Weekend, 25 states reopening. That is about 33 of the gdp. All of that coming up. But first, the Coronavirus Crisis wreaked havoc in april resulting in the worst jobs report since the end of world war ii. The u. S. Economy lost more than 20 million jobs in the month of april with more than 33 million filing for Unemployment Benefits over the past seven weeks. The Unemployment Rate surging to a record high of 14. 7 . Joining me right now to discuss the brutal jobs report as well as how quickly this economy can recover is mohamed alarian. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you, maria. Maria you know what i find odd . We have these jobs numbers on the one hand which obviously show the results of this shutdown. And its been selfimposed but, nonetheless, all these job losses. Taunt, weve got a rally in at the same time weve got a rally in markets. Whats going on with this dichotomy . Not only is a dichotomy, but its fueling a lot of political rhetoric on main street versus wall street,
As we see more states open this weekend, 25 states reopening. That is about 33 of the gdp. All of that coming up. But first, the Coronavirus Crisis wreaked havoc in april resulting in the worst jobs report since the end of world war ii. The u. S. Economy lost more than 20 million jobs in the month of april with more than 33 million filing for Unemployment Benefits over the past seven weeks. The Unemployment Rate 14. 7 . Joining me right now to discuss the brutal jobs report as well as how quickly this economy can recover is mohamed alarian. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you, maria. Maria you know what i find odd . We have these jobs numbers on the one hand which obviously show the results of this shutdown. And its been selfimposed but, nonetheless, all these job losses. Taunt, weve got a rally in at the same time weve got a rally in markets. Whats going on with this dichotomy . Not only is a dichotomy, but its fueling a lot of political rhetoric on main street versus wall str
That evening. On behalf of this Smithsonian National museum of africanamericanhistory and culture , welcome to a fools errand book to her. A conversation with secretary lonnie bunch and ali. Please welcome to the stage interim director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture , doctor spencer crew. [applause] that evening. What a wonderful crowd. Its good to see this talk filled with so many people and were glad to haveyou here. I thank you for that introduction. Its my pleasure to be here and to welcome you into our building to welcome you here on behalf of all the staff and all of you connected with the National Museum of africanAmerican History. Happy third anniversary. Its a great day for the museum, but its a great day that never would have happened without the help of all of you in this audience. Supporting us and encouraging us as we move forward. Several months ago, about 90 days ago. I was actually working as a professor at george mason university. I thoug
Its been wild and woolly couple of days, lot of history packed into a short period of time. I want to begin today, as i did yesterday with a quote, and in the introduction to the quote, has anyone not seen saving private ryan . Anyone not seen it . Thats what i figured. For those of us that have served and particularly those of us that have faced combat that opening scene is something that youll never forget, ever. I hope you never forget it, but the scene most important to me actually came later in the movie. Tom hanks laying on the rubble called over private ryan and he asked him to kneel down, and he said to him two words, earn this. Any victory Worth Winning must be deserved, and as the victories are increased in scale, so must be our exertions. Deserve victory, Winston Churchill said. We shall not win through the evils in our enemy, we shall win through the merit in ourselves. Deserve victory, and let that be the touchstone of every thought, word and deed. Frankly, i think about t
The quest to go higher, faster, and farther during the first halfcentury of aviation. Hi, im jeremy kinney. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of this story of higher, faster, and farther in the history of aviation. But first i want to talk about the air and space museum overall. The air and space museum has over 8 million visitors a year between the National Mall building and the stephen f. Udvarhazy center. Were looking at over 500 aircraft and helicopters. Of those aircraft, about 67 are on display on the National Mall building. So, what supports these artifacts is up to 60,000 individual small and medium artifacts. But what were going to talk about today is the story of higher, faster, and farther, which is scene sooen as a cliche in many ways throughout the history of aviation but actually has a real meaning to it, in which we look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. And so, the idea of flying