Public art and architecture worthy of our great republic. We do so by advocating for the Classical Tradition in civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty and harmony, not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when designing the Nations Capital and its core buildings of government. The founders sought to harken back to republic rome and democratic athens and knew that classical architecture was time honored and timeless. The National Civic arts Society Works to continue and expand upon the founders vision for the Nations Capital in federal design generally. I perhaps dont need to tell you that since the 1950s, washington, d. C. Has been marred and disfigured by federal buildings and memorials that do not comport with the citys classical heritage and identity. For instance, there is the hirshhorn museum, which looks like a gun slit bunker. Then theres the brutalist fbi buildi
Will. Hello, everybody, welcome to the National Book festival. One thing we can do and i know you are all loving it as i am is to read a good book. I wrote a book that was published about a certain struggle with one of the central problems of our times, knowing what is true and what isnt. It is my pleasure to have with me today to people that wrote two of the very best books of the summer related to the world on the dangers. First i want to introduce Barton Gellman my colleague at the Washington Post who wrote an extraordinary memoir of the feelings with Edward Snowden that led to the revelations about the nsa, technology and surveillance and the subtitle of the book says the american surveillance state. And i also want to interview another outstanding offer, thomas rid who teaches at hopkins and has a history of what weve come to call disinformation, the ways of which our election systems, our very fabric can be manipulated by foreign governments and a history of that operation going
Tensions of the coronavirus i think its a blessing the coronavirus is of all the more slowly than other r. N. A. Viruses but still its a very quick process. To get even just gone 5 here evening in moscow you watching r. T. International the turkish president has once again lashed out at his french counterparts and he is long stance claiming it is a threat to his countrys security recip tired also called on his nation to boycott french products his words come as anger continues to build in the muslim world as a crackdown on suspected islam miss in france intensifies the fight against radical islam was launched after the recent beheading of a teacher near paris but some critics do say it is being driven by islamophobia challenged as more. President macron has said he wont to announce the publication of those cartoons and that has spiked furious reaction from many muslim majority countries including from the president of turkey president one who said twice over the weekend that he thought
Cspan2. Next, nasa administrator jim bryden sign talks about future emissions and changes at the agency due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is one hour and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Nd20 has been a year of challenge and triumph for Americas National space agency. Covid19 pandemic has disrupted planning and daytoday operations but nasa and its commercial partners have achieved many successful outcomes. These include longchain american astronauts to the International Space station and returning them safely to earth. And returning that launch vehicle safely to earth. Launching a perseverance rover to mars in preparing the space launch systems sls rocket and iranian crew capsule for the first deeps place but Nation Program next year. Im pleased that nasa administrator jimpl is here to provide us with an update on nasas mission and programs and the agencys plans for the future. Further progress is critical to achieving the goals of landing the
The coronavirus pandemic continues to loom large. Addressing the crowd in pennsylvania, trump again touted an experimental treatment he was given while hospitalized with covid19. The drug that they gave me, im going to were going to be distributing it all over the country to hospitals and everything else. A day earlier, Health Authorities said 19 people who attended two trump rallies in minnesota last month tested positive for the virus, but they say it is unclear if these people werere infected at the rallies. The u. S. Governments top Infectious Disease expert, anthony fauci, has warned that holding large gatherings is asking for trouble. Meanwhile, biden held a rally in florida where he criticized trump for his handling of the pandemic. So many lives have been lost unnecessarily because this president cares more about the stock market than he does about, you know, wellbeing of seniors. Biden also plans to visit pennsylvania later this week where he is likely to continue his focus on