Celebrities, healthcare and worked since the taliban had taken over in august 2021. This is about an hour and ten minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. I am an associate for the middle is broken here at the Wilson Center. I please welcome you to todays fifth annual forum for a discussion on womens rights in afghanistan. To introduce todays speaker im pleased to welcome ambassador mark green, director, presidency of the Wilson Center. Great. Thanks. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to this marvelous for. Im grateful that even though i couldnt be at the center today, Technology Still makes i it possible to join you. Not only is she known around the world for her important writing underinvestment in a she holds a very special place in the hearts of all of us are at the Wilson Center. She is a founding director of our middle is program and she led the team from 19982015. This series on significant voting womens empowerment, womens rights globally but particularly in the middle
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. New Police Dash Cam video has begun to answer at least some of the burning questions surrounding how a simple traffic stop landed a woman in a texas jail where she was later found hanged to death. Sandra blands family and others have questioned the official version and how she ended up dead in custody. Now there are questions about the new tape which shows what starts as a cordial encounter between bland and the officer who pulled her over. But as youre about to see, things quickly go downhill. John yang reports from hempstead, texas. Hello, maam. Hi. Were the text state highway patrol. The reason for your stop su failed to signal a lane change. Reporter at first the traffic stop seemed routine enough. Trooper Brian Encinia takes Sandra Blands license. When he returns after about five minutes you okay . Reporter the tone shifts. You mind putting out your cigarette, please . I
U. S. Foreign policy, the growth of terrorism and especially isis, and all so the fate of minorities in syria. He is a historian who spent a number of years in the levant. He is a graduate of Princeton University and studied at oxford as a road scholar. He has written for the wall street journal and the times literary supplement. For those of you who are frequent visitors to our meeting, knows the we try to reach out to experts, new faces, new ideas so we are in for a very exciting next 25 minutes and then we will open the floor to your questions and we have an overflow of questions from the overflow. Thank you for coming. It is nice to be here. I have admired the Wilson Center added distance for a long time and it is a thrill to finally be speaking here as an author. I want to thank Haleh Esfandiari for the invitation. Thank you for being here. I want to begin briefly by telling you about the book, what am i doing here . Then i will talk about among the ruins syria past and present. S
The city may invoke Eminent Domain, seizing the loans, and then working with owners to try to refinance their homes at todays lower price. Woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. Ifill and im gwen ifill. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill our lead story tonight republicans and democrats were locked in a standoff over the president S Health Care law and federal spending. The test of wills played out, with just eleven days until a potential Government Sh
The city may invoke Eminent Domain, seizing the loans, and then working with owners to try to refinance their homes at todays lower price. Woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. Ifill and im gwen ifill. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill our lead story tonight republicans and democrats were locked in a standoff over the president S Health Care law and federal spending. The test of wills played out, with just eleven days until a potential Government Sh