So everyone band except those traveling from the United Kingdom they they can still come over. And i wonder why and while trump has was busy wishing he had never met had that mar a lago dinner with the brazilian president both snehal and his aides one of which is now a confirmed carrier things on capitol hill were just well a little sick leave our good buddy out of tennessee Lamar Alexander showed where his loyalties lie when it comes to the human crisis as he blocked an emergency bill that would have guaranteed all American Workers 14 days of paid sick leave in the event of a Public Health emergency when asked why he blocked the Bill Alexander stated its not a cure for the coronavirus to put a big new expensive federal mandate on employees who are struggling in the middle of this matter. Yes because you know we cant have Walmart Mcdonalds and other corporate conglomerates spending their hard earned executive bonuses on things like you know paid sick leave during Public Health emergenc
Leaders on capitol hill reacted in the only way they know how political finger pointing and big money corporate donors bootlicking us President Donald Trump took to the airwaves looking quite peake it i might add to announce that yes we finally have to take this threat seriously and that to keep new cases from entering our shores we will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight so everyone band except those traveling from the United Kingdom they they can still come over. I wonder why and while trump has was busy wishing he had never met had that mara lago dinner with the brazilian president both marilyn his aides one of which is now a confirmed carrier things on capitol hill were just well a little sick leave our good buddy out of tennessee Lamar Alexander showed where his loyalties lie when it comes to the human crisis as he blocked an emergency bill that would have guaranteed all American Worke
To the airwaves looking quite peake it i might add to announce that yes we finally have to take this threat seriously and that to keep new cases from entering our shores we will be suspending all travel from europe to d. N. A. And in states for the next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight so everyone band except those traveling from the United Kingdom they they can still come over. I wonder why and while trump has was busy wishing he had never met had that mara lago dinner with the brazilian president both snare on his aides one of which is now a confirmed carrier things on capitol hill were just well a little sick leave our good buddy out of tennessee Lamar Alexander showed where his loyalties lie when it comes to the human crisis as he blocked an emergency bill that would have guaranteed all American Workers 14 days of paid sick leave in the event of a Public Health emergency when asked why he blocked the Bill Alexander stated its not a cure for the coronavir
Prior to accepting his position at the war college, knott cochaired the Oral History Program at the Miller Center at the university of virginia. His books include the reagan years and Alexander Hamilton and the persistence of myth. With that, i would like to welcome stephen to the lectern. [applause] stephen thank you, jackie. Thank you everyone for being here, it really is a privilege to be speaking at such an historic site. This is my first time here. So i am thrilled. , and thanks to all of you for coming out tonight. I know there was a little rain earlier. Let me begin by noting that Lin Manuel Valls and the mirandas blockbuster hamilton kept hamilton on the 10 bill. It has transformed this unlikely founding father into somewhat of a celebrity. While hamilton is seen as a heroic figure it is important to , note to that, throughout much of our nations history, hamilton was seen as both unamerican, a classic monarchist to hated the great east, which he probably never said, but was at
This program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Captioning sponsored by wpbt tom good evening, everybody, and thanks for watching. The number of americans making new claims for Unemployment Benefits fell for the first time in a month, down by 31,000. But susie, the overall number of claims is still way too high to describe the report as good news. Susie tom, that comes on top of some dismal reports on the state of the housing market, and a day ahead of whats expected to be a major speech by fed chairman ben bernanke in wyoming tomorrow. Everyones looking to the fed chief for answers on the economy, the stalling recovery, and the labor market. Tom we have two reports tonight looking at jobs, and what bernanke can actually do about the economy. We begin with scott gurvey in new york, who spoke with the head of one of the countrys biggest staffing firms. This one is different. It has components of the late 90s and 2001 recoveries. Its j