The fact that iowa is leading wind energy. It is amazing. Im so proud. Issue one, putin in our backyard. It is not a new cold war. What it is, is a very specific issue related to russias unwillingness to recognize that ukraine with chart its own path. President obama may want to consult another president. Vladimir putin, about whether or not we are in a new cold war. He has capitalized on the hemisphere long term. And get this. Last month, july, just past, mr. Putin visited cuba and met with the castro brothers. Raul and fide will who have run cuba almost six decades. Ties between russia and cuba hit a low point after the 1991 collapse of the soviet union at tend of the last cold war, but russia has hit the reset button hard on relations with havana. Putin wanted to create growing cooperation between russia and cuba. In february, russians defense minister began talks with cuba and venezuela and nicaragua about accomplishing just 90 miles from florida, Russian Military bases. Cuba ran u
Leading wind energy. It is amazing. Im so proud. Issue one, putin in our backyard. It is not a new cold war. What it is, is a very specific issue related to russias unwillingness to recognize that ukraine with chart its own path. President obama may want to consult another president. Vladimir putin, about whether or not we are in a new cold war. He has capitalized on the hemisphere long term. And get this. Last month, july, just past, mr. Putin visited cuba and met with the castro brothers. Raul and fide will who have run cuba almost six decades. Ties between russia and cuba hit a low point after the 1991 collapse of the soviet union at tend of the last cold war, but russia has hit the reset button hard on relations with havana. Putin wanted to create growing cooperation between russia and cuba. In february, russians defense minister began talks with cuba and venezuela and nicaragua about accomplishing just 90 miles from florida, Russian Military bases. Cuba ran up a debt to russia dat
Is funded by taxpayers. Our speaker is chair of the Organization Since mid2014 and we hope to hear bro adams plans for marking that opportunity organization. Its politically eclipsed in recent years 146 milliondollar budget grants generally go to state Humanities Councils museums, research and educational institutions. Than native of michigan adams has degrees from Colorado College and the university of california and santa cruz. His formal education was interrupted by three years of service in the army including one year in vietnam. It was partly that experience he says that motivated him to study and teach the humanities. He has said quote it made me serious in a certain way and as a 20yearold combat infantry adviser i came face to face acutely with questions of writers artists philosophers and musicians are examining in our work starting with what does it mean to be human unquote. Later he coordinated the great works in western Culture Program at Stanford University and served as Vi
Important because they touch local communities. Every one of them is about a local community in some way. We have to keep making that pitch. We also need to make this argument about the public relevance and how not only how much poorer we would be without them and the work that we do but how incapacitated we would become if we did not have these entities doing what they do. With only two years left of the Obama Administration how do you approach priorities to get as much done as you can . I was just talking about this with a few people this morning. I think we have to think about the most important things 1st of all. And sort them out. Things that would be reasonably pursued in his timetable. There is a way that i and my administration might have a longer life than that. We do understand there is this big moment coming. The scope of the work that we agree to take on we dont want to take on things that could not reasonably be done for eight years. That is too far. Trying as best as we c
And a brave base jumper pulls off the most spectacular high five youve ever seen. Today, monday, december 15th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Got the gang all here, willie in for matt. Breaking news out of australia this morning. A tense situation at a cafe in sydney. Its all playing out on live television, chilling images of hostages inside and the few who have made a daring dash to safety. Lets go to nbcs sara james who has the latest this morning. Sarah, good morning to you. Reporter good to tell you the latest and good morning to you as well. I want to tell you the latest on the situation. Im standing just a couple of hundred yard as way from that cafe where the lights went out a short time ago and so its hard to see exactly what is going on inside, but we are hearing some things and we are hearing because some of those hostages