I will be playing catherine hsu. My name is making, and i was a radium girl. Im here to tell you the story of how my coworkers, some of my closest friends passed away from radium poisoning. In 1913, radium paint was commercially produced in america for the first time. A year later, u. S. Radium corporation was founded in orange, new jersey. They began producing radium paints and radium parts for american businesses. During world war i, 95 of radio was being used for military purposes, but a small amount was being made into fashionable products such as shampoo, facial cosmetics, clothes, watches. It was even being added to water. The popularity of radium began to spread all over america because of a scientist named to because of a polish scientist named marie curie who discovered , radium onto summer 21st, 1889, while working with radioactive elements in pursuit of a doctorate degree. Both marie and her husband pierre experimented with radiological effects, they experimented to discover
[applause] [cheers and applause] good evening. I have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation, and as always here at the [applause] if you would in honor of our men and women in uniform, who defend our freedom around the world, please join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. [cheers and applause] before we get started, theres just a few people in the audience i want to make sure i recognize tonight and i wail start with marks wife, julie and his son, chase. Julie, mark. [cheers and applause] this is special. Mashs motherinlaw, sylvia strauss, silverra. [applause] first, before the great one takes the stage, i want him to know how grateful all of us are that he once again has taken three days out of this incredibly busy life to leave the bunk
Good afternoon. Welcome to the National Press club. I am deputy manager editor and passed past president of the National Press club and board member of the journalism institute. For todays headline or event, we are pleased to welcome any andy parker. Hopefully, joining us by phone is the director of the Georgetown Universitys civil hts clinicnic rig and Voting Rights institute. They are here to discuss and his campaign to get google to tape video off of its platforms and to take your questions. During the q a portion, i will take as many questions as time permits. Please wait for the handheld microphone that will be brought to you, and when i call on you, state your name and affiliation prior to asking the question. Andy parker and his daughter andy parkers daughter, allison parker, was an Award Winning journalist tragically murdered reporting the morning news from a live location in august of 2015. Her father has been advocating for changes in gun laws and lately and tech policy. His
World war ii veterans who stormed the beaches of normandy and to read the book firsthand and to learn more about it is, its overwhelming to imagine what they went through. Im also reading sea power, which just went in paperback. I am a Navy Reserve Officer and have been a champion of a bigger, stronger navy, have force posture in this tumultuous and dangerous world that we live in today. And then i just picked up ash carters new book, former secretary of defense, two of the best military history books ive read have been both secretary panetta and secretary gates books, and now i can add ash carters book to that collection. My daughter, who is 9 years old, and i have a reading competition in 2019. Whoever reads the most books wins. Shes currently beating me, but if she beats me, she gets a puppy. So is thats her motivation to winning the book competition. So ive got a lot of work to do to catch up with her to win the competition. How do you select the books that you read . I have a bad
With these escalations. Bigpresident throws a threat out there. The chinese respondent they will not take it lying down. Then we go into the mystery of when they will respond. Will the president follow through on his threat . Weve had a string fromesting rhetoric coming the white house. Larry kudlow is trying to softpedal this a little bit. On tariffs will go in september 1. They are raising china raising agricultural purchases. In talking to the white house yesterday and people close to the talks, you get a sense there is a bigger breakdown in terms of mistrust with the chinese. You heard it there from the president. Byfears he is getting played his friend who doesnt want to do a deal at the speed the president wants. Kevin how much of this is about the issue of intellectual property and forced transfers . It seems like the breakdown has more to do with the trust on ip. Its really interesting. The dispute is about intellectual property, what the white house says is the longstanding th