A cease fire there and the Un Refugee Agency chief is briefing the Security Council on allegations of migrants and refugees being auctioned off as slaves in libya is holding an emergency meeting called by france over the crisis those are the headlines europe today were back with more news in half an hour. The International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons will receive the Nobel Peace Prize but what will you write in a series of special reports examines the state of Nuclear Proliferation around the world. Hi im femi oke a and imo we could be here in the stream today when hes playing a sport more than just a game boy look at the native american origins of lacrosse. Today is world Indigenous Peoples day so were looking at the contributions of indigenous communities and individuals in sports and specifically look cross simon y. A smith of us on twitter says play lacrosse bank and native but this next tweet from native opinion says if people do know of lacrosse they dont know that its an
The third,ing george they should answer that question. The second week on a schism did the revolution survive its the second question we ask is how did the revolution survive its darkest hour . Largest overseas expedition in european history is headed toward new york, and so the mural you see beside me is an eyewitness depiction, which we have blown up as a mural, showing five british warships in about 6000 troops and landing boats about to land on manhattan on september 15, 1776. At the time, one official soldiers saw the ships gathering and said, later thought, i thought all london was a float, so it was one thing to declare independence, to tear down the king, to declare that you are now living in the American Revolution, but to actually achieve american independence was going to be an effort of many more years of struggle. The first thing americans had to deal with was just survive onslaught that was coming in the in form of the british army. A really exciting opportunity to look a
Before i call the meeting to order let me apologize fob being a little late i got called on a couple things coming down the hall. Were going to stand at ease thats a military term i learned a long time ago in the air force for just one minute while i talked to my trusted friend the Ranking Member and then well open the meeting. Call this meeting the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee together i apologize for being a little bit late but i wanted to make sure we were on the right track and i didnt mess anything up. I want to welcome secretary shulkin whos had a great start. I dont think anybody started out with a better unanimous vote than he, you cant do any better than unanimous when you get affirmed. I think the vote last week on accountability was extraordinary. And the way we got to the decision working together hand in hand was extraordinary and i commend the Ranking Member on his help in doing the same. Weve got some other things to do today to Start Talking about budget wise and w
Before i call the meeting to order let me apologize fob being a little late i got called on a couple things coming down the hall. Were going to stand at ease thats a military term i learned a long time ago in the air force for just one minute while i talked to my trusted friend the Ranking Member and then well open the meeting. Call this meeting the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee together i apologize for being a little bit late but i wanted to make sure we were on the right track and i didnt mess anything up. I want to welcome secretary shulkin whos had a great start. I dont think anybody started out with a better unanimous vote than he, you cant do any better than unanimous when you get affirmed. I think the vote last week on accountability was extraordinary. And the way we got to the decision working together hand in hand was extraordinary and i commend the Ranking Member on his help in doing the same. Weve got some other things to do today to Start Talking about budget wise and w
Good afternoon. My name is joe barton. Im the republican baseball manager. Ive got mike doyle, the democrat manager. Were both here to confirm that we are going to play the annual Charity Baseball game tomorrow. At the normal time at national stadium. Nats park. We do have one new charity that we have added. The Fallen Officers Fund in addition to the boys and girls club of washington, the Washington Literacy Council and the nationals dream foundation. People that attend the game can make a donation to any of those charities at the game or they can also do it online. This is a game that has been played off and on for approximately 100 years. And its current configuration, it has been played since the 1960s. Its currently tied 39 wins for each side plus two ties. Congressman scalise will not play tomorrow night since he was shot this morning. And i did tell congressman doyle that it would be only fair that the louisiana democrat that was supposed to play shouldnt also play. He happens t