Better get started right away. [laughter] well, good evening, again. For those of you that i have not met, my name is joanne drake, and i serve as chief Administrative Officer for the Ronald Reagan foundation and institute. I want to welcome you all here. It is our tradition here that in honor of our men and women who wear the uniform of this country around the world, we ask that you stand and join us in the pledge to the flag, and i will ask that you remain standing in a moment of silence in honor of our former first lady barbara bush. All 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. Ms. Drake thank you. Be seated. I want to thank all of you for coming out tonight and bearing with us. You all live in southern california, too. You know what we were up against there. In addition to our honored guest this evening, sheila tate, we have a few special guests. Fir
A fight against a powerful timber lobby. Ever heard of flying rivers this is the movement of large quantities of water vapor released into the atmosphere by the amazon rain forest which causes precipitation across south america and is key to the health of our climate a single tree with a crown diameter of say 10 metres releases up to 300 liters of water in the form of vapor into the atmosphere every day on a sunny day the same tree will absorb up to 10000 liters of c o 2 and transform it into oxygen the amazon rain forest is home to tens of thousands of plant and animal species as well as 320. 00 Indigenous Peoples but for how much longer logging is on the rise in 2019 twice as much timber was felled than in 2018 and since the coronavirus pandemic began. Eagle locusts have become increasingly briefless. It doesnt just look like a war it is one and its largely taking place under the cover of the dense amazon rain forest these images show one of the brazilian forestry of artes current co
Waltzes to get him into british waters. U. K. Party leader nigel for raj accuses the french navy of a scorching Illegal Migrants directly into british waters amid a sharp spike in the number of refugees trying to cross the channel. Every year chiming in from across the globe this hour a welcome to our to International Pleasure to have your company i mean oneill. The u. S. Has announced its ripping up another major arms control agreement called open skies raising fears about Global Security the treaty how to load signatories to reconnaissance flights over each others turf trees donald trump plays russias the blame for forcing washington art a claim thats not going down well in moscow. I think we have a very Good Relationship with russia but russia didnt adhere to the treaty so our job they are here we will pull out but theres a very good chance or make a new agreement or do something to put that agreement back together when many consequences the americans the Current Administration conc
History project starts june 4th. The moon has been earths Constant Companion for 4 and a half 1000000000 years. Now its finally back in the focus of science almost 50 years after man last set foot on the moon. Has more people at the percent of the total people on this earth that were not alive when the we had a last minute landing its been that all day and we havent done the next thing and some people say been there done that but what we havent done is to just touch the ground and if i can left right we havent really lived we havent explored truly if you want to commit the money to it like we did apollo or you could do it in probably 20 years. We did it the 8 years of. Now scientists are concentrating on ways to grow food produce energy and make sure theyre. All over the world researchers are working on a return to the moon and the chance to be able to stay there longer. We have to use the moon to operationally understand. How to live and work on the planet fully there are many ideas b
A way White House Correspondent kimberly healthcare has more. Well theres been widespread condemnation of the president s actions essentially using heavy force and tear gas to clear protesters for what we later learned would be a photo opportunity and not only is it a condemnation of that action but also of what we saw earlier just the last few hours you read there the condemnation by the washington archbishop the as you pointed out found it baffling and reprehensible and not in the sense period of Pope John Paul the 2nd who was an ardent defender of human beings and would not condone the use of tear gas for a photo opportunity in front of a place of worship well this opinion has been kind of acco by a very prominent democrat i capitol hill House Speaker nancy pelosi who had this to say. That the president of the United States would follow the lead of so many other president s before him to be a healer in chief and not a. Fan or of the flame and yesterday we saw a most unfortunate situ