Journalist and political analyst julia cossum joining us on the line also from the lebanese capital beirout. Miss cassum, welcome to the program. Uh, first of all, you give us your opinion on how events have transpired of the past few days, the Israeli Regime continues with its constant and indiscriminate bombing of residential areas in gaza, the death though continues to rise. Yes, so as israel continues with its genocide, obviously a reaction to its complete inability. To um to have any control over its siege, over the situation, um, a couple days ago, um, they tried to come to the ground um invasion, لا every single tank um was uh stop thorded and the the Palestinian Resistance um from the entry point of khanus ambushed uh the the occupation soldiers and that you know the the soldiers just ran away um so they were completely unable even enter uh ghaza successfully um let alone uh commence with the this months and much anticipated uh Ground Invasion which their generals themselves
Exchange on cnbc. Im wilfred frost. Im Courtney Reagan in for sara eisen nice to have you here today not on my own. Youre not on your own. We didnt strand you today very nice i feel relaxed good to have you back here lets have a look at the markets. The fed remains center on wall street today investors continue to digest the news that the central bank will begin winding down its 4 4. 5 trillion Balance Sheet next month. Yesterday the markets did not sell off the dow was up 0. 2 . The s p and nasdaq were either side of flat there was even room for bank stocks to rally the best part of a percent. Energy is the best performing sector bottom line is markets did not sell off theyre not selling off again today. Essentially flat in the premarket. Tenyear treasury note we did see a reaction. The peak was just shy of 2. 29 yields did increase. We are just slipping down a bit from there in general, the reaction was yields up a bit, and yield curve flattening a little bit. Of course yields had al
Medical history professor at the university of wisconsin. You focus on bioethics. Organ transplants. How did attitudes about death change in the United States after world war ii . One of the ways in which death changed after world war ii is that there was a growing interest in the increasing costs associated with the funeral industry. Great concern about Funeral Directors who unscrupulously took advantage of people during their time of need. And so, in response to this exploitation, there was a trend toward simple burial and the formation of socalled memorial societies that offered workingclass families a much cheaper alternative for the burial costs associated with the death of their loved ones. Another Major Development was the popularity, the enormous attention to the possibility that blindness could be cured by cornea transplants in the 1940s. Thousands of americans volunteered their corneas after their deaths in the effort to restore the sight of a blind person. Among many of thes
Took advantage of people during their time of need. So in response to this exploitation, there was a trend toward simple burial in the formation of socalled memorial societies which offered workingclass families much cheaper alternative for the burial costs associated with their loved ones. Another Major Development was the popularity, the enormous attention to the possibility wordblindness could be to by cornea transplants in the 1940s. Thousands of americans volunteered their corneas after their dad and effort to restore the side of a blind person. Among many of these individuals, myy thought, if im giving corneas once im dead, why not the rest of me . ,o there is increasing interest and you see it in the archives of medical schools, of individual saying my eyes are going to the eye back at stanford, what about the rest of my body . Does the Anatomy Department want my body . It you seeld war ii, the establishment for the first time of organized, systematic body donor programs that vi
[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone, and welcome to brookings. Im a visiting fellow here at brookings and a university of pennsylvanias perry world house and delighted to welcome all of you here for an event on americas global image, cohosted by both brookings and the Pew Research Center. This year marks the third year running that were cohosting a public event to launch and discuss the important regular survey data about americas place in the world and other pressing global issues are as many of you are probably already aware, if you glance at the newspaper or check your social media accounts this morning, last night pew release delays addition of its Global Attitudes survey which is been conducted since 2002. 2002. With these your survey covering 37 countries and more than 40,000 respondents, all conducted after the inauguration of President Trump between figure 16 and may 8 of this year here and the findings argues worthy particularly during a week in which the white ho