without further ado, i'm going to ask brian franklin to turn on chris'camera. there he is. how are you doing him a buddy? i just gave you the intro. looks like a sunny day in corvallis, so i'm going to turn things over to you. some is going to show us images and walk us through and then he and i will come back and have this discussion when he's done with the presentation. christopher: thank you so much. first of all, i want to say thank you to everyone who is here with us. we had record turnout for registration. i hope i can keep you interested. this topic is inherently interesting, so you don't need too much. a special thank you to brian franklin who helped organize this and is behind the scenes running the webinar and zoom web functions. mostlso, of course, important, many thank you's to professor jeffrey angle -- jeffrey angle. we worked on a project that will be out next year, look for rethinking america, grand strategy. jeff wrote a great chapter in that book. what i want to do things is i'm going to give you a march through what happened in the pandemic of 1918. this

melissa: celebrating a hall of famer franklin chang diaz was america's first hispanic astronaut and now has started his own rocket company. pretty cool. fox news briannassau astronauts for 20 years and age 70 he continues to push the boundaries of space travel. >> we are trying to make transportation in space go fast. >> doctor franklin jane diaz is the ad astra or rocket propulsion company develop in it to the advanced plasma rocket. could you put explain in layman's turn what you're doing with your company is trying to accomplish? >> imagine a mission to mars in a matter of maybe two months instead of the better part of a year that takes to mars. >> it will be ready to fly within three years, diaz says with a 70 -year-old it's a culmination of an illustrious career in space as nasa's first hispanic american astronaut. >> the moment of liftoff on the first flight was something that i will never forget. it's a tremendous ride. >> born in costa rica at 18 years old he came to the united states with just $50 in his pockets and learned english and went on to get his phd at mit and in 1980 became an astronaut. he is one of only two astronauts to have fl

today the nassau hall of famer is looking to revolutionize space travel, brian yanez has his inspiring story. >> doctor franklinr 25 years, and at age 70 he pushes the boundaries of space travel. >> we are trying to make transportation and space go fast. >> doctor franklin chang diaz is the founder of the rocket company for the development of a advanced rocket. can you explain what you are doing and what your company is trying to accomplish. >> imagine a mission to mars in the matter of two months, and the better part of a year that it takes today to get to mars. >> the rocket engine will be ready to fly within three years chang diaz says for the 70-year-old it's a career in space, as nasa's first hispanic astronaut. >> the moment of the liftoff of the first fight was something that i will never forget. enter tremendous ride. >> born in costa rica at 18 years old chang diaz came to the united states with $50 in his pocket. he learned english and went on to get his phd and in 1980 became an astronaut, he is one of only two astronauts to have flown on seven space shuttle missions. >> to wake up even though we are

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brian in east massachusetts. good morning. >> caller: good morning. thanks for letting me speak. >> yes. >> caller: i have some questions about the personalities. in the comment we see an ill looking franklin roosevelt with stalin and winston churchill. i'm wondering if they had made the decision to drop it then or was it still in the planning stage. with stal p's spies in the manhattan project, did he know what was going on. the other question with personnel, what about generals and admirals more close to the front lines in the pacific. you mentioned mcarthur but what about the admirals, nimitz and halsey. were they briefed on what was going to happen before the bomb was dropped? did they have knowledge of that. >> go ahead, finish up. >> oppenheimer have a chance to talk to truman about what would go on if they dropped the bomb. >> several questions. when was the decision made to drop that first bomb. >> meeting may 25th, 1943, they decided japan would be the target not drmz. japan fled from nazi occupied europe and after the germans split the uranium at ohm they were very alarmed about the prospect of hitler developing an atomic bomb. they went to einstein and einstein got roosevelt's a

and i have something to tell you, brian, if you look at any historical figure of any kind of earlier part of our history, guess what? you know, ben franklinurve when it comes to lgbtq issues. no one can complete the standards, one that involves a new woke standard that will either recontextualize, shame, put historical context around these various monuments that people take them down. under a biden come down because is he not going to be willing to stand up to these folks. brian: i will give you a scenario going to be asked take down the jefferson memorial. upset about francis scott key statue? of course not. why would i do that? what would stop him from changing his mind once is he in office? nothing. what makes you think as he has shown any tendency to stand up to his left. when the wha watch the way he fp flopped on debates on fossil fuels and everything else? >> i think that joe biden has shown no willingness to standing up to new young wokesters when it comes to changing standards regarding history. he has never shown that he will say to you in response to that question, obviously, come on, man. i do look like a guy who is going to t