and bridges and the promenade along the lake good but why is new construction rarely beautiful that s one of the many questions we ll be able to ask the architect to plan and build the world around us and who are coming together here in venice for the sixteenth architecture be an olive the main focus here isn t on beauty though but on space on green space which is the title of this year s exhibition. starting off at the british pearl in we find the remains of an experiment robin hood gardens in london was built in the late one nine hundred sixty s. and was intended to be ideal social r.c. but it got consistently bad press and was poorly maintained and depends really demolished the ministry another issues were. remainders photos in original section of the building sound symbols of a social vision that fit. at the other end of the exhibition we find an optimistic look into the future the hong kong billion has creative ideas for the city of tomorrow he sees high rises as the onl
charges of adultery, prostitution and providing classified intelligence to taiwan and possibly also, china. but this scandal is only the tip of the iceberg. because in 2016, the navy remains roiled by the so-called fat leonard scandal in which a number of enior officers have been charged for accepting kickbacks from a private maritime supply contractor. and note this oddity. a possible target of investigators, current director of naval intelligence, vice admiral ted branch has had his security clearance suspended since late 2013. question is the navy in crisis, pat buchanan? pat: i would say no, john, but it is under great stress and the reason that we had about a 600-ship navy under ronald reagan. it s about half that size and after the old cold war, we have the baltic sea and the black sea and the south china sea and all these places to police by the u.s. navy and the challenges to it from both china and russia are growing dramatically and secondly, even ith countries lik
several tactics to delay the vote. filibusters, submitting no confidence and censure motions against the prime minister and his senior aides and walking at a snail s pace when casting a ballot. but their efforts failed to prevent the bills from becoming law. they waged fierce debates over the legislation. they said more debate was needed. some called the bills unconstitutional and said the legislation could drag the nation into foreign wars. translator: the legislation is needed to protect the people of japan and their peaceful way of life. and to prevent a war. i believe the legal basis for passing a peaceful country on to our children and future generations has been established. i am determined to continue pursuing proactive peace diplomacy and to make full preparations for any emergency. i will keep up my sincere efforts to give the public an explanation. translator: it is so regrettable that despite all objections, they didn t take the slightest thought of it and enac
several tactics to delay the vote. filibusters, submitting no confidence and censure motions against the prime minister and his senior aides and walking at a snail s pace when casting a ballot. but their efforts failed to prevent the bills from becoming law. they waged fierce debates over the legislation. they said more debate was needed. some called the bills unconstitutional and said the legislation could drag the nation into foreign wars. translator: the legislation is needed to protect the people of japan and their peaceful way of life. and to prevent a war. i believe the legal basis for passing a peaceful country on to our children and future generations has been established. i am determined to continue pursuing proactive peace diplomacy and to make full preparations for any emergency. i will keep up my sincere efforts to give the public an explanation. translator: it is so regrettable that despite all objections, they didn t take the slightest thought of it and enac
with controversy. this is techknow . a show about innovations that can change lives. the science of fighting a wildfire. we re going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, but we re doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science. oh! oh my god! by scientists. now techknow investigates nicaragua s great divide. hey guys welcome to techknow i m phil torres joined by lindsay moran and marita davison. and today we re talking about a story that is dividing the country of nicaragua and it has environmental groups on alert around the world, and of course we are talking about this proposed canal that would go right through the country and it could be huge. and phil, this canal project, along with all of the additional development involved with it, would cut through some of the most environmentally sensitive regions of the country. and lindsay, i understand behind this project is a chinese national? that s right, a very wealthy and influential