The end of the decade. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. [ cheers and applause ] mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley, congressman miller within mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor. And i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here and particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact, that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 yea
Mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and im particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. We stand in need of all three. We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. The despite the striking fact that most of the scientists the world has ever known are alive and working today. Despite the fact this nations own manpower is doubling every 10 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole. Despite that, the vast stretch
this live from london. this is bbc news. the uk s deputy prime minister resigns following an inquiry into bullying allegations. over 400 now killed in fighting between rival military factions in sudan as the international community pushes again for a ceasefire. allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. two months on from the deadly earthquakes in turkey and syria, our correspondent visits survivors. and why you do not need to be fit to climb everest. now we can go to the sport headlines. hello from the bbc sport centre. a blow for the lionesses ahead of the women s world cup later this year england captain leah williamson has ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. the arsenal midfielder fell awkwardly during their wsl defeat against manchester united on wednesday and the club have confirmed she s set for an extended period on the sidelines . our sports reporter jane dougall has more. we have confirmation from her club arsenal a short time ago confi
now president biden is about to make a speech at the j.f.k. library museum billed as his own cancer moon shot. can this president at this time and with this day amid this acrimony do anything close? we re all over it with molly line in boston where the president is about to speak. former george w. bush speechwriter, bill mcgurn whether this president is about to make a big mistake. and walter cunningham on why a president aiming for the stars is very different from a president aiming for something else. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. on this historic day, a president trying to make history himself. let s go to molly line in boston with how he intends to do that. molly? good afternoon, president biden making his first stop here in boston at logan airport. stopping by terminal e where a infrastructure project is underway. that is also where he teased his far more high profile event today. talking about my commitment to defeating cancer. this is a in 62, the moon sho
It has now made landfall overnight. Residents are facing a very long wet weekend. Thats galveston this morning. Its wet and the winds are strong. This is the strongest year came to hit the United States in more than a decade. We will talk about its path, the damage and how the government is responding. Rosemary is keeping an eye on that for us. Much calmer here. We still have our own weather issues. I will track Hurricane Harvey coming up on the next break. As you said the heat is going to be on and we have heat advisories in place. For parts of the weekend. Lets take a look. We have a beautiful shot from San Francisco. The low clouds have filled in once again. We are likely to see sunshine later this morning. And in the afternoon. Temperatures will begin to warm. Heres a look at the two advisories we are tracking. Excessive heat warnings for the hills. For our northbay hills and east bay hills, and down through the day yeah blow range. This stars a little this morning. It will go all