And political impulses caused americans to consider americans a larger role in the world for their nation. Professor smith details the actions they took such as pursuing missionary work, arguing for the expansion of the navy and searching for new economic markets. This is just over an hour and 10 minutes. What were going to do today is start something very new and very distinct in the evolution of the story were telling. The 1890s becomes a distinct beginning of the way america thinks of itself in the world. In a very different way. If you want to understand the 20th century, if you want to understand the role that the United States assumes for itself and plays in the 20th century, the 1890s is the place to start. Because the transformation, listen, the transformation that you see among the people and their attitudes in the 1890s is little short of kind of amazing. Remember this. Remember that as far as you want to go in American History, okay, the idea has been that the United States
And 7 00 a. M. On thursday. More heavy rain is on the way as unstable atmospheric conditions are expected to continue through early friday. And for the next 24 hours, up to 300 millimeters is expected to drench the kansai region, 250 millimeters for northern kyushu. Residents elsewhere in japan can expect up to 115 millimeters. Officials are urging people to be on the alert and think about evacuation routes. For more details on the heavy rain, lets bring in our meteorologist tsietsi monare. Tsietsi, we know some parts of japan have already entered its rainy season, but even so the conditions look very unstable. Tell us what people need to watch out for. Yes, that is exactly what is happening. Ththe rainy seasoson has started now frontal system that is quiue stagnant, not going anywhere, its bringing more outer rain bands toward southern parts of japan including central jajapan. You cann see o over the last coe of hours we saw torrential rainfall in large numbers, about 167 millimeters
Of the story we are telling. The 1890s becomes a distinct beginning of the way american thinks of itself in the world in a very different way. If you want to understand the 20th century. If you want to understand the role that the United States assumes and plays in the country, the 1890s is the place to start, because the transformation that you see among the people and their attitudes in the 1890s is little short of kind of amazing. Remember this. Remember that as far back as you want to go in American History, the idea has been that the United States, and before that the american colonies. We are over here and the rest of the world is the rest of the world. There is this purposeful sense that we are us, and the rest of the world can do whatever it wants, whatever it takes, whatever it is going to do, it will not affect us. I am sort of dancing around the words isolation, because that has got a lot of baggage around it. But that is part of it. That we were and isolated country. Or if
Ministration could have acted earlier and saved thousands of lives. And in football the bundesliga has its 1st big blooper since the restart to this goal kicking out past her to berlin an important victory. Im serious i was gonna thank you for joining us china has taken another step to increase its control over hong kong and subdue public protest beijings National Peoples Congress Overwhelmingly passed a plan giving the Chinese Government the power to begin imposing new restrictions on hong kong the Controversial National security law will bypass the territories own the ruling legislature prodemocracy advocates say the law violates the freedoms promise of the Hong Kong Special one country 2 systems status. The Chinese Government said the implementation of the security law was for the Long Term Benefit of hong kongs prosperity and stability. One country 2 systems is chinas basic state policy. I mean the Central Government has all along fully and faithfully implemented one country 2 syst
Quarter gdp. All coming up at 8 30 a. M. Eastern and investor reaction. Reaction from u. S. Labor secretary Eugene Scalia, hes here live at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Ahead of the numbers, markets mixed. Markets surged yesterday but this morning dow futures up 75 but the s p and nasdaq futures negative. This on top of yesterday when the dow closed above 25,000 for the First Time Since march tenth with big rally yesterday at the close on wall street. As you see the dow industrials up 553 points at the close yesterday, nasdaq was up 72 and s p 500 yesterday up 44. President trump versus social media. White house reportedly set to take executive action to hold companies responsible for stiffing free speech and the Michael Flynn controversy deepens this morning. Attorney general william barr announcing brandnew investigation more unmasking, looking at what happened before and after the 2016 election. Plus major travel destinations returning, las vegas resorts ready to welcome guests once again, d