Can you waste your hand . E your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abraham Lincoln. He is the former assistant and andor to resident clinton Senior Advisor to former secretary of state hillary clinton. He has been a National Staff reporter for the Washington Post and washington editor and writer for the new yorker. His books includes the clinton wars and the permanent campaign. Raised in illinois, he lived in washington, d. C. Jamie raskin r
China is doing better than good. We get a nice lift. To your point, i cannot remember a fed meeting where i have been more distracted by other news. Jonathan because the other news matters more. At the moment, the Federal Reserve is basically done when it comes to the framework shift. We have seen that. When it comes to the Balance Sheet, we have seen a huge expansion. Butink there will be tweaks for many people, the most important catalyst is physical. Tom it is physical based on week demand. I can or where i saw this. I will give axios credit. It was a food bank in richmond, automobile, car, by and it looked like field of dreams the line of cars went off into the distance and it was shockingly sad how people were lined up to get food, having that much difficulty. Jonathan could not agree with you more. Were living in two worlds. The old world is struggling. Love the we see our place, particularly in the airline business. Airbus talking about the prospect of more than still to come. T
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty im katty kay in washington and this is bbc worldews america. A potential rescue operation is underway in lebanon amideports that a person could still be alive in the rubble after last months blast. Russia rejects accusations that it was behind the poisoning of opposition politician Alexey Navalny and has warned others against jumping to hasty conclusions. Bi joe den travels to kenosha, wisconsin, to meet with the family of jacob blake,nd spoke to mr. Blake himself by telephone. In the literary ra begins. We look at how t pandemic made it a tougher competition to become a christmas bestseller. Welcome to world news america. Rescue workers in lebanon tonight are searching for a possible survivor fromhe port blast in beirut that devastated the city a month ago. Sniffer dog alerted rescuers in the
We spoke this morning and we dont know how much they are paying for this vaccine supply. We dont know whether they will have the right vaccine so many questions on how administrations and i ministers at access to vaccines for their citizens. Tom the virus dynamics are just particularry, make note of the glide path of texas and south carolina. In new york city with our first word news here is ritika gupta. InsistsMitch Mcconnell that businesses, schools, and other organizations be protected against coronavirus lawsuits which is talking down talks over a new stimulus package. Changes inding that Liability Law be included in the legislation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that shows he is not serious about a deal. Federal reserve policy makers will focus on how to jumpstart a rebound from the recession. Almost certain to keep their benchmark rate the same. The fed will make a statement at 2 00 p. M. New york time. Jerome powell will make comments 15 minutes later. Amazon Ceo Jeff Bezos p
Sunshine comes back earlier today for Easter Sunday. It was it will be gray a little bit but you wont have to wait until 3 00 in the afternoon today if that was the story yesterday, however, outside the clouds are out there but just not as low as they were. You can see the top of the Sales Force Tower. The temperatures are pretty much identical. Low to mid50s now. Maybe 3 to 5 degrees warmer today than yesterday. The takeaways is another cloudy first half of the day but by noon we clear the clouds out for a bret at this second half of the day. We will warm up noticeably this week. Even though we begin by 3 to 5 degrees warmer, we will end up by 10 degrees warmer by the end of the week. And no rain in the 7day. Ill be back with that and the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. Devin back to you. New numbers on the extent of the coronavirus outbreak here in the bay yafrment a reason goes naer 5,000 cases and the 133 reported deaths. However the number of coronavirus patients in the icu