At that event celebrating the fourth of july. Saying, there are plenty of reasons to be proud to be an american. [video clip] the most important day in the history of nations, july 4, 1776. Americanwords, every heart should swell with pride prime a with pride. Every American Family should cheer with delight and every American Patriot should be filled with joy because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world. And it will soon be greater than ever before. [applause] our founders launched not only a revolution in government but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of america and no people have done more to promote Human Progress than the citizens of our great nation. It was made possible by patriots who gathered in philadelphia and signed the declaration of independence. [applause] they enshrined a divine truth that changed the world fore
Distancing and staying at home, tonight, the coronavirus pandemic is worse than it has ever been in the u. S. In just 24 hours, the country has added more than 50,000 new cases, leading the head of the administrations Testing Program to Tell Congress today that the e. S. Is not flattening the curve and that the nationwide surge of the virus is real. Infections are now up in 37 states as more and more people who get screened are testing positive. Avere beginning of june, cases a day. Averaging about 600 new cases a day. Today, there were 10,000 new infections. With i. C. U. Beds reaching capacity and lines for testing wiretching for blocks, mayors and goors nation abringing back july at home. Texas governor, who has spent weeks pushing back on the idea of mandating masks, just issued of mandating masks, just issued an executive order requiring them in Public Places across most of the state. Tonight, the virus has killed more than 128,000 people in the u. S. , and there are more than 2.
[inaudible] great to be back here at gw. I want to thank president leblanc for welcoming all of us. Our family loves coming here. We were just talking backstage that both my husband and chelsea as well as myself have been here numerous times on this stage, bill and i speaking, chelsea dancing while she was on the ballet. I dont know why you all laugh. I was never a star. [laughter] its great being here and always great to be with you. I feel like weve done this in various combinations and its always fun and such an honor for me. First i just want to thank you on behalf of womankind for this book. I was saying to them ahead of time its a frustration tonight is going to be that we can only talk about so many of them. Not nearly the range we would want to, we could, we could stay for a week and talk about all of them. Its an amazing book, its so important to have the stories of so many women in one place. We will talk about that in a second. We should get going because we dont have a ton
Panel event of this years conference. 99 years after the 19th amendment. Thanks to our panelists who will lead through an interesting conversation and thanks to katie mistry and jay sexton who not only put this panel together but also were cochairs of the Conference Program committee and are responsible for the Wonderful Program we will enjoy over the next couple of days. Thank you to the cosponsors of the event, the coordinating council for women in history and the history and American Studies Department at George Washington university. Political scientists tell us that women played a bigger role in the 2018 elections than they have in any other election in history. A Record Number of women are running for office, taking up seats in congress and heading out on the campaign trail. Women have made up the majority. Since 1980, there has been a growing gender gap. Despite these trends, women continue to be underrepresented. Even with the record chattering number of women that joined congr
Jobs report are moving markets today. And the u. S. Womens soccer team claimed the world cup trophy once again. The highlights and the brewing controversies. It is wednesday, july 8th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Im still standing. Better than i ever did. Looking like a true survivor. Feeling like a little kid. Im still standing. After all this time. Cheryl welcome to fbn a. M. Anfbn a. M. Im cheryl. Tracee im tracee carrasco. Cheryl a lot happening in the markets. The dow is down 43, s p down 4 and a quarter, nasdaq down 18 andahalf. Tracee lets take a look at the yield on the 10 year treasury. You can see once again up about 2 . It soared over 2 , its highest jump since january after that jobs report on friday. Cheryl weve got more data coming out this week. A few things to watch, Consumer Credit coming out, thursday, the Consumer Price index, another gauge of inflation and mr. Powell will be testifying as well. Tracee as tensions in iran continue, lets check on oil right now,. Chery