atomic bomb test in new mexico on july 16th 1945. the document key events leading up to the 1945 bombing in hiroshima japan. the author than describes in detail. thanks very much you can all hear me i hope. thank you so much for coming on the most wonderful evening and this glorious city. which my daughter has completely fallen a love with. it s great that you could all come here to this institute to hear about the atomic bomb. i haven t really made any notes but i really want to talk to from the heart what this book is and what it means to me, and the journey that i have taken over the last two and a half years since i started the documentary. i was asked to make this documentary back in april 2003. by a friend of mine who owns a company in a london called line television. i did everything possible to resist the offer, to make this film. not because the mommy was appalling which it was. but because this is a really terrifyingly difficult and complex and frightening and c
bomb test in new mexico on july 16th, 1945. documents key events leading up to the august 6th, 1945 bombing of hiroshima, japan. the author then describes in detail. thanks very much. you all hear me i hope. thank you so much for coming actually the most wonderful evening in this glorious city, which my daughter, over there, has completely fallen in love with. her first visit here. it is such a lovely evening, it is great that you all come here to listen to horror stories about the atomic bomb. i haven t really made any notes by this because i really wanted to talk to you about the heart on what this book is and what it means to me and the journey that i have taken over the last really two and a half years since i started the documentary. i was asked to make this documentary back in april 2003 by a friend of mine who has a company in london called line television. i did everything possible to resist the offered to make this film. not because the money was appalling, which i
this morning, the long march for equality for lgbt q americans took a step forward, the supreme court handed down a landmark decision that federal employment discrimination protections do in fact extend to lgbt q americans. believe it or not, before today, it was allowed, the federal government did not say you could prevent let me say that a different way, before today it was not a settled legal matter that you could sue your employer for firing you solely on the basis of sexual orientation a sexual identity. in 2020 in america it was still okay to discriminate against people because of the sexual orientation and identity. is that unbelievable, 21st-century? still allow? now it isn t because of the supreme court and they deserve credit for that case and one of the cases on the basis of today s ruling originated in my home state of new york where a skydiving instructor was fired for admitting his sexual orientation. so today the supreme court did the right thing and ruled th
watch live wednesday at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. next, a hearing on the federal government s role in protecting workers during the coronavirus pandemic. good morning. the subcommittee on work force protections will come to order. welcome, everyone. i note that our quorum is present. i note for the subcommittee mr. courtney of connecticut, mr. levine of michigan, mr. castro of texas, dr. roe of tennessee, mr. guthrie of kentucky, mr. smucker of pennsylvania, mr. banks of indiana, mr. watkins of kansas, mr. mercer of pennsylvania, mr. johnson of south dakota, mr. cellar of pennsylvania are all permitted to participate in today s hearing with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on work force protections on both sides of the aisle who are present either in person or via remote participation pursuant to house resolution 965 and the accompanying regula
the committee will come to order. the company is leaving today to receive testimony on confronting the coronavirus, without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee and recess at any point. today the committee is meeting to hear from medical experts about how our country can best confront the coronavirus. americans are justifiably concerned about the virus. it is spread around the world and claimed lives of thousands. understandably, there questions about how how it may affect them, their loved ones in their communities. our concern how concerned we need to be about the virus. it is most at risk. what can communities do to prepare. what can americans do to protect themselves and their families. what is the fellow government doing. what more should be doing. when might we have a vaccine or other treatment. my constituents are looking to the federal government for leadership, guidance and expertise and i share my colleagues constituents two. i am concerned