The woman sexually assaulted by a stanford swimmer reveals her identity for the first time. You cannot give me back the life i had. Why shes finally ready to tell her story. All that, plus cries for help he cant move the 911 call from kevin harts wife after the stars car crash and the latest on his recovery big day. Princess charlotte steps out for her first day of school with encouragement from mom, dad and big brother. And countdown to kickoff. We are live in chicago where the nfls historic 100th season is about to begin today, thursday, september 5th, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this thursday morning savannahs off when craig and i saw each other this morning we were so excited and then when i said to craig, oh, my god, football season is starting. Oh, yeah, that music we played there puts you in that spot. Best time of the year
Woman in congress could be sitting in this very room. Im really excited to bring up our next speaker. She has more than 30 three yeaf experience in National Security and defense, both in the federal government and the private sector. Shes an expert in the fence, government services, and has extensive leadership experience. She was the 23rd secretary of the air force. [cheers and applause] one of two women to hold the position. And i know she will probably talk but her new book. We have available in the bookstore here on the Convention Floor and i just got a cup and i look forward to reading it. Id like now to bring up ms. Deborah james and moderator colonel carol. [applause] good morning, everybody. Good morning. All right. Well, good morning and im honored to be able to moderate you this morning. So as she just mentioned were going to be talking about secretary james new book. I read it. Listen to. It is absolutely amazing i will say to you today thats what were going to talk about. S
This is two and a half hours. [applause] good morning everybody. Good morning. The all right, well good morning. Maam i am honored moderate with you this morning. As was mentioned we are talking about new book. Its absolutely amazing but i will say to you today thats what we are going to talk about. First and foremost to break the ice what inspired you to tell your story . Throughout my life and as you have heard ive been active in our National Security for actually closer to 40 years. Times go by since the pie was written. I have worked in congress. Ive been to in the pentagon and ive been in private industry always working on defense issues. As i was making my way up and you can figure out my career and the ups and downs of life i would always look up to the people above me and they were very few women at that point to look up to. There were a couple and there were some men and i always wondered to myself wow their lives must be perfect that they were able to attain these great heigh
Down for more bodies have been recovered after the worst disaster on the river and a century. Plus day 4 of the womens world cup gives fans a 1st look at the United States team after neighbors and rivals canada survive a scare from cameroon to get their turn off the world winning start. Im sumi so much kind of good to have you with us botswanas high court has overturned a colonial era law criminalizing gay sex now the ruling makes the country a pioneer in Subsaharan Africa where most countries still enforce laws against homosexuality the Botswana Court said the law should not gregg to regulate private acts between consenting adults and that penalizing people for who they are is disrespectful it unanimously rejected sections of the people. Code that made same sex relations illegal the last have previously carried a sentence of up to 7 years in prison and the ruling comes less than a month after Kenyas High Court upheld a similar sections of its penal code. Lets get the very latest on th
Comment for items that arent on the agenda. We ask that you fill out a speaker card and hand them to me and i hand them to the president and the president will call folks in order that we receive them and you have a right to speak anonymously. Well call folks if they like to speak anonymously. With that, well move to item one call to order and roll call. [roll call] theres a quorum. Next item is two 2. This item is for discussion. Good evening and thank you everyone who made it to meeting tonight on commission on the environment. You want to begin by welcoming our newest commissioner, tiffany chu. Commissioner chu is a design and planner and cofounder of the company remix. I was excited. They created a fantastic technology and process for helping cities to figure how how to manage transportation issues. Its wonderful to have her here on the team with us. Did you want to say a couple of words . Commissioner chu im just so pleased to be here. This is my first ever commission that i ever