school for great and National Pride but what impact of such mega projects have on people and the environment and how is beijing now reconsidering manages rivers this is inside story. Thank you. Thank you. And welcome to the program im laura caro its been described as a once in a generation event floods have swamped large parts of southern and Central China after the worst torrential rains in decades many people of dead or missing whole villages are inundated a 1000000 of people displaced the Economic Losses in dollars all believed to be in the billions nearly 2 months of intense rains have swelled 433. 00 rivers with water in some reaching record levels trying to authorities or raise flood alerts and deployed soldiers to evacuate people and shore up levees seasonal rains a common in china but this year is flooding has been exceptional and ear