Professor brown was a champion of the africanAmerican History of washington, d. C. Its a real thrill for me to be able to honor her work and life in this forum. It was touching and moving to hear your recollections of your grandmother. I cant tell you how happy it that me to hear from you she would approve of and appreciate the work we are doing at georgetown. Thats free much the best introduction ive ever gotten. [laughter] in my life. I really appreciate that. I would also like to thank the National Archives for hosting us. And for all of you for being here in person or perhaps watching remotely, through the magic of youtube or maybe later on on cspan. I just really appreciate your interest in history. Teaching it seems like and learning about history is an uphill battle. We are so focused on the present , we look forward to the future and few of us stop to reflect on the past and where we come from and how it shakes shapes where we are today. History, to think about its impact on ou
Of it. We are driving hard to achieve all the goals of opening doors, including fully achieving the goal of ending veteran homelessness. And were taking the Lessons Learned from the progress on veteran homelessness to help drive greater progress on ending all homelessness. Particularly those of us at usich who work out in the communities with all of you. So, for those of you who dont know usich or me very well, for that matter, let me just explain. The u. S. Inner Agency Council on homelessness is made up of 19 federal agencies that are committed to and are relentlessly working towards the goals of opening doors. Agencies like the department of Veterans Affairs and the department of labor along with hud, hhs and the department of education. Our shared goals to end homelessness among veterans, among families, among youth, and among those experiencing chronic homelessness and among all americans. I have 17 colleagues at usich. Were a small but mighty federal agency. So, some of my collea
Optimize what it is were trying to achieve which is liberty, freedom and prosperity. I continue to encourage you to tackle this issue and encourage the American People what it is and so they dont fear the governments role which is what is happening right now because they dont understand it. We have an obligation to protect our people. Senator hime rick thank you for on that ective. You helped to lead or didnt lead when he was president elect the intelligence Transitions Team as part of your responsibility to brief the and president on issues he Intelligence Community. That individual who was elected needed to use all four eight years in order to tackle this issue because it was going to take time in order to come up with the types of understanding that are necessary. Terrorism is going to continue to playing us. And thats related to the cyber issue and how were going to make sure that f. B. I. And c. I. A. Are going to continue to protect this country. Under continued development of th
Today. Will the beautiful weather stick around tonight or could we see rain . . . Meteorologist jesse ritka joins us with the answer. Our streak of 80s in august continues today with mostly sunny skies. There is a slight chance for an isolated shower or storm this evening but most will see partly cloudy with the chance for some patchy fog to develop overnight with low temps near our dew points in the upper storm team 4 now. Scientists say july was so hot. It was record breaking. Nasa says it was the warmest july in 136years. July was also warmer than any other month on record. A wildfire in california has forced 80thousand people from thier homes. A new blaze ignited yesterday. Engulf of San Francisco after less than ten hours. The blue cut fire has destroyed an unknown number of homes. Fire Officials Say theres no containment in sight. Californias governor has declared a state of emergency in San Bernardino county. Two people are recovering today after a paddleboat caught fire on lake
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