Robert is a reporter with the Investigative Unit of the Washington Post who is focused on privacy, national security, federal contracting. He has won multiple journalism awards. The 2013 sigma delta chi award. A regional emmy. He previously won the top prize for investigative reporters and editors for exposing fraud, waste, and abuse in Homeland Security contracting. He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice. Finalisten a fourtime for business writing. He is the author of no place to hide. Michelle is a civil war and reconstruction specialist at the library of congress. History atd a ba in berkeley. Severalhe author of articles and books on topics related to the civil war. At the Library Assistant at the Historical Society of washington, d. C. , an assistant presenter. Scholarlyember of our lecture. I would like to call out to connections between this place. Quartermaster Montgomery Meigs department was responsible for caring for the war dead. Remarkable that in choosing to live here
You must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. That is why we decided to study the situation. The results are published in this book. We call it freedom of the american road, simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room freedom to come and , go as we please in this great country of ours. The first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safe driving, too. We found many highway and Traffic Safety experts who are doing a Great Service to the public. What they need is public understanding and support. But the most important thing we discovered was that already many private citizens and communities across the nation have gotten together to tackle their local problems with real success. We present a few of their stories in this motion picture. We do so with pride, for here, it seems to me, is real democracy in action. And now, for a firsthand report, lets g
You must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. That is why we decided to study the situation. The results are published in this book. We call it freedom of the american road, simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room freedom to come and , go as we please in this great country of ours. The first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safe driving, too. We found many highway and Traffic Safety experts who are doing a Great Service to the public. What they need is public understanding and support. But the most important thing we discovered was that already many private citizens and communities across the nation have gotten together to tackle their local problems with real success. We present a few of their stories in this motion picture. We do so with pride, for here, it seems to me, is real democracy in action. And now, for a firsthand report, lets g
harrow discusses his book. Developed washington d. C. s infrastructure and expanded buildings and sites, such as the u. S. Capitol dome and the Arlington National cemetery. This is just over 50 minutes. Joining us tonight is robert oharrow, a reporter with the Investigative Unit of the Washington Post who is focused on privacy, national security, federal contracting, and the financial world. He has won multiple journalism awards. The 2013 sigma delta chi award. Regional emmy. , a he previously won the top prize for investigative reporters and editors for exposing fraud, waste, and abuse in Homeland Security contracting. He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice. He is the author of no place to hide. Michelle krowl is a civil war and reconstruction specialist at the library of congress. She received a ba in history at berkeley. She is the author of several articles and books on topics related to the civil war. She has worked at the Library Assistant at the Historical Society of washin
Controversial release. Outrain as former Stanford University swimmer brock turner walks out of jail this morning, just three months after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman. And were getting an exclusive first look at photos taken of turner on the night of his arrest. And star spangled controversy. Nfl quarterback Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the National Anthem again this time during a tribute to the military. [ crowd boos ] but kaepernick isnt backing down and you might be surprised by whos standing by him, today, friday, september 2nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this the unofficial end of summer for a lot of people. Were going out in style with great concert out on the plaza. If you have to say goodbye to summer, this is the way to do it. Alicia keys will be on our plaza. Some classic, some new ones. Weve got everything go