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[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. I would like to welcome you all to word salad or word solid. My name is josh wheeler, im the director of the Thomas Jefferson protection of the Free Expression and the sponsor of this Mornings Program. Its a source of great pride for us at the Thomas Jefferson center that we have been involved in every one of the 23 virginia festival of books in one way or another. Often, you only think about free speech when you think about speech we dont like that we hate actually, but we forget sometimes that free speech also allows us the great kind of expression that we can find in the arts and science everywhere. Its the height that can only be achieved when we are free to explore any idea seen or subject and thats w ....
We dont like, that we hate actually. But we forget sometimes thatls free speech also allows us the great kind of expression that we can find in the yard ensignthatn everywhere. It is the height they can only be achieved when we are free to ask for any idea theme or subject. That is why we are so proud to be part of the virginia festivals both. Where else is there a better example for examples of the height that can be reached by virtue of having free speech where authors can work without any fear or pressure be ashamed. Todays program i think its going to be a lot of fun. I have a few housekeeping details before he and to be. First is the virginia festival of focus on, which is brought to you by the Virginia Foundation for humanitys. If you advance your cell phones and if youd like to tweet about this event, you can do so at hash tag be a book 2017. They have a read that every year and every year i have no idea what that mean ....
In for shawn. Here are the latest headlines. First a reported tornado killed three people in the town of waiverly, virginia. In response to damage across the state Virginia Governor terri mc callive claimed a state of emergency which gives every available resource to storm response and recovery. Theres more than 1,000 reported Power Outages across the dmv. Bge is reporting most in the dark more than 6300 customers and reg ab national and b wext i airports are reporting flights delays of more than two hours. We learned theres currently no marked Train Service out of Union Station at this time. Well let you know when service resumes. We have a team of reporters on storm damage patrol. We want to start with sue palka in the weather center. Sue, it was quite a night. It ....
Longterm. Unfortunately because of the shortterm thinking that reigned supreme in this question of sustainability hasnt really come up at all. As i said before for all the money the International Community is spending on the Afghan Government to build the judiciary, the parliament to build capacity worldwide money is also going to warlords and strongmen. The u. S. Taxpayer dollars are still going to warlords and strongmen around the country and thats bad in and of itself but its also bad because it ensures continued weakness of the Afghan Government. So adjusting that will be the other aspect of the thing that the u. S. Should do. The last question im left here. You spoke about growing your beard out in getting a motorcycle and going and actually meeting with the taliban warlord. Can you speak a little mor ....