[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the American Enterprise institute. My name is ryan streeter, director of policy studies and its my pleasure to welcome you to this event featuring timothy carneys new book and discussion about the findings and claims and i think you will find the remarks in the panel of interest particularly timely given the moment we find ourselves in historically right now so i look forward to the discussion. Hes going to come out and offer a few words and then he will be followed with a Panel Discussion with Charles Murray known to everybody here and then Megan Mcardie known as Washington Post columnist with a lot to say on this issue as well. Tim is a visiting fellow here at aei an and is also the commentay editor at the Washington Examiner where hes been a columnist for a while. His previous books are what many of you probably know him for. The big ripoff and that is where he carved out a name for himse himself. Its a deep dive and its
Out of his still in the but love that we may keep one another healthy and safe. It will therefore be unusual but mr. Speaker this legislation represents a bipartisan resolve to me the coronavirus challenge. It represents a focus on families and workers to the objective to make them safer and economically supported. It will protect workers and their families and our economy as we all do our part to flatten the curve. Public Health Officials made it clear that the only chance we have to prevent them from getting overwhelmed is for as Many Americans to stay home as possible. It is however necessary to be here, to pass legislation, respond on behalf of thees American People to the daunting challenge. Closure means large parts of the economy are temporarily shut down causing severe disruption for businesses and workers. We saw the impact of this yesterday with the new Unemployment Insurance claims increased by more than 3 Million People. 3million individuals. 3million families rely on them
Aerial assaults. Theres other ways columbia a major source of cocaine to the urks is putting an end to chemical spraying. Indias president and chinas president exchange warm greetings despite decades of bitterness and hostility good evening, this is Al Jazeera America. Im antonio mora. We begin tonight with a president ial assurance after meeting with the six gulf cooperation nations president obama promised the u. S. Would defend the g. C. C. Countries in the face of aggression. The gulf states have been at odds with the wowss pursuit of a Nuclear Agreement in iran. More reports surfaced that saudi arabia and other countries intend to match whatever Nuclear Capabilities iran has allowed. Mike viqueira is in camp david. What is the white house saying about how things went today . Did the president achieve what he wanted to . Well first of all, that last point, and its an important one, that question was asked several times in different venues to white house officials. They say that doe
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