Why im given the opportunities that im given. You know, im a part of giving people hope that you dont have to fit into this mold of who society has cut out for you to be in order to succeed. Then, vacationing with a purpose. Morgan radford looks into the rapidly growing industry of volunteerism. I call it bragging rights and more than i sat on a beach and got a tan and got drunk for a week. Now im actually making a difference. Plus, a week where violence and death played out in realtime on video for the country to see again and again. Harry smith has a look at how someone with a smart phone and a facebook account can change the way we see the world. And we have another strong crew assembled around the table. Black lives protest will be held in cities across the country. Police fired smoke bombs at demonstrators blocking interstate 94 in st. Paul. Deray mckesson was arrested in baton rouge. Shots were tired in an antonio, texas. No officers were injured. A suspect was questioned. An ano
Being historic. Im a ballerina and thats why im given the opportunities that im given. You know, im a part of giving people hope that you dont have to fit into this mold of who society has cut out for you to be in order to succeed. Then, vacationing with a purpose. Morgan radford looks into the rapidly growing industry of volunteerism. I call it bragging rights and more than i sat on a beach and got a tan and got drunk for a week. Now im actually making a difference. Plus, a week where violence and death played out in realtime on video for the country to see again and again. Harry smith has a look at how someone with a smart phone and a facebook account can change the way we see the world. And we have another strong crew assembled around the table. Black lives protest will be held in cities across the country. Police fired smoke bombs demonstrators blocking interstate 94 in st. Paul. Deray mckesson was arrested in baton rouge. Shots were tired in an antonio, texas. No officers were inj
Clifton thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. To be here. I am honored to have been asked. Honored to serve on the board. I have to tell you im a little bit stunned. I was 19 your desk i was 19 years old with my mother in independence, missouri when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college and i was sort of in all of being in that group. As my mother told me i should be. [laughter] clifton, allut it, of these young people are doing a lot better in college that you. Re are [laughter] the panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afternoon. Some have been talking about my grandfathers leadership style, his outlook on life, things i found out about when i was very young. My grandfather came to stay in new york city and he got dawn, wentrack of for a walk, and grabbed as many newspapers as he could find. My brother and i were the first ones down one morning. He was behind the newspapers and we thought we would tipt
Bess trumans letters to harry truman. As of last month, clifton is the board secretary for the Harry S Truman scholarship foundation. This is a role that has been vacant since the 1990s since his mother retired from our board. Clifton thank you for joining , our board and thank you for being here today. [applause] mr. Truman thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I am honored to be here. I am honored to serve on the board. I have to tell you a little bit stunned. Was 19 years old i was with my mother in independence when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college and i was involved being in that group. As my mother told me i should be. [laughter] clifton,he put it was all these young people are doing a lot better in college then you are. [laughter] it isare interesting some of the things of the panel has been talking about. This is a great way to spend the afternoon. A couple of things weve been talking about is my grandfathers leadership style, things i learned and
We will be back. I went to see if there are any other Opening Statements and i want to make sure we have plenty of time. Any othe other members Opening Statements introduced in the record without objection will be entered into the record. Let me introduce the witnesses for todays hearing. Doctor tim pearson will lea leaf the panel, the scientist in the Government Accountability office in july, 2008 and as such he is a member of the Senior Executive service of the u. S. Federal government and also serves as a director for the center for Science Technology and engineering. Thank you for being with us today and we look forward to your comments. Also would like to welcome from ththe centers of Disease Control and prevention with 30 years of Public Health and science and Emergency Response in medical Training Experience she now serves as the Deputy Director for the office of Public Health preparedness response thank you for being here. Next steve munro for the laboratory of science and Safe