Good evening. I am Lauren Rosenberg with the smithsonian associates. I would like to welcome you to this program. Its your support that makes events like this possible. If you are joining for the first time, and equally warm welcome and invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer. Now is your perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything that may make noise. This patch this past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy fighter weapon program. We welcome the programs founder, dan patterson. He formed he served in combat during the vietnam war on the uss hancock and three on the uss enterprise. He retired as a captain, having accumulated 6100 flight hours and 1000 flight carrier landings with 39 different types of aircraft. For those of you who know his story from the 1986 movie top gun, Jerry Bruckheimer is producing a sequel in 2020. His book is available for purchase and signing. Here to keep the conversation going is larry burke, curator of us Naval Av
Charles the economy continues to be a lot stronger than the expert consensus. This morning gdup 2. 1 , beat consensus. Durable goods up. 6 a percent, beat consensus. Business investment crushed consensus. What does it mean for the markets . I would like to bring in fhn financial chief economist chris lowe and jack ablin of crescent wealth management. Let me start with you. Economic data continues for the most part coming in better than anticipated. It does the same experts. You are part of the expert pool. Say, of course it came in better. The gm strike is over. Of course it came in better but im just, i find it remarkable, it feels like it can continue . It does. And i think thats, if you take a step back, think about how the story has changed in the last three or fourmonth, the biggest thing is we were talking about recession, right . Will it come before the end of the year . Is it a 2020 story . Nobody is talking about recession anymore. The economy is fine. We are growing and i kno
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Weve got another 15 months to get more than our fill of 2020 president ial campaigning. Here we are going to take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. Thatemed the longer he led lived, the more loved and appreciated became. I was struck like many others i think by this national outpouring of respect in the days leading up to and through the funeral of George Herbert walker bush. At the funeral of his wife barbara, seven months earlier, al gore said he served our nation with extraordinary integrity and grace. [applause] the country seemed anxious to separate those qualities last november and december. A world war ii hero before he began his long political career. By and large, history looks back pretty favorably on his residency. Brookings institution surveyed nearly 200 political scientists earlier this year asking them to rate all 44 president s, the elder bush came in 17. He drew praise for foreign policy. His popularity sank as the economy sank. He did not win reelect
Get lost on he spent. You ando welcome all of let you know how much we appreciate you being here tonight. Knowing that the Democratic Party has done a little counter programming. [laughter] plusve another 15 months to get our fill of 2020 president ial campaigning. Will take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. A president , who seemed the longer he lived, the more loved and appreciated became. I was struck like many others i think by this national outpouring of respect in the days leading up to and through the funeral of George Herbert walker bush. The funeral of his wife barbara, seven months earlier, he served our nation with extraordinary integrity and grace. [applause] the country seemed anxious to separate those qualities last november and december. A world war ii hero before he began his long political career. Backd large, history looks pretty favorably on his residency. Brookings institution surveyed nearly 200 political scientists earlier this year asking them t