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the library of congress cohosted this 50 minute event. good afternoon. thank you for coming and welcome to the library of congress. i am carla hayden, the 14th librarian of congress. [applause] thank you. we are looking forward to a very, very exciting afternoon celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing by president lyndon johnson of the public broadcasting act of 1967. four star-studded panelists in store for you, featuring many great names of public broadcasting in on radio and in television. i want to take this opportunity to single out one of our guests today. is mr. henry morgan fall morganthall ii. i. he is 100 years old. [applause] and he was working at wgbh 50 years ago with the act was passed. his grandfather was fdr s treasury secretary. i am proud to say the library of congress has the papers of his grandfather. sir, we are truly honored you are here with us today. thank you. [applause] carla: many of you may know that the library of congress is t ....
many of you may know that the library of congress has the most comprehensive collection of sound recordings, radio broadcasts in world, honor to host this event with wgbh educational foundation, our collaborators in the american archive of public broadcasting or a apd. a apb. up.t my centuries mixed [laughter] 1964. the national education television and radio center. incidentally, last month, we digitized two of these programs so they could be more accessible the of the library s website. the library s public broadcasting holdings have grown since 19th before to include tens of thousands of film, video, and audio masters from eta, and inet and w addition to the thousands of excess copies, we routinely acquire as copyright deposits from public broadcasting stations and producers across the nation. americahief steward of s in the world record of knowledge, we took to heart the television and video preservation study commissioned 20 years ago by the library of cong ....
briefed lawmakers on a pilot shortage affecting all four of the services. this house armed services subcommittee hearing runs about an hour 1/2. and a half. comes to order. i want to welcome everyone to the hear on the shortage of pilots in military services. today we ll hear from the services on their progress towards increasing the retention of military pilots both officers and warrant officers. we know pilot demands are increasing in the commercial sector and the demand to hire qualified military pilot is this higher than the available pool of candidates. with the problem being particularly acute in the united states air force. with the deficit at one point of over 1,000 total pilots. we are here to hear from the armed services on their plan. we know we cannot buy our way out of the problem since the military does not compete with the potential salary and some cases of the lifestyle of commercial airlines. so we must make sure the services are using all the lev ....
before i get to any events today. there are a few items that i want to update you on. the president spoke with the prime minister of iraq to thank him for his meeting on march 20th. he was weed out of that call. yesterday he also identified congress that a national emergency declared executive order 13694 of the attack continues on april 2017. as you know this notification is required by statues in order to extend the national emergency the past administration declared. the president believes that this cyber enable activities continue to post a threat on our national security and economic and prosperi prosperity. he determined it is necessary to continue this. last night a federal judge hawaii put a hold on the president. this ruling is just the latest step that will allow the administration to appeal. just a week ago, the u.s. district court and virginia up hell the president on merits. this morning we announce that had the president will host president xi of chi ....
united nations. the doomsday clock indicating how close the humidity is to at 2.5ophe has been set midnight, the worst since 1953. worse than the other time, even at the height of the cold war. amy: more than 120 nations have begun drafting a u.n. treaty to ban nuclear weapons but the united states is leading a boycott of the talks. we ll find out why. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. a federal judge in hawaii dealt another blow on wednesday to president trump s attempt to ban refugees and travelers from six majority-muslim countries. district judge derrick watson extended a nationwide halt on trump s executive order, which would bar citizens of iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen from entering the u.s. for 90 days and all refugees for 120 days. in his ruling, judge watson said trump s executive order ran afoul of the first amendment s establishment clause, which bars discri ....