Lot and im just astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation and what were going to dog is have a hearing today about some solutions, and senator leahy and myself will sit down and find a way to create somee kind of fund that people can contribute to. I know theyre doing it at the world bank, that i like the fund idea where the world kd of comes together under amecan leadership to solve the problem. So too are two colleagues, thank you very much for your leadership and senator leahy. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. With all joking they goes back and forth, i think it safe to say that the chairman and i feel very strongly about this. We do wt to help. Senator whitehouse and i were in vietnam last year. We met with the vietnamese officials and scientists to discuss Ocean Plastic poltion, had a great meeting. S. White house was a star at that, but heres a country with a 2000mile coastline, and when i say we, that means all huma
I have to be ok and you are watching the stream today were going to take you to 1988 was a turbulent time for us around relations the shah of iran was living in the United States hed fled iran in iran american hostages have been grabbed from the u. S. Embassy in tehran and has to take a 2nd we are not giving back these americans until you give us the shah because we want him to stand trial for human rights abuses diplomacy wasnt working so in the midst of this back and forth president carter was president at that time for the United States he essentially and a rescue mission for the hostages into iran that operation was known as operation eagle claw theres now a new documentary about that time lets take a look. I was 20 years old a young marine and i was signed to the United States embassy in tehran iran i had never heard of that country. I hear of thousands of people coming down to the embassy. And they started climbing over the gates. 2 weeks i just sleep with my hands in plastic cup
Midst of this back and forth president carter was present at a time for the United States he sanctioned a rescue mission for the hostages into iran that operation was known as operation eagle claw theres now a new documentary about that time lets take a look. I was 20 years old a young marine and i was signed to the United States embassy in tehran iran i had never heard of that country. I hear of thousands of people coming down to the embassy. And they started climbing over the gates. 2 weeks so i had to sleep with my hands in plastic cups and i was scared to death. The administration is now emphasizing diplomacy as the way to get the americans released. Iran must be the only country in the world to the Television Program on how to track the american come on those in the street. There was growing desperation i was very determined to get to how she was released. We were getting ready to run for reelection isnt it about time that this country decides we are going to be respects. And we c
To conceal carry. Thanks for being with us on American History tv. Thank you steve. Glad to be here. Let me begin with the origins of the nra, the nice channel rough rifle association. How did the organization come about and why . It came about after the civil war, where there is poor marksmanship by the union soldiers, two officers decided to form and murray based on new york in for two purposes. To facilitate, build and grow longrange rifle ranges and the other one was to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. The nra initially just so you know, was kind of a working to get appropriations from the government and it started off with one organization in 1700, by 1929. They also are, just so you know, build on, there is an English National rifle association, and there was a practices predecessor by 1859, and this was supposed to be the american version. What different differentiated them was the french let you could start and build a rifle club nuclear statewide and you were
Patrick charles is a former marine and now Senior Historian of the u. S. Air force, and now armed in of gun rights to concealed carry, thanks for being with us. Thank you, steve. Glad to be here. Let me begin with the origins of the nra, the National Rifle association. How did the Association Come about and why. Well it came about after the civil war where there was poor marksmanship so two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. One is to facilitate and build and grow long range rifle ranges and to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of a working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization, they grew to 1700 by 1929. They are also are, just so you know, built on an english National Rifle association and they were predecessor in 1859 so this is the american version. The only thing that differentiated the two to start off with was this franchise like mod