You will hear from former secretary of state George Shultz and condoleezza rice, economist thomas foale, kissinger biographer and historian Neil Ferguson, former george w. Bush Administration Justice Department Official john yoo mac and shelby steele. At first, heres a portio here f the interview with George Shultz secretary of state during the reagan administration. He talked about his book is use on my mind. Host you right when it comes to terrorism, we in this country must think hard about the moral stakes involved. If we truly believe in our Democratic Values and way of life, we must be willing to defend them. Passive measures are unlikely to suffice. Means effective defensive deterrence must be considered and given the necessary political support. Guest you say if you have a lawenforcement approach you say okay let a terrorist attack happen. But then we find out who did it, and the drivein in the u. S. Court and if we make them guilty for the endless appeals because the jail. Whil
The Economic Club of new york is one of the nations leading nonpartisan forums for discussions on economic, social and political issues. This mission is as important today as we people together as a catalyst for conversation and innovation. We probably stand with our committees seeking inclusion and mutual understanding. Special welcome to guess of our members and lives of the Economic Clubs at chicago and washington d. C. Wouldve also been invited to join the webinar today as well as members of the Economic Clubs 2020 last the fellows. Before i began i would get like to thank our healthcare workers and our other frontline workers for all you do come particularly during these challenging times to keep us healthy and safe. Im not a letterworn in as the 25th commissioner of of food and drug on 2019. Dr. Hahn is a dedicated clinician having trained in both medical oncology and radiology. He was always carefully balance, executive management with clinical time to continue to serve oncology
Conversation. This is half an hour. Good afternoon. Welcome to the 547th meeting of the Economic Club of new york in our 113th year. Im mike oneill. This mission is as important today as ever, as we continue to bring people together as a catalyst for conversation and innovation. We proudly stand with all communities seeking inclusion and mutual understanding. A special welcome to guests of our members and members of the Economics Club of chicago and washington, d. C. Weve also been invited to join the web i noor today, as well as the 2020 class of fellows. Before west berth gin, i would like to welcome our Health Care Workers and First Responders to keep us healthy during this time. Dr. Stephen hahn was sworn in on december 17th, 2019. Dr. Hahn is a dedicated clinician. His previous leadership roles, hes carefully balanced executive management can clinical time to serve his oncology patients, his true passion. He served as chair of the Radiation Oncology Department at the university of
Now on bbc news. Its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 2020. And he said that
All these whites have it in for you and that is why you are doing badly. I had done badly in harlem and i overcame it. Reporter what happened there . I graduated. I thought you said you went to howard. I was going to howard in the evening while working fulltime during the day so at harvard i was a fulltime feature first time in 10 years so that was what years did you go to harvard . I graduated in 1968 so you can understand, talking about recently a black man in law school was told professor x never takes black students and he got a b plus but there was great consternation but it is truly criminal what goes on in terms of using and manipulating students to serve all kinds of external things. Host give us an example of what you are talking about. Guest political purposes, the investment campaign. The administration, the whole thing. They are threatened with violence. At stanford the hispanic students have complained the hispanic establishment has threatened them with what is said and do