was a guy who abraham lincoln made a general in the american civil war and led the irish brigade tom francis marr. i'm not just plug in book, but he the war made them americans the war made them in the eyes of all these people who disparish him by their blood sacrifice. they were willing to die and they died more than any other unit in the civil war the irish brigade took a second biggest amount of casuals in civil war into this slaveholders. that made them americans. most of the the real irish american oppression stopped after that a somewhat similar thing happened with native americans who had served. i say a somewhat summer because it's totally different too. i mean, these people are the original americans they have travel homeland, so they're not coming from somewhere else, but the two step was citizenship and then the war helped to people help people to see them as americans. now a lot of them. they don't they're they're countries a country. so. to get a question over here. yeah. say the same thing about japanese for example heard you people ever talk about the heroism of and there's ma

and third my appreciation to boca as expressed by tom francis to support this. and, finally, i didn't have time to say this at the workshop, but it was mentioned that they contributed $2 million towards the fields project and i really appreciate that. that project is doing so well. our partners have been doing a fabulous job. so that's four appreciations in one minute which is probably a record for me. i also want to mention that there's another early implementation project that we brought up last year with our interim flow proposal that the ffpuc could voluntarily contribute its share of the unimpaired flows for at least two years. and if we were to hit a third dry year, you could take away that voluntary contribution and still manage the 8.5 year design draft. and the response from staff at the time was, well, that would require approval and an agreement with the irrigation districts. and i think that we should ask them. okay, if we contribute this water -- we're not expecting anything from you, will you release it to the lower tuolumne. and they have nothing

tom brook spoke to her in los angeles. i'm not homeless, i'mjust... chloe zhao's picture nomadland, starring francismerica's heartland. it's been playing at festivals and at their drive—in venues, and it's generated a lot of awards buzz. for 38—year—old zhao, this, her third film, is a major achievement. she's made history by becoming the first woman of asian descent to land a golden globe best director nomination. obviously, she's pleased by the recognition. i think it's great, i think it's very happy. i love what i do, and anything that can help me keep doing what i love to do, i'll take it. last year, the south korean movie parasite one the top best picture trophy at the oscars. now, with chloe zhao earning a golden globe nomination, it suggests that hollywood is becoming more open to embracing asian storytellers long marginalised by the industry, especially women. these things do inform, i think, investors and gatekeepers to look at what kind of stories and what kind of talent they invest in. this means that more people that look like me get to do it, and i think that's great. zhao could also ma