Welcome to csis. I am the head of the project on military diplomatic history. Thank you all especially for braving todays weather. Its great to see all this interesting world war i. For those who havent been here before a project is focused on history that provides insight into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays event with csis project and prosperity and development. Sam runde runs at project here and thank you for your support. When we think about, when historians think about what are the most important events in World History world war i usually comes out at number one but americans actually fixated on other wars like the civil war and world war ii. This one is the most important and we are here today to provide additional awareness. 100 years ago to this very day Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of congress here in washington to deliver his working points speech. Wilson had been a professor at princeton and the president of that institution. He dre
Forum. [inaudible conversations] welcome to csis. I am the head of the project on military diplomatic history. Thank you all especially for braving todays weather. Its great to see all this interesting world war i. For those who havent been here before a project is focused on history that provides insight into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays event with csis project and prosperity and development. Sam runde runs at project here and thank you for your support. When we think about, when historians think about what are the most important events in World History world war i usually comes out at number one but americans actually fixated on other wars like the civil war and world war ii. This one is the most important and we are here today to provide additional awareness. 100 years ago to this very day Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of congress here in washington to deliver his working points speech. Wilson had been a professor at princeton and the pres
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The most powerful typhoons ever, haiyan has left its mark across the philippines. Thousands have been killed. That death toll is expected to rise. Margaret ortegas has more from the capitol of manilla. Sur viefrdz walked through whats left of their town, still in shock over how quickly their lives were turned upside down. Reminders of what they have lost everywhere. Thousands of people are missing across the central philippines and many areas are unreachable. For the missing and those who have been confirmed killed that is a concern. We are working toward the leads of those living. The extent is making rescue and reoperations difficult. Operates in the central philippines have been difficult. Many of the roads are impossible Emergency Personnel haare havin to walk for hours to reach survivors with aid. The storm hit on friday and since then, for many of the victims, there has been no access to basic necessities. Survivors are finding shelter where thing. Looting has become a problem. D
Emergency aid is being rushed to the philippines bringing desperately needed basic essentials to the victims of typhoon high, the recordbreaking super storm destroyed villages and hundreds of thousands have no power, food, water or shelter and hospitals are over run and good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, the philippines red cross said 1200 people were killed in the storm but could top 10,000, slowly relief efforts are going to efforts caught off by bridges and roads and they reached the airport on sunday seeking supplies or a way out. A 2 million Relief Program from the United Nations food program is underway and the u. S. Military sent marines for search and rescue efforts and al jazeera has more detail. Three days after suffering one of the worst typhoons ever the devastation is coming into view. Many of the hardest hit are unreachable and hard to say just how bad it really is. With a death toll expected to be in the thousands and impact felt by millions typhoon survivor