This program originally livestreamed on facebook and youtube and is part of a series of Online Events intended to keep visitors connected with mount vernon during its closure to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Bradburn here we are again. Welcome back. My name is doug bradburn. It is my delight to have these opportunities to talk about George Washington. Last wednesday, we were in our museum. This is our Education Center here at mount vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. It gives a grand sense of why he matters. Last time, we were looking at his youth, a youth that is oftentimes enwrapped in romance and myth. Of course, he is most known to americans and perhaps the folks around the world as the great military commander, the general who led the americans through the american war for independence, through eight long years of war. His identity as a warrior is a crucial one. We think about who was George Washington, how did he think of himself and his tim
The bloomberg terminal. Reopening in america, President Trump urges the u. S. To get going again, even if it leads to more death. Chinas ambassador to washington calls for an end to the blame game over the coronavirus origin. More pain for europes banks. Lenders try to estimate the damage to their Balance Sheets from the coronavirus shutdown, and the ecb stands by its inflation mandate after a German Court Ruling on its qe program. Bond investors expressed concern about the Central Banks latest ofonavirus stimulus in light that decision. We are under an hour away to the start of cash trading across the continent, and in Great Britain, lets look at futures this morning, pointing slightly lower after a decent rally yesterday, although it was a rough start to the week for European Equity indexes. We are looking at drops of about. 1 right now on the dax futures in frankfurt. Higher in thedge cash trade yesterday. We are seeing futures edge higher once again today, so. 6 gain across the s p
Twoyear is now trading, but that doesnt seem to matter. The majority of debt in europe all undergoing this powerful rally, despite the fact that we are going to see horrific unemployment number in about an hour and a half. Lets get you out of the market moving news from our new york team. We want to start with the much awaited u. S. Jobs data out of april for the next hour. Economists now estimating 22 million jobs wiped out in the past month. Joining me now is carl riccadonna, bloomberg chief economist. It is hard to put these into perspective. Help me out. Morning. D these numbers point to immense disruption in the u. S. Economy, on a scale we really have not whichn recorded history, goes back to either world war ii or the great depression. ,o put some context around this this is far more than all of the job losses we saw during the Great Recession concentrated into a single month. If we take the job losses of the last nine recessions, lump them all together going back to the late 19
Its think of it and i think we can say today. That we have the family 1st families if a pandemic the hind us. Shops can now be opened and of course but hunting restrictions. I think. We come to have a situation with the numbers infections which can show we have to virus reasonably under control i would say this is a Prime Minister decision. Also coming up tonight its it was the summer of 1905 construction cranes dominated the berlin skyline a city preparing to be a capital city once again it was then that the artist christo presented berlin a present not to be unwrapped it was astonishing to see that every fold and wrinkle he had painted was exactly what you could see in real life later. It was as though he could envision the whole thing. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a decision to reopen the beer gardens and they promise to close them if the coronavirus returns today leaders of all 16 german states along with ger
Restrictions. We come to have a situation with the numbers infections which can show we have the virus reasonably under control i would say this is a balanced decision. Also coming up tonights it was the summer of 1995 construction cranes dominated the berlin skyline a city preparing to be a capital city once again it was then that the artist christo presented berlin a present not to be unwrapped it was astonishing to see that every fold and wrinkle he had painted was exactly what you could see in real life later. It was as though he could envision the whole thing. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a decision to reopen the beer gardens and they promise to close them if the coronavirus returns today leaders of all 16 german states along with german chancellor Angela Merkel. Agreed on far reaching measures to put the economy back in business and to breathe life back into public spaces all stores will reopen this month a