Twentysix congressional committees and subcommittees, 800 plus federal judges, 50 states, 50 state legislatures and then you get the thousands of municipalities and counties across the country. Pretty fragmented system. So where am i going with this . The same issues exist around energy that exists around money, and the supply of money. But yet we have in our democratic wisdom figured out a mechanism that enables the Monetary System to work. Within the same governance of this big, sloppy federal democracy. Because we have in the past experienced monetary crises where the system wasnt working, we came up with a solution. And that solution is now 100 years old this year. 1913 Federal Reserve act created an institution, a governance mechanism that works to manage money. I think and leslie give some serious thought and action unless we give series thought and action for energy from the dysfunctional and fragmented Energy Governance system that we have today, to a more simplified, streamlin
A htoric ceremony tonight. California Lieutenant Governor t the chain for the iconic new eastern spa good evening, everyone. Bridge officials told abc 7 news just months ago the bridge will open tonight. Time has not beenofficially announced. Right now the parade of cars is undery. First crossing of the new jern span of the bay brid tolling that ceremony, you can see some cars here. Yes. Quite a number of cars were crossing one after another fore its open sometime this evening to you and me. Its taking 12 yearsnd 6 biion to get to this point. And you can see the cars are just about to enter the tunnel here. Yes. Take look. A rather dramatic shot over the design and after all of the concerns after the earthquake in 1989 damage fijly this span is open, and it said to be o of, if not the most safe bridges anywhere in the world. There has been trouble with broken bolts designed to protect it during an eahquake. They snapped during the process. They have had toome up with some ways to make
The ukrainian conduct. Is definitely want to watch in the Classical Music scene shes receiving accolades from musicians and critics alike and this in a profession that is still predominantly male apart from being in great demand around the world she started a festival in western ukraine this year is opened with a special concert to remember the Jewish Population who were decimated in the 2nd World War. The cottage symphony by Leonard Bernstein based on the jewish prayer of mourning. This year the Lives Mozart Festival opened in the town of Brody Population 24000. Staged 200. 00 artists from ukraine and around the globe at the site the town of brody has never before seen and its difficult 1000 year history. That this. Conductor acts on i mean if was determined to have the concert here. These are the ruins of brodys Great Synagogue destroyed in world war 2 for. Today the ruins are surrounded by homes. The whole town of brodie turned out to listen even to the rehearsals. The sis yeah that
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. No meeting was more anticipated or potentially more awkward. Barack obama and donald trump, president and president elect, coming face to face today inside the most powerful office in the world. Their oval office chat, a firsttime meeting between the men whose contempt for each other is well known. Trump, a long denier of the president s american birth, and obama who has called trump unfit to be president. Yet, what the world saw today was cordial and hopeful. Well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president elect trump. We talked about Foreign Policy. We talked about domestic policy. And i believe that it is important for all of us, regardless of party and regardless of political preferences, to now come together, work together, to deal with the many challenges that we face. Most of all, i want to emphasize to
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