Up next a confirmation hearing for u. S. Postal service governors and other judicial nominations to the d. C. Superior court. During this meeting members of the committee asked nominees questions concerning the health and safety of postal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. This morning we will consider two nominees for the governor of the United States Postal Service, don lee moke and william zolers. Well consider three nominees for the judicial system to be associate judges in the superior court of d. C. We do have brief introduction of each. Donald lee moke served as president of the Airline Pilots association and captain with Delta Airlines for 31 years. He also served as an officer in the United States marine corp. Thank you so much for that service. William zolers serves red stone llc, hes the chairman and ceo of yrc until 2011, prior to that served in Senior Leadership positions with rider incorporated and Eastman Kodak company. Mark robins serves in office of general counsel
Order. Last hearing of the year there is a lot going on this morning so i think we will have people popping in and out but we do have a pretty hard to sto stop 0 this morning a series of votes beginning at 11 and we are going to observe an actual ten minute clock. We are going to be able to have an opportunity for the very, very important conversations this issue. We are here to discuss the impact of wildfires on the reliability of the electric grid iand efforts to mitigate the rik and the grid recently and see. In recent years devastating wildfires and relate tobaccorelated hadron National Attention to the great idsiliency in the face of extreme conditions. Weve remember last yearss campfireem at the deadliest andt destructive in california hstory whichir incinerated the town of paradise and killed 85 inpeople. They determined it was caused by degraded 97yearold powerlines and the strong wind winds, low humidity, drive vegetation and heat. If it is a wakeup call on the inherent risk o
Cable Television Companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next a conversation on american socialism, bhaskar of sunkara discusses american left in Donald Trumps america. Harvard university shoren stein center on media hosted the event. Our guest today is bhaskar sunkara, the editor of publicker jacobin magazine, describes himself as quote, leading left offering socialist perspective on politics, economics and culture. Hes the editor among other volumes of the abcs of socialism and coeditor of this book, the future we want, radical ideas for the new century. You can also encourage you to pick up and subscribe to jacobin. I came across jacobin because i was looking for new ideas, new ways of thinking of where the country is going. Its a moment of politics and media. I was looking for fresh voices in that. I just want to read to you a i printed out the headlines of the jacobin website today. The woman of the atright, your boss big little secret, you have
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First, i would to talk about the museum overall. Visitors a 8 million year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts are up to 50,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, brother. A bit of a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, faster speed, longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane and the reinvention of what the right brothers did. Ight only the smithsonian can tell the story. Me,e, you see the behind you see the wright flyer. Oracle right, at the controls wrightlight orville takes flight. The first time. At the end of the day, after four flights, oracle orville and wilbur alternate. 30 Miles Per