we also want to thank jo ellis and gordon wood, who in various ways from the very beginning, helped us with advice and ideas on the setup and the way to run the program. also to robert watson of lynn university, for his help, ideas, and participation. to rebecca dunn and the dunn foundation for financial support that made this series possible. and to james borniac and the finley galleries for support that made the event today possible. also, thanks to c-span, who has done a wonderful job covering this series. all of the programs to date, i think, now, are on the archive, and you can find them very easily by just going to c-span and putting in the name of the speaker and you will find the series in the past. today, with two speakers, we re going to go straight through no later than 11:30, but without a break. so it may be an hour and a half event today and that will be the close. and because of popular demand, we are planning a third year of this series for next year. [ applau
bode miller medaling and setting a new olympic record before breaking down in tears. a new olympic hockey star is born. get ready to meet t.j. oshie, and the fiance cheering him on from home. this morning on gma. good morning, america. hope you re having a good presidents day and having a good start as well. what a weekend for team usa and t.j. oshie. that was some game. it was. look at what s happening today in sochi. fog and weather problems causing events to be postponed. the men s biathlon and snowcross. there you see the footage. that s how dense the fog is. you can barely see the sign that says canceled. oh, that s got to be a bummer. especially for the athletes. we re going to get to that ahead. right now, the breaking new details on the attempted high ja high jack hijacking in mid-air overnight. terry moran is in london with the latest. good morning, terry. reporter: good morning, robin. there was panic in fact international skies overnight. a rare
this boy saying he lost his brother, his sister, they re dead. this video from inside syria is difficult to verify. a boy alive with his life destroyed. alive but scarred forever. officials estimate there are roughly 2.5 million syrian refugees, many split from hair families. the death toll, the u.n. has stopped counting. it can no longer verify the numbers. the last count was in july and at that time they estimated 100,000 people had been killed. it has been eight months sin since only 11% of the weapons have been destroyed. there has been a loud silence from the world including america since that red line. here s secretary of state john kerry. they have refused to open up one discussion about a transition government. and it is very clear that bashar al assad is trying to win this in the battlefield rather than come to the negotiating table in good faith. the security situation in syria is out of control. for months we have heard reports about atrocities being carried
good evening. i m erin burnett. out front a picture worth a thousand words. sometimes it takes just one image to capture something, to make it come alive. i m talking about this photo. syrian child just four years old. if you look at u.n. workers. he worked alone carrying possessions in a plastic bag. he is the face of the brutal civil war destroying syria. his name is marwan. this little boy is lucky. the u.n. workers who found him were able to unite him with his family making him unique. one life so small still fighting, alive but surely scarred forever. officials estimate there are roughly 2.5 million syrian refuge refugees. as for the death toll the u.n. has stopped counting. the last count in late july more than 100,000. it has been eight months since the white house admitted that bashar al assad crossed the red line by using chemical weapons. at this time the weapons should be gone. only 11% have been destroyed. there has been a loud silence. the world and the united st