hayden. thank you. well, thank you. and wow, this is really wonderful and we got some young people in the back. could you just clap and say hi. all right. made it. we were so worried. this is great because this is a wonderful time. we're excited and we're happy to have people in person, but also we have people that are joining us from all over the country. students and teachers and librarians and reading champions of all ages. so let's give ourselves a round of applause, virtually and everything. hey. and i want. to give a special acknowledgment to the two schools that are with us in person today who made it through the and so i call your school you give your school cheer same peer school. right thrives. you made it the capitol hill day. let's go back to saint. saint peter. you were first. i know. come on. you heard that. come on. this is like the super bowl of reading. thank you. thank. because you're the reason that do these programs. we want to ensure that everyone and in when i was coming

i'm hayden. a junior this year at (inaudible) my first term on the commission but what drew me to it is like emily i have always been super fascinated by public transportation. since i was two years old i had a baby sitter and she couldn't get a driver license so would take the bus everywhere and it was fascinating to see all the people and places i could go around the city and just as i got older i would explore more and more but realized that you know, like, it is not as simple as buses driving around and i can be involved in getting more buses out there, having more places to go to and like i think especially when the pandemic happened and all government meetings moved on line it was a lot more accessible for me so i was able to pgo and make public comment and see had all the presentations, see all the people on commissions and stuff and also had several friends who had been on the youth commission in the past so i just saw it as a great opportunity for me to advocate for young people, because

explorers and geologists like ferdinand hayden wrote about yellowstones spectacular scenery and promotednd. those reports, along with photographs and paintings and sketches of the area, move congress to guarantee its conservation. on march 1st, 1872, president ulysses s grant signed the yellowstone national park protection act into law. 153 years later, yellowstone still stands as one of america's largest nearly intact natural ecosystems. that's it for this edition of matter of fact, i'm soledad o'brien and i'll see you back here next week. to watch more stories like this anytime. head to matteroffacttv. i don't ever see anyone coming out to maintenance anything, so it's very scary for me because i have everything i love in this home. so, we've now implemented drone technology. how is that safe for me? it enhances the inspection, so it allows us to see things faster. your safety is the most important, and if you're feeling unsafe, that's not okay. it doesn't feel like that in our hearts. i mean, it's worrisome. [dog barks] [dog barks] all of your chronic neck and low back pain. our team

all right, that there was also a hayden's that there's quite a number of european countries who aren't going to join the coalition. how does that stop read the idea all the content and having a united for in a minute trip policy as well. uh, basically you have of france. uh theres been to the grounds been to visit the truck . uh you have great britain and germany seem to be the leading countries and maybe pull them to a degree. but certainly the 26 countries. uh, i would say uh 80 percent off. we're not gonna support a continuance of this war. and that's why there has to be peace and they can not put in peacekeepers. they can put it in an enterprise zone, and trump is recommended where they can rebuild ukraine again, stop the final stop the killing. and that has to be the mis mission and the focus, but you're not going to get that from the europeans. all right, a few days ago in the oval office where we had that explosive scene with the lens. keep questioning j. d. francis awareness of the situation that you create about let's pick and listen here. what kind of diplomacy? gigi, us, the

carla hayden, of course, librarian of congress, for hosting us. and in a moment, we'll hear from dr. sheri shu, historian in the manuscript division. i'd also like to thank our sponsors for making today's conference possible chief among them, the and harry bradley foundation. thank you to ambassador rick graber and his team who are here. and we'll hear from rick who will moderate a session later. many sponsors have made this possible. michael and olga block, mike and lindy kaiser, dave and connie coolidge and many others. they're listed. your program. i'd like to thank a number of groups who have brought students and also help sponsor constituting america and the vertex partnership academy is led by ian rowe have students here as well. and something remarkable about coolidge is the student presence of students from our own programs. and so i'd like to extend a warm welcome alumni of the coolidge scholars, coolidge senators, our nunn fellows and debaters from our 1890 society who look forward to seeing of you today. well, as i mentioned the title o

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