Tapering quite rapidly in the afternoon. We knew they would be here eventually, starting to get a few incidents popping up as the volumes increase. One problem on 880 in the fremont area, we have a multicar crash. No details other than that although we believe its a blocking situation and you can see the red starting to form and they are calling for an ambulance to the scene and so it sounds like we have one person with injuries. And a quick look outside, Golden Gate Bridge, a few drops on our Traffic Camera lens there, too. No significant delays if you are coming across San Francisco this morning. Two problems in the north bay, we will talk about that in less than ten. The eyes of the nation will be on capitol hill in an hour from now for one of the most anticipated Congress Hearings in years. Former fbi director, james comey, heres a live look inside the room where the Senate Intelligence committee will get to the bottom between the alleged connection between the kremlin and trumps c
Things brought beauty for coming to the center for Global Development today for this interesting discussion. I think that sound effect was appropriate. For the tension that might exist between the need to deliver humanitarian care when there is an outbreak as serious as the recent Ebola Outbreak in the need to actually learn, learn what works to address that and where the outbreak is of a disease which is emerging that is therapeutic, does not exist and even the vaccine does not exist. In those cases, the need for learning and how can that need for learning be accommodated when the humanitarian need is so great. Our speakers today who will be addressing not point are the leaders of the team at the National Cabinet of science to produce a report recently published on the topic of implementing epidemics. Im going to turn over the podium now to the cochair of that team who is dr. Jerry keusch at Austin University and hes also managing very important and exciting institution recently creat
Good afternoon everyone. I would like to welcome you as well as the good friends from cspan to the mcgowan theater. As well as the producer for the noontime lecture series. Before we begin todays program i would just like to remind you of a few other programs we had coming up in the near future. The irish immigrant experience. And then on wednesday march 22 film screaming screening. It is presented in partnership with the dc environment a film festival. To find out more about these and the other programs please take one of the monthly calendar events where you can visit our website at debbie ww. Dot archives. Gov. Our topic for today is agent 110. An american spy master in the german resistance of world war ii by scott miller. He is an author and former correspondent. The first book the president in the assassin at the dawn of the American Century was century was a news week using must read. He spent nearly two decades in asia and europe reporting for more than 25 countries including t
Metaphysics, aristotle says quote, in fact, the thing that is been sought both anciently and now and always and is always perplexing is what is being . Does this question apply to the being that is asking to us . If so, and it seems so, then to paraphrase aristotle, the inquiry and perplexity and early times and now and always is at this, what is human being . Er our panelists are christopher tollefsen, dissing a professor of Philosophy University of south carolina. Charles rubin, associate professor of political science,e duquesne university, and author of the eclipse of man humanion extinction and the meaning of progress. Adam keiper of the ethics and Public Policy center, editor of the new atlantis. Christopher. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be here. Unlike most of the panelists so far im not a former student ofo leon kass. So i feel the need to ask permission do i call you leon . Okay. Ou leo but that down. Nevertheless, even though im not a student i did feel a special ki
Kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. And hes coauthor of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. Hes going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at antietam. Its my pleasure to introduce one of the great emerging voices in the field, kevin pollock. Good morning, everyone, thank you to chris for that humbling introduction and thank you all for being here at my Bachelor Party. I think we might set Virginia State record for the largest Bachelor Party in all of state history. Its about to get a little crazy in here. Talking about robert e. Lee at the battle of antietam. Even before last years symposium when a letter was sent out asking for topic ideas for great defenses of the civil war there was a caveat left in the email that allowed us to quote think outside of the box. And the topic that i propose is the one that im proposing or presenting to you now, robert e. Lee at