Discussion with professor from Rice University welcome to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you for the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to someone who sits on the board of several museums i have a deep appreciation for the role of institutions that play in the local community as a window of the past and a guide to the future the indispensable resources i go above and beyond what you read in books. Houston is fortunate enough to have this place its a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist i have always sought to maintain to be involved in cultural organizations and when i applied for scholarship at the university of cambridge i had to submit an essay about was completely different to my main area of study. And a piece about the architectures i can explain later to anyone who is interested what that actually means that my first bonus check and the more Senior Executive such as the Folger Shakespeare library in washington dc the British Museum tod
Watching on cspan. We have a wonderful presentation followed by a discussion with professor from Rice University welcome to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you for the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to someone who sits on the board of several museums i have a deep appreciation for the role of institutions that play in the local community as a window of the past and a guide to the future the indispensable resources i go above and beyond what you read in books. Houston is fortunate enough to have this place its a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist i have always sought to maintain to be involved in cultural organizations and when i applied for scholarship at the university of cambridge i had to submit an essay about was completely different to my main area of study. And a piece about the architectures i can explain later to anyone who is interested what that actually means that my first bonus check and the more Senior Executive such as the
Museum, and also to all of you at home who are watching via cspan. We have this evening a wonderful presentation by lord browne, and then followed by discussion with professor Daniel Minisini of rice university. So without further ado im going to hand it over to lord browne come help me welcome john browne to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, i want to thank the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me, to spend some time this week. For someone who is on the boards of several museums and galleries, i have a deep appreciation for the role that institutions like this play in the local community and, indeed, in society more generally. As a window on the past and explainer of the present and a guide to the future, they are indispensable resources which go above and beyond what you can read in books. Houston is fortunate to have this place, and its a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist and subsequently an engineer, ive always sought to maintain a Broad Perspec
With me. Also ahead. Turkey says its offensive the Northern Syria wants the stablished security zone along the border. As liberia. As president of the challenges facing office and ending the trip. And the fallout from the sex abuse scandal. After holding an open air mass. U. S. President. Talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the visit is being boy palestinians angry at the. Declaration on jerusalem penn says the most senior american official to visit jerusalem since the us announced its decision to move its embassy there the city status is a key point of contention in the middle east Peace Process well this is what pans had to say soon after meeting netanyahu. Was great over. Israels capital jerusalem. Following over the story this is. Where he said we were in the. United states and israel. Introduced but also i would call. For speaking with you here over the river. Corresponding to how we force it now hes joining us live from the knesset and as we wait for the Vice President s
Prime minister netanyahu, speaker edelstein, members, justices of the supreme court, citizens of israel [inaudible] mr. Vice president , i apologize. Is deeply humbling for me to stand in front of this vibrant democracy. [applause] to have the great honor to address some of the first Vice President of the United States to be afforded this privilege, here in jerusalem, the capital of the state of israel. [applause] in neighboring greetings from a leader that has done more to bring the two countries closer together than any president in the past 70 years, the 45th president of the United States of america, President Donald Trump. [applause] thanks to the president s leadership, the alliance between the two countries has never been stronger and the friendship between our peoples has never been deeper. I am here to convey a simple message from the heart of the American People america stands with israel. [applause] we stand with israel because your cause is our cause, your values are our va