InterNational Space station. Humans a new era of spaceflight and i could not be more pleased with what the nasa and spacex team has accomplished. Its truly an exciting time. Its great we are flying cruise on a regular cadence crews on a regular cadence from here to Kennedy Space center on u. S. Rockets and great we are doing it with our International Partners. Weve got one from japan on board. I could not be more pleased with what the team has accomplished. Im proud and humbled to be a part of it. Introduceleasure to our nasa administrator, jim bridenstine. Through his outstanding leadership and advocacy for the commercialization of lower lowearth orbit, the commercial route program, and transformation of the Kennedy Space center, to a multiuser spaceport that becomes a reality, please welcome a Great American to the stand, our administrator, jim bridenstine. [applause] jim thank you. And q, bob, for that introduction and thank you for your amazing leadership here at the entities base
With the successful test flight of the dragon on the vulcan 9, that safely delivered the two that safely delivered the two astronauts from the one International Space station and brought them home safely, it set the stage for the crew one Mission Tomorrow afternoon. This is the first flight under contract the Crew Rotation Mission with spacex to the International Space station. This is truly a new era of human spaceflight and i could not be more pleased with what the nasa and spacex team has accomplished. Its truly an exciting time. Its great we are flying crews on a regular cadence from here to Kennedy Space center on u. S. Rockets. It is also great that we are doing it with our International Partners. Suichi from japan on board. I could not be more pleased with what the team has accomplished. Im proud and humbled to be a part of it. It is my pleasure to introduce our nasa administrator, jim bridenstine. Through his outstanding leadership and advocacy for the commercialization of lowe
Centers second day of the Supreme Court recap. As a part of this historical experiment to hear Supreme Court arguments life for the first time for those that filed briefs on both sides of the case to help us Learn Together the Constitution Center is a private nonprofit with Inspiring Mission from congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the American People and that is just what we are trying to do a both of whom have filed briefs called amicus briefs on different sides of the case. Walter weber fondled a brief in support of the petitioners known as usaid and of course the cases in usaid versus alliance for open society international. Hes the senior counsel for the American Center for law and justice in washington, d. C. Which is the organization on whose behalf he final debriefing hes written many in landmark cases that the Supreme Court. And in support of the respo
Cal the story is what can make a difference. The fall of the berlin wall just over 30 years ago came amid sweeping changes that would end the cold war and see the downfall of corrupt of solitary and regimes across the east. But 3 decades on the prodemocracy optimism of those days has turned sour then a phobia and nationalism are on the rise lets go corruption is no going away in the 2nd of 2 special reports weve been told kariya remain here and watch for the lessons of history havent. Peace in europe 30 years after the end of the continental. Usa with rising ultranationalist and and struggling to find answers to hatred and corruption. The euphoria that swept the continent 30 years ago in the wake of the fall of the bird in war seems like a distant dream. Within 2 months communist dictatorships from the baltic to the black sea where i stood there and curtin was gone and europe appeared to be on the brink of a brighter future. But these hopes were dashed perhaps nowhere more so than bulg
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 with the recognition u. S. Leadership might not really return in the way it has been in the past. This is where i think it would be interesting to see where japan would head. Ill collect a question or two and let the panel respond and turn over to matt. If you have questions for the panel, now is your chance. Youll get another shot with matts panel and then over coffee. We have mics. I teach at American University and used to be an american diplomat. Listening to the presentation of japans interests and objectives in this situation, one cant help thinking that there is tremendous value to japan in having a close, cooperative relationship with south korea in the region and in these multilateral organizations and yet theres some obvious tensions in that relationship. I would love to hear from our japanese intellects why you think the japanese elite are prioritizing other issues instead of getting long with south korea and what y