The world is driven by shaped. Thinks. We dare to ask. Greetings and sell you take all right well. Well well welcome back hawk watchers from the hiatus i hope everybody is safe and sound happy and healthy out there in news t. V. Land there is. There is however one group out there who we know are definitely not healthy and theyre certainly not happy and that my friends is all of our historically racist statues and memorials here in the United States of america yes activists and protesters across the nation over the last few weeks have been tearing down these idiotic idols and relics to our slave owning colonizing history much to the dismay and outrage of well i guess what those who care more about stones symbols of hate than peoples flesh blood and lives never one to miss an opportunity to sound off in an Election Year u. S. President donald trump chimed in or rather tweeted in declaring i have authorized the federal government to arrest anyone who vandalize or destroys any monument sta
President trump also made news in this impromptu get together which we werent exactly expecting on a monday morning, saying the coronavirus briefings are making a comeback starting tomorrow from the Briefing Room at 5 00 p. M. Start our coverage with chad pergram who covers capitol hill. Chad, that meet meeting in the oval office set the table for next few weeks negotiations. What are we looking for . Reporter a lot of negotiations will be with republicans, make no mistake on that. Republicans are all over the map on this by there is major disagreements how to do another bill. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said they will be about kids and jobs. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said he will take control to write the bill in his office. There is lot of questions whether he can finish a bill at all. Mitch mcconnell is confident they can. Listen. Begin the process of socializing what weve been discussing with the administration over last two weeks with our members. Were looking fo
Not healthy and theyre certainly not happy and that my friends is all of our historically racist statues and memorials here in the United States of america yes activists and protesters across the nation over the last few weeks have been tearing down these idiotic idols and relics to our slave owning colonizing history much to the dismay and outrage over well. I guess what those who care more about stones symbols of hate than peoples flesh blood and lives never one to miss an opportunity to sound off in an Election Year u. S. President donald trump chimed in or rather tweeted in declaring i have authorized the federal government to arrest anyone who vandalize or destroys any monument statue or other such federal property in the United States with up to 10 years in prison. But it wasnt just the president was clutching his pearls the activists gadflies and Culture Police from the right even some on the left were also losing their collective minds on t. V. And social media over the topplin
Button at the bottom of your screen. Well get to questions after our conversation. To lets turn our attention some objects that help us describe the civil war. The history museum, objects do a lot of heavy lifting and standing in for a larger historical narrative be the conditions of the objects themselves. Lets talk about this book, the civil war in 50 objects. Tell us about it and how 50 objects can tell the complex story of the civil war. Its extraordinarily when we undertook this project 18 years ago, it was difficult to find just 50 objects although we think they tell the story of the war. As you tell the story of arts theobjects standing in story about race, militarization, soldier life, civilian life. Its also a story about connecting collecting and the New York Historical society as the trove of this cities lower from the revolutionary period to today. So i think its a double story. Lets start with her objects of the evening. Remarkably topic is aligned with current events. The
Activists and protesters across the nation over the last few weeks have been tearing down these idiotic idols and relics to our slave owning colonizing history much to the dismay and outrage of well i guess what those who care more about stones symbols of hate than peoples flesh blood and lives never one to miss an opportunity to sound off in an Election Year u. S. President donald trump chimed in or rather tweeted in declaring i have authorized the federal government to arrest anyone who vandalize or destroys any monument statue or other such federal property in the United States with up to 10 years in prison. But it wasnt just the president was clutching his pearls the activists gadflies and Culture Police from the right of even some on the left were also losing their collective minds on t. V. And social media over the toppling of these slave owning idols yes apparently the removal of the ulysses s. Grant statue was just a line too far for some people ignoring the fact that grant des