I have an update at the tunnel collapse in washington state. The incident is moving from the emergency phase to the recovery phase. After extensive testing we remain confident that there has been no radiological release. Personnel begin taking steps to stabilize and fill the hole over the partially collapsed tunnel last night. We expect efforts to be completed today. The site remains closed to nonessential personnel. Dedicated experts on the ground are looking closely at the next steps that should be taken with respect to mitigating future tunnel breaches. In washington, d. C. Today, as sean mentioned yesterday, the president focused on preparations for his upcoming trip. He met with the Russian Foreign minister following up with tillerson last month. A readout of the meeting went out about an hour ago and i refer you to that for further questions on the meeting. Outside of d. C. , as part of the administrations ongoing efforts to address the Opioid Crisis in america, secretary price c
I have an update at the tunnel collapse in washington state. The incident is moving from the emergency phase to the recovery phase. After extensive testing we remain confident that there has been no radiological release. Personnel begin taking steps to stabilize and fill the hole over the partially collapsed tunnel last night. We expect efforts to be completed today. The site remains closed to nonessential personnel. Dedicated experts on the ground are looking closely at the next steps that should be taken with respect to mitigating future tunnel breaches. In washington, d. C. Today, as sean mentioned yesterday, the president focused on preparations for his upcoming trip. He met with the Russian Foreign minister following up with tillerson last month. A readout of the meeting went out about an hour ago and i refer you to that for further questions on the meeting. Outside of d. C. , as part of the administrations ongoing efforts to address the Opioid Crisis in america, secretary price c
56 parliament. It was the shortest parliament for 46 years. Just two years long. They experienced extraordinary evils in british politics. The uk was a solid member of the European Union and the brexit word had yet to be invented. In the 24 months theres been departures. I once said i was the future ones. [laughter] new people at the top and in accordance with the wishes of the people, they are leaving the European Union. They hold our values and contempt they hold our values of tolerance and decency in contempt. Maureen wrote to me this week and she writes with a heavy heart, we have been treated disgustingly. None on it was the 62nd time that the majesty the queen had opened parliament against expectations and predictions of the pollsters, David Cameron had won a general election victory for the conservative. Note television of the democrats would be needed this time. Following the resignation, labor was led harriet harman. No words were exchanged as they filed through parliament to
It will put your name on all their advertising. You guys ready for whatever happens . All right. Welcome, everybody. Not just those of you in the room but people watching live on cspan. We are glad to have you here. I know by now we have had in this generation long enough that i dont need to tell you to turn off your cell phones or turn off do if you dontyo mind. I want to welcome all of you here but i want to call special attention that we have two groups of students here here at the Aspen Institute. We have a very Exciting Program on youth engagement. We have students here from the beret school. Where are you . The Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for public part of see that public policy. School for public policy. Where are you . When we get to questions, we hope you will. Let me start with a little story to get us started. In this environment that we live in which is so constantly contentious and uncivil. I run a program that we started at the institute 12 years ago. It is called
Of Martin Luther king jr. And robert kennedy. Her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Margaret lets get started. Welcome. Today we are talking about 1968, a year when a heck of a lot happened, including a president ial election. A year where there were a lot of social, economic, political parallels that are in some ways familiar to us now because, in part, some of the changes the early 21st Century America has experience particularly in politics were set in motion in this late period. 1960slets get started. Start with an unlikely as official News Conference or address to the american people. March 31, 1968. President Lyndon Johnson gave a televised address to the nation. His subject but was the vietnam war. By this point the vietnam had escalated into a bloody conflict involving over half a million american soldiers. A war that had gradually started as a small engagement against communist, put potential Prime Minister aggression in Southeast Asia in the 1950s had escalated into a ma