Confederates. Hosted by historical park, this is about one hour. All right. Speaking of our speakers. We are very privileged to have bill blair with us this evening. Bill is the walter l and helen p fareed professor of middle American History at pen state university. It has one of the best faculties in the country dealing with the civil war era. There are a number of bills colleagues who are wellknown. Phil is right at the top of that list as a teacher at penn state. He received all of his degrees as bachelor, master and ph. D. At pence tate university. I first met bill 20 years ago when he wasnt an academic. Bill was a newspaper editor i believe. After having a career in newspapers and journalism, he decided he wanted to devote his life to teaching and studying history. We are all the better for it. He is the author of many books. I just want to mention a couple. With malice towards some. Thats his latest book published in 2014. Virginias private war, which is a wonderful book. Cities
Five, probably four. Looking at five very seriously. I will make a decision on either friday or saturday. Charles President Trump announcing his plans to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, pushing for a vote before election day. Can it happen, should it happen and what happens when it happens . We tapped the best legal minds at fox news for the answers. All that and so much more on making money. Charles so, folks markets opened under very big pressure this morning continuing to move lower as investors are grappling really with a confluence of concerns including washington, d. C. , turmoil, exacerbated by the untimely and tragic death of Justice Ginsburg. A lack of fiscal aid package, great he contested election and covid19 spikes in europe causing concern here in the United States. We have jack ablin and michael lee strategies, michael lee. Michael, i want to get your assessment on the selling that were seeing. Maybe it is found a sort of intraday bottom. Certainly some
As a result, you have the two sides stuck. There is broad agreement to that something more has to be done to address the challenges created by covid19 and the covid19 related shutdown. The other issue discussed is we are headed for a Government Shutdown if we do not get government funding within the next two weeks by september 30, we are headed for a Government Shutdown in the middle of the election, in the middle of a pandemic. Not only is there the question of how we stimulate the economy, there is the question of how we keep the government open. David taking the immediate thing, we have heard from Speaker Pelosi as well as secretary mnuchin they think they have some sort of a deal whether it is written down or not. They think they will have something clean, is that a big problem . Lanhee they do apparently have an agreement. He challenges what clean means republicans view a clean extension of existing government funding is just that, a clean extension without any provision stuck on
That is unique and in this last hour, last night was about hearing normal peoples stories and tonight was heavy on previously elected reviews. We expect to hear about National Security from colin powell in the second hour and likely very emotional speech from doctor joe biden speaking about her husband. We will wrap up all of this and we want to get you right to that virtual rollcall. Workers are dying from covid 19 and a lot of us dont have paid sick leave work quality protective equipment. We are human beings and not disposable. We want to keep helping and we need a president who will have our back. Nebraska cast 33 votes for joe biden. Working people are the backbone of our economy and the key to our recovery. Joe biden knows it is not enough to praise, we need to reward them so lets raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, empower workers to negotiate for more pay and better workplaces and make it easier to pay for healthcare and higher education. I am proud to cast 24 votes for Berni
We have opened to audiences to visitors to come to melbourne and you have an opportunity to come strolled around, see the museum and Education Center and soon we will be able to open the mansion but better yet with particular challenges, maybe not a safe space for visitors, come visit and continue to support mall burning in that way. Another thing ill mention is an upcoming event, on july 8 coming up around the corner, using book talk, we will feature judge ginsburg who is the host and creator of the miniseries on the constitution but hell be interviewed by someone who is important and knows whats right, please join us for that conversation with justice ken briggs and david rubenstein. In the exploration. Tonights event is going to involve three panelists and i wont describe to you but i do want to introduce our guests and moderator doctor karen wolf in the director of the institute of American History and culture, professor of history of william and mary in a recent watch library foll