Better or worse antigovernment anger is building even in the president s traditional heartland. And in sports the Milwaukee Bucks and boycotted their n. B. A. Playoff game the team ready to face the Orlando Magic by didnt show up as part of the a protest against Racial Injustice. Could be the most powerful storm to hit the u. S. This year is just hours away from making landfall Hurrican Laura is already a category 4 storm and Officials Say it could be catastrophic its power grew by nearly 70 percent in just 24 hours this is what it looks like from space as it crackles with lightning and races towards texas and louisiana 2 states that are also grappling with coronavirus authorities have warned a storm that could churn flood waters as high as 6 meters making it unsurvivable around 620000 people have been told to leave their homes with hurricane Warnings Issued to those living as far as 322 kilometers inland. And again it is live for us from miami and it is strong seems to be strengthenin
So i welcome you this morning, thank you all for coming, my name is dane kennedy. Im the director of the National History center. Which is sponsoring this briefing. It is on the geo politics of middle east oil, Historical Perspectives on the current crisis. I want to just briefly explain what we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. Which has booked t
Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policy, but provide Historical Context to help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the Mellon Foundation which makes this series possible. I also want to thank Rachel Wheatley in the back of the room who is our assistant director and helped organize this. I want think the i want to think the office of gerry connolly, and i want to alert you to the fact that you will have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions, they will get formal remarks in the first hour, and the second half hour will be devoted to q and a. We will go from there. Thank you offer coming. This the rest of it is in the flyer. I worked briefly with the Congressional Research service. A little longer with the department of energy.
Then they go out they do research and find the resources to tell them the story but also try to figure out the significance of their topics in history. They are going into archives, into museums, into libraries, and sifting through primary sources, secondary sources, and they are thinking critically about that and why their topic was important in history, as related to an annual theme. This year, the theme is triumph and tragedy in history. So we have had conflict and compromise, taking a stand, all kinds of different angles and perspectives for kids to look at, but this year it is triumph and tragedy. They have been choosing topics that range from indian treaties to world war ii, to helen keller, partition of india, you name it. They are choosing really fascinating, interesting topics. Then they present their findings in different formats. Of course, one of the categories you see behind me, that is the exhibit category. Then there is also paper category, and dramatic performance, docu
Up at a pro forma session and talk about this . What are we expecting . Will he give her ground . Anna probably not. The Senate Opening for a pro forma session. The majority leader will be here. We expect him to speak on the floor. He will probably criticize democrats, especially noting House Democrats have said they had to push this impeachment process through last year because President Trump is such a threat to the 2020 election that he was continuously interfering in what is going to be the next president ial election. They had to do this quickly. Now that they are delaying these articles, it goes against the point they were trying to make. David over the break we had a second senator showing they did not like how this was handled. We had Susan Collins joining lisa murkowski. Is that showing a shift . Anna those of the republican senators we would expect to at least show some independence. Their complaint was they were concerned about the impartiality of their colleagues. Mitch mcc