Welcome to class today as, everybody doing all right . So this is history outside. A field school in finding america so awesome. Esther, weve been going to different places around campus and trying to think about what we see how the landscape impacts where we are and what we think about where we. So those Big Questions for the semester are, where am i . Whats the next one . Can you remember that one . So we got where am i . What happened here . And then how do i fit into that . Now . All right. So were going to do that today to think about where am i . What happened here and how do i fit into it . And so to set this up in the long term, im going to pull a quote from a book called ecclesiastes from the old testament, and ill read it so that i dont mess it up, although there are a lot of different versions of it all. The rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not yet full to the place from which the rivers came there. They return again. So one thing i want us to think about as we look a
America. So all semester weve been going to different places around campus and try to think about what we see, how the landscape impacts where we are and what we think about where we are. So the Big Questions for the semester are, where am i . Whats the next one . Can you remember that one . We have got where am i . What happened here . And then, how do i fit into that now . So were going to do that today to think about where am i, what happened here, and how do i fit into it. And so to set this up in the longterm im going to pull a quote from a book called ecclesiastes from the old testament, and ill read it so i dont mess it up, although there are a lot of different versions of it. All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not yet full. To the place from which the rivers came, there they return again. So one thing i want us to think about as we look at this creek, that were standing over, is what happens to water . What happens when it falls from the sky and it lands up the hil
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sandra: begin with house speaker nancy pelosi arriving in taiwan, it happened a short time ago for her trip there, raising concerns of how china could, and could still respond. and already beijing issuing a series of threats. hello, welcome, everyone. john, great to be with you. john: happy tuesday to you, i m john roberts in new york. chinese fighter jets flew nearby, the speaker arriving safely but the u.s. and taiwan remain on high alert, as four u.s. warships have been repositioned east of taiwan in an effort to deter chinese action. sandra: chinese state media is reporting beijing will conduct live fire military exercises surrounding taiwan over the next few days, and is warning of severe punishment to the united states. congressional correspondent. china is coming out with really strong words, they are calling this trip by speaker nancy pelosi to taiwan a serious violation of the one china principle, and they are saying it infringes on china s sovereignty, and t
china s threats of retaliatory measures. soon after nancy pelosi s arrival they announced a series of military options and drills were defying their warnings. details tonight from the pentagon. speak of the pentagon edge watching china s defense ministry, 21 chinese warplanes entered its air defense identification zone as tensions between the two global powers under a new phase. supporters and critics it gathered as house speaker nancy pelosi arrived in taiwan with five other members of congress, just before midnight. she is the highest ranking u.s. official to visit the island democracy and first house speaker to do so since newt gingrich 25 years ago. taiwan s tallest building welcome to speaker pelosi with a simple message, thank you. china s foreign ministry warning that the u.s. is playing with fire and might get burned. we will continue to operate in the seas and these guys of the western pacific as we have done for decades. we will continue to support taiwan. the