Historical president and ceo and until to see you in our beautiful auditorium. Tonight program give me liberty is a part of our swartz distinguished Speakers Series and as always i like to thank mr. Schwartz for its great generosity which has enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to this stage. I also want to thank all of our chairman scouts of members or in attendance, and to thank you for yourhe great support which enabs us to do our work. Tonight program last about an hour and it will include a questionandanswer session. You shouldve received a note card and pencil as you entered the auditorium this afternoon, this evening, and if not, my colleagues are going up and down the isles with no cards and pencils the note cards will be collected later on withh your questions. Following the program that would be a book signing in our history store and copies of our speakers books will be available for purchase. Ey tonight we are thrilled to welcome Richard Brookhiser back to the New Yor
Washington who is author of tonights book , boss of the grips, the life of James H Williams and the red caps of Grand Central terminal. This is part of an ongoing series of programs posted in conjunction with our series the ballad of harlem. If youve not had a chance to look at the exhibition it will be up through the end of december. There are all these things inside the exhibition that i think you will hear about tonight and also it might feed your own historical knowledge about how the ballot for harlem examines several strands of black place making in the 20th century offering viewsof president s and institutions dedicated to education , politicalengagements , cultural affirmation and creativity. The exhibition as i was mentioning earlier highlights includes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters which was the first union of black workers particularly plowman porters and youll also find selections from ruby dee and aussie davises collection which we recentlyacquired. Also items fr
Inventing disaster the culture of calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the johnstown flood. Copies will be for sale. Thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. I hope you will join me in a very warm welcome for cindy kerner. [applause] prof. Kierner in 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many places i cared about. It was not in the ocean on a road on it. Stories about this storm really riveting. Especially the Human Interest stories about its victims, survivors, efforts to provide post Disaster Relief in the way in which the whole says situation became politicized. It happened so soon before president ial election. I also found it interesting what all the stories told us about the larger story worlds of new york and new jersey. In the United States generally. In 2012. , i noticedortant that the news followed a pattern familiar to me from katrina and other disasters. The quantitative information about what happened. How many people died, how much property was destroyed in the value of that
More to do with not only the 21 people on board who contracted the virus but others on board who may have been exposed and may get sick later. The total is 3,533 who came from a quarter of the planets nations. Weve been working through the day with Governor Newsom and his administration. We will bring the ship into a noncommercial port. All passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus. Those that need to be quarantined will be. Those that require additional medical attention will receive it. Reporter this afternoon, Contra Costa County reported on three new cases of the virus. The same ship is harbored off the shores of the pacific with a Different Group of passengers. The third person had contact with a known positive case from a neighboring county. All three are in home isolation and dont require hospitalization. Reporter meanwhile the passengers and crews continue to orbit off Northern California shores. Where the boat will dock this weekend is not clear. It wont be at the
1140, which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to enhance the Security Operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation Security Work force by applying the personal system under title 5 United States code to employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today amendment number 9 printed in house report 116411, offered by the gentlewoman from florida, miss mucarselpowell, had been postponed. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 116411 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. Amendment number 7 by mr. Cisneros of california. Amendment 9 by ms. Mucarselpowell of florida. The chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. The Unfinished