Im running on pam cook. It is tuesday, july 20th. As we head over to steve paulson, i heard a lot of that thunder you were talking about in yosemite. Did not see any lightning likely because we heard some very big thunder and some ominous clouds we were seeing as we are at the very top of yosemite falls. It wouldnt have been good to see lightning. Yeah, they were very close. Moreover to the north of you, but they were close. Today looks a little quieter for the sierra nevada. There will be a very quiet pattern here that just has a grip on us, so if you like it enjoy, if you dont, i dont see much teacher going forward. Theres just a locked in pattern here. Thunderstorm activity was really widespread up in the northern sacramento valley. It looks a little choir today. San jose is cloudy. The low clouds of made it there to san jose. They have been hit and miss in this pattern but today they havent. Theres an onshore breeze out today. Vacaville hit 103 yesterday and travis mill was 91. We
Gregory Vice President of programs for the World Affairs counsel and the chair of this Conference Planning committee paid thank you for all your hard work. [applause] good afternoon. Everybody well fed i hope. Joining us at lunch today is Phillip Carter senior fellow and director of military veterans and Society Program at the center for a new american security. His research focuses on issues that face veterans and military personneld, force structure and readiness issues and Civil Military relations. His most recent article what america owes its veterans was published in its currentha issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. Serving in iraq from 2,522,006 as an adviser to the state department for Reconstruction Team mr. Carter returned home to an increasing involvement in Veterans National affairs. As a civilian he has worked as in the private sector as an attorney and business adviser and is currently teaching is an adjunct professor of law at georgetown university. Un today he is with us
Sure people understand basic propositions. Even bart simpson gets it. Now i would like to get to this idea of American Mythology and the imaginary indian. We are deeply in the american dna. Every major american myth, major american origin story has to account for the indians in sunlight. Here we see columbus arriving in the new world looking remarkably fresh. But hiding in the righthand corner are the indians who were there when columbus arrived. We want to get into this business of the Columbian Exchange. Indians have not only then he raised from American History they have any raised from World History not only have the indians then he raced erased from American History, they have been erased from World History. Massive amounts of technology, wealth, labor, food left in the americas for europe and asia. Meanwhile, they were sending back to the new world many things of their own. A lot of animals, different plants. Of course, disease. Disease was the most devastating factor. It was the
And technology, on the importance of technology and the public. That last two president s have written on president ial memorandum on spectrum. When i started in 1979 out of the marine corps, i did not know anything about spectrum. Most people that i met and some that i worked with did not understand much about spectrum. Nowadays everybody realized the part of our daily lives devices completely rely on it and our ability to communicate. Monday night at 8 00 eastern on the communicators on cspan two. Announcer during this month cspan is pleased to present the winning entries in this years studentcams video documentary competition. Studentcam is cspans annual competition that encourages middle and High School Students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. Students were asked to create their documentary based on the theme the three branches and you, to demonstrate how policy, law, or action by one of the three branches of government has affected them or their community.
Many cases. About how conservatism has been converted into a moral scoring and free market fundamentalism, it doesnt help people forgetting its more fundamental duty to cultivate strong families. That opened a big response from our viewers and ever since then we try to revisit the same themes on a nightly basis. Heres how it began. Mitt romney kicked off 2019 with an oped in the Washington Post that savaged Donald Trumps character and leadership. Romneys attack and trumps response this morning on twitter is the latest salvo in a longstanding personal feud between the two men, romney even challenging trump for the nominee in 2020. But for now, romneys piece is fascinating on its own terms and well worth reading. Its a window in how the people in charge in both parties see our country. Romneys main complaint in the piece is that donald trump is a divisive leader. Thats true, of course. Beneath the personal slights, romney has a policy critique of trump. Romney sounds angry that trump mig