this lecture is at george washington university january 6. officials were talking about the gaza incursion. that appears to be hasan. but we have not confirmed that it is, in fact, him. keep it here on hln for the latest on the ft. hood shooting investigation and the day's other top stories. >>> the number of u.s. banks that failed this year just climbed to 120. five more banks went under yesterday. they've all been taken over by other banks so customers can keep using their checks and debit cards. but those fiveba banks were bas in california, michigan, minnesota, georgia, and missouri. the highest number of bank failures in one year since 1992. a federal fund to cover failed banks is running low. >>> a florida jury has convicted a man who said he was too fat to kill. jurors rejected his lawyer's claims that he was too fat to run up a flight of stairs to shoot his former son-in-law. he weighed 285 pounds at the time. hell his lawyer plans to appeal the convicti conviction. >>> you wonder what happens to all of the plastic forks, cups, bottle

only field speculation that in 1996, kira is co-author, professor of path college at george washington university school of law took the unusual step of encouraging a local district attorney to convene a corners inquest some 187 years after the fact. the transcript of the inquest is included in its entirety in kira's book. doctor stardust has worked with a louisville to petition a national park service to allow them to exhume loses body for forensic examination. kira is also the author of the lewis and clark road trips, exploring the trail across america. she worked on projects with the nebraska humanities council, organized the first nebraska literature festival and served on the board for the nebraska center for the books. her studies in early nebraska history and in lewis and clark lead her to a search of documents related to the upper louisiana territory where lewis served as governor where he died. from discoveries and she made, she presented case for a new theory as to the cause of loosest death. she also maintains a website, death of merriweather lewis.com and a blog as the facts related t

like my father wrote his dissertation at the university of washington clam for me. he has a master's in fishery science. and his master's thesis recites a the university of washington. 1967 or 68 is when he published -- >> host: not a lot of demand? >> guest: i'm sorry to say, dad, a few hundred people have read it or maybe more. that's the kind of book that might. it's out of print, it's been printed ones, it's in the library of the university of washington and this is the kind of book that google would work with university of washington library to get access to come to scan and then eventually offer for print cord however you wanted to receive it and that's the other portion that's quite interesting about this is that the book world is changing so much that we don't know how people are going to access the books. it may be on your phone. it tablets like the kindle free turkoman your laptop, a completely form we don't know. and that's why a lot of the competitors of googled and antitrust experts are very concerned about exactly how this is written because it could af

but this video is from a lecture at george washington university on january 6. israel's ambassador to the u.s. and other officials were talking about the gaza incursion. that appears to be hasan. but we have not confirmed that it is, in fact, him. keep it here on hln for the latest on the ft. hood shooting investigation and the day's other top stories. >>> the number of u.s. banks that failed this year just climbed to 120. five more went under yesterday. they've all been taken over by other banks, so customers can keep using their checks and debit cards. those five banks were based in california, michigan, minnesota, georgia, and missouri. this is the highest number of u.s. bank failures in one year since 1992. a federal fund to cover failed banks is running low. >>> a florida jury has convicted a man who said he was too fat to kill. jurors rejected the lawyers' claims that he was too fat to run up a flight of stairs to shoot his former son-in-law. edward ates weighed 285 pounds. 40-year-old victim was in a custody battle with ates' daughter. ates' lawyer plans

. >> i am with george washington university -- when i heard about the cbo baseline for ketcham when we had impressive economic growth 10 years ago, we thought that full economic growth could reach lower rates and 4% unemployment was feasible and maybe that was given up in the early 1970's. with the economic crisis we have, have we had to give up on that goal or that sense that we could have a good level of employment at 3 or 4%. is that possibility gone given what we know about our economy now? >> economists agree that the sustainable level of unemployment is not a natural constant like pi or the speed of light. it is something that response to policies and people's behavior. we have thought for some time that that natural rate or the non-accelerating rate of unemployment will move around. it is difficult to know where it is at any point in time. the general view is that when push -- that certain sorts of changes in the economy and changes in policy can raise or lower it. there is substantial concern, i think, among experts, we had a meeting of economic advisers a few weeks ago, and on

he is a professor of forensic law ensign said george washington university and has conducted many investigations of mysterious deaths and historical mysteries including exhuming the remains of jesse james. whenever he decides to do an exhumation he first gets the written consent of family members. lewis' family members wholeheartedly support and exhumation. starting with meriwether lewis cost of food they have questioned whether his death was a suicide. over 200 collateral descendants have signed petitions asking for exhumation. they have set up a public-- they have set up a web site and hired a public relations firm. their web site is called solve the mystery.org. they are neutral on the subject as to whether it was murder or suicide and simply want to solve the mystery, as they say. professor starrs is also neutral. i however believe it was murder. and i'd make the case for murder in the third section of the book. after the exhumation takes place, the family wants to have a christian reburial with military honors at the mary whether bill is national monument in gravesite. the monuments and gra

welcome to the 31st annual national conservative student comment here at george washington universityand hosted by young america's foundation. my name is patrick and i make interns don't have the foundation. young america's foundation is a premier organization to educate students on the principles of limited government, individual liberty, a strong national defense and traditional value. a also host a campus lecture series through which you can have such speakers as newt gingrich, walter williams and anne coulter for more information i urge all to go to www.y. ef.org or call us at 800 u.s.a. 1776. and now for these moderator. doctor lee edwards is a distinguished cell and conservative thought of the heritage foundation, an adjunct professor at the catholic university of america and chairman of the victims of memorial foundation dedicated to the victims of comment is a memorial in 2007. he is the author of 20 books including biographies of ronald reagan, barry goldwater, edward nease, histories of the american conservative movement and the heritage foundation. his works have been trans

several of them actually were students of mine at george washington university, who wrote about theirfamilies in a writing class of mine. i operate on the rule of ruthlessly exploiting my students at every possible opportunity and so, several of the stories come from my students in several cases, i had students who acted as scouts, i had a student who was a high school teacher in philadelphia, sent me one family, another was a waitress in a salvadoran restaurant sent me another. in fact, the book is dedicated to my students, because they were such an important part of shaping it. >> did your conceptions of immigration change from writing this? >> why yes and no. the basic notion that immigration is one of the most dramatic and compelling of all human stories never changed. i knew this from my own family history, my grandparents were immigrants, i knew their stories, i knew their lives, i grew up in an immigrant community in new jersey, where everybody i knew was from an immigrant family. so that basic sense of what it takes to be an immigrant, the resilience, the tenacity, the courage

he went to george washington universities and graduated there in 1945. then he went to work for his company's construction company for 12 years. made his fortune but gave so much of it back to the less fortunate. he was rewarded with a world championship, a team that you played for in 1978. we heard much of the last couple of days from some of the former players like kevin griefy and we talked to greg ballard the other night >> phil: that's right. wes unseld, too >> steve: yep. >> reporter: wizards playing the heat for the third time in the month of november. miami has won the first two games and you can see the averages there >> phil: low scoring games. something else that i really like from the team, nine players in that first half. every player has scored at least a point and they distributed the ball well and they have not lost anything on the defensive side. i think, you know, this is a good indication of what they had hoped for. now it's a matter of sustaining this kind of play defensively as well as offensively by going deep into the line-up and h

. >> i'm from george washington university. i was wondering if there are any other countries that are dealing well with outsourcing? i wonder if there are any practices that we can learn from. i don't know what the u.k. is doing, for example. >> tug. -- uh-huh. >> okay, one more question, please. >> kate thompson. we're a usaid contractor as well as a contractor for a lot of other things. and i wanted to ask you to comment on this. you said that there are certain things that only government dock. and i would say to you that it does -- government cannot do and has proven that it cannot rebuild countries. >> uh-huh. >> and it has proven that it can't do other things in the development arena as well as lawyers and bankers and other -- and doctors and other people who you only draw from the private sector. >> uh-huh. >> i think the last statistic i saw about usaid if they beefed up to provide all the services they currently contract the organization would be over 100,000 people. >> uh-huh. >> i'm not sure that that that's the best

household that uses food stands at some point during their childhood, a poverty expert at washington university of st. louis. his study entailed estimating the risk of food stamp use and impoverishment during childhood, which is published in the archives of pediatrics, and they found 90% of african-american children will be on food stands at some point in their life. nearly 25% of all american children will be in households that use food stamps for five years or more. 91% of children of single mothers, single parents, will be in households receiving food stamps. 91%. another study coming out from the department of agriculture says 14% of americans are now short on food. 49 million americans, one in seven, struggle to get enough to eat. the highest level in 14 years. here we are -- these workers and their families, the new working poor, unable to put enough food and not -- food on the table for their children or even for themselves. they are facing in comes that are being depleted, facing job insecurity, bankruptcies and foreclosures a record high -- and what does the congress do? out of touch a

. >> i am with george washington university. when i heard about the cbo baseline forecast, and in a press conference a few years ago, we thought that full employment could reach lower rates by 1%, feasible. and then we began to think 6% was the best that we could achieve. and with the economic crisis that we have now, we have had to give up on the goal of that 4% or 3% goal. is that a possibility, given what we know now about our paul -- our economy? >> economists agree that the sustainable level of unemployment is not a natural constant, like the pi or the speed of light. it responds to policies and also people's behavior. that rate -- what we would call the non-accelerated inflation rate of unemployment, it will move around. but it is difficult where tonight -- to know where it is at any point in time. certain sorts of changes in the economy, and in policies can raise or lower it. there's substantial concern now among experts -- we had a meeting of the economic advisers, and one of the top things that we discussed what those e

it was a graduate of washington academy, later washington lee university in hampton city college. and after several years represented the baltimore and ohio railroad in virginia. the railroad ran straight to harpers ferry on its way from baltimore to wheeling and was one of the most influential corporations in the country. in the courts of his words to the dml, hunter made contact with imports in men maryland and virginia and a masked personal fortune. he lives in a house called hunter hill on the eastern edge of charlestown. despite his obvious stability, hunter was a rather odd choice for the prosecuting attorney. for he was heavily burdened with what we would today call conflicts of interest. first he was personally related to one of the principal victims of brown's violence in harpers ferry, a man named fontaine back him. that was the mayor of harpers ferry and in charge of the local business at the bnl railroad. during brown's raid he was peering around a water tower at the edge of the arsenal grounds, when a shot from the engine house in which brown and his men had taken ref

. >> george washington university and district of columbia government. i was wondering, what i heard about the cbo forecast, we had a president of growth 10 years ago where people on unemployment could reach the were rates and maybe with stagflation in the 1970's, six cassettes that was the best we could achieve, and with the -- economic 6% was the best we can achieve, and with the economic situation now, is that goal gone, given what we know about the economy? >> but economists agree that the sustainable level of unemployment -- i think economists agree that the sustainable level of on the planet is not a natural constant like -- sustainable level of unemployment is not in a jar constant like pi or the speed of light. the rates will move around, but it is difficult to know where it is at any point in time. the general view is that when economies have certain sorts of changes, in terms of the change -- deterrence of the change in policy can change -- the terms of the change in policy can change it. what we have discussed this with experts thought would b

their childhood said mark rink, a poverty expert at the george warren school of social work at washington university. his steady entitled estimating the risk of food stamp use an empowerments with in the adolescent medicine found 90% of african-american children will be on food stamps at some point in their life. nearly one-quarter of all american children will be in households that use food stamps for five years or more. 91% of children of single mothers, of single parents will be in households receiving food stamps. 91%. another study says 14% of americans are now short on food, more than 49 million americans, one in seven struggle to get enough to eat. the highest level in 14 years. so here we are, these workers and their families are the new working for. they are unable to put enough food on the table for their children or even for themselves. they are facing incomes that are being depleted, facing job insecurity, bankruptcy and foreclosures ed record highs and what does the congress do? they say these impoverished americans which is a big group of americans, you are going to buy health insuran

their childhood said mark rink, a poverty expert at the george warren school of social work at washington university. his steady entitled estimating the risk of food stamp use an empowerments with in the adolescent medicine found 90% of african-american children will be on food stamps at some point in their life. nearly one-quarter of all american children will be in households that use food stamps for five years or more. 91% of children of single mothers, of single parents will be in households receiving food stamps. 91%. another study says 14% of americans are now short on food, more than 49 million americans, one in seven struggle to get enough to eat. the highest level in 14 years. so here we are, these workers and their families are the new working for. they are unable to put enough food on the table for their children or even for themselves. they are facing incomes that are being depleted, facing job insecurity, bankruptcy and foreclosures ed record highs and what does the congress do? they say these impoverished americans which is a big group of americans, you are going to buy health insuran

he talks to students also washington impacted lee university. this is just under 90 minutes. >> what happens in this auditorium will be happening for the next hour, hour and a half. the journalism ethics institute, professor lou hodges put together a lecture in which students join with a distinguished group of journalists and economics against fellows to argue against the rights of cases that they bring along. that seminar takes about seven hours. i know i can hear your disappointment that we haven't invited you to join us for that but i do want to thank these fellows for coming here. these are absurdly busy professionals. if i could ask each of them to stand and wave and be seated and then i'll ask the audience to give all of them a round of applause. first is seals or andrews, who's coming off a 30-year career with guinett company. most recently who led the free press in local reporting in 2009. he's distinguished professor here at w and l. george karas with cbs news sunday? new york. he has produced more than 150 stories. michael getler, curr

was found by his old team at the woods hole oceanographic institution, working with the university of washingtond it "the lost city." its towering limestone formations can stretch up to 180 feet high, some of the tallest undersea spires known to man. >> ballard: look at that. see that upside down pool? >> logan: they form overhangs that trap hot alkaline water rising from vents in the sea floor, creating what look like upside-down pools of water. >> ballard: see the shimmering water? how many other such discoveries are waiting to be tripped over? i vote, a lot. >> logan: the skeptics might say, "so what?" >> ballard: so what? >> logan: so we didn't know this exists. what did that give us? >> ballard: this is showing us that life can exist at far greater extremes than we ever expected, which again increases the probability of finding it elsewhere, not only in the universe, but elsewhere within our own solar system. >> logan: the oceans cover more than 70% of the earth, but most of that has never been explored. >> ballard: we have, you know, better knowledge of mars and the moon than what's a few

was october the fifth, when he appeared with secretary clinton on cnn broadcast from george washington university, he said at the time the minute the president makes his decisions we will get general mcchrystal back here as quickly as possible and up on the hill because i will tell you, there is no one more knowledgeable and more persuasive on these issues than stanley mcchrystal. so without getting into specific date, i think the secretary has been clear, you know, really from the outset of this process that he intends to get there soon after a decision is announced, and he expects the commanding general to do the same. >> thanks for calling me. that time he really didn't see me. >> i didn't see you, you're right. smarty. >> you anticipate that the secretary and the chairman will testify side-by-side and also that general mcchrystal and ambassador eikenberry will testify side-by-side? >> as for, you know, the arrangement, the stagecraft, the participant, i mean, i think those are things that are to be worked out. you can go back and look at previous hearings of this kind and can probably, you kn

their childhood said mark rink, a poverty expert at the george warren school of social work at washington university. his steady entitled estimating the risk of food stamp use an empowerments with in the adolescent medicine found 90% of african-american children will be on food stamps at some point in their life. nearly one-quarter of all american children will be in households that use food stamps for five years or more. 91% of children of single mothers, of single parents will be in households receiving food stamps. 91%. another study says 14% of americans are now short on food, more than 49 million americans, one in seven struggle to get enough to eat. the highest level in 14 years. so here we are, these workers and their families are the new working for. they are unable to put enough food on the table for their children or even for themselves. they are facing incomes that are being depleted, facing job insecurity, bankruptcy and foreclosures ed record highs and what does the congress do? they say these impoverished americans which is a big group of americans, you are going to buy health insuran

mcclure is the director of the national institute of justice, which is based at american university in washington. she has served as judge advocate in the air force from 1997 until last year. she served as prosecutor, based defense counsel and a senior defense council in courts martial. she has represented the united states as an appellate counsel and has argued such high-profile cases as the air force academy rape case. i am going to ask each of our panelists to talk briefly about the really complicated complex and ever-changing issues relating to the fort hood shootings and how that will be played out in the legal proceedings. also, what are the big issues that reporters might want to look out for? would you like to start? >> i would like to also welcome everybody who is here today and has taken the time to come to our media roundtable. we have done this several times in the past. i think it is important to recognize that we are obviously here as a result of the case surrounding the fort hood shootings. it is important to recognize that this is the beginning of what i anticipate will be a long

mcclure is the director of the national institute of justice, which is based at american university in washington. she has served as judge advocate in the air force from 1997 until last year. she served as prosecutor, based defense counsel and a senior defense council in courts martial. she has represented the united states as an appellate counsel and has argued such high-profile cases as the air force academy rape case. i am going to ask each of our panelists to talk briefly about the really complicated complex and ever-changing issues relating to the fort hood shootings and how that will be played out in the legal proceedings. also, what are the big issues that reporters might want to look out for? would you like to start? >> i would like to also welcome everybody who is here today and has taken the time to come to our media roundtable. we have done this several times in the past. i think it is important to recognize that we are obviously here as a result of the case surrounding the fort hood shootings. it is important to recognize that this is the beginning of what i anticipate will be a long

war," which has been praised by the washington times among others as -- for its great scholarship, great storytelling and great fun. a graduate of vanderbilt university, dr. benjamin wiker is a senior discoverer at the seattle institute in washington and at the st. paul center for biblical theology. the author of seven will receive the book, the most recent and provocative is "10 books that screwed up the world: and 5 others that didn't help". dr. elizabeth kantor is the editor of the conservative book club, frequent contributor to cumin events and blog and conservativebookclub.com. she earned her ph.d. in english in chapel hill which experience helped inspire her to write "the politically incorrect guide to english and american literature". ladies and gentlemen please join me in welcoming our first panelist, harry crocker. [applause] >> thank you. i have worked in the book business most of my working life but i never thought to compare the pleasure of holding a book with the pleasure of holding my wife. i am not sure how she would take that if i told her i love holding u.s. much as i love holding the road to serfdom. i remember -- the american spect

teddy roosevelt brought the leaders of the universities to washington, d.c., without legislation, and said get your act together. so we don't always have to have legislation here. and i think his hearing does serve a very, very good purpose. i would like to just concentrate on two things. one is education and the others on the field of course there players have responsibility to be educated and to do the right thing. we had a cornerback for the redskins not too many years ago to head butted a wall before a game and gave himself a concussion. we see players headbutting one another in celebration today. that's just nuts. there is peer pressure that needs to be utilized, with information, that the commissioner's office and the owners and the players association can give to -- is not macho to be headbutting one another before the game for goodness sake. so education is extremely important, based on scientific information. i have no doubt about that. but part of that is the briefing went with the nfl on little bit earlier a couple days ago, i asked, do you have any control over your commen

washington d.c. this is an hour portion of the event. >> i had a discussion with justice o'connor, went on and on about how he was universally loved by all of them. he was a great storyteller, with a great set of tales about life in new hampshire. too many out there, you think of him as a recluse. he had a reputation, he did not socialize much in washington. he would eat by himself, his apple and yogurt. but he had a good relationship with colleagues and was quite active on the bench, quite forceful. he was not at all is quiet, shy retiree as you might think of him socially. the colleagues i talked to recently were on the daily basis of his absence. >> to me, he asked incredibly insightful crash since the questions. you could have a conversation with him based on the substance of what he said, but not because he was aggressive in tone or manner. i am way and both sides of the case, and here is where i have the trouble articulating his questions in a very penetrating way, but the one where you always thought that if you had an answer that would satisfy him, and he could be persuaded. so as an advocate, i loved appearing before him, becaus

. >> today on "washington journal" a drop in climate change and joblessness among young look men with universityrofessor harold holzer and robert picks by -- robert bixby talks about employment and steven emerson. >> american icons, three nights or c-span original documentaries of the iconic homes of the three branches of american government continues. tonight at 8:00 p.m., the capitol. the history, art and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons tonight on c-span and get your own copy of american icons. it's $24. 5 plus shipping and handling order online. >> former deputy secretary of defense paul wolfowitz talked about the changes in global strategy after the fall of the berlin with a and responded to questions from members of the audience, this was hosted by the miller center for public affairs at the university of virginia. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> we have a wonderful lineup here. it's a pleasure and honor to have three policy makers and superb analysts on foreign policy all on one panel and each has sebbed indeed two of the three presidencies betw

washington journal continues. host: harry is a public policy professor at georgetown university. welcome to the program. last week you had an article about time fort of federal jobs program. why is now that time? -- time for a federal jobs program. guest: the unemployment rate is over 10% now. it is much higher in some states than others. that will not go away anytime soon even as the economy starts to recover the unemployment rate will start to rise for a while. all expectations that this recovery will be gradual. we will have high unemployment for many years to come. we think some direct action on top of all the things the administration has already done, the stimulus package, we think we need targeted assistance into the labour market to create more jobs to release some pain. host: you write the federal government should focus on a new jobs initiative on linking low- wage workers with publicly valued projects monitored by states. they will produce public goods like bike paths, repairs and whether rescission for low- income housing, home care assistance for elderly americans. past americans is -- past

the researcher at the university of cincinnati studied the public affairs act, which was fictional. 20 years later, "the washington post" decided to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the public affairs act and by asking people whether they wanted to repeal it. they split the sample. half was told democrats -- the republican congress wanted to repeal it. half was told that then president clinton wanted to repeal it. and they got a very different results, based on that little bit of misinformation. it did not exist in the first place. selectivity of sources. i have already referred to sunsetin. tein. it is the problem that if people are free to consult whomever they want, even if people do talk about politics or policy, or go to the web or consult new sources, it is more congenial to consult those who knew tend to agree with. confirming sources may even be more easily remembered. those from similar social occasions find it easier to talk to each other. do we ever get the other side? if you know somebody whom you really disagree with politically, it may be a lot easier to talk about the weather then to really talk to

washington, d.c. for them to okay it and i was running out of time. i went to ohio state universityand had them do the transplant. >> uh-huh. >> caller: and medicare picked it up so i still owe the 20%, but my point is i think that maybe what we need to look at is working the way v.a. works, streamline things a little bit and do away with some of the wastes that we're having with this medicare, some waste, i forgot the numbers that are out there. even president obama admitted to, you know, there's i believe billions of dollars of waste annually. >> host: johnny, did you have out of-pocket expenses? >> caller: lots of out of pocket expenses. $21,000 so far. you know, i was asking the v.a. if they could pick it up and it was refused. >> host: thank you. we'll get a response. >> johnny, thank you for your service to our nation. we are grateful to that, when you were in the service. the v.a. takes care of 90% of your care until this. first of all, i would suggest you call my office in ohio and we'd be glad to go to bat for you on your some of the out of pocket costs with medicare and th

university documents of media located around major manhattan project facilities responded to the announcement on august 6, 1945 that the bomb had been employed against japan. newspapers close to los alamos, new mexico, hanford washington and oakridge, tennessee's stressed the role played by their neighboring facilities and stress how well the secrecy had been maintained. jenny barker divine provides another documented account of how rural america with engage in civil defense programs throughout the 1950's and into the early 1960's. this was particularly important during the period of fears of nuclear radiation fallout. in addition to serving as the evacuation sites, rural america was concerned or preparing themselves to protect their livestock and crops so west to ensure that america had a proper food supply. as a retired naval officer i have to mention william david friedman's chapter on life and culture aboard a u.s. submarine during the late cold war era, now a historian. he draws from his perspective as a young enlisted man aboard the fast attack boats, the u.s. says william h. bates, to describe the subculture's within the navy in the highly professional ice training of enlisted men because the navy was determine

university. he is currently chairman of a number of international companies and research organizations including the international food policy institute in washington. and the new guinea sustainment in singapore. he's the director of okay teddy mining in new guinea and a several institutes including the laurie for international in sydney the center for strategic and international studies in jakarta and the china center for economic research at beijing university. he is the author of numerous books which i won't go into. but he also has had a long and distinguished record as a policy advisor, a diplomat and a businessman. he was the senior economic advisor to australian prime minister hawk from 1983 to 1985. and subsequently served as the australian ambassador toggd ch from 1985 to 1988. in september, 2008, professor garnaut presented the garnaut climate change institute to the professor. this has been highly noted and was commissioned by the australian government and examining the impact of climate change on the australian economy and provides potential medium to long-term policies to ameliorate these challenges. our second panelist will be ellio

washington. dr. john andrews, deputy director of paho. is there a way i can see from my screen? dr. john andrews, dr. retek cole will from the university of maryland and former director of u.s. national science foundation and dr. roger glass the director of the fogarty international center. john? >> thank you, david. it's an honor to be here on behalf of the pan american health organization particularly director, dr. rosis who couldn't make it today. let me start by acknowledging in the past there's been several studies the demonstrated the greenhouse gas but addition measures can reduce debt from their evolution and they would be much of the final cost things to the findings presented earlier in this conference new research also shows a much wider range of additional health benefits. litigation policies related to household energy electricity generation, food and agriculture and transport could all bring potential health gains and these could include a significant reduction in some of the largest global health burdens of disease that we are currently challenged and facing such as respiratory infections, cancer and cardiovascular disea