The speechwriter in general mcmaster has ordered me to tell the story of the speech. With the first page of the speaking copy. And first for some historical background after a portion of berlin itself with the british and french control even with east berlin and all of the surrounding east germany and with a communist regime its important to grasp that west berlin is completely surrounded and you can see it is a little. Insight east germany. Again, after the war, thousands of these germans flee the communist music regime east germany to the democratic west. How do they do this . Very often they do it just by stepping across the street and then they could get on the train to cross the german territory to the west. So by 1960, one fifth of the entire population of east germany just that. They fled. So to stop the enormous exodus these germans proposed a physical barrier and moscow agreed and in the middle of the night august 13, 1961, the east germans strong barbed wire all the way aroun
Nominaon watch live coverage, aemder you can watch all of our congressional coverage with our freeid app cspan out or online at cspan. Org. President biden travel to arizona where he created a new national monument. The designation protects nearly one million acres of land secret to native american tribes. He outlined his administrations investments in protecting natural resources. A few miles south of the grand Canyon National park. This is about 20 minutes. Stroll land. I grow up swimming and have a sioux falls where i learned a deep respect for our land and water. I had the privilege to travel with my mother on her journey to fight for Environmental Justice for all people. I am here representing the next generation that has a responsibility to continue this vital work. This is our home, and we are committed to its protection. We are forever grateful for the president for his commitment to protect our homelands, for the tribe and everyone who recognizes the beauty of the grand canyon
Of the george w. Bush administration Condoleezza Rice on the u. S. Workforce and global competitiveness. And later, several gop president ial hopefuls outlining their policy platforms during a fundraiser in iowa. Secretary of state Antony Blinken discussed foreign challenges facing the u. S. , including recent defection of a u. S. Soldier to north korea, the war in ukraine, and the u. S. Relationship to china. This was at the aspen security farm in colorado. This is about 45 minutes. Good morning, everyone. His its wonderful to be back in aspen, especially after such a Great Program all week, much to do with secretary blinken. I think this is your first time here since becoming secretary, so that is a wonderful treat for all of us. It is not as though a lot has not been happening and you have been traveling all over the world, around the world several times just in the last two weeks and you are about to part to depart again. We are glad we caught you in between. Me ask you a couple of
To meet the chinese threat, they are staying in for now. I am hopeful with aggressive efforts, reforming the way we recruit, may be reforming the flexibility of the options we give, that we can recruit the next generation, but there is no short it is a challenge, and it is a number one challenge. Host the graphic you can finish watching this on our cspan now but you as we take you to the Kennedy Space center to get an update on the artemis ii moon mission. Live coverage here on cspan. Good afternoon and do you for joining us here. I am the nasa press secretary and we are joined for an artemis ii update and our crew. We got a first look at the spacecraft that took them to the moon, we only have 45 minutes to this evening, joining us we have bill nelson, pam melroy, bob cabana, jim free, artemis ii amanda reese wiseman, Mission Specialist christina cook, and Mission Specialist jeremy hendrick. We will go to the administrator for a quick update. The fact that the crew has seen their space
Not alone. Cox supportsspan as a public service, along with these other television providers. Elena kagan talks about a senate bill created to establish a code of ethics. It comes in response to reports of ethic violations. She spoke at the ninth circuit judicial conference in portland oregon. Welcome, thank you for being here, Justice Kagan. Its an honor to have you here. Were really excited and we appreciate you taking the time to have this conversation with us. Its great to be here this whole conference and thank you to everybody and especially to the chief judge for making me feel so at home and forgiving me so much work to do during this. The lineup in that case were somewhat unusual given the recent divide on the court. Im wondering from your perception what lessons can we learn from that case and from the lineup . Well, truth be told, i do think that the lineups were less unusual than they just were lop sided. You know, the unusual lineup is usually like the 54, but everybodys a