[applause] good evening thank you for that wonderful introduction. I like to start off tonights event based first offering a land acknowledgment birdlike to gratefully acknowledge the native people whose ancestral homelands we gather as well as the Diverse Communities who make their home in washington d. C. And for all of those streaming to acknowledge the land youre coming to us from. I am so excited and pleased about tonights event both personally and also at the secretary of education. As you heard this is a special evening for us as we are doing in person and Live Streaming for the first time. And also that education has been at the cook core of the smithsonian Mission Sensor 175 your founding. In fact the spirit and purpose of the programming you will have tonight the Smithsonian Associates have been doing for 55 years through highquality inperson programming. We are happy tonight. We are particularly excited about this event because we have two fabulous people pretty properly the
[applause] good evening thank you for that wonderful introduction. I like to start off tonights event based first offering a land acknowledgment birdlike to gratefully acknowledge the native people whose ancestral homelands we gather as well as the Diverse Communities who make their home in washington d. C. And for all of those streaming to acknowledge the land youre coming to us from. I am so excited and pleased about tonights event both personally and also at the secretary of education. As you heard this is a special evening for us as we are doing in person and Live Streaming for the first time. And also that education has been at the cook core of the smithsonian Mission Sensor 175 your founding. In fact the spirit and purpose of the programming you will have tonight the Smithsonian Associates have been doing for 55 years through highquality inperson programming. We are happy tonight. We are particularly excited about this event because we have two fabulous people pretty properly the
Spark light supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers give you go a front row seat to democracy. Remarks now from President Biden australian Prime Minister anthony on the south lawn of the white house during a welcoming ceremony. Ahead of the state dinner and honor of Prime Minister two leaders highlight importance of the u. S. Australia alliance. [inaudible conversations] [silence] distinguished guests, the president of the United States and dr. Biden. [applause] [silence] distinguished guests the National Anthem of australia followed by the National Anthem of the United States. Distinguished guests, the president of the United States. Mr. Prime minister. [applause] and all out on the lawn welcome and as you would say good day it is an honor to welcome you all to the white house as we celebrate the alliance between australia and the United States. And alliance is marked by imagination, ingenuity and innovation. Nearly 55 years ago, american astrona
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There not meeting their housing goals reporter where there are places there are not enough housing, a project that complies with zoning requirements must be approved. Case and point, theres a plan to tear down the donald at hey it and sandford street for the Affordable Housing project. They have expressed concern about how these developments will affect the character of the neighborhood. When we saw some of the concerns from the community, my response immediately was that we can use these anymore. White doesnt work. Reporter what about the argument that neighborhood should have more control . You bought the local control in the beginning. You only adhering to your own rule. The cities opposed, they say the reason theres not enough Affordable Housing is the lack of funding. If you want to check out the list of affected communities, you can find it at cvs sf. Com. Housing affordability is one of the top three concerns for San Francisco this year. The annual city poll by the San Francisco