it is a tremendous pleasure to come to work here every day. often times in the day to day routine, it is easy to forget the historic significance of the institution we work for, the legacy we are part of, and the people we serve. a small step and preserving the history of the building and the legacy of service and inclusion at treasury. i want to start off by recognizing someone. it was his idea that we name the treasury annex the freedman s bank building, and i m delighted this idea came to fruition. [applause] thank you for your leadership and continued commitment to financial inclusion for all americans. we are also honored to be joined by liberty bank ceo alden mcdonald, and the man who needs no introduction, and ms are young. ambassador young. professor william spriggs could not be with us today, but since his warmest regards. be first speaker today will mr. alden mcdonald junior, president and ceo of liberty bank and trust, a position he has held since the bank incept
presidential commission on the space shuttle accident released on june 6 of 1986. first, nasa s video of the launch followed by the remarks from president reagan about five hours after the accident. t -15 seconds. t -10. 6, main engine start, off of the and lift 25th special mission and it has clear the tower. roll, challenger. program confirmed, challenger heading down range. engine beginning throttling down at 94%, normal throttle for most of the flight at 104%. will throttle down to 65% shortly. 65%, three engines running normally. three good fuel cells, three good ipu s. velocity 257 feet per second. downrange distance three knock on miles. nautical miles. throttlenger, go at up. one minute 15 seconds, altitude 9 nautical miles. flight controllers looking carefully at the situation. obviously, a major malfunction. we have no down like. downlink. report from the flight dynamics officer that the vehicle has exploded. flight director confirms that. we are checking with t
here comes the flight crew now. ron mcnair, followed by mike smith and greg jarvis. 30 years ago, january 28, 1986, the space shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, taking the lives of the seven crew members pictured here. next on reel america, a nasa report detailing the causes of the disaster. the conclu
released on june 6 of 1986. but first, the nasa video of the shuttle launch, followed by president reagan s remarks to the nation from the oval office five hours after the accident. t -15 seconds. t -10, 9, 8, 7, 6 we have main engine start. 4, 3, 2, 1, and liftoff. liftoff, the 25th spatial mission has cleared the tower. confirmed. challenger now heading downrange. engines have begun throttling down now. 94%. normal throttle for most of the plane. will throttle down to 65% shortly. engines at 65%, three engines running normally. velocity, three nautical miles, downrange distance three. engine is throttling up. 104%. challenger, go at throttle up. roger. one minute 15 seconds. altitude, nine nautical miles. down-range distance seven nautical miles. flight controllers here, looking carefully of the situation. obviously a major malfunction. we have no downlink. we have the report from the flight dynamics officer that the vehicle has exploded. we are looking at che
did you ghaet plate? will chalks and three other men stormed the apartment and this was a fight involving a gun and these one knife. the man who rents the apartment was shot multiple times in the leg. we have a subject with a gunshot wound. 198 st. paul street. st. paul street resident fought back and four attackers left in ford focus stolen in cambridge. two of them bleeding. police say three of the four men got out on harvard street just before noon, people didn t know what to think. there are two gentleman that i believe got hit by a car outside my store. then they got the picture. oh my god i think he s got shot. driver the focus sped off with door open using traffic cameras brookline and boston it was traced and recovered near symphony hall. detectives from local and state police are trying to track the case. did he see it was a drug deal? that is one of the theories we re looking at. police say they do have leads, and an other suspect up and also, about to b
stories taking a look at the coverage of the event. we want to get your thoughts on the media coverage of the malaysia flight 370. for those of you who live in the eastern and central time zones, (202) 585-3880. for mountain and pacific time zones, (202) 585-3881. have beene op ed critical of coverage and some have been supportive. if you want to send us a tweet, it is @cspanwj. you can also reach us at journal@c-span.org. a little bit from the associated press this morning. search planes were dispatched on thursday to determine whether to large objects bobbing in a remote part of the ocean was part of a possible debris field of the missing malaysian airlines flight. spotted had aects dimension of almost 80 feet. the other one was smaller. there could be other objects in the water nearby the area. that is from john young, manager of the australian maritime safety authority s division. a couple of things to share with you this morning. rachel brody talking about the coverage
issues as well. let me close by making a final point. diplomacy between the united states and russia continues. we ve emphasized that russia still has a different path available, one that dees calates the situation and one that involves russia pursuing a diplomatic solution with the government in kive with the support of the international community. mr. putin needs to understand the ukraineans shouldn t have to choose between the west and russia. we want the ukranian people to determine their own destiny and to have good relations with the united states, with russia and europe, with anyone they choose. that can only happen if russia also recognize the rights of all the ukranian people to determine their future as free individuals nation, vovepbsovepb rights that people around the world understand and support. thank you very much everybody. president obama announcing expanded sanctions against moscow for their an exexation of crimea. we re going to take you live to the her
dollars. from the american enterprise institute, this is just over an hour. good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. i m arthur brooks, president of the american enterprise institute. and we re delighted to welcome all of you today to this event, entitled poverty to prosperity. so, this is bill gates. thank you. with his wife, melinda, he s the co-chair and co-founder of america s largest private foundation, the bill and melinda gates foundation. they work to reduce poverty and expand health care overseas and to improve education here in the united states among other things. previously, he was the chairman and ceo of microsoft, the world s largest software company, which he co-founded in 1973. most importantly, like me, he s a native of seattle and somewhat of a seahawks fan, which is good. but that s not what we re here to talk about. we re here to talk about his incredibly important work with the foundation, the work that he s doing here and around the world. he shares so
steinmeyer has had some interesting ideas. he has talked about the fact that, you know, while the atlantic alliance may resonate for people of our generation, we have to think about how german youth snowden is much more popular among german youth i would submit than president obama today. i mean obama was a rock star in 2008. if there is a rock star in germany today, it is edward snowden. and that is a serious state of affairs, ladies and gentlemen. and it needs addressing. stein meyer has proposed a kind after cybersecurity summit or conference or dialogue and i think more than ttip or these far off ideas we need something in the nearer term that really addresses these issues. because young people in europe need reminding of what, of what the transatlantic the most successful at liance in human history. what it has achieved, what it means and why it s important in light of what president putin has done today. has done of late. there needs to be finally, i think, some rea
statement bills, we ve, you know, stood on the we haven t gotten much actually to happen. so now do you start to say, here s our philosophy, here s where we are, we understand what s going on in the debt and deficit and destruction but we have a bunch of debt deniers right now other in the senate that, look, this this debt devastate devastation that s coming is coming. do we have an obligation to try to find a way to actually get a piece of legislation all the way to the president s desk where we get to start to bend the curve? something beyond the messaging bill to actually an accomplishment. and that s and that s going to be the battle. you asked if this is a test of the relevance of the conservatives in the conference. i would say that really, most conservatives are willing to suspend disbelief and trust the leadership right now that we ll have a conservative outcome after the last three months. it s really a test of this new pact, if you will, of leadership to g