Facing a new threat and invasion of giant killer hornets. Its good to have you with us tonight new numbers are making plain the terrible toll of the pandemic in the u. K. The countrys National Statistics office now says more than 32000 people have died of covert 19 britain now has the highest death toll in europe surpassing hard hit italy globally only the United States has seen more people succumb to the virus. During the governments daily Coronavirus Briefing britains new death toll joy one official lost phone difficult guys. And what you see is that deaths in the u. K. Is still continuing to climb and is. Higher than we would wish i think is all i can say internationally while the Prime Ministers deputy was eager to point out that figures couldnt be compared at this stage there are different ways of counting deaths as we know weve had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so im not sure that the Inter
Crisis could spot even greater migration in the worlds poorest nations. And the only phenomenon welcome new numbers show the grim toll of the corona virus pandemic in the u. K. The countrys National Statistics office now says more than 32000 people have died of covert 19 that gives britain the highest death toll in europe surpassing heart its only globally only the us has seen more people succumb to the illness. During the governments daily Coronavirus Briefing britains new death toll to live one official most home. And what you see is that deaths in the u. K. Is still continuing to climb and is. Higher than we would wish i think is all i can say internationally while the prime ministers deputy was eager to point out that figures couldnt be compared at this stage there are different ways of counting deaths as we know weve had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so im not sure that the International Com
Unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. Thank you for joining us this evening. Im gavin, the director of programs exhibitions and Community Partnerships for the massachusetts historical society. Tonight on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor on her great new book, the boston massacre, Family History. As our regular guests know we very frequently pulled together a small exhibition from our collection that highlights some material that we have within our holdings. That helps with evening discussions. Today we have an entire exhibition. We did not need a small exhibition this time. Not only that but our exhibition actually features our speaker this evening. So if you didnt see it shes on a video monitor upstairs and was also very generous with her time helping us plan the exhibition and sitting for an interview. We certainly cannot have done our current exhibition without her help. We owe her a debt of gratitude. Is a professor of Early A
Today we have an entire explanation so we didnt need a small one this time. Not only do we have a whole exhibition that features the speakers this evening so if you didnt see shes on one of the video monitors upstairs and is also very generous with her ti time. We certainly couldnt have done the exhibition without her help so we owe her a bit of gratitude. Serena zabin professor of Early American History and director of the program of american studies at carleton college. Received her undergraduate from those in college and phd from rutgers university. Her new book, we will let people get settled in here. I guess we got started a little early. Her new book goes deeply into boston 1770. Looking at how the soldiers that have been stationed here since the fall of 1768 were not just a seen as an Occupying Force but the neighbors and customers and competitors or in other words as people. And often repeated narrative of increasing tensions that reached a boiling point on march 5. Some soldie
Down to 0. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question as coronavirus challenges society and spreads across america whats the domino effect of keeping millions of students at home lets get to the bottom line. Across the u. S. So far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and restrictions are going into effect one of the biggest decisions has been shutting down schools from coast to coast people more than happy to do what it takes to protect themselves and their families but no one knows how the School Shutdown will affect this generation of students and their parents what happens if the School Closures go beyond a few weeks does the entire term get written off what happens if it least one parent cant stay at home with the kids what happens to folks who depend on the free lunches and the breakfasts offered by the Public Schools and with all the talk about Distance Learning is america competent at scale to pull off such a feat so many questions today and fortunately were joined