I and delighted to welcome an accomplished author and the administrative director of the Manhattan Project and the author of New York Times bestsellers with the british spy ring and wartime washington and in tuxedo park speaking to her new book the great secret. Thank you for joining us. Also thank you to the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight my first zoom presentation. Bear with me. Now im thinking i should have had wine. Winston churchill had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across the truth but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing is happened Lieutenant Colonel Francis Alexander the remarkable humor of my book and in fact refused to leave the scene of a military disaster when churchill himself warned him to. And investigated and recognize the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors to have lifesaving implications in the future. And then turns a chemical weapons report into a stepping stone and a tragedy into a medical triumph. To t
Jennet conant who was the granddaughter of administrative tractor the Manhattan Project and one of our nations leading scientists of the 20th century century pages the author of New York Times bestseller the regulars and tuxedo park a wall street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of world war ii. She will be speaking tonight about her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us jennet. Said thank you. I also want to thank you for inviting me to be with you tonight. Alas its virtually but im going to do my best. My first doom presentation so they are with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking right now should have had a lot of wine but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed manic case only stumble across the truth but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happene
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbstation from viewers like you. Thank you. I am jane obrien and this is world news america. Two weeks to go before the u. S. President ial election but many voters have already made up their minds as early voting gets underway. I am in the battleground state of florida. Voters have been lining up since dawn for early voting. We take a look at whether latino voters could hand President Trump another victory or defeat. The president ial election. We its impact on security in asia as chinas military might continues to grow. And the short,harp shock of cold water. Could swimming in it prevent dimension . Our correspondent takes the plunge could swimming it prevent dementia . It certainly is refreshing. Your whole body screams and shock. In shock. Jane welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. We are just 15 days
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbstation from viewers like you. Thank you. I am jane obrien and this is world news america. Two weeks to go before the u. S. President ial election but many voters have already made up their minds as early voting gets underway. I am in the battleground state of florida. Voters have been lining up since dawn for early voting. We take a look at whether latino voters could hand President Trump another victory or defeat. The president ial election. We its impact on security in asia as chinas military might continues to grow. And the short,harp shock of cold water. Could swimming in it prevent dimension . Our correspondent takes the plunge could swimming it prevent dementia . It certainly is refreshing. Your whole body screams and shock. In shock. Jane welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. We are just 15 days
13 days out to the election. Weve got lots in this hour. Wendy schiller of Brown University will join us on the changing political landscape. There is Market Movement today. We will talk equities in a moment with james bevan. I love his work on a more longterm perspective. Lets go shortterm. Where in the bond market argue focused . Jonathan long end, of course. Front end anchored, a bit of a snooze. And youre starting to break out a bit over the last 24 hours, just north of 80 basis points. Just around 95 was the intraday high in june. We have not reclaimed that level. Whenever we see a price move like this, it is a bit more fuel for the reflation narrative. It is price first, narrative second. Tom i saw just a little bit breaking out to higher inflation. What is the significance of the vanilla spread, the difference between the 10 year and the twoyear yield, back to march of 2018 . Jonathan jonathan steeper, and the five year versus the 30 year, also steeper. I think weve got to get m