Host good morning. Im dr. Evans, director of the carter president ial library and museum. Im excited for you to be here today. We are commemorating the refugee act of 1980 signed by president carter in march of that year. On behalf of president carter, who was unable to be here, i want to welcome you to the carter president ial center. We say center because there are two fabulous entities here, the federal entity is the library and museum, which is where you are now, and a few feet away as the Carter Center, which is an ngf. Together, president carter looks at us as the center. We provide him with data, research, camaraderie, advice, and we work really hard for him as well. The refugee act is an amendment to the earlier immigration and nationality act and the refugee assistance act. The goal was to provide permanent and consistent admission to people who were suffering in other nations, and to provide asylum. That was the whole point of it. This is what makes it so exciting to be here
Votes on some of those amendments in the 4 00 hour. Now to live coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. All mighty and eternal god we pause this morning to express our gratitude. Especially give thanks and pray for our nation. Praying for unity where there is division. Praying for peace where there is discord. Praying for love where there is hatred. Praying for the eradication of l forms of racism, sexism, gism, inequality, and poverty. Praying for an end to xenophobia, homophobea, and all othererphobias that might plague and oiceon our nation. Poison our nation. Praying we continue to strive for justice and peace for all people. And always respect the dignity of every human being. O lord, bless these united and for united we stand divided we fall. May we be more loving and compassionate, more understanding and giving, more inviting and welcoming. And bless all elected officials , the communities they serve, and every state, every commonwealth, every city, every district, on every s
The terror attack on the mosque, a truly cowardly and depraved attack that was intended to divide us. London remained united and it is londons Diverse Community that makes london the worlds greatest capital city. In recent days and weeks we have seen flooding across the country which has been particularly severe in lincolnshire. The whole house will want to join me paying tribute to the work of the Emergency Services, military, the Environment Agency and all those working on the grounds to support her communities affected. The government stands ready to respond and offer all assistance where required. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house, i should have further foster meetings later today. I would like to associate myself and the whole house with comments the Prime Minister has made about the mosque attack and flooding in lincolnshire. If our town centers are to survive and thrive we need more People Living in them. Mo
Today marks two years since the terror attack on the mosque, a truly cowardly and depraved attack that was intended to divide us. London remained united and it is londons Diverse Community that makes london the worlds greatest capital city. In recent days and weeks we have seen flooding across the country which has been particularly severe in lincolnshire. The whole house will want to join me paying tribute to the work of the Emergency Services, military, the Environment Agency and all those working on the grounds to support her communities affected. The government stands ready to respond and offer all assistance where required. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house, i should have further foster meetings later today. I would like to associate myself and the whole house with comments the Prime Minister has made about the mosque attack and flooding in lincolnshire. If our town centers are to survive and thrive we need mo
The america warns that they may not reach an agreement at a summit today plus the u. N. Says a record 71000000 people have been displaced by who are and persecution worldwide on World Refugee day we look at the plight of aging bridge of muslims for me and mark who fled to bangladesh. And the womens world cup scotland are on their way home after crashing and burning against argentina in the scots looks certain to win until their opponents mounted a whirlwind and controversial comeback. On my heart thank you so much for your company and we won but we started this broadcast with that dangerous escalation in tensions between iran and the u. S. Iran has shut down a u. S. Spy drone President Trump. Calls it quote a very big mistake tehran in turn claims the u. S. Crossed a red line by violating its airspace washington maintains the drone was in International Airspace and announces the incident as an unprovoked attack on a comes at a time of heightened tensions between the 2 countries. Down t