let s go back into it. welcome to today you will be briefed by dr. henry walke. dr. walke will deliver a brief opening statement and answer your questions. thank you for joining us today. my name is dr. henry walke and i m joining the team for the local disease control and prevention. we are hoping to ensure the health and well being of the people the department of state is returning from wuhan, china. as well as continuing to cure infection and control and other precautions that follow. the evacuees will be temporarily staying at travis air force base during the remainder of their 14-day quarantine. i m happy to report their plane touched down safely earlier this morning. there are a total of 178 people in this flight and they re glad to be here. they ve been through a lot and we re going to do everything possible to care for them. because these people live in wuhan, the epicenter of this outbreak where there was intense and escalating community widespread of the virus t
good evening. the subjects tonight are abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. i think it is fair to say by any measure of military or government experience, by bearing and background, by any remotely reliable crystal ball, any american, northern or southern, asked let s say in the spring of 1861 who was more likely to be a superior commander in chief in a full scale war, would have given the same answer. jefferson davis. he graduated from west point, lincoln had emerged from let s say the school of hard knocks. davis served two stints in the army, led forces in the american mexican war and lincoln s only military experience came in a rag tag militia company raised to battle an indian invasion in illinois where the only blood shed lincoln later admitted was lost to mosquitos. davis served as a secretary of war. and the united states senator, lincoln is a one term congressman who opposed the war with mexico and opponents whispered at the time and even voted against supplying th
good evening, everyone, subject for tonight as you know or the subjects are abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. any measure by bearing and background and any remotely reliable crystal ball, any american, northern or southern, asked let s say in the spring of 1861 who was more likely to be a superior commander in chief in a full scale war, would have given the same answer. jefferson davis. he graduated from west point, lincoln had emerged from let s say the school of hard knocks. led forces in the american mexican war and lincoln s only military experience came in a rag tag militia company raised to battle an indian invasion in illinois where the only blood shed lincoln later admitted was lost to mosquitos. davis served as a secretary of war. and the united states senator, lincoln is a one term congressman who opposed the war with mexico and opponents whispered at the time and even voted against supplying the soldiers with food and blan kets. by the time watt armies met f