I want to explain in advance at this in writing, weve examined various disasters from different perspectives, first of all, the psychological and physical problems that jamestown, disaster sermons and responses to fires hurricanes and epidemics in colonial america. Famine suffered by the dawn and party and root to california, irish immigrants flaming the potato famine in the ability to create new lives in this country. Disaster tourism, johnston flood of 1889 the impact of the triangle shirt lays factory in new york city and disaster arts that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So today we are discussing david oceans Pulitzer Prizewinning book, polio an american story, you all received questions that i posted and i am really interested in this topic, because i also teach someone are in the 19 fifties and of course that is one so much of this book takes place and i think just looking at polio really reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting though, i wan
Are ones that the court made very unpopular decisions. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stuck together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases. Tonights case is gideon versus wayne. Wreck 55 years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to counsel was so fundamental to our dove governmental system. That states must provide lawyers for defendants who cannot afford. One the hero of tonights story is a bit of an unlikely. One Clarence Gideon was adrift her from florida was accused of breaking a pool. As we begin tonight, were gonna go to some historic video. You see the real mr. Gideon and the florida judge who sentenced to jail. They reenacted the case for cbs news documentary in 1965. Lets watch the next case on the docket is the state of florida versus Clarence Earl gideon. What says the state are you ready for trial . The st
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Midnight. And lawmakers appear to be far from a deal. If an agreement isnt reached and a spending bill isnt passed, the government should shut down. The president today said that is a real possibility. F the country shuts down, which could very we be, the budget should be handled a lot differently than it has been handled over the last long period of time, many years. That kept a lid on stock prices. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 97 points to 26,017. The nasdaq was to have two and the s p 500 fell 4. 5. What could happen to the market if a hutdown is not averted . Reporte stocks have been off to the races so far in 2018 but the looming threat of a possible Government Shutdown two throw the rally for a loop. We have already seen the markets losing steam today. Remember, the dow just closed exactly does a shutdown really entail . The government would stop spending it. Messily applies to discretionary d and debt payments would not be affected. Neitr would military spending. The