Again, their own lawyers said, no, we should tell people about this because they urge ranking it in their water. , a newe devil we know documentary looking at how residents in West Virginia five dupont to expose the dangers of c8, the chemical in teflon, nonstick hands and other household items. Today, c8 is now in the bloodstream of 99 of americans, even newborn babies will stop then to anotes ark. The issue of Climate Change remains the most challenge for us. What is going to happen was . Ofis going to be the fate the world. In ago we talked to the Pacific Ocean island nation of kiribati in fighting to save his country from rising waters. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, the senate has voted to end the government shut down after democratic lawmakers capitulated on the demand that any spending deal include a resolution on daca thats the deferred action for childhood arrivals progra
Get to Public Comment as he will as possible we have a lot of people here to speak on behalf of several issues please bear with us we will have to allow you want to for everybody to be heard with that said, i want to acknowledge longer commissioner jill wynns in the audience it is good to see you. clapping. section a information for the pun were going on to section b pun were going on to section b complete a speaker card and present it to the executive assistant. Speaker cards will not be accepted if an item is already before the board. Prior to the item called and present to say to the executive assistant according to the board rules and procedures speakers will not be accepted for an item before the board superintendants report. Superintendant lee immigration mr. Walton and commissioners i have a few items to report on. One thing i forgot to do will everyone please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Thank you president walton and something seemed a little bit out of order there so t
The book is called countdown to zeo day stuxnet and the launch of the worlds First Digital weapon. The author, wired magazine reporter kim zetter. Ms. Zetter, what is or what was stuxnet . Guest stuxnet was a virus worm that was used to attack Irans Nuclear plant in at tans, is and so the work was designed to manipulate the computers that control the centrifuges and speed them up and slow them down in order to degrade the level of uranium enrichment and also do some wear and tear on the centrifuges and destroy them. Host what was unique about stuxnet . Guest stuxnet was really sophisticated. Its, first of all, i guess the most unique thing was this was a virus that was designed to physically destroy something n. The past weve seen malware that steals passwords, credit card numbers, things like that, but wed never seen something that was designed to physically destroy, essentially, leap out of the Digital World into the physical realm and have some kind of kinetic activity. That was the
It was great to hear from the journalists about their relationship with jim. One of the advantages to having this many press secretaries together is that they agreed to hold a background briefing to go over some of the planning reports in detail. There has been allusions to a glass of water to. I hope the document proves us to be conservative estimates. Everyone has made reference here today about jim and sarahs work when it comes to gun safety and gun violence. Our next two speakers are people who have lived in the trenches on this issue over the last two decades and have made a difference in a terribly difficult and divisive issue. Dan gross is the president of the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence. Before that, he started the center to prevent Youth Violence and has devoted much of his life to the cause. Gail hoffman, who many of you know, was central to putting this event together, has been at this since the late 1980s with handgun control, was the point person for all of us i
For as the scripttures tell us, no man who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of god. At this time of sorrow and burden, he would have us remember the passages from joshua and isaiah, he had used in accepting the president ial nomination. Be strong and of good courage. Be not afraid neither be thou dismayed. Shall renew their strength. They shall point with wings of eagle and run and not be weary. Finally, in his last hours, president kennedy had prepared these words for dallas and for the nation, the rich righteous of our clause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago, accept the lord, guard the city, the guard watches in vain. The following is one of his favorite passages from scripture from the book of aclose the third chapter. Theres an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heaives. D issue heavens. A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot the plant. A time to kill,