Where he also had figures such as this but in his case, its peace rielding in ayuchlful chariot. You can see the peace in the center. The partially nude female figure crowned riding the four horses and golden victory figures off to each side. Well, this is what mills had in mind for George Washington. They were thinking of it for George Washington that transposed him from the human, from the everyday, from a general to now a super human almost godlike figure. And so when construction, which had been halted on the Washington Monument for about 20 years in the 1860s and 70s, when construction was started up again, the engineer, thomas casey, who really loved modern inventions, elevators, electric lights, decided no were not going to put that temple at the bottom. He wanted the Washington Monument to stay that would represent america. Moving forward into the 20th century. And so he now saw it as a sleek monument of american ingenuity. So it was his decision, essentially, not to create the
Just that still to come james all right, thank you very much john quick check of the roads for you this morning. So far so good here at the bay bridge toll plaza, nice easy right here on westbound 80 no problems on the span sear oakland to San Francisco commute this morning. Is moving faster than normal because this is a nice friday and the san mateo bridge to your highway 92 ride from hayward out to foster city moving without any problems. The right hand side there those taillights that is your commute direction heading out to the peninsula and so far were doing just fine. Now we are looking here at the richmond sandra fell bridge toll plaza again youve got a little bit of a backup here at the toll plaza itself. No issues really being reported on the span once you lets say just maybe a quarter of a mile off the landing richmond. Youre all green making an easy ride into sandra fell this morning, shes got to get through this bit of having us and then youre good to go. Finally the Golden
David petraeus talks about military strategy in the middle east, china, and russia, and President Trumps decision to withdraw forces from syria. This was hosted by the John Hopkins School of advanced studies. Clamoring] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My the dean here and it is pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 lecture on International Affairs with general david petraeus. For introduce the general, i wanted to share a little more about the lecture series in size. The series is named after who was established in 1990 by his wife dorothy is a tribute to his life and the interest in International Affairs. In alumni was an alumni and dedicated supporter of the universitys efforts to improve our understanding of the world. We are particularly glad today we have with us charles and his be and his wife heather to with us for this event. I want to express my gratitude to you and your family for making it possible. Is one of those people that literally does not need a whole lot of intro
The middle east, china, russia and other topics at an event hosted by Johns Hopkins school of advanced international studies. He also responded to the news of President Trumps decision to withdraw forces from syria. This is one hour and ten minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is eliot cohen. Im the dean of sais and its my pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 lecture on International Affairs with general David Petraeus. The four i introduce general petraeus i i want to share a little bit more about the lecture series at sais. The series is named after charles ross off, steps in 1990 by his wife dorothy as a treatment to his life and he was on the interest in International Affairs. Charles was a hopkins alumnus and was a dedicated supporter of the universities efforts to improve our understanding of the world. That of course is the sais mission. Were particularly glad today that we have with us charles daughter kerry and his son and his wife to
Two weeks after he was placed on suicide watch because he was found nearly unconscious in a cell with injuries on his neck. The multimillionaire was being held without bail pending trial on child sex trafficking charges, again this is breaking news, will follow the story throughout the morning. 7 01 am lets get you out the door, we can is here, the sun remains the same right . We do have interesting changes, although it is hard to tell. I need the radar view. But yeah, weve had a mild weather coming our way today and we heat up tomorrow. Reporter let me show you whats happening outside our doors, look across the bay we can see the clouds in place this morning, the low clouds, mid and high level clouds, a pretty view. Getting into the afternoon we will clear, the clouds partly cloudy for the afternoon away from the coastline and again temperatures expected to be on the mild side. At least this time of the year. Another view of the Golden Gate Bridge where we are stuck in fog, tempters i