you re watching r.t. international pressure joining us this evening. going to start with some shocking footage that emerged of a man being set on fire this is in hong kong have to got into an argument with protesters and i must warn you may find these images disturbing. was. that was taken to hospital in a critical condition earlier in the day in anti-government protesters being shot at close range by a police officer at least later said that the man who tried to grab the officers weapons. intended to hurt him while the clashes between protesters and police left 60 people injured on scale and the government process in hong kong started in june and of turn. and increasingly volatile since political analysts and journalists and their wilczek police hong kong demonstrators don t really know what they want. protester was. set on fire a man who basically disagreed with him this is terrible but this is not new when i was covering hong kong recently i so that people were being beate
special thanks to jim moran and shelley rodman and also set carey who cannot be here tonight, for working together so i could speak. these organizations that i admire so much, the american aquarian society and mass audubon. we have been working at a variety of times maybe 30 years, always found it to be such an intellectually welcoming community here, a place where scholarship and friendship come together in such a remarkable way. i m very, very grateful to all of my friends here, the members of this exceedingly smart staff and this year to my fellow fellows who are also exceedingly smart. [laughter] gregory nobles: and then there is mass audubon. i got to worcester, i got the opportunity to go to the mass audubon, and i was struck by the energy and commitment of the people who are working with were working for mass audubon. i got a sense and a taste of their very wise it and effective advocacy, and not just for birds but also for the environment and also really for all of us
leaders, military officers, explorers, and scientists. up next on american history tvs, american artifacts we build it gallery to see a selection of works by charles willson peale. karie diethorn. i m with the national park service in philadelphia. i oversee a large collection of artifacts here. we are here at the second bank of the united states, a historic building, part of the independence national historical park. 1824,as finished in literally the fort knox of its day. the building has been restored on the exterior, when you come to see it, you will see how it looked ran no, brand-new. inside we have the fine arts exhibit to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th century america, the world that those people knew and the worldly revolution belt. the portrait collection at independence national historical park is a very old one. the bulk of our collection, 94 pictures was painted by peel, of philadelphia charles willson peale of philadelphia. wereof the
american artifacts, we visit the gallery to learn about a selection of works by charles willson peale. karie: i m karie diethorn. i am the chief curator. i oversee a large collection of artifacts here. we are here at the second bank of the united states, a historic building, part of the independence national historical park. this was finished in 1824, literally the fort knox of its day. the building has been restored on the exterior. when you come to see it, you will see how it looked brand-new in 1824. inside we have the fine arts exhibit to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th century america, the world that those people knew and the world that the revolutionists built. the portrait collection at independence national historical park is a very old one. the bulk of our collection, 94 pictures, was painted by charles willson peale of philadelphia. philadelphia artist who had his own museum in the city. the museum was so popular that in the middle of the 19th c
i m kariehorn: diethorn. i am the chief curator at the independence national park, the national park service in philadelphia. i oversee a large collection of museum artifacts here, almost 4 million of them. we are here at the second bank of the united states, a historic building that is part of the independence national historical park. the second bank of the united states, which was finished in 1824, was literally the fort knox of its day. the building has been restored on the exterior, so when you come to see us you will see how , it looked brand-new. exhibits the fine arts from the early 19th century to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th century america, the world that those people knew and the worldly world that the revolution built. the portrait collection at independence national historical park is a very, very old one. the bulk of our collection, 94 pictures, was painted by charles wilson peel, a philadelphia artist who had a museum here in the city.