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and of us right when the washington history magazine published an article by steve dryden titled theock creek tiny branch and within a very interesting article, was a section of began that the first street cordate explorer accounting branch was john burroughs and bingo, or maybe i thought, somebody who knew that about john burroughs, would also know a lot more and might just be willing to give a lecture or maybe might know somebody who would. so is only taken is almost 20 years to getet this lecture tonight in the old hospital, that john burroughs just might've seen when he was here in washington. [applause]e [applause] >> thank you nancy i think you for the opportunity to talk tonight and it is not on okay is not better. maybe i should just shout. it is on and i have to get really close yes. okay. how is that. it just so mike is better i will shout. will it is great to be back here and capitol hill and actually here we back onto the 20 years ago on third street in pennsylvania pocket of that i'm sure a few of you remember that prayed the house i was living in actually had to guess l

i'm very pleased tonight to have steve dryden as our speaker who's going to be telling us about john burrows who was a young man became to capitol hill during the civil war and introduced the nation to the natural beauty of washington and became one of the countries leading and well-known net treat -- nature's essay is but i suspect that burrows would have appreciated the career path of our speaker. he o started with the b.a. in political science from duke and a masters in international affairs from f columbia. and those with steve to almost 20 years as a reporter and editor for an evening newspaper both here and abroad. steve has focused on a very local founding of the rock creek songbird which is a habitat restoration project and many years as the a executive directr of the mill. it digs deeper into the history and natural resources of the very area that john burroughs knew and loved years ago. there's a second reason i'm delighted to bego introducing te speaker on this topic. for almost 20 years now the lecture room -- the overbeck project has been looking for someone to lecture o

. >> i'm very pleased tonight to have steve dryden as our speaker, who is going to be telling us about john burroughs who as a young man came to capitol hill during the civil war and then introduced the nation to the natural beauty of washington and became one of the country's leading and well-known nature essayists. i suspect that burroughs would have appreciated the career part of our speaker. he started with a ba in political science from duke and masters in international affairs from columbia and those led steve to almost 20 years for a reporter and editor for leading newspapers here and abroad. for his second act, steve has focused on the very local, including the song birds, which is a habitat restoration project and many years for the director of pierce mill. edition deeper into the history and natural resources of the very area that john burroughs knew and moved 150 years ago. there's a second reason i'm slighted to be introducing the speaker and his topic, for almost 20 years now the lecture group headed by john francine at the time, has been looking for someone to give a lect

this is bound to effect in the people's attitudes. dryden defended brian. and if you deprive, as people ask means of livelihood, if they are hungry and starved to death, they will do whatever is necessary, including a position and um, the position to the started button. and this is exactly what happened in the year 2000, 2001. when the bond ben opium production and united states rewarded bill clinton, new order decided buying, you know, $4050000000.00 them. but as soon now rebounded because other conditions were rife. for drug production, my marketing and, and use and we have to deal with all of this said once. and professor, what strategies or measures are being implemented to prevent the resurgence of opium production enough get a sense and address the actual root causes of the drug problem. unfortunately, well, as i said, you know, the word community that discount in the general guys were for decades are about 2000 run to 2017 supposedly is spent about $8000000.00 plus daughters to quote combat drugs. but they afford right superficial incense here called

storms slamming the east spawned this funnel cloud twisting through the central new york town of dryden. and in maryland, heavy winds toppled these 30 power poles in westminster, trapping dozens of people in their cars. >> a total of 33 adults were trapped in a vehicle, along with 14 children. the good news is they're safe. >> everyone in the 34 cars rescued after the hours long ordeal. the storms are blamed for more than 1 million power outages after tornado watches and warnings intense dates. oh, my. in anderson, south carolina, a 15 year old was killed by a falling tree at his grandparents house. and in florence, alabama , police say a man working outside was struck and killed by lightning in neighboring tennessee. extensive damage at this apartment building in knoxville with smashed windows and fallen trees on top of crushed vehicles. hail the size of golf balls was reported in huntington, west virginia, and near philadelphia. it's just like, bam, the back of this man's home left badly damage and trees like this, you know, falling on the roof, destroyed my deck, destroyed my hot tub

the rest of the of a sentence has been reduced. russian and dryden strikes of targeted khaki, even ne, do. craig, cities, police t says a college dormitory was hit. other densely populated areas are also targeted, including the support center, puzzling, descending more troops to its border with better roofs, up to 2 that are russian and helicopters violated punish aspects during training exercises. the powders, ministry of defense says it's in the form nato, about the violation step in several similar incidents by the russian, the helicopters, an observation of balloons over the past few years. hundreds of asylum seekers or from long queues outside of new york hotel that's been converted into a center to help them. new york sales is provided services to some 90005 months in the past year and a half us, depending on in simple work up champions. a lot of states have qualified for the knockout stage, but only just for to go hit the post in at a time in the golden rule of defeat would have eliminated the usa. i finish 2nd in that group behind the middle of it's do or die. you know, the kn

in upstate new york, outside dryden, tornado funnel clouds whipped through gray skies.30 million people were under a tornado watch yesterday, as strong gusts caused tree limbs in several states to snap. >> this is the worst i've seen it. i mean, i have no trees left, they're all gone now. laura: the storm killed 2 people, officials said, after a tree fell on a 15 year-old boy in south carolina, and a 28-year-old alabama man was struck by lightning. last night, more than 1.1 million households and businesses lost power. by midday today, that number was down to 240,000 customers. the huge storm front also wreaked havoc on air travel in the region. yesterday's storm led to some 10,000 flights being canceled or delayed. by midday today, more than 2,500 flights in and out of the u.s. were delayed, and 370 canceled, according to flight aware. and in washington, d.c., as ominous clouds rolled over the white house on monday, federal offices shut down early, giving government employees time to dodge the hazardous commute. today, about 10 million residents in new england remained

. >> i'm very pleased tonight to have steve dryden as our

caller: on the biden issue, first of all, the majority of people are --dryden is the only person who been charged for it. all the other charges, they did a thorough investigation into this matter and it has been overhyped. there was no criminal activity. is it because he was the son of the president? sure. a lot of people get high because of the people they know, but that is not a crime. the irs? when you left out some of the money that did not get reported, the irs, before they prosecute you, they give you the opportunity to make good on paying the taxes that he left out of reporting. guest: i think the issue that is most concerning is the enrichment of the vice president's family. the ways in which hunter biden was using his business to enrich his family is a concern. we do not elect presidents to make money off of their situation. that is going to be a serious issue. there is a lot of evidence that is not disclosed or that has not been worked through that we will have to see. host: he serves with their president. thank you for your time this morning. we appreciate you. joining us