buffalo, the jarrah, hippopotamus, but what we are hearing from the proceedings of the national academy of sciencesll those small microorganisms in the biosphere on which the food chain depends. it's about us in the end. there are too many human beings and we consume too end. there are too many human beings and we consume too much and we are eroding the habitat of all these animals. what do we do? stephen hawking thinks we need to find a colony on a more hospitable planet. it's about reducing consumption and countries like the usa and china and india, cutting cloth according to what they can afford. everybody reducing consumption. there is not universal scientific agreement. there are some in this report suggesting that we should be concerned about it. this annihilation as it's been described, yet ca n annihilation as it's been described, yet can speak spanish so you would know this professor's name, in mexico, he says that it would be a dereliction of duty if we don't.“ you look at the previous fossil record, the most recent one is the cretaceous tertiary period, we know what happened then, the as

humans should be ok but a report from the national academy of sciences says a one third of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptile species could vanish within a few hundred years and researchers say we have about 20 years to prevent that from happening. two chances at free food in our area today, and coming up, the final look at the sweltering forecast adrianna: today is the day people who like free food have spent all your waiting for. you can get a free meal at chick-fil-a with one catch, you have to dress up like a cow. itts, cowbells, cow ears, runs until 7:00 tonight. find a list of what entrÉes are included on wjla.com. for dessert, fill up on a signature slurpee. show up between now and 7:00 p.m. and get a small slurpee on the house. you may need it today to keep you cool because it is hot. doug: do not get brain freeze. adrianna: then you are hot and in thing. doug: -- and in thing. -- and in pain. doug: 96 today with maybe an isolated storm and 98 on thursday, the hottest and most uncomfortable day of the week with thunderstorms in the afternoon and a better of storms on friday.

. >> reporter: according to a new study by the national academy of sciences earth is on the brink of mass extinction. nearly 200 species have vanished just in the past century. a rate of about two per year. >> we are on track to lose half of all species by 2100 if not more. >> half. >> half. this is my desperate attempt to get people to pay attention. >> reporter: as a veteran "national geographic" photographer for more than 25 years, people have been paying attention to his work. >> joel, what do you think is the power of a photograph? >> i think they can elevate themselves to iconic status if they're done well enough. >> reporter: in australia sartore says his photos of injured koalas helped prompt the australian government to recognize the species as threatened. >> a group of nurses at a wildlife hospital held back, i don't know, 20 koalas that had all been killed by dogs that week. so we spread them out on a blue tarp and we photographed that. >> it's a heartbreaking image. >> oh, my god. yeah. but it speaks to koalas not being able to fend for themselves against human intrusion.

national academy of sciences engineering and medicine. calls for increased medication. also details the need for more access to life saving drugs and equipment. average of about 90 americans die every day from overdoses that involve an opioid. >>> happening tonight, you'll have another chance to enjoy music at the jersey shore. summers point will host a big band concert at municipal beach park. follows last night's country concert on the sand in atlantic city. thousands of people came out. two day beach fest series got underway wednesday night with a performance by pink. >>> bee yan say shared first picture of twins. confirmed the names. >> carter, i guess the name of jay jay-z. i think she's a little self serving where she does this pictures. >> she's a goddess. >> she's queen b. >> no she's not. >> i don't dislike her. i think like her performances are just like a little much. >> how about the names. >> roomy. a poet. >> good thing they were not trying to take that picture today. mother nature had different ideas for their photo shoot. looking at clouds, showers. trac

, american academy of sciences, and reckoned philosophical society, institute of medicine, british academy, and he is also the recipient of the national medal of science, the highest scientific honor bestowed in the united states. us -- i do not know anybody in this true -- who among us has been named among "time" magazine's most influential people of the united states other than bill? readhas published widely but seminal works of scholarship on different dimensions of race, class, and the urban core. the declining significance of race, the truly disadvantaged, and when work disappears, and i would add, although it has not reached that pickle yet, more yet,just raise -- pinnacle more than just raise. -- race. bill challenges liberal orthodoxy about the causes of a structural underclass in u.s. society as well as conservative views that contribute to and cultural deficiencies. he has helped shape academic discourse and public policy debate, one of the requirements of the price. he has appeared at on television, testify before congressional committees, etc., etc. to mayors, advisers president and lots of people in the political space. n

according to a study published by the national academy of sciences. >> so it's a real study. >> when people pay someone else to do time consuming work that they don't want to do, a housekeeper, things like that, they actually feel less stressed about time and they can experience greater life satisfaction. interestingly enough, spending money on material objects does not yield as much happiness as does buying time. yeah, when you buy stuff, you've got to put it somewhere. >> so a lot of people have the struggle, is it better for me to clean my house or baby-sit my children or get someone to do it. this is obviously a very personal decision. but buying the services that save you time gives you more happiness than buying goods. >> for me i can't get time back. i'd like to think i can make more money. that does it for "velshi & ruhle." you can catch me at 9:00 a.m. and this guy -- >> at 3:00 p.m. eastern. have a fantastic rest of your weekend. ♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with new tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum new tum

again, i would agree with my colleague, representative brownley, the expert is not the national academy of sciences should be the va. nobody else is actually going to know that other than right here. the difficult medical examiners have the difficulty of understanding multisymptom conditions, gulf war illness, and these are getting in the way of identifying exposures on the front end and providing top quality services and most important letop quality health care for our veterans on the back end. we owe it to them not to let this happen as we continue to owe it to our vietnam veterans our blue water veterans who are still trying to find a way to get the care they need and deserve. it seems to me these steps are too small, too incrumental. they lack the urgency, and they lack the surge that we need. it's been 26 years since the first gulf war started am many of the veterans who are deployed are very sick. and they've been beaten down by a claims process that is confusing, it is unclear and in almost every case seems to deny what they know to be true in their lives. that has undermined their faith in

we ask the national academy of sciences to do this several years ago. they couldn't do it, it was that difficult so they to it back to us. we are going to try and do that. we're going to get people from dod, people from veterans health administration, from vba, national academies if we can, whoever we can get it was part about this. people from war related injury study send it in d.c., follow up. they see a lot of gulf war veterans so we were really appreciate your input and try to come up with a secret case definition but we do have a plane and we've already started. >> certainly my expectation is it that the va would be the experts when it comes to gulf war illness, and the va doesn't, should not have to look to other entities for that. the research, this is what it's all about, is why the va in its nation is because they are serving our veterans with all kinds of illnesses, but there are specialty illnesses that are just not out in the world, other than within the va. and i think back to the medical training, i agree that the doctors that come to the

the national academy of sciences concluded after more research trials for this experimentation may have a place to help parents who both carry a jean that would guaranty their child having a disease. the desire among expecting parents not for just a healthy baby, but for one more gifted. in this search for absolute perfection p this has been destroying life and that's where we draw the line. the em bring ohios in the research were none were ever implanted. for those dog the scientific work, that is the ultimate goal. they prevented this type of jean research. they're forging ahead with some $20 million in private dough t nations, some now think the first genetically altered baby could be just a couple of years away. in seattle, dan springer, fobbing news. >> next at 10:30 30 there's a lot of anticipation for next month's solar eclipse. one company is offering a package deal to get a better glim ps of the event. we'll explain who is cashing in on this. coming up. . a fisherman in long island caught a shark and it put up the fight of its life during the struggle the shark ended upup pg on

there was an committee on food and nutrition at the national academy of sciences. in 1941 president roosevelt made it an issue of national defense. is important to understand how to feed soldiers and keep them healthy going off to war, and thinking about what was going on in the public to prevent nutritional deficiencies from becoming a problem in society. within 10 years or so, the first recommended dietary allowances were published. was the start of the early books. those are subsequent versions from the 1980's. the purpose of the dietary standards were to prevent diseases associated with starvation to feed the army and to maintain the health of the public. it was important that working people were healthy, not just the soldiers and children, but those that were involved in keeping the country going at that time. the rda's were a source of public nutritional recommendations. they never were meant to be personal individual nutrient requirements. they are meant to be for populations. we have used the rda open until the 1990's as the main source of how much you trade

get used to seeing fewer giants like the one we just saw because a new study out of the national academy of sciences finds the earth is entering the sixth mass extinction event. so 75% of the species could be gone in the next few hundred years. it adds up to a th mammals and birds and reptiles. there is a lot of work to be done. nancy: on a lighter note. darwin talked about survival of the fittest. this is a man in london he thought he was being smart. he started to take all he could care rut of the vehicle. he shows up and try to ride away. you see him going. an officer opens the door to knock him off the bike. he was arrested and he has been tried and sentenced to six months in jail for three similar break-ins. >> that is fast thinking. >> they were criming and crying. >> what they were caught in and how a hundred people came nancy: the greatest aviation disaster that almost happened in history friday night in san francisco. >> where is he going? on the taxiway? nancy: that is the pilot as air canada jet landed on a taxiway full of other planes with seconds, seconds to spare. the control tower ord

in a new study published in the journal "proceedings of the national academy of sciences," the researchers said billions of populations of animals have disappeared from the earth amid what they called a biological annihilation. they said the findings were worse than previously thought. the scientntists say the maiain causes of the mass extinction of wildlife is human overpopulation and over-consumption, especially ofthe rich, the destruction animals habitats, toxic pollution, and climate change. the report also warns that humans will be impacted by this mass extinction, writing -- "the resulting biological annihilation obviously will have serious ecological, economic and social consequences. humanity will eventually pay a very high price for the decimation of the only assemblage of life that we know of in the universe." a separate report, also published monday, reveals that only 100 companies are responsible for a shocking 71% of all global greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. the carbon majors report, published in collaboration with the climate accountability ininstitute, found that exxon

. >> reporter: in a controversial report back in february the national academy of sciences concludedthis may have a place to help parents who both carry a gene that would give a child a disease. still many worry this could feed a desire among parents not just for a healthy baby but one designed to be gifted. >> in the search for perfection this has been destroying life. that's where we draw the line. >> reporter: the embroyos were destroyed. congress passed a law permitting the government from funding this type of gene editing research. that has had no effect on the science activities. they are forging ahead with private donations. some think the first altered baby could be a couple of years away. >>> big news from santa claire a. the niners have signed a top draft pick to a new c. >> and we are giving you a live look outside right now at the good old east shore. your friday commute off and running there. up next mark is going to tell us if we will see triple digits possibly over the weekend or beyond. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can a

he was on a recent national academy of sciences committee looking at these issues of scientific integrityand you know, they wrestled with this. this is the first time in about 25 years the academy has gone back to look at these issues and their perception was when they did in 1992 they were focused on the bad apples of science and there are people who misbehave in science but they realize that if they reconsidered these issues of scientific integrity, the real problem they focused on more broadly was the fact that there's not just bad apples but as one of his colleagues said, let's look at the barrel and people who make the barrel. it's the environment the scientists have to work on that are pressuring them. i talked to somebody else, malcolm macleod, a scottish scientist who said nobody wants to go out there and do bad science. we all want to push things ahead and understand what's going on but the incentives are just so out of lack in this world that scientists don't end up being a do what they want to do. the question is how can we change the system in order to make people able to serv

when you look at the fact that according to the national academy of sciences in i think it was november 2015, the undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than native born. that's just a fact. >> it is a fact. joe kelly is going from the department of homeland security, the agency that deals with immigration, deportation, building the wall, to become the chief of staff in the white house. the talk this weekend is potentially attorney general jeff sessions could be slid over into that position at the department of homeland security. what would be the consequences of that happening? >> i think that there will be a number of people in both parties who will take umbrage with that. he's said that he's conflicted in terms of the investigation about russia. and the trump campaign. and trump administration. and the fact that they would move him out to another job, put someone else who isn't conflicted, i don't think is going to pass muster with a lot of people. >> you want to be the next governor of this state, california. you have a tough primary and general after that. what are the areas yo

a stanford professor contributed to the study this week in the proceedings of the national academy of sciences. it says climate change is fueling the mass extinction. three quarters of all species could vanish within the next few hundred years. one-third of mammals, bird, amphibian, and reptile species are at risk. i hope we're not in that one-third. >> i've got news for you. if they're at risk, you know who is next. eventually us. >> that's right. >> we may not live long enough to be in that much danger, but we'll see. >> forget climate change. let's talk about temperature change. >> yes, short term, in fact, by the weekend it will be sort of hot here. gradually warmer later in the week and triple digits by the weekend. here's a look at live doppler 7. right now we have mild conditions under mostly clear skies. you can barely tell with this doppler image that there is a little bit of fog right there at the golden gate because it's otherwise sunny. there is that little bit of fog as our golden gate bridge reveals. golden gate bridge camera reveals. we'll see fog near the coast. for the morning

. >> in a controversial report, the national academy of sciences concluded after more research, trialshis experimentation may have a place to help parents who both carry a gene that would guarantee a child having a genetic disease. many worry this could feed a desire not just for a healthy baby but one genetically designed to be more gifted. >> in the search for absolute perfection, this has been destroying life. that's where we draw the line. >> the embryos in the research were destroyed after just a few days, none were ever implanted. for those doing the scientific work, that is the ultimate goal. congress passed a law two years ago prohibiting the government from funding this type of gene editing research but that's had no effect on the portland scientists, they are forging ahead with some $20 million in private donations. some think the first genetically altered baby could be just a couple years away. >> bret: the boy scouts leaders apologizing to anyone who took offense over the politics president trump inserted in his speech tuesday night at the annual jamboree. chief executive m

room in a controversy report in february, the national academy of sciences concluded after more research trials for this experimentation may have a place to help parents who both carry a gene that would guarantee their child having a genetic disease. many worried this could be desire among expected parents not just for a healthy baby but one genetically designed to be more gifted. >> in the search for absolute perfection, this has been destroying life and that's where we draw the line. >> reporter: the embryos in the research were destroyed after a few days, none were ever implanted. for those doing the rear -- the work, that is the ultimate goal. congress passed a law to make years ago prohibiting the government from funding this type of research but that has had no effect on the portland scientist they are forging ahead with $20 million in private donations. some ink the first genetically altered baby could be a couple of years away. >>> a group of low income veterans in san francisco are in danger of losing their homes. why the city is attempting to shut down the homes and evict the p

chairman i just want to repeat that the national academies of science have said that the united states has insufficient assets to protect its interests. and that it is estimated that acquiring three ships at one time would save the government nearly $160 million per vessel. i urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment. >> thank you for your comments. questions on the gentlewoman's amendment? (roll call) (roll call) (roll call) (roll call) (roll call) >> any members who wish to record the vote change of the vote. mr. quickly? >> mr. quigley recorded aye. >> any further members? if not, the clerk will tally. >> this vote the ayes are 22, the nays are 30. it is not agreed to. further amendments? recognized. >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will read. >> unanimous consent. >> consider it read. recognized for five minutes. >> -- urge my colleagues to support it, as many of you know this is not new. it basically is one that has been passed the last several years in this committee. the purpose of the language is to simply codify the policy that ice already follows. it is no

chairman, i just want to repeat that the national academies of science have said that the united states has inefficient assets to protect its interests. and that it is estimated that acquiring three ships at one time would save the government nearly $160 million per vessel. i urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment. >> thank you for your comments. questions on the gentle woman's amendment. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say nay in the opinion of the chair, the aext is not agreed to. clerk will call the roll. >> mr. aderholt, no mr. aguilar. aye. mr. am i day. no. mr. bishop. mr. bish hop yi mr. col vert no. mr. carter no. mr. cartwright. mr. cartwright aye. miss clark yi. mr. cole no. almost cuellar. mr. cuellar aye. mr. cull bert son no. miss delauro yi. mr. dent, mr. dent no. mr. diaz ballart. no. mr. fleischmann. mr. flirn i fleischmann no. mr. fortenberry no. mr. freeing haasen no. miss granger, no. mr. graves. mr. graves no. dr. harris. dr. harris no. police herrera butler no. mr. jenkins. mr. jenkins no. mr. joyce. mr. joyce no. miss cap tore yi. mr. kilmer. mr. kil

past president the american sociology association, member of the national academy sciences, science,academy of american philosophical society, academy of education, british academy and he's also of the national medal of science. scientific honor bestowed in the united states. who among us certainly i don't know anybody in this room, been.ed that you have who among us has been named most "times" magazine influential people in the united states other than bill who was in 1996. bill published three widely read some controversial but never seminal works of scholarships on of race andmensions class and the urban core. the declining significance of truly disadvantaged and when work disappear. i would add even though it quite reached that pinnacle yet, more than just race. that list. to that's his most recent one. his work challenges liberal orthodoxy about causes permanent structure of underclass in u.s. society as as conservative views that attribute to state poverty on welfare. he has helped shape academic discourse and public policy debate. requirements of the prize. appeared frequently on tel

again i would agree with my colleagues, the expert on the gulf war illness is not the national academy of sciences, it should bbva or dod -- it should be the v.a. or the dod. the difficulty of medical examiners have understanding the multi symptom health conditions of gulf war illness and these are getting in the way of identifying and quantifying toxic exposures on the front end and providing timely care compensation, services and most important, top quality health care for our gulf war veterans on the backend. we only to them not to let this -- we owe it to them not to let this happen. i think it is clear and i want to acknowledge and thank the v.a. for taking steps in a positive direction. it seems to me the steps are too small and too incremental. they lack the urgency. surge that we need. it has been 26 years since the first gulf war started. many of the veterans are very sick and they have been being down by claims process that is confusing, it is unclear and in almost every case it seems to deny what they know to be true in their lives. it undermines their faith in the system. they have dis

again i would agree with my colleagues, the expert on the gulf war illness is not the national academy of sciences, it should bbva or dod -- it should be the v.a. or the dod. the difficulty of medical examiners have understanding the multi symptom health conditions of gulf war illness and these are getting in the way of identifying and quantifying toxic exposures on the front end and providing timely care compensation, services and most important, top quality health care for our gulf war veterans on the backend. we only to them not to let this -- we owe it to them not to let this happen. i think it is clear and i want to acknowledge and thank the v.a. for taking steps in a positive direction. it seems to me the steps are too small and too incremental. they lack the urgency. surge that we need. it has been 26 years since the first gulf war started. many of the veterans are very sick and they have been being down by claims process that is confusing, it is unclear and in almost every case it seems to deny what they know to be true in their lives. it undermines their faith in the system. they have dis

pieces of land on earth, i would say the most studied piece of land on earth, 52 or 53 national academy of science studies have been done. but it will get a careful review from all aspects of its license applications. once that application is finished, all member os of this body and the senate will have an opportunity to decide whether we move forward to construct and use the facility but killing the process at this point is shortsighted. and therefore i oppose the amendment. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from nevada is recognized. r. lie hewn: i yield the -- mr. chi hewn: i yield the -- mr. kihuen: i yield the remainder of my time to my colleague. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. >> i want to make one thing perfectly clear. nevadans are completely against becoming the nation's nuclear dumping ground. and make no mistake that's exactly what this appropriations bill does. without mr. kihuen's amendment, which i'm proud to co-sponsor, congress will tie the hands of this administration by expressly prohibiting or even considering closing yucca mountain before licensing activities begin.

add team winning the gold medal in 1994 and 1995 and first iranian woman elected to the national academy of sciences. she moved to the united states to attend graduate school at harvard university and became a 2004 research fellow of the clay mathematics institute and professor at princeton university. in 2008 she became a professor t stanford university and in 2014, mary ann was the first woman ever to have the most prestigious mathematical award for her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of modular spaces. the medals are awarded every four years aged 40 or younger. she was an amazing mathematician, socially engaging and evolved in the -- involved in the local community. she died last week at the age of 40, a tragedy not only for her family and friends but for the additional beautiful amer el-maatiics she would have ven the human race had she been blessed with a long career. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask neas to -- unanimous consent to address the house for one minute an

of the unneeded detention. it actually strengthens the bill and the amendment itself addresses a critical national security need. >> one minute to close. >> i just want to repeat that the national academy of sciences has said the united states has insufficient assets to protect its interests. it is estimated that acquiring three ships at one time the save the government nearly 160 million per vessel. i urge my colleagues to vote for the amendment. >> thank you for your comments. questions, say i, all those that nose havoc, the clerk will call the world. [inaudible] [inaudible] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> any member who wishes to change the what? >> if not, the clerk will tally. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> the amendment is not agree to. >> and amendment offered by mr. -- consider red, the gentleman is reckless for five minutes. here's my colleagues to support it is basically one that has been passed last several years of this committee. the purpose of the languages to codify the policy that i have followed. it is not codified in statute, the bill is with a limitation so that dealing

request a classified or unclassified briefing on recent studies of these subjects by the national academies of science, evening in -- science, engineering and medicine. both of these technologies pose unique threats to our national security for two reasons. first, because of the small physical footprint of a terror facility based on either these technologies, either a bioterror laboratory or a small shop to produce and program small lethal drones could easily fit in a basement or small apartment. and there is no radiological signature to detect them as there is with nuclear material. secondly, because of the low cost and general availability of key enabling technological components, the monetary investment necessary for a capable terror facility is in the range of hundreds of thousands of dollars, perhaps less. and the relevant technologies are already in wide use in industry. contrast this with the threats of nuclear prolive mation -- proliferation, a multibillion dollar investment pretty much limits nuclear weapons either to established nation states or perhaps to terrorist organizations with access

program at aviator park and shakespeare park through partnership with the free library and national academy of the sciencesother thing that the plus means is that we're engaging people in a expanded way this year too. we're not just, we're inviting them to come out here and have fun but we are also stimulating conversation about what people want to see for future of this space and future of the parkway as a community space as well. >> that is great because this space is ordinarily empty, parking lot so cool when we are able to transform tonight to something much more like this you can see neighborhood up here. so you are asking us. >> yes. >> to tell you what we want to do with our parkway. >> absolutely, yes. >> maybe a little botch i ball , horseshoe pits does that work. >> sound good. >> would i like that. >> people want to come out, it is for next month it starts today at 11:00 a.m. what are hours, how can they come out what can they do. >> hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. we are running from wednesday to sunday. >> okay. >> every day we have a different type of programming. so for example, some

a draft report from the national academy of sciences released just last week warned and i quote, united states has insufficient assets to protect its interests, implement u.s. policy, execute its laws and meet its obligations in the arctic and antarctic because it lacks adequate ice breaking capability, end quote. mr. chairman, this is because currently the coast guard only has one functioning ice breaker, the polar star built in 1976 which is well past its 30-year expected operational life. it no longer has the reliability we need and the cost to maintain it will continue to rise. at this point its primary mission is to clear a path through the ice through our research facilities in antarctica. this means we have no heavy ice breaking asset in the arctic unlike other countries like russia. the polish star is expected to continue functioning for just three to seven years, leaving the united states with no heavy ice breaking capability. we are dangerously falling behind. russia has 41 ice breakers that are active or under construction, four of which are heavy ice breakers. this puts the

this has been published in a national academy of sciences. it says it is the tone i am struck by. ical annihilation is right to call it that because it is an assault on the foundation of humid civilisation. front page of the mail this morning has a story about charlie guard, the judge saying he will not be swayed by tweets. a picture thereof pippa middleton on the front page of the daily mail. the daily mirror, again, talking about charlie on the front page and a story about anne—marie morris using a quite offensive phrase at a meeting and she has had the whip removed by the tory party and theresa may has spoken out about it as well. i love this picture of johanna konta. relief as she throws her racquet enjoyed. this is my favourite story of the day, i am a coffee drinker, drinking coffee for a long life. look at this. the front page of the express. your favourite story. and a picture of andy murray and johanna konta who had a brilliant day to the british yesterday. johanna konta is on centre court later and andy murray tomorrow. the big story you have been discussing already today

they included the academy of sciences, national strategic studies, national defense university, the pla academy of military science. of course, my university, peking university, and chief university, shanghai institute, shanghai academy of social sciences, nanjing university, and many others. we held dozens of closed-door debates and discussions. some were small-group meetings. and we also held many meetings with our american counterparts in beijing, washington, d.c., or new york city. the end result is the attorneys' report publicized in both chinese and english, and we also want to thank csis for publicizing the chinese report, and the chinese report in both english and chinese are already edited in the volume, which will be published by the chinese academy of social sciences, published inhouse. i hope it will come out pretty soon. and in may of this year, we launched a rollout event in beijing similar to the one we are holding today in washington, d.c. we have people from csis and other think tanks from the united states. this is simply my story, the chinese side of the story. equall

the national academies of sciences estimated that it would cost at least $300 billion in 2003 dollars for just such a limited capability. and just last year, in the testimony to the house armed services committee, the former director of the missile defense authority concluded the same thing. but setting aside the high cost, a space-based missile defense system has inherent vulnerabilities that greatly limit its effectiveness. even with thousands of interceptors deployed, only a few would be within range to target an incoming missile. and those could be easily overwhelmed by the launch of several missiles from one location. and because interceptors must be stationed in low altitude orbit, they are easily detected, tracked and destroyed. finally, there is a more fundamental question that we must ask ourselves. that is, is it wise to deploy weapons in space, especially when the required technology is becoming widely available around the world? deploying such a system would strain strategic relations around the globe and almost certainly trigger a space arms race. there is no doubt that e

the chinese composed of about 20 to 30 researchers, scholars and numerousalysts from china --hing tanks in think tanks in china. they include the chinese academy national sciences the defense university, the pla academy of emission science -- of english and science, peking and [indiscernible] sciences, andl many others. we held dozens of closed-door debates and discussions. sound more small group meetings. meetings withany our american counterparts in beijing, washington, d.c., or new york city. the end result is the chinese published in both chinese and english.we also want to thank csis for publicizing the chinese report. the chinese report in both english and already edited in the volume, which will be published by the chinese academy of social sciences publishing house. i hope it will come out pretty soon. in may this year, we launched a rollout event in beijing, similar to the one we are holding today and washington, d.c. andad people from csis other think tanks from the united states. story, theply my chinese side of the story. equally important or even more important, after a few rounds of consultations, csis made the decision to help out and to coordina

of our age. he's won more than 30 national emmys, a lifetime achievement award for the national academy of television arts and sciences, nine george foster peabody awards, the broadcast equivalent of the pulitzer prize, three george polk awards, and the dupont-columbia golden baton. he's introduced us to some of the world's most remarkable people in his one-on-one interviews and shared with us a world of ideas. and he once took us inside his own family in a very personal way. he's authored 12 books. i'm incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers there's simply not enough time. before a studio audience a man known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down with me for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies and gentlemen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) (audience applause) - it started in marshall, texas but it started before you were a journalist. something unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of the poorest people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn't have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor boy

speaker, i rise today to highlight the findings of a recent report by the national academies, entitled, the value of social, behavioral and economic sciences to national priorities. mr. lipinski: this report was requested by a national science foundation to examine whether the federal government should continue funding research in these disciplines. the resounding answer is yes. the report found that s.b.e. funding furthers the mission of n.s.f. and helps other agencies achieve their missions, and the funding provides tools and methods that have helped business and industry grow the u.s. economy and create jobs. the report also highlights that virtually every major challenge the country faces today requires understanding the causes and consequences of people's behavior. and the way we do this is by funding research in a social, behavioral and economic sciences. mr. speaker, investment in s.b.e. is critical for our nation's future, we must continue this robust investment. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker,

they include chinese social scientist the national defense university, the pla academy of student science. of course my university peking university and the shanghai institute and social sciences, 19 university and many others. they held dozens of closed-door debates and discussions, some were small group meetings and we also helped many meetings with our american counterpart in beijing, washington d.c. or new york city. the end result is the chinese report publicized in both chinese and english and we also want to thank for publicizing the report and the chinese reports and both english and chinese are already educating in the volume which will be published by the chinese social scientists, i hope it will come pretty soon. and you may this year we launched a rollout event in beijing similar to the one we're holding today in washington, d.c. we had people from csi us and other think tanks from the united states, this is simply my story, the chinese side of the story equally important are more important is that of a few round of consultations csi s took i made a decision to help us and coo

national center for scholars. in 2007, he was inducted into the american academy of arts and sciences. so please join me now in a warm welcome for professor martin sherwin. [ applause ] okay, thank you, ruth. my mother wrote that int introducti introduction. i hope you liked it. it was more folsom because my father didn't get a chance to edit it. i'm really glad to be here to speak about this topic. i think it's the kind of subject that needs to be reviewed again and again and again because, unfortunately, the nuclear issue is still with us. and it looks like it's going to be with us for a very long time. now, i've had a chance to chat with a few of view. and i know that at least those i chatted with have a particular interest in all broad aspects of the manhattan project. and this talk i'm going to give, however, focuses on the -- as the subtitle said, visions of the nuclear future. that is the focus on the people who were thinking about what nuclear weapons would do. not only for the war, but for the post war period. and that's one of the themes of this talk tonight. that nuclear wea