Create these super viruses that can become extremely dangerous and we know the government has a history by the way of testing bacteria was called the Germ Warfare Program but officially that is all the one hundred sixty nine before that they really said they released. To save some kind of bacteria on the population of america in two hundred ninety three different places including the entire city of San Francisco in one hundred fifty so there is some some history of releasing these bacteria and viruses into the public well my concern is always that this this perks my ears up because it sounds like biological warfare it sounds like that first stab and i think we learned from oppenheimer like maybe just because we can do something maybe we shouldnt and i think this is one of those things where the the ends dont justify the means and the wrists to it being stolen to the information being stolen and i mean the information that is garnered from this could then be used by someone by a terrori
Of. What they like you know that i got. So money and pathogens is the top of the day to day topic of the day today a little unsettling a little unsettling were just like get it on the way this is how you get somebody. Something. Here you watch every zombie movie it start we were just trying to say no you arent no you arent those ive been trying to put out with. The walking dead people thats how this happened actually thanks to the bird flu there was a breakout of the bird flu back in seventy seven because one of the labs that was storing it in cold in the cold storage actually they said it was an accident that they got. To put this got out of my lab was that it was my but im the biggest question thats the biggest question on the table is is the. You know the National Institute of help you know help them you know is this smart like you know is this like are they really going to put the pre the safety precautions in because the whole idea is that you genetically altered like the pathogen
Time lineup at 11 with author richard [inaudible] talking about president lincolns sense of humor. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] mark, how are you . [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Thank you so much for coming out this afternoon. My name is david childers, im art of the event staff here at politics and prose, and its our honor just behalf are of the staff and others, its our honor to welcome you here for this event for the author brad snyder and his new book, the house of truth a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism. I have a few housekeeping notes i want to cover right before we get started. If you will take this time to silence any cell phones or noisemaking devices so we dont have any unnecessary interruptions during the event. I will also mention that if youre a regular here, sometimes you know that we ask you to put up the chairs. Were going to have an event following this one, so after the events
Surprising life. In 1964 tom dewey was at the white house. Lbj wanted to get him to chair a National Crime commission. In any event, he begged off of that, but he pointed out to lbj, he said, have you looked at the schedule of your convention in Atlantic City . He was meeting with Marvin Watson, who was the president s top aide, chief of staff in effect. Anyway, there was a day set aside as a tribute to president kennedy, and it was up front. And dewey pointed out that, you know, if this happens jackie will be there, rose and bobby and teddy and the whole family and people will cry and there will be this enormous emotional and before you know it, Bobby Kennedy will be your running mate whether you like it or not. And the story is the president got on the phone and called Marvin Watson and said move kennedy day from day one to day four. The result is that Hubert Humphrey became the running mate instead. Humphrey was in deweys debt until the day he died. And they were social friends. The
Ii, president roosevelt had a relatively easy victory over thomas dewey, who mainly campaigned against new deal programs and for smaller government. President roosevelt would die in office six months after being reelected and Vice President harry truman became the 33rd president of the United States. Liberty university is in lynchburg, virginia. This class is just under an hour. All right, well, well get started and lets go ahead and open with a word of prayer and then well see what we can get into today. Heavenly father, thank you for today, thank you for this class, thank you for your love and mercy. I pray that you forgive us of our sins, i pray that you would be with the class as they finish up this semester. So much busyness and activity with papers and finals and job interviews and just life. Father, i pray that you would look upon them with favor, that you just help them to finish this semester strong. In jesus name we pray, amen. All right. Well, today i want us to continue our