Including tenacity, early jamestown in virginia. Also the forgotten soldier, africanamericans and the revolution. Ate will present her topic please welcome my good friend kate gruber. Good afternoon. You have to get through me before we get to happy hour. I promise ill make that happen with as much alacrity as possible. Mark twain said it best, clothes make the man, naked people have little to no influence on society. Mark twain also said the more i learn about people, the more i like my dog, so maybe we shouldnt exactly take his word or it. Also he dressed like this. Why dont we go to the british author robert campbell, who wrote that no man is ignorant, the taelor is the one who makes our clothes. In some measure he makes himself. In short, the clothes make the man. In 18thcentury people had a relationship with their clothing. Role inrs who had a producing clothing, imprudent importing or selling. This is true for alexandria virginia on the eve of the revolution. They define themselv
We are seeing quite a lot of stocks rise on the back of hope that the tax plan will move through. We do need to break it down and look at sectors. The stoxx 600 gaining 3. 3 . The eurodollar, we are looking at that because the tax plan c ould affect the dollar. We are expecting a vote. We heard from the president earlier on, saying he has people he could call on two major the tax plan goes through. Could call on to make sure the tax plan goes through. We talk brexit and the outlook for 2018 with Vincent Chaigneau. In the next hour, we break down withs. S. Tax overhaul the Global Economic strategist from blackrock. And later on, we speak with pierre moscovici. We have many questions for him, including the tax plan. Here is sebastian salek. Reporter u. S. Lawmakers are scrambling to lock up support for the tax bill. This would provide a multimillion dollar windfall for the real estate investors. Tax experts say the change, which would allow real estate businesses to take advantage of a n
Strategy. President trump unveiling his America First strategy, which for the first time equal importance and economics security and National Security. For the first time, american strategy recognizes that Economic Security is National Security. Economic vitality growth and prosperity at home is absolutely necessary for American Power and influence abroad. Any nation that trades away its prosperity for security will end up losing both. Charles here to discuss what it means for americas future. Rebecca, Hudson Institute senior fellow and gina, a member of the donald j. Trump for president advisory board. Let me start with you, rebecca. This is not your Traditional National security speech or approach. President trumps talking about border walls, chain migration, and other things. But i think the economy and prosperity have always been linked to National Security. Absolutely. Theyre completely linked. So the trump National Security strategy properly expresses that and has a cleareyed vis
We learned a member of Congress Florida representative fredrico wilson less in in on a phone call President Trump made to the widow of the fallen hero, sargent ladavid johnson. Here is john kelly in his own words. Most americans dont know what happens when we lose one of our soldiers, sailors and marine s, coastguardsmen in combat so let me tell you what happens. Their buddies wrap them up in whatever passes of the shrowd, puts them on a helicopter as a routine and sends them home. Their first stop along the way is when theyre packed in ice, typically at the airhead and then flown to europe where theyre then packed in ice again and flown to Dover Air Force base, where dover takes care of the remains embalms them, meticulously dresses them in their uniform with the medals theyve earned, the emblems of their service, and puts them on another airplane linked up with a casualty officer, escort that takes them home. A very very good movie to watch if you havent ever seen it is taking chance
Live, daylong coverage of a conference on fighting extremism. They should be returning in about 15 minutes or so. Before they do return, we will take a look at some of todays washington journal. A look at your money and how it is being spent by the federal government. Joining us today is Charles Johnson of the government office. Bility he is the International Affairs and trade managing director. Us. Nk you for joining. Thank you for having me. Host the topic is isis. A report ut together on how much money it is costing up u. S. Government to keep the battle against isis. What is it saying . Uest on this special publication we identify nine key issues that we think need by the administration and congress. This report basically is attention to aw what we have identified the past two years of work we have done folks need to nk Pay Attention. Among them is looking after the Iraqi Security forces and money spent on air in iraq and averages and iraq and oversight of humanitarian assistance b