An alexandria man is under arrest israel shimeles is his name. His car left unattended, caused quite a scene here. Capitol Police Spotted the car on the west side of the capitol. They checked it out and saw a Pressure Cooker inside. Now, the bomb squad came in. Detonated it. And as you can see from the video it caused quite a loud blast. Nothing else suspicious or hazardous found after another search. Once the device was detonated. All of this happened during the memorial day concert here on the mall and this became very concerning for police because Pressure Cooker bombs were used to set off explosions during the Boston Marathon two years ago. And that turned out to be quite deadly. Thats the latest from the National Mall here. Im molette green. Thank you. A building explosion caused a partial collapse at a business in beltsville. Look at this picture. That was on Old Baltimore pike in beltsville. The Branchville Fire Department said two vacuum pumps failed no one was in the building
Maintain dominance. To augmentnt the power of his isting force he wants greater innovation in weapons and sensors the boats can carry orr leave e on the ocean floor as wewell as a neweneration ofnmanned and airy vehicles. I asked how he viewed the potential threat from russia and china and what his force is doing to prepare for it. I think you captured it accurately. We have a fairly hightech russian navy. Our submarine force in particular. They are delivering good platforms after a long hiatus. They are s starting to regain some of their old skills by operating momore. We are watching carefully. On the other side of the world we have china who is technologically a good 20 years behind russia. But they are making steady progress in the cability of the submarines as well as the areas over which they operate. They are workingard at becong a worldwiwide navy. We are watchching their progres for us t to sustain ouour dominanc under those conditions, we need a multipronged approach. We nd t
Buyology. And im the director for down syndrome at the medical school. Let me briefry introduce the subject. I want to you to imagine a world where they were accepted. Where nobody was deliberately underseeking to undermine these fact just because they stood to gain financetially buzz raising facts because they seem at odds with their religious beliefs. Huge numbers of americans simply dont believe facts people believing in the truth matter as lot not because it affects the truth but because whether or not we act based on truth or fiction matter as lot. This isnt a scientific issue. Its a political one. Todays panelists will address the thorny question of how to get people to believe facts even when they dont want to. So let me introduce the panelists in the order in which theyre going to speak. First is michelle fowler. Shes an astronomer and a science communicator. Shes been a regular host of the history channels the universe. National geographic the known universe and the Discovery
Universe. National geographic the known universe and the Discovery Channels how the universe works. You can say shes narrowly focused on the universe. [laughter] richard ally is evan pew professor of geo sciences at penn state university. Hes one of the major figures worldwide in the area of Climate Change and is dedicated to educating the public about what is happening and what will happen. He taught me that for what man has done to the atmosphere not to have caused Global Warming the laws of physics will have to be wrong. Third is chip brulee longterm activists in the cause of human rights. Hes a democratic socialist and asbsolutist and he has a new book too close for comfort forget the tea party movement. Hes sorry. [laughter] leonard pip is a columnist for the miami herald. He has won the pultser prize on raise in america. So first, michelle. Michelle well, good morning. You know, its one of the gaps in my training as a scientist that im finding myself in this sort of social situat
All right, lets get started. Let me remind you to turn off the sound on your cell phones. This is our number 3263, denial in the face of fact. I asked for a science panel, i got an antiscience panel. [laughter] tom so im tom blumen thatll. Im the former chair of molecular and Development Biology here in boulder. I am the director of the institute for Downs Syndrome at the medical school. Let me briefly introduce the subject. I want you to imagine a world where they were accepted. Where nobody was deliberately underseeking to undermine these facts just because they stood to gain financially or because they seem at odds with their religious beliefs. Huge numbers of americans simply dont believe facts, people believing in the truth matter as lot not because it affects the truth but because whether or not we act based on truth or fiction matter as lot. This isnt a scientific issue. Its a political one. Todays panelists will address the thorny question of how to get people to believe facts