the national guard is no differentt. d personnel have fought i will rock in afghanistan, aided countless civilians to natural disasters and providing essential health care andal support to fight the current covid pandemic. yet, they suffer from a convoluted understaffed system of sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention program, complex and cumbersome reporting process and lack of justice. the numbers are staggering yet the data is lacking according to the dod 2019 annual report on sexual assault in thehe militar, the number of reported sexual assault in the guard jumped wide from 173 in 2009 to 607 in 2019. more than a three 100% increase. beyond that, little data exists. i've been advocating for progress for more than ten years, the numbers don't tell even a fraction of the story. the individual stories of guard personnel caught in a web of confusingca bureaucracy are harrowing. stories like the west virginia army national guard officer then lieutenant teresa james was raped in her hotel room by superior officer,

the slope below the national monument. that wall is not simply an architectural feature, it is a levy -- levee. when the city of washington was settled, the second largest creek met the potomac near today's world war ii memorial. the map provided to george washington in 1793 shows that at that time to get from the white house to where the washington monument stands, you needed a boat. today, the water that used to run on the surface flows through underground sewers through much of the city from near the capital, down the length of the mall. the land has been filled in and constitution avenue is lined by buildings, including museums of the smithsonian. the threat posed by the natural topography remain. a new york times article -- in detail how water has started to intrude upon the national museum of american history, seeping into the basement floors, ceilings, gaps. the museum staff has struggled valiantly, sometimes with little -- [no audio] [please stand by] [please stand by] >> joining us is the director of smithsonian fa

the national guard is no different. guard personnel have fought in the wars in aided countless natural disasters, and are providing healthcare and support to fight the current covid-19 pandemics. yet they suffer from a convoluted and understaffed system of sexual assault sexual harassment prevention program. cumbersome and lack of justice. the numbers are staggering to get data is lacking. according to the dod in ain report on the sexual assault in the military, the number of reported sexual assaults in the guard jumped nationwide from 173 and 2009 to 607 and 2019. more than a three 100% increase. beyond that, little data exists. i've been advocating for progress for more than ten years. those numbers do not tell even a fraction of the story. the cot in a web are harrowing. teresa james, who was raped inr her hotel room by a superior officer. consistently disbelief and retaliated against until the national guard bureau investigation finally found the perpetrator quote used intimidation and fear to sexually assault her re

we nominate them to the national register. that's one of the categories of properties that can go on the national register along with district structures sites and in the case of the shuttles all three of them the discovery and and company that are that were remaining and that were at some point ready to be accessed. we save them we documented them and we made sure that they would be protected and they are now at the three remaining shuttles are now in california at the johnson space center in houston and at in florida at kennedy space center in museum and being interpreted and so we we saved them because they were an important part of our cultural patrimony save them and every part of them that motors generators every every the rockets everything was recorded and saved. now who does the actual recording and chronically? well, of course and let me just say that the agency involved there was nasa federal agency and they had responsibility. they owned them. so the agency that does the recording is a there are two agencies that do

engineers and the national parkk service. n enacted member of the silver jacket. 2006 there was significant in the area. an various actions were taken. in the area implemented during a study identified under national mall, and the time of the impact of flooding. in 2018 they engaged a strategy and identify barriers to a systemwide solution mentioned including the lack of authority and funding and financing of projects. many feel this way integrated in terms of governance and policies and comprehensive solution that serve multiple purposes. despite efforts so far for a single agency that has authority he needed to manage and implement that project in federal triangle. fault not only under emergency management but land use and many other d.c. agencies. individuals with systemwide solutions required to manage the complexity in that area affording the opportunity to speak with you today. and i look forward too answering any questions you may have it. >> thank you, and thanks to all three of our witnesses for their very excellent t

this was brought about by the national cancer act over 50 years ago. aded by the nixon administration and president nixon personally, democrats and republicans came together in 1971 to transform medical research and treatment, and that is what i cannot -- why i cannot think of a better location for today's conference. and it is my fondest hope that we will come away from this conference with a renewed appreciation for what humanity can accomplish when we dedicate resources and commit to a common goal. so let's begin the day with a discussion about how the national cancer act changed from observing manifestations of cancer and looking at empirical innovations for treatment to one of looking at the mechanisms of cancer and employing rational, targeted interventions. so it is important to start our conference in this way to understand the most amazing transition. based on understanding of mechanisms -- reality for acute and chronic diseases and paved the way in the not-too-distant future for medicine in which we as a society not only eliminate disease but

the national basketball association. i am just saying, that impression would have gotten me on saturday night live. i am excited we are all gathered here on one of the biggest nights to celebrate one of the biggest awards and brightest most game changing talent in the industry. a host last nominee, i know all about that. the producer is in my ear talking to me. i am not nominated this evening? for anything? are you sure? there is still time for me to get nominated and be a dark horse winner tonight. [laughter] available everywhere. okay. check out this excerpt from my book in which i talk about performance ally ship. basically, white guilt is a comic. it always has a sob story. constantly caught up in the drama without realizing she is a key architect in the spectacle that is her life. always getting fired and acting why she does not know why. she was making movies to bring home to your cap. she dm to me and told me he wishes he had wrote that. they are telling me that is also not true. while i deal with being the susan l

is that the flood risk as well the national zoo? d then to create risk with that floodplain area just like the triangle there is an area and then to pay attention to some other types to protect that but in comparison. >> and we will think all of vethe witnesses for the testimony here today. answer real-time now need to take steps to protect the smithsonian. we have a blueprint for doing that. i am encouraged the planning and bipartisan support for the two new museums the location will be deeply informed by the climate change challenge but what has been made clear to me that this is clearly beyond what the smithsonian said with the department of agriculture and the department of education is in the floodplain as well andnd the botanical gardens are not built to withstand the splitting. i do think we need to contact the oversight committee but there needs to be a broader examination including the gsa on —- andnd the corps of engineers so we can make a plan for climate resiliency sooner rather than later. and one of my colleagues it is

and that was all before the national cancer institute. in fact, i've always sort of wondered what impact that work had on the passing of the national cancer act. because it was well known that we had done that. and, of course, the major figure in that whole story that's not here is howard was a great scientist and had for ten years been saying that this is how things were going to play out. once the national cancer act was passed, there was a national commitment to taking this knowledge that we had an expanding it out. and there was a recognition that i must say to me, that recognition was embodied in -- who was the head of the national cancer panel, i guess is what it was called. because he said to me, he said this money is not going to go down a path that we can investigate cancer traditionally. it's going to go to fundamental work so we can understand it from the bottom up, what it means to be a cancer cell and what it means to drive a cancer cell to continual division. that's how it worked. >> brilliant. we'll come back to some of that

, i think the only nation that has come out of every crisis stronger than it went into the crisis. that's not hyperbole. we have a crisis, we come out and we are stronger. i think that's where we are again. i think we have a chance to restate and reassert our world leadership on a whole range of issues and everything from the environment to dealing with the issues of immigration, a whole range of issues. the american breeze -- rescue plan gives us the resources to to do many of those things. there is a lot of challenges out there. we are not even talking directly to them today but the surge of gun violence since the start of the pandemic. it's clear we should use these funds to combat violent crime as well. that includes hiring additional police officers and investing in community violence enter vegan. i know you are making those investments in michigan and new jersey and ohio. a lot of you are making them all over the country. another national challenges we need to bring back workers to better jobs with debto

being pursued as an ongoing matter by the cops of the national ar kivs, by the investigators at the national archives, involving one of the two sets of forged documents sent in to the national archives by arizona republicans pretending to bees electors whe in fact, they were not. tell me more. nicholas wu from politico.com has doneom seminal work from th beginning and he is here to tell ushe more about that in a few minutes. we've got a lot to cover tonight. it has been kind of a packed news day. everything from the wild swings of the dow jones today. to president biden getting caught on a hot mic calling a reporter a, an uncomplimentary thing. he insulted the reporter's intelligence. which is never a nice thing to say to someone for sure. and it's not like calling him of the people. but still. still not a nice thing. and we're going to be talking tonight about the now fevered pitch worry that vladimir putin is going to launch yet another war. the u.s. has put thousands of troopswa on heightened alert status for potential deployment to eastern europe. family members of staff of u.s. embassy

or can we expect more extreme flooding in the national mall? back it is not worst-case. the area depicted, we as a nation determined in terms of insurance and management recreation in terms of development has been developed at historical data to map it out, we haven't begun to look at future conditions i mentioned but according to science -based recording, we are looking at what the future would look like and now whether or not historical data is enough to design a system and plan an area. to answer your question -- >> thank you so you think it could beis worse than we shoulde considering other portions of the national mall, what sort of threat is placed on the national mall already to the smithsonian historical artifacts, should they change plans for new museums being built on the mall box. >> as i mentioned, the complexity of the area, think about the area as the bottom of a bowl. we have water coming from all sidess., water from up and you have the rainfall coming down from the sky that we cannot manage. another type of flooding mentioned, there are areas in d.c. on to

>> i don't recall the national guard police. i never spoke to the secretary of army was handling that relationship. but there must be a formal request. there cannot be a phone call that says, "hey, we need help." you cannot deployed troops in america it is unlawful unless the national guard pursuant to a legal and lawful request that has to come from the head of the agency. >> sean: last question. you went to this committee before this committee. i read that they were asking more questions about afghanistan, which seems rather odd to me. but you have a timeline of the events that day. you were backed up by the inspector general, department of defense in terms of you taking the right actions. my question to you, what is in that timeline that people need to know? >> no, fantastic question. it is backed up by writing. mayor bowser written refusal, the communication between the leader in the capitol police and chain of command to the dod refusing our request to allow national guardsmen and women to stage january 4, january 5, before

scott weaver, director for the national windstorm impact reduction program, or nwirp at the department of commerce's national institute of standards and technical, known as nist. nwirp is focused on reduction of loss of life and property from windstorms. through a coordinated federal effort involving fema, nist, noaa and nsf. since our inception in 2004, the program has made notable progress towards efforts to reduce windstorm impacts. this includes significant improvements in hurricane forecasts and increased tornado warning times, improved advancements for engineering-based design standards, improved coordination practices and research support for post windstorm investigations, and implementation of research-based recommendations into codes, standards and practices. despite these achievements, the nation continues to experience increased loss of life and property due to these extreme weather events. windstorms and associated flooding are the largest loss producing natural hazards in the u.s. every state in the country is exposed to windstorm hazards from one or more storm types. over

i am the director for the national production program at the department of commerce national institute of standards and technology, nist. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. we focus on achieving major measurable reduction in loss of life and property from windstorms three coordinated federal effort involving fema, nist, noaa and nsf. have made notable progress to reduce windstorm impact. this includes significant improvement hurricane forecast and increased tornado warning time, advancing wind mapping to engineering based designs, research support proposed windstorm investigation, and implementation of research-based recommendation encodes, standards and practices. despite these achievements nation continues to experience loss of life and property due to these events. windstorms and associated flooding are the largest loss producers in the u.s. every state in the country is exposed to windstorm hazards from one or more storms. over the last 40 years windstorms caused over $1 trillion in economic loss in over 8000 fatalities. the greatest of these are associated with to

and with the fastest-growing in the nation earlier this year. re mart usa is doubling the campus creating 650,000 square-foot facility and adding over 300 acres to the industrial park and they are preparing 300 new career homes to support that growth black hills harley davidson led the world in h harley sales. [applause] in fact, no harley-davidson dealership anywhere has ever seen the revenue backlog on —- black hills harley received and that was driven by our strong economy of tourism , maybe the visitors to the sturgis rally. [laughter] and thetu work ethic of those that run the dealership black hills harley is not just a dealership. and then you rapid city and the property to be used as a headquarters for fire response they gave firefighters and first responders for use of facilities and didn't want anything in return. and they are thriving because here in south dakota the government gets out of the way. we are free here in south dakota that we cannot take that freedom for granted president reagan and reminded us freedom is never more than on

[applause] >ounder and president of the national action network reverend al sharpton. >> the martin martin day holiday, day of recognition, national holiday takes on special meaning to the national action network. i started my activism when i was 13 years old formally started it. as youth director of the new york chapter of operation breadbasket founded by dr. king. i took that position the year he was killed. this organization from its inception said that we would build on the principles of dr. martin luther king. so this is not a holiday that is something imposed upon the calendar. it is something we fought for. we didn't fight for it to be a day off. we fought for it to be a day on. working under principles and realization of what dr. king stood for. no time in my memory is more important than today as we battle around voting rights, police reform, economic equality. there couldn't be a time more pregnant with the possibilities of seeing dr. king's dream and the things he fought for being preserved and defended. so, even though because of the covid-19 pandemic and we wanted to respect t

but also it the national action network's board of directors, to all the people who follow the national action network. every year that we observe the king holiday, it feels differently. and this year perhaps more different than ever before because, as andrea shared, we have been working on protecting, preserving and expanding the right to vote and saving or democracy. dad and mom taught us that it takes only a few good women and men to bring about change. right at this moment our united states senate is embarked upon voting rights legislation and looks maybe very dark in terms of victory. but what we know in our tradition is that when it is darkest, as my wife often says, we look to the stars. and we know in our tradition somehow we have to make a way out of no way. because that has been our plight. but i'm grateful that we have all the partners working with us and all national a unions working with us. and over 1,000 favorite leaders working -- faith leaders working with us and so many more. we need two get on or phones and call our senators or text our senators or even use the kids'

recreation is the largest economic output of our national forest system. it is the single greatest driver of connecting the american people to our national forests and grasslands. in fact, recreation, hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing together sustain more jobs than any other activity on or in our national forests and grasslands. like others last year we experienced a record setting and president visitation levels to our national forest system lands, 168 million visitors with 18 million new visitors in one year change. as agency has driven more resources to address our wildfire crisis our ability to focus on delivering this premier program is that meeting the current public demand. therefore congressional action been helpful in helping us in such of those bills being discussed today. one example i might give of a great success has been the great american outdoors act which is been critical to address are nearly 6 billion and infrastructure deferred maintenance backlog in the last three years with address to if i find recreation sites, 106 water systems,

by the investigators at the national archives. involving one of the two sets the forged documents sent into the national archives by arizona republicans pretending to be electors when they were not. tell me more. nicholas lowe from politico.com has done seminal work on this story from the very beginning, he's here tonight to tell us more about that in just a few minutes. excited to hear about that, we've got a lot to cover today that a packed news day everything from the wild swings of the dow jones, to president biden getting caught on a hot night cone operated as an uncomplicated thing. he insulted the reporters intelligence, which is never a nice thing to say someone for sure. it's not like economy calling in the animated people but still. not a nice thing. when are we talking tonight to the now fevered pitch to worry of vladimir putin's gonna launch another war. the u.s. has spent thousands of troops on heightened alert status with potential deployment eastern europe. family members of staff of the embassies in kyiv, and ukrain

south africa's parliament building has been badly damaged and a major fire and the national assembly chamber gutted dozens of fire fighters were cooled into battle blaze which sent a plume of smoke rising over cape town. a man is in custody over the fire. it's caused is still being investigated. the fire had already been burning for hours when security guards discovered it at around 6 in the morning. fire crews raced to the scene but were unable to stop the flames from spreading to the national assembly building where south africa's parliaments. it's. that is a very sad day for our democracy because parliament is the home of our democracy and bonnie minutes also as the d g. a key point of all messages will be investigated. the police have started to investigate the forensic department here. public works easier. we all together, reinforcements were called and some 60 fire fight, as eventually brought the blaze under control, but not before it had done extensive damage. visiting the scene, south african president, cyril ramos also also promised a thorough inquiry if somebody is being he

the same risks. as our nation has battled the pandemic, our communities have relied on our guardsmen to help protect our nation from the deadly virus. these heroes are essential to keeping our families and our nation safe but current law falls short of delivering the benefits they deserve. with the dward and reserve g.i. bill parity act we will ensure that every day that our reservists and guardsmen, heroes, that serve in uniform, will count toward their g.i. benefits. and in doing so we will lift up hundreds of thousands of current and future veterans across the nation to that they too will have the opportunity they need to thrive in the 21st century economy. let me be clear ensuring every service member has equal access to benefits is an issue of fairness. when we pass this legislation we will build on a proud, bipartisan progress forged by generations of lawmakers in this chamber and in the senate as well. we show our heroes that they will always have our unwavering support and we honor the sacrifice on the bat

now, given up, the national assembly chamber has been destroyed. we know that parliament is supposed to have its meeting of february, that is the joints seat in parliament where the president delivers the state of the nation address. from what we understand that wake is expected to continue, but it would then mean that and out of what needs to be done to maybe repair or alternative arrangements made. but as the president said, the work of parliament will continue. and he says he's in touch with the speaker parliament as well as the chairperson of the council of provinces. these are the 2 bodies that sit at the national assembly or the seat of parliament in south africa . but that commitment that we have from the president and the date at least that we know has been set for that join sitting. is that beginning of february and whether that will come with arrangements made. we will have to wait and see. violence has broken out during protests against corona, virus restrictions in the netherlands. thousands of people turned out in amsterdam to demonstra

it's also where the president, pits the state of the nation address. and it's also where nelson mandela was elected as the 1st black president of south africa following the new democracy. and this is where we deliver his inaugural address and 994 governments around the world to grappling with how to control searching cases of current of ours. thousands of people in amsterdam have defied a ban on protest to ruddy against strict terrain of iris measures. netherlands imposed a nation wide locked down 2 weeks ago, shutting all non essential stores, bars and restaurants, and not expected to last until january. the 14th in england, secondary students will have to wear masks when schools reopen after the christmas break. a daily record of more than 162000 cases was recorded in the count saturday, largely driven by the on the chrome variant and in bangladesh. a campaign has belonged to vaccinate $40000000.00 people each month. it's hoping to not slate 70 percent of the population by april. let's say now from 19 barbara who's at a vaccination center in london an

has been transitioning further into a consumption based economy, china's export to the nation rose more than 25 percent for the year to $576000000000.00. while imports from the us grew more than 30 percent to $179000000000.00. now giving the u. s. a. nearly $400000000000.00 trade deficit with the nation. china's trade surplus with the world's number one economy has been whiting over the last 2 years after narrowing during the trump administration in 20182019 i'm. it's that trade war. so let's go ahead and take a little deeper into all of this with boom by co host script the i and john quality of the dean and the miami herbert business school. they both for being here, didn't quote. so i want to start with you on this. what's the takeaway here from all these numbers? is this more about increased production out of china or nations elsewhere? just consuming more thanks brand, on the demand side, china has done a very commendable job. but since a start of coven of clamping down hard on outbreaks of cove, it and doing its absolute best to maintain production and it's factories and flow throu

they also have the national security law. ok for the us to have their national security law? but it's not ok for hong kong and china to have our own national security law? why is that? i find it very hypocritical, especially if you consider the national security, the highest penalty was actually death penalty in the us, when the highest penalty in hong kong is only life imprisonment. so how is that any different? as amnesty international has said, looking at the national security law, "almost anything could be deemed a threat to national security under its provisions. it could apply to anyone on the planet, at least in theory". now, in response to that, one of your colleagues, pro—beijing legislator alice mak, said, "if hong kong is a police state, why not? i don't think there's any problem with a police state." maybe it's just that she's a bit more honest than you. what she said has nothing to do with the national security law because we have enforcement agency, which i think has been doing a good job since 2019. if we take

the cost president has now address the nation. a cassim jermarta to kaya described the protesters as quote, hooligans with a financial motive who are endangering people's lives is about a harsh security response. that's after a moped storm of the administrative building in the larger city. almighty. the, these are pictures from just the last few hours, showing the administration building on via a gun fire could be heard and security forces were seen retreating from a nearby square. this all fled up ultimately a new year when the catholic government lifted a capital in the price of liquefied natural gas l. n. g. it's widely used in cars, cars, it's done and has been heavily subsidized. so as the price of skyrocketed the entire economy felt the impact the me demonstrations have spread through smaller cars like towns and cities. this unverified video appeared on social media, shows a crowd of protesters trying to break into the government building in october. that's in the west of context on a police could be seen using water cannon a

so the cherokee nation does that and they they like the choctaw nation? are forced to grant citizenship? grant citizenship, but then do all kinds of things to limit your political rights, right? so they're the freed people are able to be citizens and to access land but they are there are other kinds of limitations placed on political rights and civil rights. yeah. well on that note. i'm afraid to say we're actually out of time. i really really enjoyed our conversation. i want to thank the audience that providing us with great questions. i apologize if we didn't get to your question by really appreciate them all and i also want to say i appreciate the sentiments of the people who simply say, you know, this was a great talk. thank you very much and that kind of thing guys. i couldn't agree more. so thanks to the audience. thanks to to the donors to the virginia center for civil war studies. they are very generous that they have been very generous over the 20 or so years. the center has been an operation and they make possible everything we do. so, thank you,

in mid february, james bays al jazeera at the united nations. the russian foreign minister has said this morning that his country does not want war, so elaborate is expecting to meet with his us counterpart, anthony blinking in the coming weeks used to be at the very ship authorities, if it depends on the russian federation. we don't want war, but we also want allow interest to be violated. i can say that the negotiations are over, the americans and nato are studying proposals, dosage about a joint live now from the bureau in moscow. so daughter is this slightly optimistic . i mean the shift the optics just enough to mr. blinking to work again with mr. leverett. well, i think it gives a slight glimmer of hope, but whether or not it will be enough to ward off this crisis. we'll have to wait and see because the decision that we're all waiting for here is from the russian president vladimir putin. he received the u. s. response on thursday, and the officials here and waiting to see what the president will decide to do next and how to respond the for

the and cai. as you point out chairwoman, tribal nations are on the front lines of climate change . every region is deeply impacted by climate change. however, even as tribal nations are faced with a severe climate change impacts our traditional ecological practices have allowed our communities to develop and implement our own innovative approaches in addressing the climate crisis. with this week's white house tribal nations summit and presidential envoy john kerry inviting us to sit on the delegation , this is a critical time for meetings like this to happen so our indigenous voices and solutions are heard. to facilitate the committee's work today, my strategy will highlight how the committees decan support climate change initiatives. additionally i'll highlight some of the discussions that happened at cost 26 with our international indigenous communities and allies. tribal nations have taken care of their land and natural resources since time immemorial. that's with traditional ecological knowledge and practices tribal nations across indian country have been able to respond to clim

the politicalfray. i nationdogs that became trapped in a fox den in italy, have been rescued. firefighters dug with their bare hands to free the animals, in a rescue operation lasting around five hours. fire crews say the dogs were uninjured and became stuck after chasing a fox into the underground tunnel. a community support club in california has come up with an unusual way to recycle christmas trees — with the help of some goats. the independence ah family club in santa rosa wanted to raise money by collecting old christmas trees, after their funds were dented by the pandemic. luckily, some goats on a farm owned by the club's leader were more than happy to help out by muching their way through donations. the group has collected almost 100 trees in their first weekend, and plans to start distributing extra trees to goat farms around the county. let's get the weather with carol. hgppy happy year. kind it, as the colder cuts in, a few showers coming in on the brisk winds come across england and wales. and we als