Welcome all of you in the audience in the theater as well as those of you watching online tonights Program Limits of justice. Cosponsor of tonights program, youll hear from representative of the embassy a little bit later in the evening. I also have the pleasure of serving as the cochair of the museums Washington Lawyers Committee. My husband and i have also enjoyed a long and extremely meaningful relationship with this extraordinary institution. The institution of the museum is one that not only honors the victim victims of the holocaust but stands as a stark reminder to the importance and relevance of lessons of the holocaust and the relevance of those lessons to issues of conflict in todays world. The museum has found compelling ways to engage many audiences, people from every background, religion and political perfect situation. While the experience is grounded in holocaust history, it serves as a powerful springboard to reflect on contemporary issues, especially genocide. The muse
I also have the pleasure of serving as cochair of the Museums Committee and my husband and i have had a long and extremely meaningful relationship with the institution and museum which honors the victims of the holocaust and stands as a stark reminder to the importance and lessons of the holocaust and the relevance of those lessons to issues in conflict in todays world. The museum has also found compelling ways to engage many audiences, one that people would never expect, from every background, religious and political persuasion. While the engagement is grounded if holocaust history it serves as a powerful spring board to reflect on contemporary issues, especially genocide. It is a stark reminder that the notion of task is never ending at a time when hatred and systemetism is clear across the world and in the United States we must all stand up. When a time when soshl and rapid changing world magnified that hate the lessons of the holocaust are more challenging then ever and the museums
There s a hamas right, and you it it was the First Time Since i started covering the white house in 19 that i can remember such a Briefing Om Reporters on Air Force One. A sign of just how uncertain the trip could be. But here is the rthat got me. Was what to do if Air Force One had to leave you, peter, behind in the wake of the attack. You right now there are some numbers and small print for you to call for help. Im like what, go back and get peter. But anyway, what went through your mind during all of this . , know when you talk to the president , you feel a certain degree of security, because obviously there are a lot of very well Trained Secret Service agents around, there but its always important to remember that they are not for you. They are for him. Eventually it will be for her, but not for the reporters, and theyre going to leave you behind if they feel they need to. Theyre going to do whatever they need to protect the president of united states. As they should, that is our m
Doppler 7hd. It has been getting spwechbilitys let me show you live doppler 7hd and where those thunderstorms are right now. Mostly concentrated from the big sur area up to the Santa Cruz Mountains and st notice multiple strikes. Ill show the area and there is a Lightning Strike just around the Santa Cruz Mountains. Now this stuff is moving north so keep in mind its in the campbell area and about 11 minutes. Heres a closer look of some of the areas that are actually receiving some showers or Rain Mountain view shoreline boulevard as we look around the east bay. We have been getting reports of rain from oakland to alameda, hayward, orinda rate now i close in a little bit street level. Moraga way we get some rape. I have not seen any areas measure. Most very light. That is of course still good news that some of the rain is coming with those thunderstorms because the biggest fear here with the thunderstorms developing is that red flag warning is because fire danger remains high due to dre
Lets go to abcs Natasha Barrett live in houston with more on this. Reporter good morning, im born and raised here in the city of houston it is heartbreaking to see the way things are. The rain is starting again, on and off, the winds are picking up as well. Were not out of the woods. Everything is under water as youve seen before. Were expecting 15 to 25 inches of rain. Rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the 4th largest city in crisis. The water came up so fast. Reporter Emergency Management officials are saying they need more boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. The geography in houston in the helping the situation. Rain water is forced on the streets and on small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. First responders are so stretched so thin, neighbors are helping out. Ive been here 40 years and the water has never come up this high. Reporter other desperate residents are being plucked from rooftops. Choppers from san diego and cape cod are helping. M