[inaudible] [applause] president of the society and im delighted to welcome you to the Barbara Olson memorial lecture. This memorial lecture started as many of you know shortly after 9 11. This lecture started as many of you know shortly after 9 11, can you hear better mark ted olsons inaugural lecture remind you of what it means to be an american and how ourlegal tradition is a criticalpart of our identity as americans. That reminder is perhaps even more crucial today. Both ted was here today and barbara understood this connection. We want the lecture series to remind lawyers of it so they foster legal principles advanced individual liberty, personal responsibility and the rule of law and other lecturers have included justice scalia, Vice President cheney, ray randolph, edith jones, doug ginsberg, dennis jenkins, jeff sutton and justice neil gorsuch. Don mcgann, peter seals, john allison senators tom cotten and ben sasse. That brings us to todays lecture. It is my privilege to introdu
Heritage foundation Nick Lawrence and friends of the orte discuss the Trump Administrations plan to leave the plan to leave the paris climate agreement. The u. S. T wednesday, house of representatives will do something it has not done in 21 years, hold a public hearing on the impeachment of the president of the United States. Good morning. This is washington journal. We would like to know your expectations for that hearing. What do you hope to learn next week in the two hearing set and what do you hope or anticipate the outcome may be . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And for independents and others, that is 2027488002. You can also text us, 2027488003. Make sure you let us know where you are texting from and your name. cspanwj is how you reach as on twitter and facebook. Com cspan. A headline this morning in roll call, open impeachment hearings to begin next week. Katherine tullymcmanus writing the house will move into the public hearing phase next week. Bill taylo
Administration to withdraw from the paris climate agreement. Trump begins formal withdrawal from paris trying climate agreement. Potentially wrapping up just one day before the 2020 election. Remind us, what is the paris climate agreement . It is part of the united nate works United Nations agreement to reduce greenhouse kitchens under the notion we have to do something about Climate Change. This paris accord was different than its predecessors and that each country submitted its own nationally determined contribution to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. SetObama Administration forth a plan largely based on domestic accreditation that we need to reduce Greenhouse Gas below 2005 levels by 2025. Throughout the years continuing to ratchet down emis sions. Trump camepresident into office he campaigned on withdrawing from the paris climate agreement area it is not news that we are doing this but this is a whole process that takes time. The process for withdrawal has been a threeyear process.
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Talk with others here and now we want to introduce you to one. This is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho. Heres his cover of his book there is a god. I want to start with those last words. In the last days. What are you referencing . Yes, im referencing a specific faith tradition. Theres a lot of work in apologetics coming out they had gotten aggressive in the 21st century. Who are the new atheists . Used to talk about the four horsemen. Richard [inaudible] wrote a book and sam harris and Christopher Hitchens just passed on and [inaudible] they call them the four horsemen of the easiest apocalypse. They are aggressive and angry. Its much more lets live in i cant believe but if you want to believe that your business and its probably good for you but the new atheists will have none of this. They will say i dont believe in i will make sure no one else please either and i will crusade to try to distort everyones faith. And so, part of it is plain the new atheists but im not talking a