Imagine if i started learning ference today, and eight months after practicing, i dont speak french. And i think its a little insane that these restrictions are just now happening. Because weve known the importance of wearing a mask for months, and some states are just now putting a mask mandate into place. Only now . This is like hosting a pool party, and then in the last ten minutes saying okay, new rule no shitting in the pool. Yeah looking at you, david i mean, better late than never, but thats some shit floating around. But this is why it is so important to always wear a mask in public spaces. You can protect your loved ones and your whole community with a 3 strip of fabric, people. You have no excuse. And maybe youre saying, but trevor, im a rich snob. I would never wear something that only costs 3. Well, now you have no excuse, either. Who says staying safe cant also be a fashion statement . The worlds most expensive face mask now making its debut. The 1. 5 million mask was crea
Journalists peter baker and Susan Glasser on the brandnew book on james baker, the life and times of james baker. Iner baker, no relation come Susan Glasser, welcome to washington journal. Let me start with a question about the idea of doing this book on james baker. This obviously predates the 2020 election, but this is earlier than 2016 correct . Visualize thenot rise of donald trump in the transformation of the Republican Party we started this book back in the obama era. We had a sense that baker was a character who would help us to write a big story about washington as well has as well as his own personal story. From watergaten to the end of the cold war and james baker is in the middle of that. Host was an easy prey . Did he easily agreed to be interviewed for the book project . Wast at this point, he willing and ready for some of the l2 write a biography about him. Some ready for amebody else to write biography about him. He was open and cooperative. He didnt put anything off bal
This is about an hour. Admiral, great to see you again. We are two days after veterans day and that was the occasion for this event. Publicre plenty of issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk about service itself. With how yourt came by service. You came by it naturally, you grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was an interesting person. Thank you forn the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I enjoy spending time with you and your students. I came by it naturally, my ii fireas a world war pilot and fighter flew spitfires, a british plane. We entered the war, we did not have planes so the british loaned us spitfires. My grandfather also served in world war i and in world war ii, he was an army surgeon. My dad, later in life as i was getting ready to join the service, he said i remember what got me in the service. When i was a young boy, i saw the soldiers heading off to france in world war i, board
Trust. So i think certainly the message from my pay was of course, the outgoing secretary of state is to try and get these sides to, to get the technicalities out of the way and start negotiating on the really difficult point. The resurgence of covert 19 has many countries tightening restrictions. Canadas largest city toronto is going back into lockdown. The pandemic suspected to be the main topic of discussion at the g 20 summit, which saudi arabia is hosting. And then i, and i mean, this is been an extraordinary year. The cove in 1000 pandemic has been an unprecedented shock that affected the entire world within a short period of time, causing Global Economic and social issues. Our people in economies are still suffering from the shock. However, we will do our best to overcome this crisis through international cooperation. The United Nations says a full scale humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in northern ethiopia. The un has called on warring sides to halt fighting. So more aid
There are plenty of public issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk about service itself. And i want to start by talking about how you came by service, because you came by it naturally. You grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was quite an interesting person. Adm. Mcraven first, thank you for the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I certainly enjoy spending time with you and the students of the iop. You are right, i came by it naturally. My father was a world war ii Fighter Pilot. Flew spitfires, actually, which was a british airplane, because at the time when we entered the war, americans did not have planes to take on the german messersmith, so the british loaned us spitfires. But my grandfather also served in world war i and in world war ii. He was an army surgeon. My dad, later in life as i was getting ready to join the service, he said, i remember what got me in the service. It was when i was