[tapping glass] mr. Burt okay, were going to get underway. I am richard burt, and my day job is i am a managing partner at mclarty and associates, but im also a member of the board of the center for the National Interest and i might add, a member of the board of the atlantic council. In both these capacities and having spent time at both think tanks, i can tell you quite sincerely that the lunches at the center for the National Interests are far better than the atlantic council. [laughing] [laughter] and to top off this excellent lunch we have a great dessert. That is ambassador john herbst, who is with us today to talk about the future of ukraine and ukrainerussia relations. We really couldnt have a better speaker to address this issue. John has not only served as the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, but has followed ukraine, the ukraine related issue for many years in his current capacity running his program, his European Program at the atlantic council. And having a real indepth underst
Sincerely that the lunches at the center for the National Interests are far better than the atlantic council. [laughing] and to top off this excellent lunch we have a great dessert, that is ambassador john herbst, who is with us today to talk about the future of ukraine and ukrainerussia relations. We really couldnt have a better speaker to address this issue. John has not only served as the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, but has followed ukraine, the ukraine related issue for many years in his current capacity running this program as, European Program at the atlantic council. And having a real indepth understanding for, lets call it Eastern European and Central Asian affairs, having that only serve in ukraine but also uzbekistan, if im not mistaken. And he told me that i think what his first jobs after leaving the state department was running a program called dealing with complex problems at the National Defense university. And if it actually the u. S. State department trained you for d
as haley, 32 years old suchlting up, getting ready and grabbing his boogie board. officials say that it could fill an olympic sized swimming pool in 11 seconds. it looks like this, just tons of white water. and just a boogie board. just a boogie board. he flames himself in and goes barreling down through all of this white water. no! and the local officials were none too pleased about this. it s extraordinarily dangerous. look at the white water on the other side just angry and boiling. and it takes a few moments to see hailey pop his head back up again. he s not wearing any personal safety gear either. he says it works against you in situations like this. now hailey says, i m sorry, dr. bubbles, says he s been preparing for this for three years. he s a video of a little bit of his preparation. ah! he didn t even take the boogie board that time. he said he knew the risks and said he knew how much pressure was down there. he felt he could handle it. i guess he could
it s an all new show today right this minute. dude, that s crazy. talk about the extreme adventure as kayakers get this close to a steamy, boiling waterfall. the thrill that has them paddling to beat the heat. that s so cool. i love this. a reporter is describing the scene at a prison riot. this is currently happening behind them. why she better focus on what s in front of her. you re so cold, aren t you? a deer starts showing up at a woman s door. on a regular basis. the sweet face just trying to sneak a treat. and a mash-up of kahlua and snapchat. why you ll just be calling it funny. here s the video of the lava fire hose. here s a different point of view from nick s kayak. he sent us this video directly as the water is super hot as you would imagine. look how close they get to this steaming, boiling, waterfall. dude, that is crazy. that s full-on crazy. that s just like the stuff the center of the earth is made out of. it s a miniature cumu
going to talk about a book i haven t read because you have, and i watched everything you just did in the last hour. and because tim o brian is here, and he also has read the book. and so it s not so much that i m going to talk about the book, i m going to listen to tim o brian about the book that i haven t read, that i can t wait to read. this is i will loan you my copy. this is the kind of book i want to hear you talk about, so i will give you mine. just pass it through the screen there and i ll get it. just under the frame there, just slip it under the frame. yeah, there. yeah, i got it. yep, under. thank you. got it. thank you very much. thank you, rachel. well, a couple years ago, within hours of arriving in germany for the first time, princeton professor eddie glau saw a black man lying on the pavement being held down by german police officers. in a scene now to the image of george floyd being held down on that street by minneapolis police this year. he didn