Welcome to the montgomery Federalist Society luncheon. Im allen mendenhall, dean of the Royal College of business at troy, executive director of the manual Johnson Center for political economy and president of our local montgomery chapter here, the federal society seeks to sponsor fair, serious and open debate about the need to enhance individual freedom and the role of the courts. In saying what the law is rather than it ought to be. The underlying irony behind the aptly named edmund burke foundation, which was founded in 2019 to fund the National Conservative movement, spearheaded by yoram mazzoni. Is that burke widely considered the father of modern conservative political, championed economic liberalism. He was johnson and joshua reynolds, the Literary Club in london that included none other than adam smith among its prestigious members. Burke was smiths friend and favorably reviewed theory of moral sentiments in the wealth of nations. His speech on conciliation america and speech o
Welcome to the montgomery Federalist Society luncheon. Im allen mendenhall, dean of the Royal College of business at troy, executive director of the manual Johnson Center for political economy and president of our local montgomery chapter here, the federal society seeks to sponsor fair, serious and open debate about the need to enhance individual freedom and the role of the courts. In saying what the law is rather than it ought to be. The underlying irony behind the aptly named edmund burke foundation, which was founded in 2019 to fund the National Conservative movement, spearheaded by yoram mazzoni. Is that burke widely considered the father of modern conservative political, championed economic liberalism. He was johnson and joshua reynolds, the Literary Club in london that included none other than adam smith among its prestigious members. Burke was smiths friend and favorably reviewed theory of moral sentiments in the wealth of nations. His speech on conciliation america and speech o
A man accused of running a 1. 2 billion Online Market known as the silk road faces charges of internet drug trafficking. He has been accused of operating the marketplace where customers use bitcoin where they can buy heroin and fake passports. He was first charged in 2013. He faces charges including conspiracy to commit computer hacking and money laundering. Federal regulators are asking comcast to explain their internet and content policies. In a letter made public today, the fcc asks comcast to provide information on a range of its Business Practices from programming agreements to data caps on customers. Now, to the lead. The hunt is on for the islamic extremist who brutally murdered american journalist james foley. The killer ensured of the task would not be easy by cloaking himself in black. Officials in the u. S. And u. K. Are using modern technology along with some oldfashioned police work to analyze the british accented voice in that video. We are joined by a researcher able to
Deaths. The chinese city of wuhan locked down, more than 600 infected. And its spreading fast. Fear it could spread further. It was over there, in china, where frankly theyve had a lot of outbreaks over the years. China has reported 136 cases of the bird flu. Emergence of the h10 strain follows that of the fatal h7 and 9 strain last year. In chinas desperate bid to control the latest bird flu virus. But this was no bird flu. And the world soon began to take notice. Penicillin was discovered here in 1928. It revolutionized medicine. Today, researchers here from Imperial College are working for another radical breakthrough. I think technology that completely changes the way vaccines are being made and covid19 is allowing us to try this technology. Back in january, professor robin shaddock was watching the news coming out of china with growing concern. At that stage, it wasnt a pandemic. It was an outbreak. At that stage when youve got a few thousand cases, it could be a blip, it could go
Johnson at nbc news World Headquarters in new york and this is the week. Plenty to cover this hour, beginning with president trumps continued refusal to concede the election. This morning his former National Security adviser called on republicans to take a stand. Well, i think its very important for leaders of the Republican Party to explain to our voters, who are not as stupid as the democrats think, that in fact trump has lost the election and that his claims of Election Fraud are baseless. He will make life as difficult as he can for the incoming Biden Administration. I think that harms the country. So how will the stalled transition impact relationships with our allies abroad . More on that in a moment. So much of what a Biden Administration wants to do depends on the outcome of two Critical Senate runoffs in georgia. Well have a live report from atlanta. And a look at logistical challenges of holding a special election in the middle of a raging pandemic when so much voter exciteme