Partnership between the General Services administration and the National Museum of civil war medicine. Thisays like to ask question how many of you have been here before . All right, everybody. Great. Welcome back to the museum. Always like to make a shout out when we see mr. Richard lyons in the audience. The reason we are here in this space is because mr. Lyons made an incredible discovery in the 1990s that saved this building from being torn down. Always like a round of applause for mr. Lyons his discovery. [applause] Evenings Program is a pay what you please event, meaning at the conclusion of the program, we encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you and an evening of civil war history. The donation bin is at the front of the Visitors Center on the first floor. As you head out this evening, if you would just drop something in there. All of the proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. Interes
This Beautiful Day in downtown bridgeport connecticut. It is in fact, barnum news last museum. As we all know he started museum in 1942, this was his last gift not just to the city of bridgeport, really to the Global Community that we serve. Many of you are very familiar with the museum in 2010, we were at a tornado. Thats the kind of stuff that happens to barnum. The year after that it was hurricane i also want to give a huge shadow to the state of connecticut in the delegation who really supported 72 million bonding appropriation because were just about to embark on a major reese doric rehab of that gorgeous Barnum Bailey building from 1993. Thank you. [applause] are congressman has also really been working very hard with us to get to the barn building in the National Register of historic places. I feel like im on the register this. But we are in the process of being reviewed to become a National Historic landmark and that, theres only about 2500 in this country that is a significant
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to acting white house chief of staff demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favors. They accused him of defiance, obstruction and cover up. Our washington corrrespondent, Chris Buckler has more about the demand for documents. We have a development from the democrats themselves. So these are the chairmen of three congressional committees, and they have all written together, demanding that the white house releases a number of documents that they requested just under a month ago. Now, in this letter, as you mentioned there, they say that they believe the white house has refused to engage with or even respond to multiple requests for documents from their committees on a voluntary basis. After nearly a mont
Hello and welcome. The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to the acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favors. They accused the president of defiance, obstruction and cover up. Our correspondent Chris Buckler is in washington. Chris, good to see you. Can you give us chris, good to see you. Can you give usa chris, good to see you. Can you give us a sense of the latest on this subpoena . Yeah, there have been a request for information and it has now become a demand and it is intended to put extra pressure on President Trump and the white house. Alongside the subpoena demanding all of these documents has come a letter from the chairman of three congressional committees. Leading democrats who, as you mention there, up democrat
The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to the acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favours. They accused the president of defiance, obstruction, and cover up. Our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. What one president asked another is what is at the heart of these enquiries. And how far it donald trump go to press president zelensky to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son. The chairman of the three congressional committees have now issued subpoenas demanding documents that they hope will also reveal what was discussed inside the white house. In an open letter, they said multiple requests have been ignored, and they accused President Trump of choosing a path of defiance, obstruction, and co