Bradburn, traces the president s military career from french and indian war, through the American Revolution. Here we are again. Welcome back to mt. Vernon. My name is doug bradburn. Im the president and ceo of George Washingtons mt. Vernon. And its been my delight to have these opportunities to talk about the story of George Washington. Last wednesday we were in our museum, this is what we call our Education Center here at mt. Vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. Really, a grand sense of his biography and why he matters and how he impacted the age that he lived in and why his legacy Still Matters to us today. Last time we were looking at his youth, a youth that youll remember we said is oftentimes enwrapped in romance. Its wrapped in myth. Its hard to get at because its the period where its least documented. But it really is an interesting period to understand George Washington in the context of the 18th century. Of course, hes most known to americans and perhaps to fo
A lasting peace. Thousands the fire protests began in thailand demanding the Prime Ministers a resignation and reforms to the monarchy. And the speaker of the Cypriot Parliament quits after being implicated in a cash for passport scam exposed by al jazeera. Coronavirus cases are surging across European Countries are imposing new restrictions the World Health Organization has warned the death toll in the 2nd wave could be beef be 5 times the level of the 1st outbreak in the spring unless significant action is taken in the u. K. London is moving to the 2nd highest cove at 19 alert level Charlie Angela has the details. This city of 9000000 is moving into high gear to have a 3 tier system meaning no one can meet indoors with anyone outside their household its the governments latest attempt to rein in a runaway infection rate which is doubling every 10 days we must act now delayed action means more deaths from coated it means more. Deaths and it means more economic pain later because the vi
Participate in our public process. That concludes my announcements today, madam secretary. Clerk okay. Thank you, president mccarthy. Is there any Public Comment on the president s announcement . Operator there are no callers in the queue. Clerk okay. Thank you. Our next item on the agenda is item 3, certificate of appreciation and acknowledgement for inspector christina dangmoy for commitment to her duties and compassion for the community. President mccarthy so commissioner tam, please take it from here. Thank you. Thank you, mr. President , and thank you, sonya. Id like to thank my fellow commissioners for their support in the department of building inspection. Being a San Francisco native [inaudible] as a city, where were currently hoping to make a positive impact on where were heading. Having said that, never have i set foot into a San Francisco s. R. O. So id accompanied inspector dangmoy on a few Building Inspections. During the inspections, i witnessed the commitment to communit
Today marks 400 years since the sailing of the mayflower. This is the beginning of an Enduring Alliance between our two nations. Around 35 million americans trace their ancestry to a mayflower passenger. I shall have further meetings later today. Will the Prime Minister join me in thanking teachers, teaching assistants, and all support staff for the extraordinary work they are undertaking to bring our children back to schools, colleges, and nurseries in covid secure environments throughout . Will he update the house on implementation of the program as many of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children needs this help at the earliest opportunity . May i strongly echo his congratulations and his thanks to teachers. I believe passionately in the tutoring programs we are launching and we expect the first group of tutors to be supporting schools from november with provisions ramping up through the remainder of the autumn and spring term. Deputy leader. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Many peopl
Langevin and others. Recognizeey i myself. The warnings we had and decisions made about the most recent worldwide Intelligence Committee in january of 2019, and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings are going unheeded, and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats . Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow . That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea, raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and cri