Flags were on the Capitol Building and at the white house are being flown at half staff in members of pearl harbor. Now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Great redeemer, guide our lawmakers along the best path to fulfill your purposes on earth. May they submit to your wisdom and providential leading, believing that you will supply all of their needs. Remind them that your unfailing love accompanies those who put their trust in you. Give our senators an attitude of reverential awe that will keep them from evil. Inspire them to rejoice and be glad, as they strive to live lives of purity and obedience. And lord, as we remember pearl harbor on this december 7th, thank you for your loving and prevailing providence. May we show our gratitude by facing the future without fear. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting
100000000 people in 4 months. Germany is going into lockdown again as it imposes more covert 19 instructions after cutting measures fail to reduce infections. And fears over missing students after gunmen attacked a school in Northern Nigeria by the families blame the government. British an e. U. Leaders say braggs it talks are going to go on even though negotiators havent reached a deal sunday is supposed to be the deadline for the deal but both sides have been meeting again the head of the e. U. Commission most of all the lay in the says that osce told topics that deserve more discussion. Despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations and despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile. We have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the taffs and to see whether no reach an agreement can be reached even at this late stage while so far there have been several sticking p
Against their government protesters in pakistan demand the Prime Minister and his cabinet step down. But it should be e. U. Leaders say breaks it talks will go on abandoning a selfimposed deadline for a trade deal ahead of the e. U. Commission us live on the lane says both sides agreed in a crisis call to go the extra mile saying some topics deserve more discussion. Despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations and despite the fact that that lines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile. We have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the taffs and to see whether no reach an agreement can be reached even at this late stage. Well there have been several sticking points including access by french fishing boats to british waters theres also the socalled level Playing Field which is ensuring fair and open competition now if the 2 sides dont reach an agreement by december 31st there will be border
Taylor offer their thoughts on democracy and what it means today. For more Schedule Information ms. Booktv. Org or consult your program guide. And now, a look at the Nobel Peace Prize. We thank you for your attendance this evening. Or very late this evening. Or this morning or this afternoon, depending on where and when and the world you may be joining us. So no further do i will introduce our author and moderator this afternoon. Native born unni turrettini group and multicultural citizen excuse me living in norway United States france and switzerland. It from norway france United States a member of the new york bar had numerous years in law and finance in paris france and geneva. Her other works include the mystery of the lone wolf killer by pegasus books in 2015. After many years abroad shes not also with her family. An awardwinning author, curator and popular speaker the novel on rainy days from the award and the hemingway award infection. According to writers magazine the top debut
Possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. Im scott henkel, im the director of wyoming institute for Humanities Research and im so happy to welcome you to tonights think and drink. The topic of which is, pandemics in historical perspective. So, im so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris, who is assistant professor of history and american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institutes steering committee, who will be our moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So, please, welcome. Thank you, scott. Thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate, who i know are in later time zones. So, thank you for sticking with us. And, of course, to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then ill let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with our theme tonight. First we have Michael