the agenda for this meeting is the situation in afghanistan. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with the provisional rules, i invite representatives of afghanistan to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i would like to warmly welcome his excellency this the secretary-general and would like to give him the floor. you have the floor. all of us have seen the images in real-time, chaos, uncertainty, and fear. the progress, the hope, the dreams of a generation of young afghan women and girls, boys, and men. parties must exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure humanitarian needs can be met. conflict forced thousands from their home. the capital city has seen a huge influx of internal displaced persons permit provinces around the country where they felt insecure or fled fighting. i remind all parties of their obligation to protect civilians. and i: all parties to provide
welcome. my name is acharya and i m codirector of the policy lab at claremont mckenna college. it is my pleasure to welcome you all here today to a conversation about modernization in congress. this is a follow-up to a discussion we held on october 16 where we had the opportunity to discuss congress s diminished role in the constitutional system. i d like to thank you with the program, social, cultural studies for hosting the event, and george thomas for sponsoring and organizing this event, as well. we re very fortunate to hold this because the timing is certainly right. we started talking about this in october. we had some rather, you know, broad discussions of article 1 powers and the kind of, you know, well-worn thesis about congress, how it had withdrawn from the separation of powers that had been dominated by the executive. and we began to discuss reform ideas, and we hadn t yet had the final report of a select committee on modernization, suggesting reforms, and we
minutes. welcome. my name is acharya and i m codirector of the policy lab at claremont mckenna college. it is my pleasure to welcome you all here today to a conversation about modernization in congress. this is a follow-up to a discussion we held on october 16 where we had the opportunity to discuss congress s diminished role in the constitutional system. i d like to thank you with the program, social, cultural studies for hosting the event, and george thomas for sponsoring and organizing this event, as well. we re very fortunate to hold this because the timing is certainly right. we started talking about this in october. we had some rather, you know, broad discussions of article 1 powers and the kind of, you know, well-worn thesis about congress, how it had withdrawn from the separation of powers that had been dominated by the executive. and we began to discuss reform ideas, and we hadn t yet had the final report of a select committee on modernization, suggesting reforms
this event. watch tonight. and enjoy every weekend on c-span3. former congressman tom graves and brian baird gave insight now on ways to modernize congress. they spoke at an event hosted by the american enterprise institute. welcome. i m zachary coarser. co-director of the lab at clairmont college. my pleasure to welcome you all here today to a conversation about mod nation in congress. a follow-up discussion to october 16th where we had the opportunity to discuss congress s diminished role in the constitutional system. i d like to thank you you for hosting this event. and george thomas for sponsoring and organizing this event as well. we re very fortunate to hold this because the timing is certainly right. we started talking about this in october. we had some rather, you know, broad discussions of article 1 powers and the kind of, you know, well-worn thesis about congress, how it had withdrawn from the separation of powers that had been dominated by the executive. and we b
severe road damage as well. the california national guard is now on the scene in santa cruz to support emergency services. for some residents, the rising water is simply too much. we can t live like this. how do you live like this? how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of the house? cnn s mike valerio and cnn meteorologist brit rits are tracking the latest. reporter: this is the heart of the flood rescue response effort. if you look around us, the area is inundated. as you mentioned at the top of the show, it is flooded because we have this levy upstream that failed around midnight local time, so as the front quickly comes through, that water is dumped around us. what we ve been seeing since we moved positions from the berry farm we talked to you last time until now, national guard troops have been coming up and down the central drag for several hours now rescuing people. you can just see the extent of the water. and