Distinguished professor of history at North Carolina university. Hes the author of six bucks, editor of four. Others his latest book in the reason that we are here this evening is ulysses s. Grant, the buck will be available for sale and signing outside of the conference room. Hes the founder and society of the his story guilt in this era, hes held several research grants, we are thrilled to have him here tonight, and of the year all in for a great presentation. Thank you on behalf of the smithsonian for joining us. We welcome you to the stage. Good evening. Thank you very much elizabeth for that introduction. As all of this with said, i have spoken here, before my wife and i have attended many all the events here. I find a lot of these audiences are intelligent, curious, enthusiastic, and have Attention Spans of more than 140 characters. Speaking of technology this is actually the first presentation ive given with powerpoint, i know what shocked you but it happens to be true. So any g
Secretary Kaylee Mcinerney will hold a briefing as the house vote on a 3 trillion economic aid bill, a response for coronavirus pandemic. Missouri governor mike parson held a briefing on the response to the coronavirus pandemic, discussed the state legislative session and the work being done to pass bills that are and are not related to coronavirus. Thanks for being here today, Situational Awareness update. Missouri has 796 hospitalized covid19 patients, and 115 hospitalized and on ventilators. Missouri hospitals have 1947 ventilators available with 115 in use. This is good news, hospitals are not overwhelmed. Missouris Positivity Rate continues to decline. People are recovering and we are moving forward. Earlier today, i joined hundreds of citizens and Business Leaders from the good morning springfield townhall hosted by the end area chamber of commerce to talk about an update on the covid19 efforts in the economy, the reopened economy, how they moved together to move the state forwar
Former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Reaction from former fbi director james comey and whats next in the case. And Unsung Heroes. We celebrate female flyers from world war ii, 75 years after victory in europe. Original girl power, but, first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Were in a very dangerous position to give up this effort right now and allow this virus to come storming back. As the battle against coronavirus rages on, more states continue to reopen. New york, the numbers are all going down. Many of the other states the numbers are still going up and theyre reopening. That not only violates cdc guidelines, that violates common sense. One of President Trumps personal valets has tested positive for covid19. Thats a little bit strange, but its one of those things. Georgia police have arrested a white father and son in the shooting death of an unarmed black jogger. This whole situation was senseless. It could have been avoided. A woman accusing joe bide
Gov. Parson good afternoon, again. Thanks everyone for being here again today. A couple of updates. According to todays situation awareness update from the missouri hospital association, missouri has 796 hospitalized covid19 patients. And 115 hospitalized and on ventilators. Missouri hospitals currently have 1,947 ventilators available. With 11 with 115 in use. This is good news. This is good news. Our hospitals are not overwhelmed. Missouris Positivity Rate continues to decline. People are recovering and we are moving forward. Earlier today, i joined hundreds of citizens and Business Leaders from the good morning springfield town hall hosted by the Springfield Area Chamber of commerce to talk about an update on the covid19 efforts that the state are doing and also the economy of reopening the economy, how we could all move together, things we could do to move our state forward. I also traveled to Southeast Missouri today. As a matter of fact, i was in Southeast Missouri, Southeast Mis
It is a real honor introducing someone who is kind, classy, and a careful scholar and someone who has been the heart of the lincoln forums since its inception. She is now the associate provost of Faculty Affairs at howard and this places her in the enviable position of having to say no to everyone. She is the former chair of history at howard. She is the former interim dean and professor of history. Her works focus on africanamerican history and the history of the jacksonian era, the reconstruction. Some of her works include the emancipation proclamation three views which is now coming out in paperback. The price of freedom, slavery and the civil war. Volume one and volume two. As well as the historical perspectives of the african Burial Ground new york blacks and the diaspora. What i have always found about her scholarship is she reminds us of the human toll of the civil war. We often can float into abstractions or perhaps im speaking of myself and the world of ideas and look at histo