Industrialization in the postbellum u. S. , and the cultural history of Petroleum Use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about American Environmental ethics and precedents. He has examined industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and landuse planning on the modern environmental movement. Professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. This evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th centurys use of Energy Sources including petroleum, and the fuels enduring impact on our environment and climate today. Give a warm welcome to professor brian black. [applause] professor black thanks ,everyone. Thanks, everyone. Thank you for being hardcore audience to come out on an evening like this. Thank you, kamil, and everyone for putting together this program. I truly am impressed on a number of levels and i have not been to this facility, so i am impressed at that. I was part of a confere
Mr. Cotton madam president. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Cotton in the next few days Senate Democrats will move to discharge a war powers resolution to tie the president s hands in defending this nation against iran and terrorist masterminds like Qasam Soleimani. Lets think about how we got here and the implications of this reckless action. Qasam soleimani has the blood of thousands of americans on his hands and hundreds of thousands of innocent souls across the middle east. For more than 20 years he was the Supreme Leaders most trusted lieutenant, irans terror mastermind, the man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan by supplying the most deadly kind of roadside bombs soldiers ever faced. He and his proxies and iranian leaders like him are responsible for bombings of our embassies in places like lebanon and kuwait. Theyre in no small part responsible for the ongoing horror of the Syrian Civil War or the civil war in
Country. Dianne feinstein agrees the laws should be enforced to keep Illegal Immigrants behind bars or sent back to their own countries. When immigration authorities ask that a state or local Law Enforcement agency notify them of an impending release of an alien with a felony record that request should be honored. Reporter the director of u. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement testified saying cities and counties that do not contact i. C. E. Can create more dangerous situations. Not cooperating with us does expose our officers to greater risk because now they have to go out at charge and recover some of these large and recover some of these convicted criminals. Reporter it would mean i. C. E. Could request release dates. She hopes San Francisco and california take part. Now there is talk of penalizing cities if they dont comply with i. C. E. Reporter there is one law being proposed by now, with holding federal funds if they dont cooperate. Keep thinking of him having to live with th
Is such a shock. Reporter we spoke to police here at headquarters, they told me it all started with a 911 call from the parents of the teenage victim. The Contra Costa County Coroners Office has identified the 19yearold murder victim as Claire Horton of walnut creek. Seen here on her Facebook Page and the man who killed her is 21yearold scott burtex of lafayette. The two had previously been in a relationship but couldnt say how long ago only that it was not recent. And this one caught everybody off guard. Were talking about two good supportive families. All indications are good kids. Reporter shortly before 7 00 this morning a Family Member called 911 reporting shots fired. A source told me vetex walked up to the front door and rang the bell. Orton answered, then vetex shot her and then shot himself in the lawn. I was just in shock. Its very sad. Reporter police say theres no previous indication of trouble. No restraining order, no contacts with police. This was a complete surprise. No
Welcome to bbc news. Theresa may is expected to say to you new macro leaders that she would like a two year transitional period expected to say to eu leaders. She is trying to break the deadlock which there seems to be between the eu and britain. Sources are telling the bbc that she will talk about this idea of a transitional period or implementation period, depending where you come from on this, and this idea is something we have heard a lot about over the summer from people like the chancellor philip hammered but also people like liam fox who are on the other side of the artand fox who are on the other side of the art and when it comes to brexit philip hammond. The arrangement would be similar when we leave the single market. One of the crucial questions is whether the eu will ee, questions is whether the eu will agree, and about the money the uk continues to pay into the coffins of the eu during that time. Theresa may is going to say that we will pay our dues into the cough is. This