Christopher ford is a assistant secretary of state for International Security and nonproliferation. He talked about Nuclear Security policy at the Stimson Center. Some other of the topics included Nuclear Terrorism prevention, efforts to denuclearize north korea and chinas role in fostering Nuclear Security in the region. Ladies and gentlemen, a very good afternoon to all of you and welcome to the Stimson Center my name is brian finlay, im president and ceo here at the Stimson Center. For those attending this event for the very second time, many apologies, it was not as you may have assumed our speakers agenda that caused the cancellation, but an exploding we started paying our bills yet the Stimson Center again and were back in business and very pleased to be welcoming dr. Christopher ford back to the stage. Chris, for those of you in the know, is of course the assistant secretary of state for International Student and nonproliferation. Chris previously has done a tour on President Tr
Campus. Police investigating a suspicious package reported in the library. The rest of the campus is not effected, but police are asking people to avoid the library while theres an investigation. Rain is not forecast, but the showers not in time to help fire crews in placer county. They had to scramble to fight a grass fire thats now grown to 355 acres. The foothill fire broke out near Thunder Valley casino and expanded rapidly in the dry and windy conditions. Theyve now stopped the forward progress and flames. The fire is 30 percent contained. A mandatory Evacuation Order remains in effect for an Industrial Area just north of roseville. Live look outside, its a dry monday, but the first rain of the fall season and on the way, and it will dramatically reduce the fire risk. A lot of people may be headed to the sierra for the holidays, and a good time to leave is now because the winter storm could make travel dangerous tomorrow. Tuesday night and wednesday allen, its going to be rough dr
Stints in. For those of you that are attending this very event for the second time. Many apologies and it was not as you may have assumed our speakers agenda i cause that cancellation but an exploding manhole but we are paying our bills at the Stanton Center and back at business and very pleased to be welcoming doctor chris ford back to the stage. Chris for those of you in the no and the assistant secretary of state for enough security for International Security and nonproliferation. He talked about Nuclear Security yes laughs chris is going to give a few remarks and will be time for us to ask some clarifying questions but with that chris, welcome back to stance in. Big applause thanks, brian. Its great to be back here. I applaud your persistence after last time, and rescheduling this after the explosion. It sounds so dark. Its i could not that bad. Those of you who been around washington that long i have remember there was a series of exploding manholes in georgetown back in the 90s.
This is all going to blow up. Chris as the investigation moves to the house Judiciary Committee, new questions about how the process will play out. We will go with the facts take us. There is nothing more dangerous than an unethical president who believes there above the wall, claw. 11 months before the next election. We will discuss a potential senate trial with republican senator john kennedy and asked congressman eric swalwell, are democrats and too much of a hurry . Then, ten candidates take the stage in the fifth democratic debate. Well ask our panel about the state of the race as we look ahead to the first in the nation contest. And our power player of the week. Going viral by giving away cash on twitter. All come Fox News Sunday. Chris and hello again from washington. After 30 hours of public hearings, House Democrats are entering what may be the final phase of their impeachment investigation. The house Income Committee is writing a report to send to the Judiciary Committee whic
Up to 4,500 jobs are at risk at energy firm npower, as a Restructuring Plan is announced. The met police is to pay the former mp, harvey proctor, £900,000 in compensation and legal costs. He was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. Mr bartley is ready and waiting to answer your questions and a study on smartphones finds a quarter of young people good morning. Welcome to the bbc news at nine. The conservatives have complained to the broadcasting regulator about channel 4, accusing it of bias and of a political stunt. The broadcaster replaced borisjohnson with an Ice Sculpture, when he declined to take part in a debate about Climate Change last night. The brexit partys nigel farage also stayed away, and was replaced by a sculpture, but five other Party Leaders took part. Lets get more with our political correspondent, helen catt. Good morning. So the conservatives trying to push the focus onto channel 4 with this letter to 0fcom about what they call a stunt. B