The myth is the central symbol around which what some people call american exceptionalism has been organized around the frontier that meant on the myth and the land the Frontier West came to symbolize a certain attribute to identity that think about the United States unlike other nations has the ability and the election read to use expansion that was built into well before the frontier in the late 19th century became the symbol of expansion the social experience to move one is foundational to us identity. No other nation has been so able to organize domestic politics through the actual reality of expansion and then increasingly the mythology to point to the frontier and respond to social problems with limitless and endless growth in these were the foundational premise of the United States and the founding fathers. And those only for the declaration of independence wasnt just add natural right that the condition of all natural rights. And what is his saxon ancestors to escape germany an
Richard wears many hats. Of ambassador. And the future of afghanistan. Frequent morning joe contributor and of course our fearless leader the president of non counsel for relations. We are listening to Richard Haass the author and academic who has just come out with yet another book the world a brief history. He calls it a little bit of a departure. I want to start richard because it was only after you turned in the manuscript that the world was confronted by the covid19 pandemic and in the roughly two months since that happened they had highlighted so many of the teams in concepts. What does the pandemic tell us what is the pandemic tell us about the world right now. Thanks also to everyone on this call. Needless to say i hope everybody is well. As we all get through this one day at a time when groundhog day at a time. What i think the pandemic tells us first and foremost is that the world matters and that is an obvious thing for member of the council on foreign relations. The world m
Uh sir, just a reminder, i have a ph. D. From yale, and using me this way is illegal. I want to express my thanks to the dozens of oh, and i got your curly fries. Want me to feed them to you pelican style . Yes, sir. crunch announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, shot heard around the world. Plus stephen welcomes elmo, Kumail Nanjiani, and musical guest andra day, featuring jon batiste and sta stay stay homi now live from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen we set over here . All right. Do it. Welcome to a late show. Im Stephen Colbert. Just when you think things cant get any weirder, trump cranks it up to 11 and then swallows the knob. Today, the president held a white house meeting with leaders in the restaurant industry. as trump before we begin, how about apps for the whole table . Jalapeno poppers, nachos, clam strips, and calamari, thanks. Oooh, garlic knots. The topic was supposed to be reopening the economy, but then trump started answering questions a
Journal we speak with the hills reid wilson author on the coronavirus pandemic. Afterwards we discussed key campaign 2020 with cook political reports Jessica Taylor. Journal is next. Host good morning on this monday, may 18. States across the country are reopening economies and lifting restrictions on activities like going to parks, golfing, dining out, shopping, and going to the gym. This is happening while the u. S. Has seen over 1. 4 million cases and nearly 90,000 deaths. We want to talk to all of you about reopening where you live. Do you support or oppose the idea . If you support it . , 2027488000, if you are 2027488001. Ning, at can also text us 2027488003. New york times put together an interactive map that shows states that are reopening in blue on your screen. Those with regional openings are in yellow. Light blue means they are reopening soon. , solid yellow, i should say, are still shutdown. Regional openings have these lines through them a little difficult to see on your
The big apple housing bust how hard is new york City Real Estate being hit and if it will get any better anytime soon . It is wednesday, may 6 you are watching Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening. Welcome. Im Brian Sullivan thank you for watching here on Worldwide Exchange on wednesday morning. Here is how your markets and your money are setting up. Futures about 145 points on the upside parts of this due to reopening the economy. Remember this, the dow was higher a week ago before we started talking about reopening. More likely the move is that hedge funds now have the highest net exposure to stocks big tech, once again, the names you know, the faang stocks outperforming again yesterday. Oil is part of the story as well it tells the story of more demand down the road oil up again this morning. Now up about 30 in a week demand for gasoline is slightly on the rise. Production cuts for chevron and exxon and others coming faster than expected in the Un