landing. we will hear from two former presidential aides who were in the oval office when president nixon spoke to neil armstrong and buzz aldrin when they were on the moon. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. as people continue to wander in, we re going to get started because we have a hard cue at 8:48. hello to our audience watching at home as well. my name is hugh hewitt, i m the president and ceo of the richard nixon foundation, it is my honor to well you here tonight to our east room. please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the national anthem by tim kepler. o say, can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that star-span
we re going to get started because we have a hard cue at 8:48. please raise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the national anthem by tim kepler. clr o say, can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [ applause ] . please be seated. we have a lot to do and a lot of special guests to thank before we get going tonight. you ll hear in a couple of moments from rhonda johnson who is the president of at&t california. at&t is the cosponsor with the nixon foundation at today s events which have been going on since the 5k race for space this morn
days before the apollo 11 moon landing. we will hear from two former presidential aides who were in the oval office when president nixon spoke to neil armstrong and buzz aldrin while they were on the moon. good evening ladies and gentlemen. as people continue to wander and we will get started because we have a hard q at 8:48. hello to our audience watching at home. i am the president of the richard nixon foundation. we would like to begin as we always do, please rise for the presentation of the callers and the singing of the national anthem. [ music ] oh, say, can you see, by the dawn s early light, what so proudly we hail d at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight, o er the ramparts we watch d, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. the health secretary, sajid javid, has told mps there is huge international concern about a new highly mutated variant of coronavirus which could pose a substantial risk to public health. it has been identified in south africa, and flights from six southern african countries have been suspended. no cases have yet been detected in the uk, but this afternoon it s been announced that the first case has been confirmed in europe, in belgium. the world health organization is meeting in geneva to discuss the situation. our first report is from our health correspondent, katharine da costa. the emergence of a new highly complex variant in southern africa has sounded alarm bells around the world. so far most cases have been identified in one province of south africa, where it appears the variant may be driving a new wave of infection. early analysis show this variant has a large number of mutations that require and will undergo further stud