Huckleberry finn by mark twain, eyes watching god and free to choose by milton and rose freeman. Watch our 10 part series, books that shaped america, september 18th at 9 p. M. Eastern on cspan, cspan now, our free mobile video apps or online, cspan. Org. Good evening. In a few days, i will lay down my official responsibilities in this office. The only title in our democracy superior to that of president s, the title of citizen. Vice president mondale and my cabinet and others who served with me in the last four years, i wish to say what i have said in private. I thank them for the dedication and confidence they brought to the surface of the country. On my deepest thanks to you, the American People. Because you gave me the opportunity to serve. We face great challenges together. We know that future problems will also be difficult. I am more convinced than ever that the United States more than any other country can reach successfully with the future might bring. Last few years of may be
Remarks by the lawyer of congressman conyers regarding the women who accused him of sexual harassment. If you missed it you can find it online at cspan. Org. Starting now, take you live to a discussion about diplomacy and north korea. This is being hosted by the u. S. Institute of peace in washington, d. C. Live here on cspan. I was waiting for a cue. Great. Thanks. I was waiting for a hi sign and we dont need one. Its not like all that. Usually you wait for the guy in the headset to give you like that and we are a little bit less formal today. Thank you for being here to this presentation from america abroad. Its a show that brings social issues at home. Im todd. Ost of the takeaway from international and wnyc. I have been excited as i have been preparing because the issue of north korea is rising to the forefront of americans minds. These are experts here with me and you are well versed in this topic as well and Many Americans for the first time in a long time are starting to think a
Many americans, for the first time, are starting to think a lot harder about north korea, the potential threat, and what it means for them. Everybody in washington is thinking about it. I am glad you are here and im glad to be part of this. I am joined by four panelists to bring a wide range of perspective on north korea. First is our host, frank, who is the u. S. Institute of pieces expert focusing on issues from 2001 until this year. He served as the Senior Adviser for north korea in the office of secretary of defense. Welcome. [applause] he is your host, after all. Jean lee is here. The First American granted access to north korea. She became the chief of the pyongyang bureau. [applause] she is a colleague in the press. Former reporter. Todd anthony is a senior fellow at the foundation. He is a former government expert on targeted financial measures, sanctions against hostile regimes. He is here to guide us through some of the questions of sanctions. It is good to have you, anthony.
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Of what a nuclear bomb means but this man does have a sense. He was 13 years old living in nagasaki when the atomic bomb was dropped on his city. He lived about 2 miles from ground zero and somehow survived even though his neighborhood was devastated. Two days later heres how he described this scene. The clip is in japanese so i will transcribe as well. He said houses were gone. Only the steel bars stood hollow. Everything else was a burnt field. We saw blackened bodies all over the place, they probably burned underneath houses who burned down. People who died from severe injuries and burns were left on the ground without being collected. Those who were injured in a live left in pain without rescue. Today he is a Nuclear Engineer and an activist against Nuclear Weapons. He says he feels things are going in the wrong direction. He said its disconcerting that the japanese government is actively feeding the military threat. They have come all the way over to do military exercises so it se