Maxwell a close friend of the late accused sex trafficker Geoffrey Epstein is arrested in the United States also. A rival palestinian groups come together to voice opposition against israels annexation. And. All the. French open organizes that fans will be allowed to attend this is still a tournament. Now the u. S. Senate has passed a bill targeting china over its new security law and home called the bill aims to penalize banks doing business with chinese officials who have implemented the new law it will be sent to the President Donald Trump for approval it comes a day after house of representatives passed it without opposition. It is nothing short of an all out effort to negate the rights of the people of hong kong in violation of the agreements made under the one country 2 systems we were concerned of what it might be and it exceeds even those harz the law is a brutal sweeping crackdown against the people of hong kong intended to destroy the freedoms they were promised thanks to you
, ladies and gentlemen, is robert e lee in the postwar years. Teague, askedhuck a this was going to be beatification, did i get that right . And never hit me, but i guess it might, in a way, because i am a fan of robert e lee. Besides giving you a timeline of did in the e. Lee postwar years, and overlooked area of his life, the other main theme i am going to try to get across to you, the park service is that ithemes, wouldnt say he did a lot of work, but his own personal example is probably the best way. Through his own personal example, robert e. Lee tries to reconcile the nation. What a lot of us have forgotten is how far apart the country was in 1865. It is the view of a lot of people that lee surrenders at appomattox and, bam, we will forget about it. We will hold hands and just reunite and continue down that path. Decades,the country some say a century, some say not even yet, for the country to really reunite. I would put the country seriously coming back together in the same vein
Comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Before we begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been enormously generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale law journal. She then was an assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorneys office, from 1979 to 1984. Then, she litig
Are forced to go back because of the pound and in other news its the 30th anniversary of the apollo 13 mission one that became a story of survival against all odds. So the numbers now tell us that the United States has more coronavirus cases than any other country its tally has surpassed italy for the 1st time on saturday it means 20000 americans have died with the epicenter still in new york but all 50 states we must say are in a state of emergency for the 1st time which allows them to use federal funds during the pandemic elsewhere india 1300000000 citizens continue to stay home until the end of april the Prime Minister is expected to announce an extension to the lock down there and then europe well this is interesting the hardest hit nations are actually starting to ease some of their restrictions for monday spain will allow nonessential employees to go back to work it is reporting a falling death rate there and is allowing some stores to reopen. Were going to start with the United
Anniversary of the apollo 13 mission one that became a story of survival against all odds. It is the most unwanted of records the United States now has more coronavirus deaths than any other country its tally for the 1st time on saturday it means 20000 americans have not died from coverage 19 the epicenter still new york but all 50 states are in a state of emergency for the 1st time allowing them the use of federal funds elsewhere were looking at india where the Prime Minister is expected to announce an extension to the lock down 1300000000 people with staying home until the end of april and in europe well this is interesting news the hardest hit countries there are now easing some restrictions for monday. Spain will allow nonessential employees to return to work its reported a falling death rate there and italy is allowing some stores to reopen will start with the United States the new york in fact where the state Governor Andrew Cuomo says there has been a drop at least in the intens