And emt paramedic to please stand up. [applause] thank you very much for what you do in keeping us safe and keeping us safe every single day. And thank you for the mission that you do every single day for us. And now onto the knights program. It is absolute pleasure to have Garrett Graff back with us here. The last time he was here he spoke about the governments doomsday plan from his last book raven rock of the straight u. S. Government secret plan to say that some of the rest of us die. [laughing] tonight we are welcoming him back to the museum to discuss another very somber topic, the terror attacks of 9 11. He has collected and organized 360 degrees account of the day told through the voice of people who experienced it in his new book, the only plane in the sky. He is a distinguished magazine journalist, regular tv commentator was spent more than a dozen years covering politics, technology and National Security. Garrett is the author of a number of books including the First Campaig
Its been around for a long time and computers didnt cause it. But when people die because of a tweet, there has to be a tech solution. Expanding the marketplace of ideas is all well and good to welcome you to brookings this morning. I see lots of old friends in the audience and its a pleasure to invite you to the event with randall schriver. Weve been fortunate to engage him over the past decade. While hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and, randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randall schriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense on january 8, 2018. Previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for east asian and Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered, china, taiwan, hong kong, and australia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state and also served as an active duty Naval Intelligence officer. Beyond his government car
Fa ct, breezy too, but with some rain. In fact, there are some thundery showers around as well this morning. More detail in around 15 minutes. Its sunday 22 september. Our top story, after the first day of its Party Conference was dominated by infighting, labour will try to move the agenda back to policy today. If the party wins the next general election, it promises to abolish nhs prescription charges in england and replace ofsted with a new School Inspection system. Deputy leader tom watson is calling for unity after he survived a plot by some members to remove him. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Jeremy corbyn is given a rousing reception last night at the opening rally of the labour conference. This is the kind of support he wanted to see, close to a snap election. But elsewhere, unity was fragile and beginning to shatter. First of all, Jeremy Corbyn had to stop an attempt by some of his usual allies to oust his deputy, tom watson, who thought that he hadnt been loya
To enable them to buy iranian oil. Those waivers went away. Those countries had to diversify. Those waivers might be given. That could be a potential rollback but not a full rollback. Nick inets turn to washington. How likely is it the president might be changing his position on iran . Is whate big question the president s position was in the first place. He has always wanted a meeting with the iranian president because that plays into his brand of personal diplomacy and believing inserting himself into these negotiations and looking a foreign leader in the eye can produce breakthroughs. What you are seeing is in expectations that have sanctions are eased it would be the waivers that alix steel mentioned. Allowing some oil exports as part of a french proposal to grant iran a 15 billion credit line to buy some goods. I do not think what you will be seeing is a wholesale lifting of these sanctions, because despite all of the top, the underpinning of the u. S. Approach toward iran is this
Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac no up or down, no day or night, only the slow creeping of the harsh sunlight through the windows as the spacecraft rotates to keep from getting too hot on one side, too cold on the other. They carried with them the biological day of the earthling, three meals, a snack or two, eight hours of sleep. Time to work, time to relax, time to reflect. Three days, falling upward to the moon. Look down. Look down. That fragile bubble of life, afloat on a sea of nothing. Spaceship earth. Plus 00190. Roll is your option. Pitch 213357. Down 44 is na. Delta vp 00197. 0030015 00300152. Apollo 11 this is houston. Ive got the morning news here if youre interested. Over. Yeah, we sure are. Copy and come in. Okay. First off, looks like its going to be impossible to get away from the fact that you guys are dominating all the news back here on earth. Even press in rugs is headlined the mission and calling neil the czar of the ship. I think they have the wrong missio