it may not be the national archives able to comment on it. hat might you be worried are in that document that would be troubling? >> the document has been released. my question is what is the process? the presidential records act says when the president leaves office, the president gets legal custody of the records. during this digit i'd is asian process -- digitization, who has custody? does the foundation have it? do they pay for private vendors to do this on government property? there is a lot of concern over the years with me and other commenters, after the essential library, the offices are intermingled with the national archives. the truman library foundation had national archives email addresses and phone numbers. were they generating records, and who is paying for that? when you apply those problems to the obama's foundation and anyone, you get back to the point that these are our records, not the personal property of the president. and not during that 12 year period are they the property of the president, they are ours as soon as the

after reviewing the d.c. nationalrd's commissions, equipping and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complexion, in support of the metropolitan police, and capitol police, and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to support the u.s. capitol. by 9:00 on 7 january, 1,100 national guard personnel had arrived at the capitol. by 9:00 on 8 january, 1,800 national guard personnel had arrived at the capitol. and by 10 january, 6,000 national guard personnel were at the capitol providing security. dod continues to support efforts to protect the safety and security of the u.s. capitol and provide support to our civilian law enforcement partners. from january 9 through the inauguration dod provided nearly 25,000 national guard personnel

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prior year can be nominated for the national book award. i got to serve as a judge two years ago which was a tremendous honor and more reading than i had ever done in my entire life and then to understand the process on the inside but those that are published in the preceding year here in the united states. >> so what experience do you bring to this new position? >> that's a great question. i am an ardent lover of books and have been my entire life. i bring that. i currently lead the organization that connects readers and writers with authors here in seattle and in classrooms around the region. i have been lucky to be here eight years and then the national book foundation does similar work but on a national scale so i am excited to get with the board how we do support readers on a national scale and how we do that in creative and innovative ways. host: prior to being west seattle arts and lectures you served as executive director new futures and miriam's kitchen right here in washington dc. how do those experiences tie into your current posi

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after reviewing the d.c. nationalipping and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complex in support of the metropolitan police and capitol police, and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to support the u.s. capitol. by 9:00 on 7 january, 1,100 national guard personnel arrived at the capitol. by 9:00 on 8 january, 1,800 national guard personnel had arrived. by 10 january, 6,000 national guard personnel were at the capitol providing security. dod continues to support efforts to protect the safety and security of the u.s. capitol and provide support to our civilian law enforcement partners. from january 9 through the inauguration, dod provided nearly 25,000 national guard personnel to support security in washington, d.c. today th

but in this room, we cover the railroads for the creek nation, the muskogee nation. r catch -- the treaty that was signed in 1866, the reconstruction three treaty, it said that we had to allow to railroads to come across the creek when those railroads come through, asked for large waits on any side. you have lots of non negative people who come to live within the right of way. but if they are not a native person, though our laws didn't apply to the native persons, if a native person or creek person found themselves in a disagreement on altercation with a non native person, our laws didn't apply to them. and there were lots of law non native people and non-creek people living within these areas. and so we had to pass laws to protect our natural resources because to create a realign, you need lots of timber for the railroad ties. and so, we start to create laws that say, it's against the law to utilize our national resource without our oversight or our approval. so we just wanted to give the visitors a little bit of insight and sort of the history of railroads and how i

links roam the national park again. and 2 wolf packs. primeval forest relics species find habitat again in the diverse natures of the ecosystem. in 50 years the national park has become a hotspot of biodiversity with its new near natural forests. mikail head is grateful that he was allowed to be a part of this development. the bavarian forest national park venture paid off and today the concept of letting nature be nature is applied in national parks worldwide. that's it for this week's edition of tomorrow today. more news from the world of science and research next time until then stay safe and stakes here yes. by 2050 more than half the world will be leaving with limited water resources we haven't had to think about our war or worry about. i think that era is over misses the crisis of our time it's a financial problem like any other financial. the world is changing tremendously important commodity junkers all be free forever more as a water necessity or commodity. cysteine and so on d w. o. o. o guys this is the 77 percent stuff up for

>> thank you so much and thank you for having me the national foundation is the presenter of the national book award and a champion for books and readers all around the country with a range of public programming making sure that everyone has access to books and readers and sending the message to the reader and books are for readers everywhere. >> your job as executive director what does that entail. >> getting to be the chief champion of books and of course the organization a partner in the staff that created and move us forward and i'm so lucky to be joining the organization and to get to all the brilliant leaders and expand the work of the foundation to include a lot more programming nationwide to support readers and writers and to work with the staff to continue the work forward. >> who is on the board? >> that is a wonderful question lots of the luminary and publishing are on the board and other books who are champions and readers on this book and an assortment of people who believe books. >> lisa lucas who you mentioned as a publisher in the national book award is every november in n

and the cherokee nation finally accepted that. so to them this is finally been resolved but the creek people of hakeem, are still behind and they are still facing legal consequences and political consequences because a bill had been introduced just within this current congressional time that would essentially strip the creation of federal resources until they grant full citizenship to the freedmen's descendants. it's an ongoing battle. so when the black movement erupted the spring, and it continues, a number of native peoples join them as allies. so you saw confederate statues coming down, even enrichment and other parts of the south. we saw columbus statues being torn down as well. so we have these moments where these alliances can't be formed between indigenous persons and african americans. but it doesn't always happen at the governmental level unfortunately. >> again it seems like an answer to a conversation that is so complex. it's so many it's a myriad of different distinctions. i would encourage our viewers here, jefferson s

general raymond, welcome to the national press club. i will turn over to you for some remarks.s. >> thank you and i appreciate the opportunity to be with you today and look forward to a great dialogue. i wish i could be there in person, but again, i do appreciate the opportunity. in the united states its long known that access to freedom to maneuvero in space is a bio national interest and the whole has shown that the space remains accessible, stable and secure, very similar and now it's been a role in securing ceilings congress realized that securing the maritime approaches and trade routes would be vital for the shoreline. theyou knew the security of the liabilities depended on access and freedom to maneuver. since its earliest days, the navy has been a global force developing safe navigation, diplomacy and projecting american power in defense of our interests. today space offers the power of commercey, and connection coverd by the challenge of competition and potential conflict. those benefit and have access to and use of space and se

who then gives an order back to the commanding general of the d.c. national guard. this six-step process seems totally unsuited to the situation of responding quickly to an emergency. and just wanted to ask you, commander walker, if i'm reading this chain of command correctly, and do you share the view that this is way too complex for a moment when you need to respond quickly? >> so, senator, it's a longstanding process, but it can work in minutes. so, for example, during the first week of june, the secretary of the army was with me. i watched him call the secretary of defense and consult with the attorney general and respond back to me with an approval within minutes. so, it's an elaborate process, but it doesn't always have to be when in extremist circumstances we can get it done over the phone very, very quickly. >> but from what i understand it's normally an elaborate process done in advance. and, in fact, the information came to you on january 1st. you got back a response on january 5th. so this was before january 6th. but it had this provision that this restric

after reviewing the d.c. nationalguard's missions, equipping and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complex in support of the metropolitan police and capitol police and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to support the u.s. capitol. by 9:00 on 7 january, 1,100 national guard personnel arrived at the capitol. by 9:00 on 8 january, 1,800 national guard arrived at the capitol. by 10 january providing security. dod continues to support efforts the safety and security of the u.s. capitol and provides support to our civilian law enforcement partners. from january 9 through the inauguration dod provided nearly 25,000 national guard personnel to support security in washington, d.c. today there are approximately 5,900 national guard

the story of the national park service. in the form of textual documents, films, and photographs. i would like to tell you about two upcoming programs that take place in this theater and on our you tube channel. on thursday, the historian joel goldstein will be here to present his book. goldstein will discuss how a constitutional office can evolve. later that evening. the winner of the prize, and the thomas jefferson memorial foundation will be here to discuss their book most blessed of the patriarchs. and book signals will follow both of those programs. to find out more about these and other programs, exhibits, and events consult our monthly calendar of events. it is also available online at our website it is a pleasure to welcome ryen and helen davis back. they were here in 2012 to present their book. and we're pleased they have travelled from their home in plant to share their research into the largely unknown story of alexander grant. would you please welcome ren and helen davis. [ applause ] >>> thank you very much for

hearing from the leader of the washington, d.c. national guard and intelligence officials from the fbi and homeland security department. this portion of the hearing is two hours and 35 minutes. >> are called to order this second hearing of the committees on -- i call to order this second hearing of the committees on examining the january 6 attack on the united states capital. at today's hearing, we will continue our committee important work to get answers that will lead us to solutions following the horrific events at the capitol on january 6. last week we heard from witnesses directly in charge of capital security on that day and from local law enforcement in washington. today, we will hear testimony from the head of the d.c. national guard and from federal officials from agencies including fbi, defense department and department of homeland security that are tasked with supporting our security people at the capitol. the testimony of these witnesses is crucial as we work to get to the bottom of what happened again with the focus being makin

the story of the national park service is well represented in the holdings of the national archives. in the form of textual documents films and photographs including of course the work of today's subject george alexander grant. but before we get to today's program i would like to tell you about two upcoming programs. that'll take place in this theater as well as on our youtube channel. on thursday, may 19th at noon historian. joe goldstein will be here to discuss his book the white house vice presidency the past two significance mondale to biden. goldstein will discuss how a constitutional office can evolve as well as the critical role of political leadership in institutional development. and later that evening march 19th at 7pm annette gordon reed winner of the pulitzer prize. to find out more about these and other programs exhibits and events here at the national archives. please consult our monthly calendar of events. there are copies outside the theater and it is also available online at our website www.archives.gov. it's a pleasure to welcome renton helen davis back to the natio

of the integrated national response capability are present within the us national response framework significant execution challenges do exist particularly when a crisis impacts numerous states simultaneously or over april long time. gaps and breakdowns have disrupted communication, coordination and surge and supply chains across all sectors throughout the covid-19 response. and natural disasters and coordinated cyberattacks will imperil the citizens and threaten our economy and for the national security at risk. now is the time for transformational thinking of the emergency response strategy and policy and process. the commission's call to action offers 11 recommendations for the response capabilities to embrace 21st century realities and how the us handles a national crisis. focused on three areas communication and coordination delivering supplies and volunteer resources and emerging technologies i highlight for your awareness several actions in that it within the recommendations that appear especially relevant to the areas that include amending the stafford act and other. emergenc

here the decisive role may and must be played by the united nations. of course, it must be restructured, together with its component bodies, in order to be capable of confronting the new tasks. these ideas have long been under discussion, and many proposals have been put forward. i myself have no plan of my own for reorganizing the united nations. i will just address the basic parameters of the changes as our -- as are ready for solution. the united nations, which emerged from the results and the lessons of the second world war, is still marked by the period of its creation. this is true both with respect to the makeup of its subsidiary bodies and auxiliary institutions and with respect to its functioning. nothing, for instance, other than the division into victors and vanquished, explains why such countries as germany and japan do not figure among the permanent members of the security council. in general, i feel article 53 on "enemy states" should be immediately deleted from the un charger. -- charter. [applause] also, the criterion of possession of nu

mardi gras brings tourists from all parts of the nation. eat, drink, and dance in the streets is the rule and at famed jazz joints like pizza place -- and who can blame them? ♪ in the days before mardi gras, there are parades honoring 19 kings and their crews. there is so much to see that most visitors try to stay up around the clock and say it is worth every headache. in the last band marches past and the last confetti is thrown, new orleans will settle down once more but they will have plenty to talk about until next year. announcer: follow us on social media at c-span history. for more this day in history clips and posts. announcer: british prime minister winston churchill delivered a speech in fulton, missouri on march 5, 1946. to mark the 75th anniversary, the college hosted a series of events including this keynote by author and pulitzer prize-winning washington post columnist, george will. >> westminster college has been a host for a series of very famous lectures. the lecture that churchill delivered here 75 years ago. other celebrat

expansion will strengthen the u.s. national security and mitigate the risks imposed by an unforeseen future. it will enable the military to access the most qualified individuals regardless of context to fulfill a variety of positions necessary to respond to an ever-changing threat environment and provide all americans an opportunity to meet their civic obligations. the rights and freedoms that come with being an american citizen are accompanied by responsibilities including the defense of the nation. selective service registration presupposes this common obligation to provide for the common defense. subsequently, the disparity bars women from sharing in this fundamental civic obligation. male-only registration sends a message to women that they are not vital to the defense of the country and that they are not expected to participate in defending it. hence requiring women to register and perhaps be drafted affirms registration as a common civic duty, america is simply stronger when we all engage in the obligations of citizenship

the national capital was weakened [inaudible] u.s. capital police, sergeant at arms and rising security of the capital complex and its population. there is a shared responsibility with other law enforcement. sharing the resources are paramount for success [inaudible] overworking the relationship between the office and capital police have been a priority. i'm a proponent of the concept. this methodology can be used to assess the individual members. it's only as good as the analyst assessing it and that assessment is placed in the proper hands to accept or mitigate any threats. we have to be careful of returning to a time when the events of january 6th started to reveal return to the concept of the possibilities of the security operations the result [inaudible] this is because the give and take of security planning. we had an opportunity to learn lessons from the events of january 6th. [inaudible] should be considered in conjunction with these investigations. the coordination and national capital should be reviewed for what can be done.

kristen brengel looks at the state of american national parks. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning and welcome to washington journal. congressional action this week toward that shamed toward bringing it into reality. that's only after they congressional on desk congressionally approved -- congressionally approved was passed. the whole process should start from scratch and an equal right amendment isn't needed for women anyway. what do you think? is the equal rights amendment needed? we are going to open up special lines is money. women under 50, we want to know what you think about the equal rights amendment. is it needed for you and mark call in at 202-748-8000. -- for you? call in at 202 -- call in at 202-748-8000. if you don't fit in those two categories, we still want to know what you think. your number for everyone else is going to be 202-748-8002. you can always text us at 202-748-8003. we are always reading on social media on twitter and facebook

of the national guard here in washington, d.c. he washington post" even reported on this. for instance, june the 4th, 2020, helicopters, d.c. officials pushed back of show of federal force on city streets. from january 4th, national guard activated for d.c. protests were more restraints than in june. it's the picture here, if i got this right, that we had these -- we had riots, we had civil unrest in the summer, the national guard was involved in some of these to some extent. that was politically controversial as journalists at the time documented. i'm sure people watching this are familiar with. that then led in some way to this reaction where we're going to be careful. we're going to be more careful. we're going to put restraints on how we deploy the guard that we previously haven't before. do i have that correct? >> you do, senator, that's exactly what happened. just to call on the mind that we had a new secretary too. secretary miller came in. he was aware of the events and he wanted to make the decisions at his level. >> right

the bavarian for. first national park venture paid off and today the concept of letting nature be nature is applied in national parks worldwide. that's it for this week's edition of tomorrow today. more news from the world of science and research next time until then stay safe and stay curious. on the road with our superheroes my mission is clear blue kushti good and to me color surely should be explored germany. they died and that everything out there is a lot going on in. germany tried and tested. again. coming up on t.w. . going once going twice sold. $69000000.00 for official does it all and. what does the artist think about this. cut krypto charge. for market. arts 20 to. 30 minutes on d w. they've been robbed of their soul that's what a people experiences when their heritage is taken from them. junk lists cultural riches were brutally stolen from africa and carted off to europe by colonialists. each artifact has blood on it from the ones that have yet to heal. what should be done with the stone or from africa.

that is how well emare the libraries eldistinguished from the national archives? where does the real power resided within them when it comes to giving scholars or journalists access to these records. how well do they work independently from the federal government? >> let me tell you a quick anecdote to give you an idea where the power lies read the libraries are not separate, they're not distinguished from the presidential foundation, the private political organizations that raise money and build ill have a pretty significant presence there and they cooperate in terms of public programs but when i was on house oversight we tried to hold hearings into the relationship between the national archives and the foundation and the foundation put pressure on archivist david theriault to cancel hearings so we scheduled the hearing, we had witnesses set up, i'm not sure if and was on the witness list for that one, i know she was on the other one and the archivist said the presidential foundations, they don't want you to have this open discussion about our relationship, please

for all states members of the united nations. however, i believe that the new world order will not be fully realized unless the united nations and its security council create structures taking into consideration existing united nations and regional structures which are authorized to impose sanctions and make use of other measures of compulsion. especially when rights of minority groups are being particularly violated. [ applause ] ecology. in rio de janiero there's going to be the first worldwide conference on ecology. i would like to hope that matters will not limit themselves merely to discussion and to the settlement of disputes but rather that international mechanism will be created with extra territorial rights and powers. [ applause ] food, demography, economic assistance are. it is no accident that these problems should be dealt with in this connection. upon their solutions depends the biolage call viability of the earth's population and the minimal social stability needed for civilized existence of states and peoples. majo

>> yes. >> so the mayor didn't call out the national guard? >> at the beginning. >> what do you mean by the beginning? >> well, you know, in the day or two leading up to the 6th. then as to exactly how it played out on the 6th itself, i'm not as sure about -- >> i understand. i mean, clearly our people were overrun by the nut jobs, so we're making progress here, okay. so the mayor or the city government decided not to call out the fbi -- the national guard ahead of time. what about the house sergeant at arms? >> i don't know what role the house sergeant of arms played with respect to the national guard. >> okay. how about the senate, sergeant? >> same answer. >> okay. how about the capitol police, the chief of capitol police? did the chief of capitol police make the call not to call out the national guard? >> i don't know the answer to that. my understanding is that the law enforcement officials here with responsibility over the capitol, there there were varying -- differing views about whether or not the national guard was appropriate and when

i'm a citizen of that nation where the largest native nation east of the mississippi a population means that we're about the fifth largest tribe in the country. um, i was a military brat and spent much of my life traveling at reservations, but they were native reservations. they were military reservations, but when i got into college, i began to read the works of vinder laurie jr. who was the most powerful intellectual thinker of the time and if not the century and wound up studying under him for my master's degree and he was the one that convinced me that we needed more indigenous people studying the political affairs of our nations and intergovernmental relations as well. and so that's what led me back to chapel hill to get my phd and i began my teaching career university of arizona for nine years and then the desert heat finally drove me away from there. up to the cold viking country in minnesota where i spent when he winters and had a wonderful run there in both native studies political science and the law program as well as you noted my work really focuses on how indigenous peoples

that was as important in world war ii as it was in the war for our nation's independence. but seconded, it only works if those of us in the private sector bringing a public spirit to our work. our ways like to say, you don't need to work for the public sector to engage in public service. and i think each of us has a responsibility and that's been part of this almost unique culture of the united states. and now, here we are in the 2020 is a new generation of challenges but in some ways and age-old answer in part to help us meet them. >> well, that's a great platform for the next question which■ç■ is, how does the privae sector engage in solving some of the biggest questions that we face as a nation today and in the world, the environment, global health, immigration, what's the role of the private sector is helping us solve those challenges? >> i would say two things. first, you always&f clarity. you need anything important in life that involves a lot of people. so in the first instance, i do believe that the public and private sectors have distinct roles and in a democracy o

of the seminole nation of oklahoma capital of the seminal nation of oklahoma with woke oklahoma. so what we so what we have here today is have here today different exhibits that portrayed the history of the seminole people. as a people, before we are separated from our homes in florida, i'm actually -- which means like the twin chief. i'm the assistant chief of the seminole in oklahoma. i came into office in 2013, i'm in my second term here in 2019 and i have two more years to fulfill the second term. i think, you know, in many tribes of over 500 native tribes in america, that the seminoles are tribe that people are of interest and i think part of that interest is because the defines that the seminoles have put up during the conflicts and the early history to not be defeated. the only tribe in american history turned never surrender when there was a war being fought against them would never surrender to the united states nor signed an official peace declaration united states was the seminoles. so that brings a little bit of ambiance to both people that live within the united state

florida leads the nation in school choice. and we're beginning to place a strong and long overdue emphasis on vocational and technical education. florida has launched a civics initiative, so students can understand the principles that make our country unique. florida is leading in education, and we must continue to do so. [ applause ] we must also continue to protect our natural resources and invest in improvements in water quality. i ask that you continue to fund the key projects such as the eaa reservoir in the south, that will impact our state for generations to come. and reaffirm our commitment to everglades clean-up. and i'm proposing the florida resilient program. through this initiative, florida will invest $1 billion into projects that will help our communities adapt to flooding from storms and sea level rise. i'm encouraged by the similar proposals from the legislature to address this important issue for our communities. and i look forward to signing into law a program that will make a real difference. [ applause ] flo

received the vaccine come over 80 percent of seniors have been vaccinated outperforming the rest of the nation. two thirds of educators and childcare workers receive their shots and starting on tuesday all minnesotans are eligible to get the vaccine. 90 percent are back in classrooms just like this one. minnesotans are gathering again going back to their favorite restaurants and bars. normalcy is on the horizon. and then the simple pleasures of life the morning rush out the door the busy chatter on a highway between classes we will never take them for granted again we know better than to let her guard down at the first sign of spring. i was in quarantine last week after being exposed. certainly is an important reminder as covid cases are raising with new variance. and it was continuing to social distancing wear a mask and get tested and of course most importantly minnesotans need to get vaccinated. it will protect you and your loved ones getting vaccinated will get you back to the places we love. think vaccinated is how we end the pandemic. the second reason is because it is a reflection of ou

the lower court nations of u.n. organizations with regional structures would only enhance its capacity to settle disputes in the world. of course, the united nations contemporary role and first and foremost an expanded and strengthened security council will require substantial funding. the method adopted for financing at the founding of the united nations revealed its weaknesses just as soon as some years later it became more active and came closer to actually carrying out the tasks which it was assigned by its founders. this method must be supplemented by some mechanism tying united nations into the world economy. my thoughts may at first glance appear somewhat unrealistic, but we will count on the fact that business is becoming more humane, that a powerful process of technical and political internationalization is taking place, and that business is achieving an increasingly organic relationship with contemporary world politics into which the seeds of the new thinking have been cast. today democracy must prove that

the first one was the national press club in 1934. on the night they gave out all the licenses, the national press club got the first one, because that was a press opportunity. then the police drove around the city that morning and dropped off the rest. they do mention this at the restaurant. because we are at these two major anniversaries for prohibition and suffered, let's talk about women in prohibition. this is the photo from a court-martial that took place at navy yard. these two women nurses wearing men's hats were formerly stationed in cortona bay cuba at the u.s. naval installation -- guantanamo bay cuba at the u.s. naval installations and got transferred to the washington navy yard. and they got transferred up to the washington navy yard. customs look through their suitcases and found bottles of rum. the secretary of the navy demanded that these two women get court-martialed. look, they were doing what everyone else is doing. we get transition from one post to the other, everybody is bootlegging alcohol back. the defense said

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on the pressley amendment. as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on the pressley amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. ruiz, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on the pressley amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. huffman, pursuant to h.

the national league of cities is encouraging the biden administration to convene a national commissionings together stakeholders from across the spectrum, to offer recommendations on ways to reduce gun violence in our hometowns. make no mistake, the violence we are seeing in our communities is a public health crisis that the man's axis -- commands action. we're looking forward to collaborating on ways to enhance look safe in all of our communities. . thank you. ♪ ♪ >> please welcome back, and i'll see president, -- the mlc president. >> it's always special. one reason is because it takes place in march. women's history month. every year, i look forward to meeting my sisters in service, my fellow women and elected leadership. our experiences are unique. and nlc'women in medicines look government gives us a place to come together and share those experiences. learning and growing with each other has been so empowering. this is a landmark year for women in government. we have a record number of women serving in congress, and in january, our country welcomes the first woman swarmed into the

the national picture. is interesting because. we see that in rana and that innate there is a government of us social democrats green and that is interesting the liberals the liberals that stand for economic strength and growth just that stand for low taxes and that basically would not be thought to be a member of such a correlation and now this might be also. at chance for them to have a government in the national elections together with the green and the social democrats and therefore that city will must show again that they are the integrative bake option of body i want to ask you about the c.d.u. of looking at the september election on the national level what do you think that your party needs to do at this point to improve its fortunes particularly in light of the mask procurement scandals. well. our faction has already taken the strict measures to give more transparency of. private business activities of members of parliament i think they have transparency is needed to give back. what what people need done by distrust and pol

the d.c. national guard received a letter from the d.c. government requesting national guard support for the d.c. metro police at 30 traffic control points and six metro stations and to make available the d.c. national guard civil support team to support the d.c. fire and emergency services. over the weekend of january 2 and third, my staff contacted the secret service, the park police, the marshals service, the fbi, the capitol police to determine if they plan to request dod assistance. none of these law-enforcement departments indicated a need. the acting secretary of defense approved the d.c. government request for national guard personnel to support 30 traffic control points and six metro stations from january 5 to january 6. they authorized a quick reaction force to be ready at joint base andrews. on january 5, the secretary of the army received a letter from the mayor of d.c. stating they are prepared and coordinated with its federal partners, mainly the park police, capitol police and secret service. based on these communications wit

constitution intact means and what it means to take care of the nation. and that requires the study of history. i love the fact that director wray indicated all of his incoming special agents, they go to the 9/11 memorial and history is the key, but understanding when government works, when it doesn't works, why it doesn't work is a big part of civic education. i know we're limited in the opening round to 48 minutes each so i need to be careful to limit my talking points. i have two more. we can't always assume that the people in government, so we're talking about civic education. i might note that that starts with government and not necessarily -- we shouldn't assume that everyone in government know the civics we would like them to know and here i'm focused not on the structure of government, the what of government, but the why of government. i found that a lot of times when i was explaining the law to senior officials or other foreclosures, they knew what the law was, they knew what the constitution said or says, they didn't understand the why. a lot of

this is about the foundation of our national security and the foundation of national power and look forward to continuing our efforts to build this service, again, with our foot on the accelerator to be able to meet the mission, our critical mission we've been given. jen: ok. let's dive a little bit more on the threat side. the center for strategic and international studies came out with their report, defense against the dark in space, that looked at protecting space access of counterspace involving russia, china, and iran. what can you tell us about the stress and challenges we face in the space domain? and diving a little bit deeper, can you, now you're working to unclassify things a little bit more, can you say more in this unclassified forum steps you're actively taking to defend satellites in a way that doesn't create more space debris or risk moving a confrontation in space, into a conflict in space or elsewhere? general raymond: in my opening remarks, i went through a pretty significant and detailed walk-through of the threats that we're seeing. that spectrum of threats is alive and

the commanding general of the d.c. nationaluard testifying today that he was frustrated and stunned that it took more than three hours to get permission to move guardsmen to the capitol. here's cnn's oren liebermann. >> reporter: this moment you see here, it look 3 hours and 19 minutes to deploy the d.c. national guard to help secure the capitol. at 1:49 p.m. a frantic call pleading for help. >> chief sund, his voice cracking with emotion indicated there was a dire emergency at the capitol. >> reporter: but major general william walker, commander of the d.c. guard, says his hands were tied. walker had guardsmen at the army but be needed approval from his superiors. that included a 40-person quick reaction force that had been tasked to help with traffic control. >> just to be clear the secretary of defense said i could use it as a last resort. but the secretary of the army says that i could only use it after he gave me permission. >> reporter: some 30 minutes later, as this was unfolding on capitol hill, d.c. officials got on th

how do your findings support the national reserve digital core which leverages the workforce and national service? >> thank you. one of the recommendations is the formation of the cybersecurity reserve that is made up of individuals that previously served in the u.s. government cyber security experts have less federal government but are willing to participate for the research capacity in the event of a national emergency. we think that that is, coupled with the specific individual ready reserve which is an opportunity for individuals without any prior military experience to be able to volunteer there is a critical skill set both of them are listed in the recommendations. >> what about building this out through the national guard or through the rotc or the jrotc program? >> we do look at junior rotc as a pathway to introduce individuals to potential service in the military and we talk about expanding the utilization of the armed services vocational aptitude battery career exploration program which only about 15% of high school students participate in and that's not just about getting them

one, for the first time in over a hundred years we're seeing a global pandemic. this nationwe didn't have a true federal response. so the mismessaging that was coming from the federal government, state governments and local governments created a level of confusion that should never have been in place. secondly, the fact that this pandemic was politicized. the wearing of a mask was politicized. so you had people questioning whether or not the legitimacy of the pandemic with something she should be concerned with. and we would like the federal leadership to create space to take information and direction in which it's not healthy for our communities. thirdly, the question of the truth, we've seen over the last four years the movement away from what we can all agree on are a set of facts. when you don't have a baseline set of facts it leads to misinterpretation that took away from the reality that public health experts should be leading this conversation, not politicians who allowed it to be partisan, therefore, factual information was oftentimes dismissed with conspiracy theori

all three are fixtures at our reagan national defense forum. our plan is for the reagan national defense forum to be back in the reagan library and see me valley, caliphate -- simi valley, california by the end of the year. -- in recognition of his distinguished career as secretary of defense, cia corrector, -- director, and a distinguished career in congress. one of his successors, mark esper, is with us. just months after concluding his service. his best distinction is his perfect attendance record at every reagan national defense forum. he is a john mccain distinguished fellow at the john mccain center for international leadership. rounding out our panel is one of his colleagues, former -- h.r. mcmaster. he is now teaching at -- all three of these men have wore the test worn the uniform of our country -- worn the uniform of our country. all have served with purpose and principle. the key view, although not as a sara lee unanimous, about the threats and challenges we face. i think they all agree on the end goal, promote american -- as a way to -- threat to forei

since 2011, we've been to more than 200 communities across the nation. r staff is staying close to home due to the coronavirus. next, look at one of our cities tour visits. >> the great lakes are important to the region and continent for a of reasons. the most important is the fact that it is 21% of the world's freshwater, 84% of freshwater, and that is vital to who we are. they consist of five likes. are here at the national museum of the great lakes, dedicated to the history of the great lakes. not just the toledo area but the entire great lakes. toledo has a huge history in terms of the great lakes. they've been building ships in this area back to the 1830's. they are still working and operating the port today. it's a town that would not be here without lake erie and the rest of the great lakes to help support it. when we developed the museum here, we started by looking at the great lakes as powerful forces. it's a life force. it helps give life and bring life here. there is a shaping force which shapes how this area was developed as people moved in he