[inaudible conversations] welcome to the Houston Museum of Natural Science i am the director of Adult Education here at the museum we have the honor this evening to host mr. Brown on his discussion his new book make think imagine also here at the museum if youre watching through cspan. This evening we have a wonderful presentation and then followed by a discussion with professor minnis cini from Washington University so now i will handed over to laura brown help me to welcome john brown houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen. I want to thank the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to spend some time here this week on the board of several museums and galleries i have a deepo appreciation for the role of institutions like this play in the local community and in society more generally. Into a window of the past and the failure of the present and a guide to the future those resources that go above and beyond what we read in books houston is fortunate to have this place and
Discussion with professor from Rice University welcome to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you for the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to someone who sits on the board of several museums i have a deep appreciation for the role of institutions that play in the local community as a window of the past and a guide to the future the indispensable resources i go above and beyond what you read in books. Houston is fortunate enough to have this place its a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist i have always sought to maintain to be involved in cultural organizations and when i applied for scholarship at the university of cambridge i had to submit an essay about was completely different to my main area of study. And a piece about the architectures i can explain later to anyone who is interested what that actually means that my first bonus check and the more Senior Executive such as the Folger Shakespeare library in washington dc the British Museum tod
Orders the numbers are not pretty the dow on track for its worst First Quarter ever falling more than 20 Retail Stocks are front and center as the coronavirus handcuffs the once strong u. S. Consumer how long will the pain last . Well dig in on that this hour bob, we begin with you and the markets today. Good riddance to this First Quarter of second worst quarter s p history. This is why everybody is hopeful about rebalancing a little bit here corporate bonds, flat and high yield down 12 be. Reminding us in a recession these kinds of bonds, high yield tend to act like stocks. A little bit reminder about that we have good news and bad news the good news is the president is out today pushing an infrastructure stimulus. That would be a number of programs out there we have progress on the vaccines and testing. The fed and congress have gotten very aggressive in the last few weeks. All good news. Theres still bad news we havent begun to see the really bad Economic News the market is very do
Johnson taking questions from members of the house of commons on cspan2. We invite your participation via twitter using the hashtag pmq. Part question time members are finishing up other business. Now live to the floor of the british house of commons. Question number one, mr. Speaker. This this morning i had meetl colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. Mr. Speaker, we need to build more homes on brownville sites but we also need to make sure the houses weve got our of a decent standard. In states across my constituency we need investments to make sure for those have decent homes. So will be agreed by improving homes they will level up our economy and deliver workingclass communities . My honorable fred is spot on and hell be hearing more about that in just a half hours time but hes quite right we should be building on brownfield sites and building Beautiful Homes that people actually want. Jeremy corbyn. Thank
We need investments to make sure for those have decent homes. So will be agreed by improving homes they will level up our economy and deliver workingclass communities . My honorable fred is spot on and hell be hearing more about that in just a half hours time but hes quite right we should be building on brownfield sites and building Beautiful Homes that people actually want. Jeremy corbyn. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our thoughts are with the loved ones of those who sadly died to contracting the coronavirus and those that still are suffering from the disease including the honorable member. I want once again to pay tribute to our medical staff working so hard to combat the spread of this disease and care for those affected. I think we should all express our gratitude to the chief medical officer and the chief scientific advisor who is shown Exceptional Leadership the route and will continue to follow their advice. Mr. Speaker, sunday was International Womens day, a day when we