[silence]. 2020, we never ever saw again, but we thought you weeks ago. The tragedy for our country nation, but it really was an advertisement of our nation in front of the entire world. Good afternoon and welcome to Washington Post life. Opinion right writer for the Washington Post. Congresswoman karen is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and in that role, the charge for unprecedented Police Reforms to curb the Police Brutality and eliminate qualified immunity as part of the justice and policing act. Or bill. Maria name text we, the george floyd reform act pretty getting these changes fast. Congress woman, karen bass, thank you so much for being here. Speech of thank you fo. Karen bass thank you for having me. Host how does this fit in with george floyd and breonna taylor, ahmaud arbery. Karen bass it is such a tragedy. One of the big differences is that he clearly engaged in a fight. And then he ran, and he turned around. It looks as though he turned around. But the questio
Visit to the nras National Firearms museum in fairfax, virginia to see its collection of guns and learn about the role firearms have played over the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum, im jim supica Museum Director. We are going to go through the museum, take a look at the history of americans and the firearms. We will start with the earliest precolonial days go up to current times and will look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america, the rose firearms have played in military and the sporting and personal shooting rolls. Well see the guns of champions, the guns of president s and heroes and will see some great pieces of art, firearms engraving on a steel canvas. The National Firearms museum is at nra headquarter in fairfax, virginia. Now the museum has existed itself for nearly 80 years and we have been in this location for about 15. Were custodians of about 7,000 firearms that have been donated or lent
Battlefield guide and historian who explain what happened and show us century old trenches and a memorial to the lost battalion in the forest. Where are we standing . We are inside the argonnes forest. We are near a mine crater. Its probably a century after the war and still around 25 feet deep and Something Like 80 feet wide. It was a huge mine exploding here. We have to imagine ground up in the air, probably 50 meters high. You could probably see and feel the earth trembling miles around. Where are we on the front . What troops would have been here that wouldve suffered from the mine explosion . That mine exploded in 1916. At the time, the position was stabilized and the french were right there. The german line is very close by. Around 60 or 70 yards from us. The french and german fought here side by side for around three years. When the americans come here in 1918, they will see this mine crater. Of course there is no grass at the time. There were no mine explosions when the america
Festival is a day to set aside to commemorate the descendents of the clotilda. There were festivals that started back in the 1980s from the original founders of the descendents association, and i guess it stopped for a while, so i decided to start it up again. And i was reading the book, the flagship clotilda and the makers of africatown. That is how i came up with the title. I was looking for a title, but you know, a lot of things were not ringing a bell. When i was reading her book, i was like, state of our ancestors just jumped at me. You greeted everyone and there was a point where you had descendents speak. How did you come up with your program . Well, growing up here in africatown and attending the Union Missionary baptist church, there was a bust of cudjoe lewis in front of our church all of my life. Back in 2002, that bust was destroyed by some kids acting up, and they decided to vandalize, and later, they put up a Historical Marker, and this Historical Marker had the founders
We have lived in these lands, in these Sacred Places for thousands of years. We are thus the original part of the Cultural Heritage of every person hearing these words today, whether you are a native or not native. We have felt the cruel and destructive edge of colonialism that followed contact and lasted for hundreds of years. But in our minds, in our history, we are not its victims. As the mohawk have counseled us, it is hard to see the future with tears in your eyes. We have survived and triumphed against great odds we are right here right now, cultural distinct communities. We will insist that we remain a part of the cultural future of the americas. In the different journey through history together, the eloquence of chief joseph and the National Museum of the American Indian, so powerfully demands, i offer in conclusion. And with this hope, these words in cheyenne [speaking cheyenne dialect] in english, the great mystery walks beside you and walks beside your work and touches all t