Definitely worth every penny. She is here today and afterwards she will answer it questions after the presentation. We even have a table setup for her here to answer more questions or even sign one of the books if you purchased one here today. All right, we are going to go ahead and get started here. Again, thank you for coming and thank you Charlotte Waisman for being here today. applause its great to be here with all of you and thank you for many of you who i know who are coming. Its good to have that smiling audience right in front of you. I was asked to talk about women of the west and i was told to top 45 minutes and take 15 minutes of questions. So i have a timer for myself and i will start it. I will stick to a script so that i can stick to time because those of you who know me know that i also could just talk forever and i dont want to do that now since you probably have other things to do as well today. We are having this filmed so it is very exciting. It will be on cspan thre
We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have toet to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are staying home. Tight sure that we hold is critically important for us to continue to get to a place where we can even start to have a public conversation about what coming out of these restricted measures may look like. You have been very critical of governor desantis. Saying god help us as he plans to reopen parts of florida. What is your concern . My concern ist the issue that i articulated. The only locality the only way to make progress is to have very high restrictions. It is those congregate settings, apart, a nursing home, a jail, other places that is a breeding ground for th
If you live in the eastern half of the country, those at west, this is your number. Yourt west, this is number. If you are a chicago resident, this is your number. ,e will begin how we always do with the numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Now 2. 4 million cases around the world in 185 countries. The total deaths, one of six 1000 69,000. Joining us from her office in chicago is the mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Thank you for being with here with us here on cspan. My pleasure. I want to begin with some concerns expressed by deborah birx on the White House Coronavirus task force. We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have to get to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are
Our program tonight is presented in honor of black History Month for the purposes of Public Education and civil discourse. And our guests are to american historians. Our keynote speaker is a historian of television, radio and the Recording Industry in the united states, a former network and Cable Television executive, and the author of nine books. Tim brooks. His talk tonight is based on his newest publication, the blackface minstrel show in mass media 20th century performances on radio, records, film and television. Recently published by mcfarland. Among tims many accomplishments is a grammy award, which he received for a double cd and book titled lost sounds blacks and the birth of the Recording Industry 18901919. Joined in aen be seated conversation by fellow historian bill doggett. Timprogram will conclude in and bills taking questions from you, our live audience. Now, please turn off the sounds , and join me in welcoming historian and author, tim brooks. [applause] tim thank you,
Good evening and welcome. The first debate in the senate race, closely watched across the country. Incumbent serving both the house and the senate, seven years under his belt and the house, the opportunity to weigh their differences and worldviews. As for the rules, there are no rules. No opening statements, no closings, no time limits. We will be keeping track of speaking time to keep things even. We want to cover ground. Brevity is appreciated. Feel free to talk. We encourage it. We are asking our studio audience not to apply during the debate. If you would like to take a minute now, give them a hand. [applause] gentlemen, gentlemen thank you so much for joining us. Marjorie. Kennedy, youre are called an opportunist by some. Why are you running to defeat a man who has championed so many policies you support . Thank you for having us. Senator, always a pleasure. Thank you, the audience and for those tuning in, for being here. Around,ction, this time so much of what we care about, ever