Climate change poses the same threat right now alaska seems some of the fastest coastal erosion in the world we lost about 30 feet. 35 feet of ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. Is fast and means the river is 35. 00 closer to how the woman was. I dont think were part of her purse for. Join me every 1st week on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Greetings and sal you take. From electric cars that park and drive themselves to the ability to buy damn near anything your imagination desires from the comfort of your own home in just a click or 2 we must truly truly be living in a brand new gilded age of prosperity. Yeah not so much not at all apart from all of our gadgets of convenience and entertainment at our fingertips the meat hook reality is that according to the u. S. Labor department the u. S. Jobless claims of risen over 800000 since august weve had more than 75000000 claims f
Books as a historian what is your contemporary view of how our world will be viewed . We have so little perspective on this moment is quite impossible to say but the perceptionptio t many peopln the United States and around the worldha have the extraordinary initial time. In a way that was experiencing. Host thinking about today do compared to any other period of history . Guest know. As a historian i think we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to be thing like anotherre f. And then to say that looks just like my great grandma with the baby but then also with my need for familiarity so as my career as a historian that is a journalistic tick to understand theres a whole crop leftparenthesis president ial beyond the one biographers as a way to contain that chaos as a way to avoid with that moment in time. Host you gave a talk on your book what do we mean in American History . How do we reckon that it is two different as to share a common ancestry as a people and it seems a fair
Christmas million optional museum, here in washington d. C. Its just over an hour. So its absolutely a thrill to see so many people here for this kind of a program, my name is johnny gray, and i have the wonderful privilege of being the director of your National Museum of American History. Particularly on nights like tonight, and which we really can look at American History in unique and unusual ways. We are really honored to be joined by tonight panel Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applause Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor, applause catherine fit, applause and Supreme Court Society Publications director claire kushner, applause it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, doctor david horton. Hes on Board Certified cardiologist a jazz musician, and doctor scorching with most recently the president of cornell university, and previously served as president of the university of iowa. Doctor gordon has interest in learning as wide
Each odd year, guaranteeing that each president would have the opportunity to nominate two justices per four year term. Of course, this coming to a head very much in a big significant way because of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the controversy over whether President Trump should appoint a new Supreme Court justice, as he is about to do. Joining me to talk about more on this, gabe roth, the executive director for, really appreciate it. Thank you for having me, dan. First of all, what is fix the court . Tell me about that. Sure, so were a national Nonpartisan Organization that advocates for greater openness and accountability in the u. S. Supreme court and across the federal judiciary. We want them to live stream arguments. We want them to be more transparent about their finances and conflicts of interest and serve a more reasonable length of tenure on the high court. Interesting. So your mission here is broader than just term limits for the Supreme Court justices. Exactly. A lot
The way they want to this specific case under touches off the National Security office later on they found another light opened is more appropriate charges but anyway critics say is this a pretty much 0 what they see as speech crimes like the i thought you wanted us to talk at the opposition fighters t. V. We have about 15 or 20 seconds besides the rest that. We have seen at this point is that been any of the reaction from hong kong authorities. What im asking i am the act that they sent to the wealthy to lay off the folks knowing that they stop its not going this is not politically motivated it is this but i think a Public Health and court like we have seen day rally today out in the latest and you know a little bit chaos so we will expect that all sorts of welcome damage but thats not the rally held today as they stand on its own authorized becoming much appreciated. Lets highlight some other stories making news around the world at this hour people have been gathering in the belushi