We had a very, very strong economy, and then we were hit with the virus that knocked everything. He reacted quickly. He closed the border from china. Then he closed the border of those coming in from europe. And he went right to work setting up the task force to study the virus. This virus was perplexing. No one knew what to do at first. We did close the country. We shut things down because we tried to get a handle on it and didnt want to overwhelm our medical systems. And once we got that under control and started to change the curve on the virus, the president realized and he knew that the economy would be killed if we didnt start to reopen. So he worked the scientists to get regulations or suggestions to the governors on both sides of the aisle on how to open up and get the economy back on track. You are seeing that working. With the past three months we have created almost 9 million jobs. We came out of a great recession. By comparison, it took four years to create 9 million jobs i
Historian talks about the evolving nature of the relationship between president s and they are cia directors, and how it is influenced by the president s needs and interests. One director, George H W Bush later became president himself. Smithsonian hosted this program. Good evening everyone. Its a pleasure to welcome you for our program. If you could put away our cell phones, we would appreciate it. If you are wondering why there are bright lights in here, you are going to be on tv. Im kidding, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a, wait until we bring the mic to you. The speaker will repeat the question so you can hear it. Our speaker is andr teaching at columbia working for David Rockefeller he joined the cia in 1980 nine and became a Political Leadership analyst on the middle east. Moved to the history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 1955. And his biography as director of Central Intelligence was recently declassified. Reviewscles
And across the country as the Investigation Continues into what exactly what happened there. Mike tobin is in kenosha. The mother of jacob blake has been praying for the healing of her son and of this nation. The head of the legal team said jacob blake was a victim of deliberate indifference. Kenosha braces for another night of violence. [gunfire]. Escalating tension with police in riot gear. Violent demonstrators throwing bottles. On the second night of violence in kenosha, wisconsin, which ignited sunday after police shot jacob blake who witnesses say appeared to be unarmed. They shot my son 7 times. [crying]. 7 times. Like he didnt matter. The family of blake represented by ben crump. They say the 29yearold is paralyzed from the waist down. It will take a miracle for jacob blake jr. To ever walk again. Blakes 3 young sons inside the car at the time. New cellphone video shows more moments of confrontation before police shot blake. What you wont see is Police Body Cam video. Body came