Home in alexandria. Speciale gruber is a exhibition curator for the foundation. She earned her bachelor of arts in Historic Preservation from the university of mary and washington. She contributes to the development of permanent galleries at the museum in yorktown including the signature film liberty fever. Whichveloped exhibitions i highly encourage you to go see. Soldier forgotten africanamericans in the revolution. Ate will present please welcome my good friend, kate gruber. Katherine good afternoon. You have to get through me before you can get to happy hour. I promise that will happen with as much alacrity as possible. All right. Mark twain said it best, as he usually does, clothing makes a man. Little people have little naked people have little to no influence on society. He said the more i learn about people, the more i like my dog. Maybe we should not exactly take his word for it. Also, he dressed like this. [applause] [laughter] katherine why dont we go to the british author r
Great stories in the new yorker or books such as lost city of z, elizabeth flower moon, but we are here to discuss the most recent work the white darkness published last year by doubleday. About that credited the new york story. A fellow named aband determined to replicate them or surpass them. Its spare and beautiful book a lot like the terrain it describes. In the images are so riveting i hope its no disrespect to another to say that i couldnt tell if the images and company tech accompanied the images. Well talk about the book and if you come up to either the microphone you might be included in videotape of this event. You will be immortalized and replayed at some later date. First off, david, who is Henry Worsley and what do you do want to tell his story. Henry is one of those most remarkable people id written about over the years. He was a special forces officer very decorated army officer was also almost a throwback to another age he was renaissance man who wrote poetry who painte
Morrison and his wife. There is a dinner in the rose garden. E tables are covered in gold and 2,500 roses. The colors of the evening are green and gold. This is how the evening will unfold. Guests are being to arrive. The president and first lady will welcome the australian Prime Minister and his wife. After that, the floor will return inside the white house for a brief visit before descending the Grand Staircase. We will bring you all of this pomp and circumstance while we await the guests of honor. We will watch the guests arivene. Arrive. Dobbs. Mrs. Lou conway. Able kellyanne arts and dry and steve gordon gray. The honorable mayor of acksonville. The honorable gavin buckley, and his wife. Olis chickfila. Mr. And mrs. Stillwell. Indiscernible] the honorable james rich, United States senator from idaho nd mrs. Vickie rich. The honorable Kevin Mccarthy, United States representative from california, and ms. Megan ccarthy. American orable ambassador to australia and ms. Melanie aiken. ,
U. S. China, the changing relationship between the u. S. And china and ongoing trade tariff. The u. S. Economics Security Review Commission is a host of the event. With taiwan and hong kong. The commission began the hearings this year, we marks the 40th year of u. S. China diplomatic relations. By examining the external and internal ability to sustain growth, project power and spread its influence on the globe. This year has been one of extreme volatility between the u. S. And china. Chain and insta they thought it would be to visit and explore key topics. There is an increasing amount of commentary in the Foreign Policy community, con jebbibbij con jebbi conjecturing. And this commentary further characterizes china as a rival, having upgraded it from a competitor. The word enemy is less frequently used, but is not absent. The previous assumptions underlying u. S. Policy, such as the Current International order benefits china and capitalism brings with it democracy have been shattered
Somebody had to do it i am the chosen one. Somebody had to do it. Were live from the white house. Those stories, plus going nowhere fast the new report that shows traffic in america is officially worse than its ever been. Stunning sight new images of the titanic revealed, the first in nearly two decades and what scientists were shocked they didnt find. And stampede oh, my god. The dramatic moment tourists find themselves caught in the middle of a massive herd of bison at yellowstone look at the big one oh today, thursday, august 22nd, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a thursday morning can you imagine being in that car . Its like the summer of bison. I feel like weve seen these bison stampedes over and over the past weeks fortunately in this case everyone was okay. We did have to bleep some of that video well show you what happened in a few