Florence Kling Harding once said she had only one real hobby and that was Warren Harding. She was a significant force in her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scandals, her husbands infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, Florence Harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. And welcome to cspans series first ladies influence image. Tonight, were going to be telling you the story of Florence Harding, the first lady that one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book
The city of mumbai in india. Over the next 30 minutes our travel company in put a charity is going beyond its call of duty to clean the ocean bed. Need to cross is future proofing need against landslides and how an organization in mumbai is helping indian women to break free from menstruation tubs. Lets zoom in on an issue that has a deep impact on our marine life often when fishermen abandon their fishing nets in the ocean their drac to the board to entangling fish dolphin sea turtles and many other creatures in them unable to relieve themselves they die from starvation infection and sometimes even suffocation one organization in the Southern City of port of cherry is trying to change this and create a safe ecosystem for the marine life in its surrounding seas. Fishing nets one of the most essential possessions of fishermen are now proving to be their biggest enemy. Maybe 9 of them which is not biodegradable these nets attached to large strollers are relatively recent departure from t
During his remarks, chief mere also talked about chief moore also a talked about efforts to mitigate wildfires for parts of the western United States with. This is an hour and 25 minutes. [inaudible conversations] committee will come to order to. This morning were here to discuss the president s fiscal year 2025 budget request for Forest Service. Id like to begin by thanking chief randy moore and the Forest Service budget director for being with us this morning. Thank you both. I look forward to hearing about the justification for the 366 6. 5 increase requested. Although may would normally be just the start of the fire season, weve already had recordbreaking wildfires as is becoming all too common. In february while it was still snowing, over 1 million acres in texas burned killing 2 people and burning 1300 poems homes 130 homes. I me my colleagues from wen states are on pins and needs. Our committee has considered several bills that would support and improve Wildfire Response network
Hot zone as soldiers join the battle against the Deadly Wildfires in Washington Stated, we show you the front Line Technology to stop the flames. Plus, Todd Rundgren, singer, songwriter, superstar producer opens up about his extraordinary life of music. We begin with plunging oil prices in new fears of a Global Market crisis. Here the in United States wall street experienced its worst single day in more than a year and a half. Stocks are falling, and so is the price of oil. Whats driving both is chinas economic slowdown. Patty is here with that. Patty. John, this is about fear over the health of Global Economy and what the Federal Reserve will do about Interest Rates. Stocks around the globe were hammered thursday. Here in the u. S. The s p 500, a ga gauge for the health of your 401 k , erased all the gains for a year and the dow jones lost 350 points. It was set overnight in china. The shanghai composite index fell 3. 4 . Now, the recent turmoil in chinas stock market combined with th
Opponents say they have the votes in congress to keep the deal alive. Good morning, im randall pinkston. Wildfires in the west are pushing fire crews to the limit. Now Washington State is asking for volunteers to pitch in for the first time ever. Nearly 29,000 firefighters are battling fires across six states. International assistance is also on the way from australia and new zealand. Those countries are sending fire managers and specialists to help battle the flames. Thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as the fires approach. We now know the names of the three firefighters who died in washington. The Forest Service identifies them. They died after the fire took their vehicle near the state line. These were three big heroes protecting small towns. There were 390,000acres burning. Last year was bad with 250,000 acres and we thank everyone who are doing everything they can to make sure the evergreen state does not become an ever fire state. Lets get to kevin. These fires ar