Now. Broader markets also higher. Take a look at futures, dow futures currently up 250 points, thats about 1 , nasdaq futures up 92 and s p futures up 25. Stimulus standoff leading to the nasdaq lower by 185. Gold losing some of its shine. Tumbling 4 and a half percent yesterday. More tiktok security concerns this morning. The popular chinese app reportedly tracking user data for millions of people in violation of google policies. Plus College Football taking time out, the big ten and pack 12 postponing the fall season due to coronavirus. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria and global marks this morning are mixed. Ftse 100 in london is up 48 points and uk economy falling into a recession after shrinking more than 20 in the Second Quarter, largest contraction reported by any major economy so far. The cac quarante in paris up 12 and dax index in germany lower by 18 points this morning. Check asian markets mostly higher on the session. Kospi index was higher as well as hang seng,
Our last speaker is well known to all of you, Gary Gallagher is the third professor in the history of the American Civil War americas at the university of virginia and the founding director of our core sponsor, center for civil war studies at the university of virginia. Knowing that gary was about to retire a number of years ago and move west, i have been writing just about every introduction for him the last few years as if tomorrow the last time we would see him in richmond. I want to apologize to gary for trying to show him the door and kick him out of the state every time he speaks here. Im happy to have been wrong in my assumption that garys retirement would mean farewell and im pleased that hes still a fixture in the commonwealth. Garys contributions to the field of civil war studies are many and varied beyond his own scholarship, writing and ing editing more than 30 books, hes been a frequent contributor and columnist for civil war magazines, battlefield guide, and Founding Edit
He believes are crucial in understanding the conflict. This talk is part of a symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. Our last speaker is well known to to all of you, gary gallagher, he is the the third professor in history of the American Civil War eme trchlt itus and the founding director of our cosponsor, the center for civil war studies at the university of virginia. And knowing that gary was about to retire a number of years ago and move west, ive been writing just about every introduction for him over the last few years as if it were the last time we were going to see him in richmond. I want to take this opportunity now to apologize to gary for trying to show him the door and kick him out of the state every time he speaks here. Im very happy to have been wrong in my assumption that garys retirement would mean farewell and very pleased that in his retirement gary remains a fixture in the commonwealth. As i think Everybody Knows and appreciates, garys contributions t
Retirement would mean farewell. I am very pleased that, in his retirement, he remains a fixture in the commonwealth. As i think everybody knows, and appreciates, garys contributions to civil war studies are varied beyond his own scholarship which is writing and editing nearly 30 books and hundreds of articles and reviews. He has been a frequent contributor and columnist for popular civil war magazines, preservationists and battlefield guides. He is the Founding Editor of the most Popular Series of civil war the civil war america series. The students who are the prominent scholars in our field. In academia, there is a tradition that i dont know how popular these are but books that students write essays in honor of their mentors. Garys is going to have to be for volumes long to do it justice for all the students he has meant toward and the prominence and the work they are doing in the field today. It is a testament to garys work. All of these contributions have earned him the right to ta
That is having very devastating and bad influences upon our economy upon the morale of morals, of our people, and upon politics and government. And thanks for joining us for congress investigates an American History tv series looking back at historic and significant congressional hearings this week. Our focus is organized crime. Well, it was in the early 1950s that democrat senator Estes Kefauver of tennessee and his special committee in interrogated major organized crime figures like Frank Costello. The hearings held over a series of months, had 600 witnesses and went to 14 cities. Many americans learned details about organized crime for the first time in 1951. 12 million us households had tvs and this became a major and Early Television event. The hearings also made Estes Kefauver a household name and helped fuel his political career. Here to talk about the work of the Kefauver Committee is daniel holt, associate u. S. Historian. Mr. Holt, thanks for being with us. The official name