Last week working on a public lands package that would permanently fund the land and Water Conservation fund with a vote to move forward on that this afternoon at 5 30 p. M. Eastern, live coverage here of the u. S. Senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. Dr. Black, the chaplain of the senate, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our righteousness. As each new day seems to bring the unexpected, we thank you for your power that keeps us from stumbling on lifes road. Today, give our lawmakers the wisdom to find in you their refuge and strength. Lord, as they face complex challenges, may they plead to you for guidance and fellowship. Remind them that in the multitude of counselors, there is safety. May our senators plant seeds of righteousness in order to reap a harvest of goodness and grace. May they make you the foundation of their hope and joy as you empower them to meet every trial without weariness. And lord, have mercy
Kevin my name is kevin butterfield. It is my great pleasure to introduce you that todays speakers. Our center is one of the sponsors we are proud to bring americas most beloved writers to this room. We want to welcome everyone joining us live on cspan. Our next panels records of survival escaping genocide and human trafficking. His new book is waiting to be arrested at night. A memoir of chinas genocide. The founder and director of resilience force. His book is titled the great escape, a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams. He is a lecturer in princeton. Our moderator writes for the Washington Post opinion section and is the author of prisoner, my 544 days in an iranian prison, solitary confinement, and the extraordinary efforts it took to get me out. Join me in welcoming them. [applause] i want to thank everybody for being here today and for watching me at home. This is an extraordinary honor and privilege for me. Over the last couple of weeks i have got to know him intima
In your community. That is crucial. Jericho i am sorry that we could not get to these questions. We have to do a book signing. If you ask us those questions there, we will answer them. Thank you so much for coming here. [applause] it is a good idea for you to five. You might want to go get this thing. Inc. You. About you. It is about food culture. In the meantime, we are pleased to have rain on us and author and historian whose most recent book it came out in november of last year. Professor brinkley, how has the book done . Really well, i have had more fun touring on the book then any book i have ever done. It is in the news every day, what are we doing on our planet, hawaii is in utter devastation. People jumping into the ocean to escape the wildfire. Talking about the environment, how did he get to the place where we have victories from the 60s and 70s. The clean air act, endangered species act, 50 years ago. It passed. The idea is, when can we have a new biomet regulation. A new wa
We at desert view, which is the eastern end of the grand canyon and, its called desert view because when you look to the east, youre looking out into the Painted Desert and you can maybe see a little bit that beyond the white tower there. So this is about a quarter of the way into the grand canyon. It starts about 70 miles east here. And from here it has another 200 miles to run to the west. And so right here is when the canyon first starts to really widen and, deepen and sort of turn into the classic views that you see in most photographs, calendars or, you know, famous images. So before now its a fairly its much narrower gorge. And then when it reaches desert view, it really opens out and so its about ten miles wide here and its about a mile deep, has another 200 miles to run to the west. It eventually ends up at lake mead, the Colorado River. I hope you can see that in the bottom know, runs all the way from the Rocky Mountains to, you know, to between california. Arizona, as it head
We at desert view, which is the eastern end of the grand canyon and, its called desert view because when you look to the east, youre looking out into the Painted Desert and you can maybe see a little bit that beyond the white tower there. So this is about a quarter of the way into the grand canyon. It starts about 70 miles east here. And from here it has another 200 miles to run to the west. And so right here is when the canyon first starts to really widen and, deepen and sort of turn into the classic views that you see in most photographs, calendars or, you know, famous images. So before now its a fairly its much narrower gorge. And then when it reaches desert view, it really opens out and so its about ten miles wide here and its about a mile deep, has another 200 miles to run to the west. It eventually ends up at lake mead, the Colorado River. I hope you can see that in the bottom know, runs all the way from the Rocky Mountains to, you know, to between california. Arizona, as it head