Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january 1945 , the auschwitz broken out concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than 1 Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these brave anniversaries remember the nose we lost and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these things, we must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the lholocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate and violence of all kinds today i am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today. I have asked them to help us come together on
Hello, and welcome to entertainment tonight, coming to you exclusively from the iconic set of americas funniest home videos. Only three men can say theyve hosted this show, and one of them is right here, mr. Alfonso ribeiro. By the way, were going to put to work today. Im ready for this. Lets do it. Im guessing we should start with all the drama over on americas got talent. Dont do it too well. Easy now. That is the place to start, because all eyes are now on the mastermind behind it all, simon cowell. It was a total mess from start to finish. Simon in the crosshairs. Dont be cocky. It seems the about creator and judge is at the center of nbcs investigation into the show. Look, its just my opinion. Quote, the ball is in nbcs court to see if they can get cowell to agree to make some changes to the way things are done on the show. Fired judge gabrielle union, who was back on set last night of her police drama l. A. s finest, met with nbc on tuesday. Both she and the network called the me
Thats right. E. T. Starts right now. Hello, and welcome to entertainment tonight, coming to you exclusively from the iconic set of americas funniest home videos. Only three men can say theyve hosted this show, and one of them is right here, mr. Alfonso ribeiro. By the way, were going to put to work today. Im ready for this. Lets do it. Im guessing we should start with all the drama over on americas got talent. Dont do it too well. Easy now. That is the place to start, because all eyes are now on the mastermind behind it all, simon cowell. It was a total mess from start to finish. Simon in the crosshairs. Dont be cocky. It seems the about creator and judge is at the center of nbcs investigation into the show. Look, its just my opinion. Quote, the ball is in nbcs court to see if they can get cowell to agree to make some changes to the way things are done on the show. Fired judge gabrielle union, who was back on set last night of her police drama l. A. s finest, met with nbc on tuesday. B
On. I am joined on stage today by six incredible individuals, each of whom have helped shape the history and the future of human space flight. So ill give a little introduction. He gave an introduction about myself, but as he said, my name is deanne. Much like many of our panelists today am an engineer. Unlike most of our panelists today, i have never been to space. Which gives you an idea of the impressiveness next to me. But i did grow up in brevard county, florida, and Cape Canaveral, and i have watched many of you launch to space, and it has been an inspiration in my life and one of the reasons that i chose to pursue engineering. Ive gone on to have a bit of an atypical career. Im an engineering tv host nowadays, and also founder and ceo of future engineers and we actually have a current challenge that was launched with nasa where students can name the next mars rover, so i dont know if youchb you know but the mars curiosity rover was named by a kindergarten through 12 student. We
Much like many of our panelists today, i am an engineer. But i have never been to space, which gives you an idea of the impressiveness next to me. But i did grow up in florida around Cape Canaveral and have watched many of you launch to space, and it has been one of the reasons i chose to pursue engineering. Ive gone on to have an atypical career, i am a tv host nowadays, and we have a current challenge that was launched with nasa, where students can name the next mars rover. Right now, we have a contest until november 1st, so you have any kids or grand kids that want to be part of space history, i encourage them to go online and submit their names. We have a chronology here from apollo on to thinking about going to mars. So right here on my left we have general tom stafford. So nasa astronaut with the gemini and Apollo Programs. Next, we have captain bob crippen, shuttle astronaut. Next, we have dr. Sandy magnus, another former shuttle astronaut, and spent 4 1 2 months on the Internat