[applause] good evening and welcome to the New York Historical society but im the New York Historical president and ceo and thrilled to see all of you this evening in our beautiful Robert H Smith auditorium. Tonights Program Gives me liberty, history of americas exceptional idea is a part of our Bernard Schwartz established Speaker Series and as always i k like to thank mr. Schwartz or his great generosity which is enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to this stage and i also want to thank all of our Chairman Council members who are in attendance as evening and to thankk you for your great suppot which enables us to do our work. Tonights program will last about one hour and it will include a question answer session but you should have received a note card and pencil as you entered the auditorium and this afternoon or this evening and it is not my colleagues going up and down the aisle with note cards and pencils in the note card will be collected later on in the program with your
Contagion. Struggle against epidemics is a global one. Sunday, at 4 00 p. M. On real america, the 1948 film the eternal fight. From a disease infected zone, the traveler became unwittingly a carrier of deadly germs. The germs stayed and spread. Sunday, at 6 00 p. M. John hancock created a committee as a whole to gather amongst ourselves an individual caucuses and decide how we should proceed. Do we really want independentsy and then he committed a committee of five men. From the tour of monticello and bill barker you know i served 40 years in Public Service and yet i have often thought if heaven had given me a position to migrate it would have been on a small spot of ground, well watered and near a good market for the produce. Gardening is one of my greatest delights. This weekend on cspan3. Every saturday night American History tv takes you to College Classrooms around the country for lectures in history. Why do you all know who Lizzie Borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard o
Neighboring bella roost where the annual military parade went ahead with hardly a face mask in sight president alexander the guy has dismissed the coronavirus as a psychosis. Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show russia has been celebrating victory day marking 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2 but this years commemorations have been scaled back because of the coronavirus pandemic with the red square military parade and a large scale procession both postponed. Russias parade of military might took to the sky today far above moscow where coronavirus precautions kept the streets nearly empty this picture a day. It had been planned to be an especially large celebration this year as russia marked 75 years since defeating nazi germany in world war 2. But the mass perceptions were off postponed by the pandemic president Vladimir Putin did lead to scale down ceremony at the eternal flame war memorial. But not a word about the virus instead his speech was a rallying cr
Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show russia has been celebrating victory day marking 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2 but this years commemorations have been scaled back because of the coronavirus pandemic with the red square military parade and a large scale procession of postponed. Russias parade of military might took to the sky today far above moscow where coronavirus precautions kept the streets nearly empty this picture a day. It had been planned to be an especially large celebration this year as russia 75 years since defeating nazi germany in world war 2. But the mass perceptions were off postponed by the pandemic. President Vladimir Putin did lead to scale down ceremony at the eternal flame war memorial. But not a word about the virus instead his speech was a rallying cry to the nation. This is name during the year we know and firmly believe when we did we are invincible when we stand together but i think of us congratulations on victoria day or abou
You know the Strategic Reserves and were looking to put as much as 75000000000 barrels into the reserves themselves that would top it out that would be the 1st time in a long time its been topped out with get it for the right price well some of binge of aid has more from doha on the impacts the Oil Price Drop may have in the middle east. It has a number of repercussions for the gulf economies that predominantly for leaders such as saudi arabia which have been trying to control the way the markets have been acting to the amount of oil that it has been getting in the last few weeks youve seen saudi arabia going from the Production Cut to the glut to cut again and now you see that this massive drop in we are at a point in oil prices which wasnt seen in the last time we saw the likes of it within 146. 00 that was right after the 2nd one war is going to have an impact on economies such as bahrain and oman which do not have the kind of deep sovereign funds that other countries have it is goi