History of gun regulation and how the Second Amendment has been interpreted over the citys. Good morning, and welcome. Its a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the National History center. Im karin wulf, im the executive director of the institute of Early American History and culture at william and mary and ill be introducing todays speakers and moderating the q a afterwards. Please note that we have distributed cards, theyre on your chairs. And the purpose of those cards is to facilitate the q a. Jeff is standing outside. Hes waving. Jeff will collect those cards for any questions that you have and ill facilitate the discussion the speakers. Were looking forward to a very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. This briefing is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the National History center that brings Historical Perspective to issue confronting congress and the nation. The center is strictly nonpartisan and as such the purpose of the briefing is not to advoca
Policy while mayor is trying to get the minority vote. By the way, third in Morning Consult poll. And then theres this, Bernie Sanders, you think he looks sheepish on the flight there, why sheepish, because the socialist was flying first class, lets get to the market, nice way to open the show on valentines day i think, a long weekend coming up. Some traders on wall street are going to be thinking, wait a minute, do i want to hold stocks over long weekend, i cant fix anything until tuesday morning, who knows what will happen with the virus, in advance of that, we have the dow down just a point, not Much Movement there, s p down 2, nasdaq, im sorry, s p up 2, nasdaq up 14. All right, now this, china continues to report a surge in new cases and deaths from the virus. 121 deaths, chilling number for you, 1,716 medical workers affected since virus erupted in china, 6 of them have died. Carnival cruise lines have canceled 18 cruises in asia, lets get on with it, its friday, Varney Company i
Ill be back at1 o clock for more newsday with sharanjit but now on bbc news, hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. Im shaun ley. Sometimes a tv drama does more to entertain, it brings to live an of world an audience failed to see. The american tv series the wire, which methodically dissected americas war with drugs, was an eye opener for many. Wendell pierces role as detective bunk moreland brought him international attention. Now hes on stage in london as the protagonist in arthur millers play death of a salesman. He describes the play as the american hamlet but in todays america, you are on your own. Wendell pierce welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. 14 years ago, Hurricane Katrina, you are visiting your parents when the evacuation was mandated. It was your family home, the ctu had grown up m, family home, the ctu had grown up in, we are family and friends still lived in. How are the memories of what you saw when you return to what had been your home . Those images in my mind are i
Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im shaun ley. Sometimes a tv drama does more than entertain, it brings alive to an audience a world theyve failed to see. For many, in the United States and beyond, the wire, which methodically dissected americas war with drugs, was an eye opener. Playing detective bunk moreland brought Wendell Pierce international attention. Now hes on stage in london as willy loman, the protagonist in arthur millers play, death of a salesman. Wendell pierce describes the part hes playing as the american hamlet Wendell Pierce welcome to hardtalk, thank you very much for coming into the studio. Thank you for having me, shaun. Lets begin, if we may, 1a years ago, hurricane katrina, you were visiting your parents when the evacuation was mandated. It was your family home, the city you had grown up in, the city where all your friends were from, and where your family still live. How vivid now are the pictures in your mind, the memories of what you saw when you returned to what
When it gets to be 80s along wi having a little trouble talking. A busy morning. Traffic has been a mess. A van caught fire. Everything is open now. Lets talk weather. A heat advisory for many bay areas today and tomorrow. A red flag warning has been issued for the upper elevations of the Northeast Bay hills. Firefighters have assembled strike teams and are on standby ready to fight any fire that pops up today. The city of santa rosa expecting triple digit and opening up several cooling centers today. The finley recreation opened up an hour ago. The Community Center opened 30 minutes ago and the senior winged opened at 8 00 this morning. Triple digits. We are looking at hot weather across the board. If you dont have air conditioning its going to be a tough one. We are looking at conditions today as well as tomorrow. We are giving you a look at the advisory. The heat advt for you. Most of our cities as mentioned away from the coastline although the coastline is to give in on well. We ar