Ver much with us. Months after it first arrived on our shores, it was a classic case of ready or not, as Martha Teichner will report ouile of u. Government pandemic preparedness plans. It is not as if we werent warned. By early february, the scope of this pandemic was really becoming quite clear. President trump we have it very much under control. Reporter so how did we get blindsided . We wasted almost the entire month of february doing almost nothing to get us ready. Reporter coming up this sunday morning, the telling timeline. Pauley shes already a broadway and hollywood legend, now Julie Andrews is launching a brand new podcast, aimed at encouraging children to read. This morning shell tell our tracy smith all about it. When the dog bites reporter Julie Andrews once played a character who could find her way through any hardship. Simply remember my favorite things reporter and it seems she is made of the same stuff. I really loved feeling happy and being happy, and im certainly not
With four original skills named after her, became the most decorated World Champion of all time busy week ahead. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im dara brown. Im phillip mena. Syria plunging into chaos. As Turkish Forces advance, President Trump ordered a withdrawal of troops from Northern Syria 1,000 troops are set to evacuation meanwhile, fears of an isis resurgence grows as supporters escape from a Detention Camp joining us is matt bradley whatan you tell us about the u. S. Withdrawal . Reporter you know, it is surprising how unsurprising all of this is it is very rare that the worst predictions come true in such fast form. Thats exactly what were seeing first of all, the troop withdrawal, theyre calling it a withdrawal, the u. S. Government. It looks a little more like a retreat. One of the things that precipitated all of this was the near attack by Turkish Forces, artillery firing near a u. S. Base, which almost actually struck the u. S. Base that, obviously, would ha
The faculty at brown in 1969. A prolific author, professor wood has won numeral russ awaou. In 1970 his book won the ban cost prize. In 1993, his radicalism of the American Revolution won the pulitzer price for history. The americanzation of Benjamin Franklin was awarded a prize by the Boston Authors Club in 2005. His volume in the oxford history of the United States entitled empire of liberty a history of the early republic was given the association of american publishers award for history and biography in 2009. The American History book prize by the New York Historical society and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. Incidentally, proefessor wood, e heard from someone else from the society last week. He was awarded a medal by president obama. He is a fellow of the American Academy of arts and sciences and the american philosophical society, the countrys oldest learned society. He and his wife louise have three children, two of whom are professors and all of whom are i
Behind me for the last 13 years in davos. I know we have some great coverage and panels. Speaking tomorrow with the barclays ceo, jes staley. We will be talking about the future of banking. Friday i will be moderating a panel on Monetary Policy and what comes after normalization. By ray dalio. Ed we are trying to figure out exactly what the davos men and last yearso wrong, and what they got so right. We are looking at some of the market calls they made last time. The dollar call was wrong and so was the price. Three. Re in day lets check out what is happening in the markets today. There is the stoxx 600, gaining for a third day after a third weekly gain. The best run since october. The euro, up by. 5 . There is a bit of relief now. Voting to enter negotiations on the common policy platform for germany. They have still got his final say on any coalition pack. There is another hurdle. This week, itins will be the sixth straight gain. The u. S. 10 year yield will change two point 56 . A v
Walter isaacson will be with us. First were going to john harper. More companies are following in line, criticism from president elect trump. Our john harwood is in washington dc with more on that. In the age of trump, companies have learned very quickly if they want to get on the good side of a new president , they should tout those efforts and make them conspicuous and public. Very substantial investments. Now the Companies Say the investments were already planned. Trump was on twitter today saying the jobs announcements are making the case that even before taking office, he is doing what he calls big stuff for the company. He is hoping to build momentum. He could not avoid picking a moe money temperatu more money. House republicans want a border adjusted dax system for the Business Community that would tax imports but not tax exports. Donald trump says it is too complicated. He has a punitive tax on companies that take jobs overseas, and well have to see what the wrestling match is