About her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. I also want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight, alas its virtually but i will do my best. It is my first soon presentation so bear with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking about now i shouldve had a lot of wind, but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed, may occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them picked themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel stuart alexander, the remarkable hero of my book, did not hurry off. In fact, he refuse to leave the scene of the military disaster even when churchill himself warned him to. He stayed, he paid attention, he investigated, and as a result he recognized the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors that might have lifesaving
Changed the course of world war ii. She will bespeaking tonight about her new book , the great secret, the classified world war ii that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you and i want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight. Alas, its virtually but im here at my desk. Myfirst zoom presentation so bear with me everyone. Im thinking right now i should have a little bit of wine but anyway here we go. Lets start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across it to most of them themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel Stuart Francis alexander, our hero is not long off. In fact, you refused to leave the scene of a military disaster even though churchill warned him to. He stayed and investigated and as a result he recognized a never before seen symptoms of dying sailors that might have lifesaving implications for others inthe future. This is the story of one intrep
Thanks so much for being here tonight for one of the most contentious consequential and closely watched u. S. Elections in history thats right Democrat Joe Biden is fighting to unseat republican President Donald Trump and the world has its eyes on america tonight and well be following every twist and turn with our team of correspondents and experts and ill be keeping you up to date with all the results as they come in and this of course is an election played out with america in crisis mode the cold food pandemic is surging and theres a stark political divide and thats raising fears of unrest but turnout is set to shatter all records lets take a look now at deadline day for American Voters. This is what us to mock crissy looks like today huge lines at many polling stations in one of the worlds oldest and largest democracies from chile wisconsin in the north. Through the city that never sleeps. To tropical florida and the south voters seem to have shown up in massive numbers even during
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Minutes ago, Washington Attorney general bob ferguson talked to reporters about what the judges decision means for the president s travel ban. Its obviously a historic decision and an important one for the rule of law and for the people in the state of washington and the people of our country i said from the beginning it is not the loudest voice that prevails in a courtroom, its the constitution. Thats what we heard from the judge today. I want to be very clear about what his decision does then ill turn to my sister general who will add a few comments as well. Judge roe bar robards decision halt to president trumps unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. I want to pe that. It puts a stop to it immediately nationwide, so for all those individuals that relief is there. Folks can travel to this country as they could before the executive order. That relief is immediate, it is happening right now. The attorney general was asked if the timing of the decision might cause any problems c