Budget. Great nations do great things. And fortune favors the bold. The next several years will determine whether american astronauts will be the first to plant a flag on mars. We want them to have arrived there on board an orion crew vehicle propelled by the space launch. I want to comment on the handout that weve all seen by the administration called nasas journey to mars by regrettably, however, this proposal contains no budget. It contains no schedule, no deadlines. Its just some real pretty photographs and some nice words. That is not going to do it. That is not going to get us to mars. This sounds good, but its actually a journey to nowhere until we have that budget and we have the schedule and we have the deadlines. And i hope the administration will change its posture and decide in the future that it is actually going to support sls and orion and keep them on schedule, because their proposals to cut sls and orion every single year is not helping us achieve the great goals that
Once again, washington is talking about a shutdown. Most analysts predict congress will opt forget to inning resolutions that wouould span throrough the president ial continuing resolutions that would span ththrough the president ial election. Onheides of the annual conduct confererence in washington, i asked him whether the pentagon was working on contingency plans instead of letting congress to the cutting in a worstcase scenario. What we want toto have happen at ththedget approved right level for nationonal security. Many people recognize thats a fact. We arere working as hard as we n ensure that happens. We have inhe past looked at what w would have to happen in earlier yearsnder bca level funding. Not where we want to go. We are going to do everything we can to avoid thahat. Vago theres an overwhelmg sense in washington that it will go to a full year continuingng resolution. Abouto us a little bit what happenss if it is a fullyear continuing resolution. An f that happenens, what a
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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis grammy winner steve tyrell is introduction to popular moves popular music started at age 19. Burts already working with bacharach. He went on to work with bonnie raitt before striking out as a performer in his own right. His latest cd is called its magic, the songs of semicon. Kohn. Ammy a little sneak review you did to this before the record even drive. Last year. It was this semicon it was the sammy kohn centennial. He was a great writer. Nominatedll, he was 27 times for the academy awards, which is unbelievable. People wouldthat ask him what comes first, the music or the lyrics . He would say the phone call. [laughter] that is where he got his inspiration. Five golden globes, just an amazing lyricist. Year. Xtending that this i am about to start my ninth year at the cafe carlyle. Last year, i did sammys theme all year. Willl call my word i call my show wordsmith. Tavis run some names. Hal david, nobody
Was Holding Court for 30 some years. Years and iere 36 have been there nine. I have been there every year since he passed away. By the time i catch him come i will be am a 60. [laughter] , i haveelieve that [indiscernible] mike is on the way over to brooklyn. Tavis you love that room. I was honored to be asked to do that. Know, i got a call that bobby had passed away. He always did that holiday season. Now i am doing what he also did. He would come back in may for a couple of weeks every year. He used to play the holidays and new years eve and come back in may. I am flattered and honored to have had that gave all this time. Tavis what is it specifically about the writing of sammy kohn that turns you on as an artist . He said that he wrote words that sang. There is something to that. It is poetry, but it is poetry that sings. My friend burt bacharach, we are l david, two. Ha bert would always tell me how the words hit the notes that he was writing. I do know. Theres just some talent tha