Commission to investigate the january 6th attack. The commission will include ten unelected officials, five appointed by democrats and five appointed by republicans. It was modeled after the commission that was established after 9 11. Today, House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy said that he did not sign off on the commission but there is a good chance that he will be involved, nonetheless. Here is what liz cheney said earlier today. Should Kevin Mccarthy be willing to speak, testified before that commission after all, he is one of the few people who was actually talking to donald trump while the attack was taking place . He absolutely should. I wouldnt be surprised if he would be subpoenaed, he very clearly that he has information about the president s State Of Mind that a. I would hope that he doesnt require a subpoena, but i wouldnt be surprised if you were subpoenaed. This week luncheon as you know was run out of the Republican Party leadership because shes refusing to go along with
Our series of lunchtime lectures this spring. Is william digiacomantonio. I am the i have Something Else on my mind, forgive me. I am chief historian of the u. S. Capital historical society. Welcome to catcham hall. Last week, we were a year ahead of things, jumping the gun with anevent observance of womens suffrage. Are two years ahead of things by the observance of the return of the unknown soldier from europe after world war i. When the subject of the uss olympia was brought to our attention some months ago as a possible lunchtime lecture, i personally was screaming, please just give me an excuse to do this under the u. S. Capital historical society. They said it is the ship that brought over the soldier, and the soldier lay in the rotunda. I am really glad that the colleagues pointed that out to me. I am really glad of the connections there. I think john will be talking about a wide spectrum of things. Something in it should interest all of us. The speaker is john brady, president
Welcome, everyone. Things off by welcoming the latest series and speaker in our series. The i have Something Else on my mind, forgive me. I am chief historian of the u. S. Capital historical society. Welcome to catch him home catcham hall. last week we had an observance of womens suffrage. This year we are two years ahead ofthings by the observance the return of the unknown soldier from europe after world war i. The uss subject of olympia was brought to our attention some months ago as a issible lunchtime lecture, personally was screaming, please just give me an excuse to do capitaler the u. S. Historical society. They said it is the ship that brought over the soldier, and the soldier lay in the rotunda. I am really glad that the colleagues pointed that out to me. I am really glad of the connections there. I think john will be talking of things. E spectrum something in it should interest all of us. This speaker is john brady, president of the board of directors of the flagship thepia f
Fiction you may recognize the idea of a world where sensors are imbedded in everything. Cameras and microphones in your tv. Sensors in your car in your toaster. Tracking what people do in a way that kind of increasingly difficult to avoid as sensors saturate material mace but that is increasingly not a scifi description of a police state but a description of a world we are voluntarily creating for the sake of convenience and there are some benefits to be had from Smart Devices that can take advantage of sharing information over networks. But also creates serious privacy risks and so to prime the Panel Discussion that my colleague Matthew Feeney well introduce i want to bring out heather west of mozilla to talk out the internet of things and the many cases where privacy is nonexistent. Thank you, julian. So, lets see. Ahha. Today i wanted to talk about Internet Things and sensors and my life is basically the dystopia Science Fiction novel now. I take to the anywhere hi house and the lig
Evening problems this evening. But we will bring all of our normal political analysis and we will be in washington later. But we start with brussels. The british Prime Minister is back in brussels this evening, meeting with the european commission, ahead of a crucial summit of european leaders this weekend. The plan, on sunday, is to rubber stamp the Withdrawal Agreement, which spells out how the uk leaves the union. But what of the future . The Withdrawal Agreement spans 585 pages. But that political declaration, which relates to plans for a future free trade agreement, is scant on detail. Just 7 pages long. Mrs may is in brussels to try and flesh out the detail, before sundays summit. Lets speak to our europe editor, katya adler. I have been looking at the pictures tonight, katya, she was supposed to be meeting Jean Claude Juncker 40, but i dont see any scones for afternoon tea. The meeting lasted about one hour and a half. We are expecting a statement from Prime Minister theresa may