It takes up more room than the actual article itself. Want to introduce the subject of this next session which is this booklet here. Its called transform which is very beautiful and its about an initiative that we were privileged to fund called exploring innovation frontier. I want to give a shout out to promote the head of our engineering director at the time a few years ago when we made the decision to fund this. He has gone on to uc irvine where he is a vice chancellor for research. During this time there have been several workshops around the country and ill say a few words about that and then you will hear from two of the people that were greatly involved in those workshops more about this. Let me make now that ive kind of introduced the subject of basic research, leading to innovation and leading to engineering applications, let me make some formal remarks. I will just begin with the quote from our inspiration of the National Science foundation who believed that there must be a s
Threatening more attacks specifically in new york city. Police in new york and washington, d. C. Have already stepped up security. Peggy, back to you. Thanks so much. Home safe after witnessing a massacre. Members of a california band are speaking out about their paris concert that turned into an international tragedy. Eagles of death metal is on stage last friday when gunmen attacks the bataclan theater in paris. Baend member s say they were abe to escape out a back door. Band members released a Statement Today saying they are, quote, bonded in grief with the victims and theyre still coming to terms with what happened. Theyre putting all future concert dates on hold. Still ahead on nightly news, a closer look at the chilling propaganda video isis just releas released. Lester holt is reporting again from paris tonight. New at 5 00, the paris attacks are on the minds of many in the bay area. With the super bowl less than three months away, San Francisco is double checking its security p
To her head but the weapon seems to jam. Her life is spared and she escapes. This is video from inside one of the cafes. This video emerging as new yorks mayor tries to calm fear of an attack in new york city. Chuck, what have you been hearing . This video shows new york as a target. It comes a day after another isis video threatened a strike in d. C. But the threats have a hallow ring to them. There is no credible and specific threat against new york city. New york mayor and others denounced the video showing a sinister person with a bomb strapped to his body. New york obviously remains one of the top terrorist targets in the world. That video, our review of it, it look like it has been hastily produced. It is a mismash of previously released video. In washington, president obama is threatening to veto a call requiring the fbi director himself to certify a Background Investigation for each refugee from syria or iraq. And north of paris there is discrepancy still over whether gunfire k
Tribal leader. Japans Prime Minister says hell try and save two japanese hostages being held by isil, who want 200 million for their release. Plus chinas economy posts its weakest growth in nearly a quarter of a century. So should the government be worried . Hello there, thank you for joining us. Its been a turbulent and fastmoving day in yemen. In the past hour, the leaders of the shia rebels has addressed the nation on tv. He explained why the houthis seized the president ial palace in sanaa after renewed fighting in which at least two soldiers were killed. He blamed president hadi for the instability by failing to honor peace deals with the houthis and for corruption in his government. The u. S. Backed leader is currently thought to be trapped inside the palace. Well planned talked to diffuse the tensions have been canceled with the houthi blaming the government for stalling what he calls a critical moment of change in the country. Translator there is no doubt that our country is su
Lo this distinction between islamist and nonislamist is really simplification. Were talking about multiple communities, ideological ethnic and town based communities that have banded together against common enemies. It is a incredibly complex civil war. If i was to point to one dividing line in libya that i see is sufficiently explanatory that helps us understand this conflict, it is really the split between the old order, the old officer class, the old technocrats, old regime and younger what i would call revolutionary camp. Some of this revolutionary camp are, in fact islamists some are islamist fighting groups that had ties to al qaeda. Some are brotherhood. But i think that is the real dividing line. Where we are stuck right now is in a vicious cycle of mutual demonization and wild exaggeration. On the one hand you have the camp in the east that is led by general heftar, there is an excellent profile of him in the new yorker this week. That is sort of using the counterterrorism car