National security advisers Henry Kissinger. In some ways, nixon is one of the most brilliant people to occupy the white house. He had incredible political gifts. But on the other hand hes one of the worst people to occupy the white house because he had a broad streak of para nnoia and course in the end ruined himself by bringing about his his own catastrophic downfall in the watergate scandal of 1972 to 1974. Were going to look at the good and bad side of the nixon presidency with National Security adviser kissinger. Im going to share the screen so we can look at powerpoint pictures as we go through the sequence. First of all, here is president nixon himself. He had been born back in 1913 in california and grew up in a lower middle class family. Went to the local college there with the college. He graduated and went to Duke University law school and this is in the worst years of great depression. The mid1930s. During the second world war, he joined the u. S. Navy. You can see the photo
This is an hour. Good morning and welcome to the Washington Post live. Im a Senior Writer at the Washington Post and im very pleased to welcome today two experts on energy policy. My first guest is a u. N. Undersecretary general and an expert on africa. And also former u. S. Energy secretary, a very warm welcome to you both. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Frances were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected, and what the kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that is most affected . Thank you, thanks again for having us. To just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary moniz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. As you asked and rightly so, what does the Global Landscape say, let me start with my own continent. Africa is 3. 2
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Acknowledges like robinhood yesterday restricted trading in gamestop and other volatile stocks. Robinhood eased up on those restrictions today but the backlash has been fierce. Here is reaction from conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh and bar stool sports Founder David portnoy. Its not just political now. The elites are Bent Out Of Shape that a bunch of average, ordinary users have figured out how to make themselves billionaires. Everything is rigged in favor of the elites. This has upset the rigging. I think its criminal. There has to be an investigation and people have to go to jail. Whether that actually happens i dont know. But ive never been more convinced about Market Manipulation and the people, the hedge funds controlling the game. Harris robinhood ceo is defending the decision. Watch. We had to make a very difficult decision to protect our customers and our firm. This decision was not made on the direction of any market maker. We are in a historic situation there is a lot of
Composed of clergymen of the houston area who have been invited by the association. The meeting is about to be called to order by the president , reverend george wreck. May i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order. Let us stand for prayer. God be merciful onto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us. God shall bless us and all of the ends of the earth shall praise him. With these words of the psalmist, we stand before the god as our only sovereign lord. Give us good, lord, and show us mercy. Let the grace rest upon our nation and do not take the gospel from us. Show us always the truth that makes and keeps men free. In the name of our lord jesus christ, we pray, amen. We are very happy that so many of you ministers are present at this meeting. The treasurer of our association has wondered to me if some of you would not like to pay your dues for this time. This year, which begins the september. Im sure he will be in the lobby af