Anniversary of the National Historic perez indication act, an event hosted with parks director robert stanton. This is half an hour. Good morning. Welcome to the United States capitol visits center. My name is beth plemens. And have i the pleasure of being the centers chief executive officer. Were delighted to have you here today as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Historical preservation act. Our exhibits and Education Team have planned a full day of activities, and i do hope that you can fit those into your schedule, as many of those activities as possible. On december 2 in 2008, nearly eight years ago, we opened our doors to the public, and we have welcomed over 17 million visitors to the capitol. One of the themes that we share with those visitors is the role of the architect of the capitol. The architect of the capitol is the steward of the Historic Buildings and grounds on capitol hill. In 1800, Congress Left philadelphia and moved into approximately 25,000 squar
Well, it just keeps changing here in washington. Now the house of representatives just went out of session, so we will be bringing you the president on cspan as well as cspan2. So you can watch the president on the networks as well. Jeff is in dallas, georgia, on our independent line. Hi, jeff, youre on cspan. Caller yeah. I would just like to say that checks and balances is right and the power of the purse lies in the house. The president seems to want to negotiate after he gets what he wants. The republicans should be doing the same thing. I fear for the future of our country and just hope that it all works out for the best. Thank you. Host thank you. And were going to show you the inside of the Briefing Room again at the white house as we await the president coming out. Hell be out here shortly. You can see the network, the Network Correspondents are still lined up in the front, so it looks like hell be out here in just a minute, and well try to get this call in from gregory in new
You for being with us this morning. With us here at the United States institute of peace. We are committed to trying to today, a Panel Discussion hosted by the washington post. Include barton gelman. That collected metadata on americans phone records. Tonight at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. For over 35 years, cspan brings Public Affairs of ants washington directly to you about putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences. Offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u. S. House, all as a Public Service of private industry. We are cspan, rated by the cable industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or semiprovider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. On monday, the heritage held a hold it conference on russian politics and influence. Panelists talked about the effectiveness of government backed media broadcasts like voice of america. This is just under two hours. Welco
Good afternoon. Borisjohnson has been defending the latest restrictions aimed at tackling the rising number of coronavirus infections. As some critics warned that not enough was being done to help business as furlogh comes to an end. The labour leader accused him of being out of touch. Sir keir starmer said the Prime Minister had lost control of testing and that, he said, was a major reason he is losing control of the virus. It followed the announcement of tighter restrictions in all four uk nations. With stricter measures in scotland and Northern Ireland where households are not allowed to mix. The Prime Minister warned the changes could last up to six months. In england, people are being told to work from home if they can. Pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues will have to close by 10pm from tomorrow night. The number of people allowed at weddings has been halved to 15 from monday. Meanwhile, the fines for breaking the rules will also increase to £200 on the first offence.
The protests erupted after the decision to charge just one of three officers involved in Breonna Taylors death but not her killing. Police fought violent demonstrators and arrested several people. Im concerned about the safety of our officers. Weve had two officers shot tonight. Thats a dangerous condition. I think the safety of our officers and community we serve is of utmost importance. Trace Mark Meredith is live in louisville. What are you seeing out there this morning . Trace, it is much calmer this morning than what it was last night. It was chaos last night including the street im standing on now even though there were so Many Police Officers out there that didnt stop hundreds of people coming to protest. A few of those protestors decided to set things on fire. The big headline is what you were talking about. The shooting of two Police Officers a half mile from where we are. Look at this dramatic video captured by some of the body cam ras out there by the Police Department givin