Investigative journalist Leslie Lesley blume who looks at John Hersheys failure to report on the federal impact of hiroshima. And a conversation about the soviet unions role in the nuremberg trials. Good evening. Welcome to the ninth virtual program. We will be discussing the true impact of the atomic bomb. We are honored to host speaker lesley blume who is the author of the new book fallout the hiroshima coverup and the reporter who revealed it to the world joined in conversation by writer adam gopnik. I am bo mendez, manager of programming at the historical society. Welcome to our physical location. Im honored to our virtual programs, and look forward to having you join us for more. The things we have coming up, things we look forward to, interested in joining us. Hosting next week to teach out, anticorruption expert in new York State Attorney general candidate sharing her new book break them up. They will be exploring the connection between big money and its impact on our democracy
Appropriate time. We have to leave this but you can continue watching online, cspan. Blooge take you live to the senate floor on cspan2. Part of our 40 year plus commitment to covering congress. Day the senate works on the nomination of james knapp to be us district judge for the Northern District of ohio. You are watching live coverage on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, by your grace, give authority to the godly that this nation can thrive. Continue to raise up people who have reverence for you and desire to do your will. Lord, give our senators the wisdom to live blameless lives that please you. May they find joy in your presence as they trust the unfolding of your loving providence. Lord, empower them to use their integrity to bring stability to our nation and world. And, lord, thank you for the opportunity on tomorrow to honor our veterans and celebrate t
Senior fellow and director of the Chinese Energy at the huston institution. Hudson institute. Hes a distinguished defense and policy advisor, a former highranking Government Official andauthor of numerous books and reports on china. I can tell you definitively that might has really changed the us militarys thinking. Back a number of years ago he was sent to china to collect Chinese Military writings and he was the First American official who revealed that what the chinese were telling themselves militarily behind the scenes was quite different than what they were saying in public about how they wanted to be friends with the world and it really had a tremendous impact on understanding the militaries view of the peoples republic ofchina. His book is a landmark book. His most recent book is the hundred year marathon, chinas secret strategy to replace america as a global superpower. This book is really a fascinating look and is probably one of the only places in public where youll find inf
Conversation by adam gopnik. My name is bo mendez, manager of program progressive communications. Brooklyn Historical Society. While we walk in the tort physical location i am still honored and have opposed to welcome you all to our virtual programs. We look forward to hopefully having you join us for more in the coming weeks. Before we get to the subject of two Nights Program i want to share a little bit about some things we have coming up, things to look forward to more virtual programs. We will be hosting next week will be hosting former new York State Attorney general kenneth philby shared her new book in the conversation with they will explore the connection between big money and impact on our democracy. That would be on august 11. Following week will be hosting Rick Perlstein in a conversation with Jeffrey Toobin discussing his new book which continues in the expiration we been doing with the recent history of the Republican Party in modern american conservatism. That will be aug
Welcome to the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute Virtual Event series. Our center for Public Affairs programming offers lectures and forms presenting perspective on important Public Policy issues of the day, each year we bring you 20 to 30 events from politicians, authors, members of the media, business and military leaders and more. Since the march 2020 closure of many businesses across our great country, the ragan foundation is bringing events online to ensure we are still delivering worldclass content even if you cant get to our hilltop to watch it in person. In this weeks center for Public Affairs Virtual Event we bring you Chris Wallace, inker of fox news sunday. 2014 marked his 50th year in the broadcasting industry, hes participated in coverage of nearly every Major Political event and also secured high profile interviews with dignitaries in u. S. Leaders to stop for the last three years Chris Wallace has broadcast a sunday morning show live from the Reagan Li