Wilkins author mark wilkins exd the psychological impact of world war i Aerial Combat and the disorder known as aeroneurosis, a nervous condition brought on by flying. He also talked about diary entries from pilots who experienced this condition and explores their lives after the war. This event was hosted by the smithsonian associates. Pleasedht, we are very to welcome back to this smithsonian mark wilkins. He is the current curator of maritime history at the calvert marine museum. He is also director and he has also been richer and curator of the Maritime Museum and the atlas house museum. Mr. Wilkins is a published author of books and articles. Degree fromters Harvard University and is currently working on several books related to world war i aviation. He is adjunct faculty at the college of st. Marys in maryland. Also the producer of a documentary film. Aeroneurosis will be published. We will not have signing tonight. Signed ande already the speaker has graciously agreed to persona
His presidency. Many hoping that the vietnam war would end soon. It did not. After a raucous 1968, a lot of people were optimistic that the economy was on the mend and it was all clear sailing ahead. That was then. Similar hopes today. A lot of it built on an unemployment report that shock ad lot of people, it was more like a goldilocks number. Very low Unemployment Rate. Even though the number of overall jobs gained. That was a little less than thought but it continue as trend of jobs that are advancing in the latest period. Well get into that. But meantime, a lot of attention is on the reported itself what it says after a week we got news the Manufacturing Sector was slowing down, the Services Sector was slowing down. They were ready for bear today. They didnt find that. They found Something Like i said a goldilocks number that hit all the right buttons so far, the dow up 228 points. Lets get a read on all of this from Edward Lawrence who crunches numbers as we speak. Edward . Report
The unfiltered view of government. Join us thisguests morning to talk about na er an repre to gess joining us native american representation. She is with the Cherokee Nation and serves as a delegate to the house of representatives and is the principal chief here good morning. Can you talk about the history of the nation. How we get a delegate to congress . The treaty contains a specific provision, it states we should have a delegate in the house of representatives. Treaty two speaks about a deputy. The treaty was the last treaty that we had with the United States. We affirmed prior treaties. Both were ratified by the senate. The background and basis for the right. Fastforward to the tribal constitution. It has a provision that requires the principal chief to appoint a delegate. It is to confirm a delegate. Recently the chief appointed me in the tribal council. And working with leadership in the delegation. And a member of congress to figure out the framework. We are working on the fram
Social media. On twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling it now. Having this conversation after a historic week when it comes to opioid litigation. On monday. T happened the drugmaker Johnson Johnson was found to be was on support for contributing to oklahomas Opioid Crisis and ordered by a Court District judge to pay 572 million in fines. On tuesday, Purdue Pharma was reported to be in talks to pay between 10 billion and 12 billion to settle some 2000 opioidrelated lawsuits brought by states, cities, and counties. This was the scene in that oklahoma courtroom when the judge announced his decision in that Johnson Johnson case. [video clip] the Opioid Crisis is an eminent danger, and my judgment includes findings of fact and the law of the state mets its burden that the defendant, misleading inson, includingection one, the finding that those actions compromised the health and safety of thousands of oklahomans,
Bloomberg. It is now a little bit more than one year since you were elected. Lets begin with your noisy neighbor to the north. Donald trump. At the moment, mexico has 20,000 National Guard on the border. You have also since taken in 20,000 asylumseekers that come to mexico who would otherwise be in america. Today, secretary of state pompeo said mexico needs to do more. When you look at america, do you see it as an ally or bully . Pres. Obrador he is an ally. We are not betting on politics of force, authoritarianism. We think of the solution to the problems. We do not think the solution to problems should be through coercion. We think of cooperation for development. That is what we are for. It is indispensable to have a Good Relationship with the United States because of friendship, trade, commerce, and geopolitical relations as well. We have 3180 kilometers of order with the United States. If we were in any european country or south american country, perhaps we could have a different t