A military escalation in northern ethiopia as tensions between the government and local groups threaten to spill across the border. Its 2200. 00 g. M. T. 5 pm u. S. Eastern time and 16 hours after the last polls close to the president ial election result is still on a knife edge but it seems it could be tilting the way of former Vice President joe biden and his Democratic Party speaking a short time ago biden said he was confident that he would win enough seats to take him over the line after a long night of county its clear that were when you know states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency im not here to clear that weve won but i am here to report the count is finished we believe we will be the winners all the votes counted. We have won wisconsin by 20000 verse votes virtually the same margin of President Trump won that state 4 years ago in michigan we lead by over 35000 votes and its growing a substantially bigger margin and President Trump won michigan in 2016
Family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of Andrew Carnegie was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, we came to know Andrew Carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. The idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. In addition to the carnegie biography davids previous books include biographies of Joseph Kennedy and William Randolph hearst. Today we turn to david nasaws supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. The last million europes displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. It describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and general chaos. About
Cooperation with the World Health Organization team its well documented that beijing has been tightly controlling any information any dasa around the origin of the outbreak and in fact they were reportedly reluctant to provide access to media hater of this is why its taking them up to a year to arrive here and of course many are saying that much of the key evidence around when the 1st outbreak started now must be missing and therefore it will only still i mean this investigation and it doesnt help that this mission is also highly politicized weve had the u. S. Government and a number of other governments around the world pointing blame at the Chinese Government saying it was not transparent especially in those early days and that is what led it to becoming a Global Pandemic now experts we have spoken to say that this is a key time for beijing if they are able to cooperate with the behavior mission if they are able to clear the path for this investigation they can really prove to the In
The last million. Europes displaced persons from world war to the cold war. Im joel rosenthal, Prime Minister of Carnegie Council for ethics and international affairs. For those of us in the carnegie family of institutions, we have a special affection for david. His biography of Andrew Carnegie published in 2006 was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, weve come to know Andrew Carnegie in all of his humanity and complexity, and theres one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and has animated my work at the Carnegie Council, and that is the as david would put it cashtys carnegies cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness we see in the world, progress based on reason and a cando spirit is, indeed, possible. That idea keeps me going, and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you, david. In addition to the carnegie biography, davids previous books include prizewinning biographies of joseph p. Kennedy and William Randolph hearst.
Thank you all for coming out. Its wonderful to see you here today. My name is Christopher Mcknight nichols, im a historian at oregon state university, a scholar of the u. S. International role in the world, i specialize in isolationism, internationalism, and globalization and my work that pertains to the panel today is promise in peril. You can buy it downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this really exciting panel, i think, and i hope youll agree once were done. Its a fascinating topic with tremendous contemporary relevance as well as his totori significance. Our panel is entitled turning. 1916. This the not just about Foreign Relations but also world relations, international relations. Now the spark for this panel is the centennial of the 1916 election in which Woodrow Wilson ran on a he kept us out of war platform, despite the military interventions ongoing in mexico and in the caribbean. Marking the secentennial of thi election, this round t