To the United States Supreme Court on january 28th 1916. In june of that year, he became the first jewish person to sit on the nations highest court. The third until 1939. Up next on American History tv, and commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nation a Panel Including u. S. Supreme court Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses his contribution to american democracy. This program in massachusetts, is about two hours. applause ladies and gentlemen please welcome, lisa m. Lynch interim president of Brandeis University. Good evening, it gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone, students, faculty, alums, trustees staff, and distinguished panelist and friend to this remarkable gathering here at brandeis the university. I want to welcome in particular some of our special guests. Massachusetts attorney general, congressman catherine clark, applause they senator michael baron, james elbridge, and karen silica applause , they representative david and jake offman, applause our very own mayor j
Aspen Institute Security forum. We are privileged to have with us the current Us Ambassador to the United Nations, kelly craft. This is the first time the aspen security form has been able to host the u. S. Ambassador to that u. N. So we are particularly grateful to you for making the time. Kelly craft hails from the great state of kentucky and served as our permanent representative to the United Nations since september of 2019. Before then she was the u. S. Ambassador to canada for two years and during that time, very complex time, she worked on the revisiting of the nafta treaty now known as the u. S. Mexico canada agreement. To interview the ambassador we , have a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion covering National Security and foreign policy. Ambassador craft, we look forward to hearing your views on the Trump Administrations engagement with the United Nations and other international institutions, the critical upcoming vote, possibly extending the iran arms embargo and all your great
Iran and north korea, and how the un is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. This is from the Aspen Institute annual security for him. We are privileged to have with us the current Us Ambassador to the United Nations, kelly craft. This is the first time the aspen security form has been able to host the Us Ambassador to the un so we are particularly grateful to you for making the time. Kevin kelly craft hails from the great state of kentucky and served as our permanent representative to the United Nations since september of 2019. Before then she was Us Ambassador to canada for two years and during that time, very complex time, she worked on the revisiting of the nafta treaty now known as the usmexico canada agreement. The interview ambassador craft we have a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion covering National Security in foreign policy. Ambassador craft, we look forward to hearing your views on the Trump Administrations engagement with the United Nations and other international institut
25 years since the massacre of some 8000 muslim men and boys in struggling to. Follow millions of people in syrias rebel held northwest can resume receiving humanitarian aid to survive after the Un Security Council passed the deal to keep a vital crossing through turkey open but in a victory for the syrian governments most powerful ally russia another important crossing will not resume operations permanent members russia and china abstained from the Security Council votes after vetoing the proposal in previous discussions the un has the scribe aid is a lifeline for millions of displaced people especially with northwest syria recording its 1st cluster of coronavirus cases. 1. 3000000 people including 800 thousands i. D. P. s leave indeed a liberal area among them a bold 500000 children received the necessary military an elite truda crossing of bubble sila so today is yet another sad day its a sad day for this council but mostly it is a sad do for the Syrian People lets bring in our dipl
Plus. Angry scenes in the israeli capitalist joblessness soars to more than 20 percent of the coronavirus pandemic locked out. Ok lets get going millions of syrias displaced people will now have only one Turkish Border crossing through which to receive aid thats after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass but the Un Security Council permanent members russia and china abstained from the latest votes allowing it to pass they both use their power of veto to stop the previous proposals from going through today is yet another date its a sad day for this council but mostly it is a sad day for decision people of that region. Borgia rubio and both of them were invited to cross to their leader in the most efficient way possible the humanitarian. Those people deserve ok lets talk about the 2 crossings the un and humanitarian groups say 2800000 people in syrias rebel held northwest have been depending on those corridors for aid russia insists only one is necessary says baba