Response. It was amazing. She took the stage and just went to handle it. If you decide to go back in please do not take the elevator. Reporter across pennsylvania avenue d. C. Government officials calmly evacuated the john Wilson Building that went dark. We experienced the power being out and we were told to evacuate the building and i havent heard any additional news since. Were just waiting on when we can either go back into the building reporter all around downtown emergency vehicles checked out buildings. At the National Academy of science on fifth street one i. T. Worker thought something worse was happening. We were just inside working and the power went out. So we decided to come out to see what was going on. Last time that kind of happened we had an earthquake so reporter oh. Yeah. Reporter on the National Mall tourists were asked to leave darkened museums including the museum of the american indian. We were just sitting down to eat and the fire alarm went off and they notified
Insulator to break. Thats something being assessed and hopefully in a short period of time will be able to determine what exactly caused that. Weve got Team Coverage on all this tonight. The university of maryland just got all of its power back on within the last hour. We begin with tom sherwood in dupont circle. Reporter all kinds of people today were affected by the power outage including a few people at the warner theater. Hi. How are you . Reporter on 13th street downtown people were buying the new maya angelou stamp. Its not just her. Its the stamp collection is recognizing africanamericans who have made a contribution. Reporter inside the warner theatre, Oprah Winfrey was celebrating the new stamp with first Lady Michelle obama. The power flickered and failed. But the program finished up. What did you think when the power went out . The power went out but we still rose. We kept going. And thats what you do and thats what maya angelou wanted us to do. Reporter the secret service q
The findings of her most recent research delivering on the u. S. Climate commitment a 10point plan toward a lowcarbon future you can download the complete Research Report that wri. Org publication. About us wr i is a global nonprofit Nongovernmental Organization that works closely with World Leaders to address urban global challenges at the intersection of Economic Development and the natural environment. At the u. S. Climate Initiative Program within wri we use vigorous independent research and Strategic Partnerships to help advance the United States transition to a strong, low Carbon Economy. And up front i want to thank the Research Team of the u. S. Climate initiative i completed a study that we are here to discuss today. And if i could have them stand. Karl hausker lead authors of this Research Study and the author and michael eric thank you very much for your work. [applause] we are focused on this issue because of the need to address Climate Change, and urgent need to address Cl
Concerns. Large part of the impacts on Business Operation happen based on whats happening on the street. So we did this and i think we are finding that its useful because a lot of times theres a sense that the citys not doing enough to address homelessness, address crime, address those larger issues and so we have a point of contact and reference to work with, you know, on those larger issues. One of the things we also want to do is make sure we reach out to all communities so with the work of francis were starting to reach out to the monolingual communities. [inaudible] enables us to work with pretty much most of the communities i think in the Cross Cultural situation. [inaudible] extends connection and establish network between merchants in the city. According to census 2010 chinese is one of the Fastest Growing population citywide. [inaudible] language barriers and cultural bias [inaudible] guiding merchants to [inaudible] for example before the super bowl 2015, we team up for [inau
With office of Small Business and also invest neighborhoods to find a consistent approach. I think the commission has ideas as well on where it would be a good target point moving forward. I think wed definitely appreciate that. Commissioner riley. Yes. Hi, welcome and thank you. This questions for francis cause i know thank you for handling the language barrier in the clement street area. But the language part is pretty complicated in the Chinese Community because of the different dialects so do you find that challenging and i think thats my professional background cause i have a multidegree in chinese languages and also i come from hong kong so im hopefully fluent in cantonese and mandarin. I think besides the language how you present yourself is going to be a very crucial factor. Even with spanish populations, like, for the last week, i spent almost a whole week time at middle mission cause we get a call that the whole 16 to 24 corridor was being sweeped by an attorney thats sending