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
The start of trading this morning after long Holiday Weekend, Dow Jones Industrial average better 500 points and s p 500 is also higher by 56 and nasdaq up 174. This after the dow, nasdaq and the s p 500 closed tout week of gains of better than 3 on the week as you see across the board. Another milestone today, the floor of the New York Stock Exchange will reopen but not quite business as usual. A look at the new restrictions coming up this morning. And turning to the 2020 race, former Vice President joe biden looks to take on President Trump on the economy, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria the easing of lockdowns and optimism of Vaccine Developments leads to gain this morning. Ftse 100 up 87, cac quarante in paris is up 63 and dax index in germany higher by 79. Spain announcing it is opening to foreign visitor this is july and germany ready to lift travel restrictions for other European Countries. In ash asia overnight markets looked like this. Planning another round of st
Cspan radio app. Next, a conversation on the u. S. China relationship during the coronavirus pandemic. Well hear from former Trump Administration National Security advisor hr mack master. Mcmaster. This event forum hosted by the Hoover Institute was held by video conference. For more than a century our mission has been dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote individual, economic and political freedom, private enterprise and representative government. Today we bring you our newest online virtual series entitled hoover capitol conversations. This series will bring Hoover Institution fellows together with policymakers for indepth informed discussions examining some of the major policy challenges facing the United States and the world. By bringing together the players in policy development and policy execution, we hope to pull back the curtain on some of the discussions that happen behind closed doors traditionally. I hope you enjoy this fireside chat between those who generate t
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Tensions between the two countries, calling on his nations military to, quote, explore ways and means of training and preparing for war. End quote. Xis comments come after a recent internal chinese report warning beijing they need to be prepared for the potential of Armed Conflict with the United States. Chinese communist Party Officials have made it clear over recent days they will utilize the wuhan virus or pandemic they helped create to achieve their goal of global domination. Chinas foreign minister telling the United States to stop what it calls its Wishful Thinking of trying to change china. All of this as the Chinese Military reportedly readied two new aircraft carriers for deployment off the coast of taiwan, and china continues to push ahead with the effective takeover of hong kong later this week. The u. S. Response to these actions so far have been diplomatic, measured, even muted. President trump and Husband Administration threatening his administration threatening to impose