the national archives in washington, d.c., home of the declaration of independence and the u.s. constitution is closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. we talked with the archivist about the pandemic's impact on the archive's work. >> the national archives in washington, d.c., home of the deck la ration of independence and the u.s. instituticonstitut closed to the public due u to the pandemic. we talked to the archivist about the pandemic. >> david is the akooifi archivi the united states. this pandemic became front and center in early march. at what point did it warrant the shutdown of the national archives and your facilities around the country? >> towards the 23rd of march. >> and what impact has all of this had on visitors and on your bottom line? >> in terms of visitors in our buildings, we're in 42 facilities across the country. no public since that time. >> so on a normal day, how many people would visit here in washington? >> about one million and half a year who come through the rotunda. >> and so has it impacted your financial resources? >> well, we h

we have 43 million photographs in the national archives. not all of them have the descriptions necessary. so we have people tagging photographs for us, people -- if they recognize people in the pl. those are two kpaexamples of th program. i can tell you because of the pandemic, before march 23rd we had about 10,000 people a week helping us in this program. two weeks later we were up to 20,000 and now we're up to 25,000 a week who are now participating to improve access to our records. >> what about this moment, what are you looking at, what documents do you think need to be preserved so that 100 years from now others can learn from what we're dealing with right now? >> all of those records that are being created as decisions are made in the cdc and in the white house and all the agencies responsible for leading this effort against the pandemic, all of those records become part of what in 50 years from now will be another site like the one we created for the 1918 pandemic where we'll be able to see how decisions were made, why they were made

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please join me in welcoming tsesis to the national archives. [applause] : thank you so much for that kind introduction and i appreciate you making time to hear this presentation. from the time of its signing on july 4, 17 76, the declaration of independence has set the standard for fair governance, both as far as individual rights and the common good. while the physical happy that's held -- the physical copy that's held here in the national faded, it continues to define us as a people. indeed, the copy that is housed here has more signatures than the original had. the original declaration of independence was only signed by two people -- the president of the continental congress, john hancock, and the secretary of the continental congress. the version you can see here under our armed guard contains 56 signatures, including that of ,uture president john adams second president of the united states, inventor benjamin franklin, and richard henry lee, who was first to put forward the vote for independence in the continental congress. the version here

please drawn me in welcoming alexander to the national archives. [applause] >> thank you so much for that kind introduction, i really appreciate you coming out and making time either visiting d.c. or in the lunch hour to hear this presentation. signing,time of its the declaration of independence has set the standard for fair governance as far as individual rights and the common good. becamehe physical copy faded during president monroe's on a wet leaf that took a bunch of the ink off of a document, it continues to define us as a people. indeed, the copy that is housed here has more signatures than the original had. the original was only signed by president of the continental congress and the secretary of the continental congress. the version which you can see here under our armed guard contains 56 signatures, including that of future , the greatohn adams international accolade, intellectual and inventor benjamin franklin, and richard hillary week who was first to put forward a motion for independence in the cousin of congress. version here we know

the national archives in washington, d.c., home of the declaration of independence and the u.s. constitution is closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. we talked with the archivist about the pandemic's impact on the archive's work. >> the national archives in washington, d.c., home of the deck la ration of independence and the u.s. instituticonstitut closed to the public due u to the pandemic. we talked to the archivist about the pandemic. >> david is the akooifi

he spoke at the national archives in 2013. this is just under an hour. mr. gould: thank you for that kind and generous introduction. i first came to the national archives half a century ago as a graduate student working on the territorial politics of wyoming. i encountered gracious and well-informed experts in the sources that i was seeking and their goals seemed to be to make my work and research as productive and rewarding as possible. the working atmosphere of the archives was congenial, stimulating, and fun. a friend of mine, the distinguished historian of the election of 1896, hall williams and i, would work at library in -- the library of congress until 5:00 in the afternoon when they closed, have a bite to eat and we could come over to national archives, which was open until 8:00. so we made the most of every single day. whenever i returned, as i did during the next decade, i had the same sense of enjoyment, productivity, and professionalism as experts, professionals engage their citizen users to the best of their abilities. the cliches about lazy gov

so archives gwu or ed or just search national security archives. answer on that website type in the phrase dubious secrets and you will see thousands of what i'm talking about here. different blacked out portions. it's an object lesson and all this is citizens the government has a secret, we should ask questions. >> thank you for joining us on book tv. subject it's a real pleasure to be with you peter. so tonight on book tv in primetime democratic representative. mela of washington state talks about her life and political career several authors discuss their biographies of george washington's mother, mary ball washington. howard bloom recounts a failed not to plot that killed fdr and churchill and stalin in 1943. in brian walsh discusses the various threats humanity faces such as global warming, asteroid and nuclear war. find more information booktv.org check your program by entering guide. so during a virtual author event hosted by townhall seattle cultural writer katie looked at how women experience and manage power is a portion of the program. s

the document on display in the national archives that we call the declaration of independence has lived an interesting life. it has only been on display in that bombproof building since 1952. before that it lived in the library of congress, although for two years during world war ii, it hunkered down in a deep vault at fort knox in kentucky. before that, it bounced back and forth between the state department and the patent office. during the centennial in 1876, it briefly returned to philadelphia, the city of its birth. there, a grandson of one of its original signers read it publicly at part of this country's 100th birthday celebrations. reports tell us the massive crowd burst into cheers at the sight of it. in its first 50 years, it traveled much more frequently. when the british earned -- burned down washington, d.c. during the war of 1812, the document we think of as the declaration of independence was not there. it was hiding in leesburg, virginia. it spent the second half of the american revolution years earlier rolled up and stuffed in a linen bag, as it accompanied congress from

tom is the director of the national security archive at george washington university and joins us now on book tv to talk about this prepublication review system. >> a guy named victor sent a block and said there's 339 passages here that you have to delete because they are revealing national security information. they went to court and cut that over and cia cut to 339 to 168 and at the end of the day 30 publicker put outed -- publisher put bold space and so much of this can be. that was process inside the intelligence's community. >> he did go through review process. >> right, the case that went to the supreme court was about a guy named frank who did not -- that's what it's referring to in bolton case. bolton is risking losing. in 1980 the supreme court upheld the seizure of all of royalties. he did not give the book for review. the government admitted it didn't have classified information but what they went after snip on he violated his contract and the supreme court without holding oral arguments without even fully briefing took away all of his royalties in the snip case and the iro

when i was in the national archives and i was in what they call the treasure vault. so they keep all the good stuff. not open to the public. they had any the sheet of paper little like a paperback book you turn it sideways. and on the sheet of paper, george washington get to a top military. i solemnly swear i will never betray the united states. a number of them, so number one and two and three and 45. number five, was signed by a guiding benedict arnold. that moment, almost sound like a sword for people of history. but in the moment, you he was a decorated officer who fought for the country. he was rewarded and promoted. he was a real person look into paper and just couldn't shake that. the last moments between benedict arnold and george washington heartbreaking in history. they were like the bffs of the revolutionary sent. what happened was when benedict arnold reportedly said was one of the only times that george washington is ever seen crying. and that image stuck with me. and that her this detail. benedict arnold wrote a letter, he didn't deliver it and saw a wr

the reason i'm telling you about this now is that these newly released letters from the national archivesgovernor—general, sirjohn kerr, and buckingham palace. john kerr wrote to the queen's private secretary on the day he dismissed the prime minister that he "was of the opinion it was better for her majesty not to know in advance" but that "of course" his duty was to tell her immediately. the palace replied he had acted "not only with constitutional propriety, but also with admirable consideration for her majesty's position". not all australians were so glowing. the justification for the sacking was that gough whitlam had failed to get parliamentary approval for his spending plans, and was refusing to call an election. whitlam famously said this at the time of his dismissal. here we say god save the queen. of course, nothing will save the governor general. matthew doran, political reporter for abc news in australia — hejoins me now from canberra.the release of these letters has been is it overstating to say this moment shaped australian politics?” is it overstating to say this moment sha

in sitting at the national archives to go through documents which is exciting for me but. >> so following you going to vietnam why do you take people with you that are important to the story with characters in your book? >> that's a good question. as it is unfolding the fortuitous this but not before hand. and then a central character in the book talking over the course in a year and a half that he was ready to go back. and then first going in october and then september 11 happened and then we delayed through january. i knew that would be invaluable. and the commander of the black lives battalion but then was killed in battle. and the oldest of three daughters. . . . . about the bae terry allen who was the commanding general of the first division in world war ii and also another division the timberwolves later he was sort of a soldiers general that wrote because he was more that type and he was funneled into the army for his love and affection of his father and his father's love and affection for him. he never made it to be a four-star general. >> host: what role did she play in the overa

the actual model of that is in the national archives. so he loved ships, even though he was a land lover. and he always liked technology. during the civil war, some said his office would sometimes look like a gun store filled with weapons. so he encouraged the creation of guns, balloons built for spying, and meteorological balloons. one letter came from the inventor of a double bound curved gun designed for cross eyed soldiers to shoot both sides of a river at the same time. level -- deadly lincoln believed this, rath alone kills no rebels. ofencouraged the production a primitive form of napalm to use in wartime. andas all about winning using new technologies. he used to walk around the white house grounds and fire new kind of weaponry. there is one great sketch of him doing that. fascinated with technology, and a big booster of military technology, as deadly as it became. >> that image of the monitor one more time, the half model, this is the technological achievement. in 1862.d that is remarkable. donated around the time the monitor an

different book on him and of course the great betrayal of george washington i went down to the national archives years ago and they have treasure vaults there and it's where they keep the best step in the open the drawer and pull out a sheet of paper that looks like an index card the oath of allegiance is one at the start of the revolution and george washington wanted to swear an oath to make sure not to betray us. all the oath are numbered in the corner monday hand me with the gloves on oath of allegiance number five we still have those we still ask military men and women raise your right hand and swear your allegiance. that this number five was signed by benedict arnold. that was like a silly name people call each other don't be a benedict arnold but in this moment downtown here in dc and i'm looking at the sheet of paper, benedict arnold at some moment he swore this oath and used this pen to write his name and suddenly became a person it's an amazing moment of history i can tell you that when he escapes and runs he immediately writes a letter to george washington and the letter is hand delive

we have a national archive for a reason. we could digitally preserve everything, the constitution of the u.s., the declaration of independence, but we know there is intrinsic value in the original document. i don't know how allowing the record, is ah is a good idea in conducting the study. i don't have a problem with the study. let's just not have people who have already decided what they want to do, making a study as to whether their decision is correct. i don't oppose a review of the program. i just ask we fully fund the dea cidification program and fully fund the study going forward. i ask the chair and ranking member to take a hard look. awayme i see us moving from preserving original documents to just shoveling -- just shuffling them off into storage, 100-year-old records put in storage, that doesn't look good after a couple of years, the chemical interaction that goes on, even in the best kind of storage. preservation is something we should keep first and foremost at the library. so the subcommittee chair and ranking m

this is the guy who helped to me the national archives. [applause]. they say how handsome, there he is. that is it. so in some. and people of helped us online, see jim over there. i see lots of friends over here. dodger, yes he's in the back. i want to tell you the story . never told the story publicly. but this year for halloween, went as bully mocha. and i doubted this last year went as a broke out. but there's no question sold of him. of course we decided i went on twitter. innocent can anyone help me with the question. and came to the rescue, a total stranger, to our family, he says i have a question units omega. and answers. daughter were it in thank you. and this is the biggest quit inc. you for all. three years ago amid promise and the promise was that if, i was looking at my history teacher in 11th grade needed a kidney. she was dying. at the notice on facebook this and can you help me find a kidney for my teacher. i said if you help me find a kidney for my teacher, i will put you in my next book. i was my bribe. where are you amy. i know you

at the national archives. ther than members of congress, very few people ever saw that document certainly in the 18th further. encountered text of the declaration either from printingsor broadside or having it read out loud in their various communities. rotate on display different printings of the declaration. we have one of the rarest actually is a german here in the ting center. there are only two copies of printing of the declaration in german that have this has been shared with us by gettiburg college in pennsylvania. a salem, by side with massachusetts, printing of the declaration. the promise explore of equality. so this notion that all men are endowed by their inalienable certain rights, that is language, that does erson has to decide that apply to me. the people that wrote those recognize t actually the revolutionary potential in them. some people like john adams who realize that when you declare that all men are created equal, people might say, women, what bout about enslaved people, laboring explore

just search national security archive and once you're on that website, type in the phrase dubious secrets and you will see thousands. [laughter] thousands of what i'm talking about here different blacked out portions. it's an object lesson for all of us as citizens, when the government says it secret, we should ask questions. >> tom thank you for joining us on book tv. >> binge watch a book tv this summer. saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. eastern much several hours of your favorite authors tonight we are featuring commentator author and founder of national are you william f buckley author of over 50 books including up from liberalism, flying high and the reaganite new and watch next saturday as we feet journalist and author gladwell. binge watch book tv all summer on cspan2. >> hello everyone thank you so much for tuning in. i am audrey stewart on behalf of the books over and went to welcome each of the virtual event tonight with michael presenting his new book. he is joining conversation with mickey edwards and

. >>> the national archives in washington, d.c., home of the declaration of independence and the u.s.ution, is close to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. we talked with the archivist of the united states about the pandemic's impact on the archive's work. >> the national archives in washington, d.c., home of the declaration of independence and the u.s. constitution is closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. we talked with the archivist of the united states about the pandemic's impact on the archive's work. >> david is the

at the national archives.ther than members of congress, very few people ever saw that document certainly in the 18th further. most people encountered text of the declaration either from newspaper or broadside printings or having it read out loud in their various communities. so we rotate on display different printings of the declaration. right now we have one of the rarest actually is a german language printing here in the center. there are only two copies of this july 1776 printing of the declaration in german that have survived and this has been shared with us by gettiburg -- gettysburg college in pennsylvania. it's side by side with a salem, massachusetts, printing of the declaration. we also also explore the promise of equality. so this notion that all men are created equal endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. that is language, that each person has to decide, does that apply to me? the people that wrote those words didn't actually recognize the revolutionary potential in them. some peo

doctor is an associate professor of history at texas will woman's university which home of the national archive. and it's very special to talk about her journey to getting the pup under book to publication. and it's something i'm fascinated by, how did you get started on this topic, when did you learn about it and what hooked to win. >> that's a great question, thank you so much for having me in talking with me today. i would like to show this picture but this is the moment in time where i met carol and with all the aviation people to know that he was on the coolest either. and from oklahoma in june of 1993, i went by myself and could not get any friends to go with and somebody pointed out the fact that curtis was in the shade of the hanger over there and like i will go say hello, he introduced me too carol as a champion of the 1951 championship in his claim and i found out that she was in world war ii, i never heard of her, i never heard of any of them and i thought if i have never heard of them, who else hasn't and one of my friends had and i decided that was wrong, they were incredible woman

, including the one in 1898 about the chinese americans whose archives are in san bruno, the national archiveson its understanding of the 14th amendment, being born in america even though his parents were not american, that he should be given citizenship. there is a racial component that has been part of the fabric of our country when we talk about what it means to be american. i don't think it is very different. there is another challenge we are facing that is profound. that is from those who believe in the concept of global citizenship. i don't like calling or labeling people, so we will use globalist as a shorthand. for what i think they are trying to say. they are looking at their understanding of the empirical reality, the u.s. as i said 51 sovereigns, 50 states and a federal government with players of authority under -- layers of authority under each. it is the most fully functioning democracy. it is not the largest. india is. when we see deeply enfranchised and -- we still have war, crime, poverty at the domestic and international level. those who believe in global citizenship argue we

the sources in the immigration of national archives in washington dc. they dry up. after 1957, the source is not available to researchers in part because some were destroyed in part someone not catalogued or so protected by freedom of information act. that presented a challenge. i was hoping to go past 1957. in the other thing that was really difficult was the fact that one of the key findings in the books was that most implications throughout history have been through coercive means. if the administrative expulsion. and they are not documented in the archives. in part, it was on purpose. so u.s. officials departed tens of millions of people through what were called voluntary departures. there was nothing voluntary about them. i could've related in two the book that if you threaten somebody with a long sentence of for a couple of decades, chesler they might take a plea deal for three or four years. also departures are similar and that there are lesser consequences to go along with him compared to formal deportation which might carry a five euro tenure 20 your brand

the national archives of australia have released over 200 letters exchanged between australia's governor—generale letters are crucial to understand one of the most controversial episodes in australian politics: the sacking of former prime minister gough whitlam in 1975. whitlam was removed by the british governor—general, who is the queen's representative in the country, and replaced by the opposition. but the letters reveal the queen was not given advance notice. john kerr says he "was of the opinion it was better for her majesty not to know in advance" about the dismissal, but adds that "of course" his duty was to tell her immediately. in a reply from the palace, the queen's private secretary said that in not informing the queen of what he intended to, the governor—general acted "not only with constitutional propriety, but also with admirable consideration for her majesty's position." these letters have just been released a few hours go. let's go live to sydney and speak to our correspondent shaimaa khalil. this is shedding more light on what was extremely controversial at the time in the mid—

tom blanton is the director of the national archives and he joins us now on book tv to talk about thispublication review system. how did this develop? so the original prepublication review is really an artifact of the 1970s when some former cia agents. ticket leah guy named victor marchetti owes his explas

we are all familiar with the engrossed copy on parchment you can see at the national archives. other than members of congress, very few people saw that document. encountered the text of the declaration either from newspaper or broadside printings or having it read out loud in their communities. so we rotate on display different printings of the declaration. now, we have one of the rarest. it is a german language printing here in the center. there are only two copies of this july, 1770 six printing of the declaration in german that have survived. a salem,e-by-side with massachusetts printing of the declaration. we explored the promise of equality, this notion that all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rates. bet's language that has to -- each person has to decide, does that apply to me? the people who wrote those words perhaps did not recognize the revolutionary potential in them. people like john adams probably did realize that when you declare that all men are created equal, people might say, what about women, enslaved people, laboring me

the national archives.he number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressional delegation. there is a total of 538. neededlection day, 270 to elect a president. five presidents have one without the electoral -- with the popular vote -- without the popular vote. john quincy adams, rutherford b harrison, george 44,000 with a hundred fewer than al gore, and donald trump. case, at ruling in the couple of cases. here's the reporting of richard wolf. courttes, the supreme addressed one of the potential problems facing the 2020 race, ruling that states can insist members of the electoral college the winner of the popular vote. 32 states require the people chosen on election day to cast ballots for the winner of the state's popular vote. estates, roguee electors can be replaced or find. -- fined. 18 states have no such rule. "the constitution passed text and history both support allowing a state to enforce and electors pledged to support the the president. " case, elenangton kagan said, the stat

tom is the director of the national security archive at george washington university and joins us nowbook tv to talk about this prepublication review system. >> a guy named victor sent a block and said there's 339 passages here that you

in 1898 about a chinese-american whose archives are in san bruno just down the street at the national archives where he was decided, the court decided he was in citizen based on its understanding of the 14th amendment being born and in america even though his parents were not american but he should be given citizenship . there's a racial component that has been part of the fabric of our country when we talk about what it means to be american and i don't think it's very different to this day. but there's another challenge that we are facing that i think is fairly profound and that is from those who believe in the concept of global citizenship. so i don't like calling or labeling people but i'll just use globalist in this conversation as a shorthand for what i think that they are tryingto say . they're looking at their understanding of the empirical reality, the united states has as i've said a sickly 51 sovereigns, 50 states and a federal government with layers of authority under each and much of it overlapping. it's the world's most fully functioning multiethnic democracy, it's not the largest

we learned this from the national archives in philadelphia. >> this was the flyer produced by charles917. 15,000 copies of this work. produced the point was to encourage men liable for the draft not to register. he equates conscription with slavery. and he calls an every citizen in the united states to resist conscription laws. assert your rights! here he said several sections of the constitution. then he says, here in the city murder agreement of independence. he and the page with are you with the forces of liberty and light or war and darkness? he continues on the other side, long-lived the constitution of the united states, make up america,mb&z your liberties aren danger. at the bottom he right exercise your rights of free speech, come to the headquarters of the socialist party, and sign a petition for a repeal of the conscription act. >> as i read the language, he doesn't say avoid the draft, he's saying that people should use a lawful process tow3d6 rel the draft. >> what was illegal about the draft? >> it was intended to undermine the draft. well in modern times, we think just

. >> but today, if you go to the national archives, millions of people do every, year they have the areaere the great documents of our government are on display. they've got the declaration of independence. they've got the constitution and they also have documents from marbury v. madison. does it belong there? >> it absolutely. does it comes right after the bill of rights and constitution. the explanatory statement there says it is because it is a cornerstone of our constitutional system and i think it absolutely. is >> also, what really belongs there, if we really want to understand modern-day judicial review, we care more about many of, us rights of individuals rather than original versus the -- jurisdiction. but we call the bill of rights -- all the big cases, many of which will be in your series, a lot of them actually are not strictly the bill of rights because they are not about the federal government. they are about states misbehaving. that is because of the 14th amendment and the reconstruction. i want us to remember mr. lincoln alongside all that because his generation -- he kne

. >> so today if you go to the national archives, millions of people do every year, they have the area where the great documents of our government are on display. the declaration of independence, and documents from marbury versus madison. does it belong there? >> i absolutely thing it does. it comes right after the bill of rights and the constitution. the explaintory statement says it is a cornerstone of our constitution, and i absolutely think it is. >> what also really belongs there, if we want to understand modern-day judicial review, we care more about, many of us, rights of individuals rather than original versus appellate jurisdiction. and what we call the bill of rights, all the big cases about liberty, many of which are going to be in your series, a lot of them actually aren't strictly the bill of rights because they're not about the federal government, they're about states misbehaving. and that's because of the 14th amendment. and the reconstruction. and so i'd want us to remember mr. lincoln alongside all of that because his generation gives us a new berth of freedom, a secon

. >> they usually -- they either go to the state department or they go to the national archives. and through the archives, they often turn up at presidential libraries. but they're not owned by the president and first lady. >> now, one of -- one statement a president and first lady can make is not -- is who they invite, but also who they do not invite. and one person they did not invite to the white house was senator joe mccarthy. >> actually, mrs. mccarthy was invited. she was invited to teas, a receptions. she did not attend. >> and what's the significance of that? >> i think she was making a political statement on her husband's behalf not to cross the door into the white house. >> now, some people watching this don't know who joe mccarthy is, so a very quick snapshot... >> oh my goodness. >> i know it's true. >> well, he was -- he was... >> he was the senator that went after so-called communists in government positions. and it was sort of like a salem witch hunt, if you will. they saw communists under every... desk, under every chair. he went after all kinds of people that wer

we have a national archive for a reason.d visually preserve everything, digitally preserve the constitution of the u.s. declaration of independence but we know there's value in the original document. i certainly don't know how allowing the library itself, which is sort of on record is wanting to move this way to conduct a study is a good idea. i don't have a problem with the study, it's about people deciding what they want to do, it's just whether or not your decision is correct. don't oppose the review, i would just ask we fully fund the decertification program and conducted truly independent study going forward. not going to offer an amendment today but i would ask the chair and ranking member to take a hard look at this and i don't pretend the biggest expert in the world but anytime i see us moving away from preserving original documents and shuffling them into storage having gone through 100 plus year old records that were put off into storage, it doesn't look very good after 100 years. is a lot of interaction that goes

we have a national archive for a reason.e can preserve everything, the constitution of the united states, declaration of independence. we know there is intrinsic value in the original document. i certainly don't know how allowing the library itself which is a record of wanting to move this way to conduct a study is a good idea. don't have a problem with the study, let's not have people who decided what they want to do when they study whether the decision is correct. don't oppose the review of the program and we fully fund the decertification program and conduct a truly independent study going forward. take a hard look at this, don't pretend to be the biggest expert in the world, when you see us moving to preserve original documents, shuffling, often to storage. they have to go through a lot of 100 plus-year-old records that were just put off into storage. even in the best kinds of storage, preservation is something we are to keep first and foremost, the subcommittee chairman, i certainly trust you to make the right judgment

we have a national archive for a reason.e could digitally preserve everything, the constitution of the u.s., the declaration of independence, but we know there is intrinsic value in the original document. i don't know how allowing the record, is ah is a good idea in conducting the study. i don't have a problem with the study. let's just not have people who have already decided what they want to do, making a study as to whether their decision is correct. i don't oppose a review of the program. i just ask we fully fund the dea cidification program and fully fund the study going forward. i ask the chair and ranking member to take a hard look. awayme i see us moving from preserving original documents to just shoveling -- just shuffling them off into storage, 100-year-old records put in storage, that doesn't look good after a couple of years, the chemical interaction that goes on, even in the best kind of storage. preservation is something we should keep first and foremost at the library. so the subcommittee chair and ranking mem

he's come to the archive section of the national maritime museum to do some research on the vessel. these documents show that the strict guard was ready to set sail when it was something. that means it was almost certainly full of highly toxic synthetic fuel. so it and only the fuel spilled out and it was very heavy so it sank right to the seabed or my research indicates that the ship was carrying between 801000 tons of fuel that's an awful lot on his body. and tests indicate that the pollution is spreading along the seabed. when hotz found the wreck in 1909 an estimated 25000 square meters were contaminated if they appeared. 10 years later that had increased to 32000 square meters. and some of the oil was moving quickly because it's flowing down and underwater slope. it now covers an area equivalent to more than 50 football fields of. huts is trying to come up with a solution for what he considers an environmental catastrophe. problem and. if we were to haul up the rock and all the polluted soil by you it would cost hundreds of millions of your hands and you don't know if it would

, a mid-term election, but in the middle of the worse pandemic we'd ever had as a nation, and i dug through the archives about 12 years ago when i was doing research on this. dug through all the archives and found no mention of any serious public discussion about postponing those elections. anywhere. >> and bakari, i want to let folks know, we're looking, as you see this little picture on your screen of the john lewis motorcade, heading to the cemetery. this has been several days now of honoring and icon who was an activist for voting rights and took that spirit into being a legislator, and i think it really provides this counterpoint to this suggestion by the president, bakari, about changing the election date, because it's clearly designed, i think, to discourage people? >> yeah. i don't really want to sully the day with talking about donald trump. i know that's the question you asked, but you had four presidents, four former presidents today who gave words remembering the legacy of john lewis. you had jimmy carter who had a statement that my good friend ralph jehl warnock spoke from ebenezer baptist

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