Great question. I wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history of the long epidemics for the year of covid and beyond but that would speak to an interested reader, not just a specialist in the field. There are lots of specialists in the field and i thought my valueadded might be to translate from specialists in the field to reader who are fascinate by the blizzard of legal issues that werent really on most peoples anda until now. We never thought about pt epidemics but think about them now, particularly what we can learn from them andhat do we know when its going to be over. I want to begin, john, if i can, really at the end of your book, and then ill pivot book at the end of our interview to ask you more but this question. You write, america has two histories, one ugly,he other far more appealing. In the months and years ahead, americans will hold the power between them. Lets hope the make the right choice. Im going to be asking you more but what that right choice
Democratic ticket. K looks atey beycho campaign news. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Good morning, this is the washington journal for august 18. There is the Wisconsin Center in milwaukee, site of some of the activity of the Democratic National convention. A lot of it being done by zoom and other means. Day one taking place yesterday. Day two tonight and it will feature speeches by bill clinton , alexandria of garcia cortez, and dr. Jill alexandria ocasiocortez, and dr. Jill biden. You can watch on cspan and cspan. Org or follow wrong or follow along on our cspan radio app. We will get your impressions of the first set of the convention. What you think of the format and the speakers that were featured. Among them, Michelle Obama. If you support joe biden, collis that call us at 202 7488000, if you support ,resident trump, 202 7488001 and if you support if you are undecided, 202 7488002. Our Facebook Page if you want to post there, fac
There are two words right at the outset want and is participation and the other, before i get anyone else to tell people you can submit your questions and comments. One is through email at brookings. Edu or on twitter with the. But all of you who have joined this call today, we are deeply grateful and hardened by those who wanted to join this conversation and lift every voice the urgency of civic duty voting. Thank you to all members one of the best groups i have ever worked with. Its an Extraordinary Group of people that contributed so much. And to the center for democratic governance for their support. Thank you to my dear cochair who is an absolute dynamo and a blessing to work with and then the Vice President of workings release these governance programs. He has been extraordinary also. Things to everyone. I should say nobody can do that better than john lewis and so for us to talk about voting at a moment the whole nation is rightly honoring his life encourage and achievement on b
Grateful and hardened by those who wanted to join this conversation and lift every voice the urgency of civic duty voting. Thank you to all members one of the best groups i have ever worked with. Its an Extraordinary Group of people that contributed so much. And to the center for democratic governance for their support. Thank you to my dear cochair who is an absolute dynamo and a blessing to work with and then the Vice President of workings release these governance programs. He has been extraordinary also. Things to everyone. I should say nobody can do that better than john lewis and so for us to talk about voting at a moment the whole nation is rightly honoring his life encourage and achievement on behalf of Voting Rights he very nearly gave his life and was willing to give his life. And thats why i want to read a statement he issued on behalf of us all. A towering figure in the history of this Country Representative lewis dedicated his life to fight for the ideals that represented th
Perfect sense. But then there are days like today when i cant take how stupidly bullish this market can be the dow gaining 164 points nasdaq climbing 0. 35 . You often hear people saying that the whole things been manipulated. Its a desperate Federal Reserve and its a scared powell and its President Trump winning the election no, the feds just doing its job. And if the white house wanted to juice the stock market, dont you think they already wouldve cut a deal with the democrats on the next round of stimulus see, there is a much simpler explanation. I call it clueless buying. I always say you should never underestimate the wall street promotion machine. But never underestimate the power of enthusiastic buyers who do not know what theyre doing they know nothing some people accuse me of taking the thing too far. They say im not willing to call people out for being morons that are more likely to put retire clorox ceo than i am to put a departing Ceo Jim Hackett on the wall of shame. They