Jackie deangelis in the newsroom and Edward Lawrence in washington. Lets kick it off with jackie on todays market rally. Jackie. Reporter good afternoon, melissa. Stocks were slightly higher on the blowout retail sales report in may, an increase of 17. 7 , the biggest monthly increase. Aprils sharp decline was revised lower this is good news as states are reopening and economy is getting up and running, there does appear to be a lot of pentup demand from folks not shopping while they were unlockdown orders but buyer beware. As you said in beijing, another lockdown after a cloughster of new coronavirus cases showing reopening may not be as easy as everyone is hoping it will be. Meanwhile stimulus hopes are helping stocks too. Reports considering the Trump Administration is considering a one trillion dollar infrastructure plan to help the conry recover. The money is expected to include things like roads and bridges and 5g infrastructure. Washington post, facebook, google, the ceos of tho
Electronic devices, we will be using microphones for tonights q a after the presentation. Cspan is recording so it would be excellent if everyone could use the microphone to question so we could have the audience track and if you purchase a copy of tonights book we have plenty on to and on hand. Tonights speaker is chung min lee, author of the hermit king the dangerous game of kim jong un. In this comprehensive study of north korea, chung min lee puts kim jong un illuminates how the family is record brutal control shape the current leaders elevations, goals and choices. Drawing on three decades of experience, kim jong un chung min lee, chairman of the International Advisory council of the International Institution of strategic studies shows how kims aggressive stand up with world powers put him at a crossroads. With north korea create a viable Nuclear Arsenal or not, the increasing vulnerability to famine and humanitarian crisis in the region, please join me in giving doctor lee a warm
Purchased. All right. Tonights guest speaker is chunging min lee author of the her met king. In this comprehensive study of north korea, he puts kim jong un in her spect i by tracing the rise of the ming dynasty and how the current leaders motivations, goals and choices have been shaped. Drawing on more than three decades of experience in asia affairs, lee a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and the International Institute of strategic studies shows how kims aggressive standoffs with world powers has put him at crossroads. The countrys increasing vulnerability to famine and crisis in the region. Now, please join me in giving dr. Lee a warm welcome. Ms. [applause] thank you very much. Its a real pleasure to be here, and i know that without my friends, i think, i would have had a very different audience. Its a real pleasure to be here at politics and prose. And i think the people who are most responsible for making me write this book, two of them are sitting in the audience. My ver
Good afternoon i hope everybody had a good thanksgiving break. Welcome back to washington, welcome to brookings im bruce jones the director of the policy program at brookings and its my pleasure to welcome you to our event for east Asian Pacific affairs. David stillwell is appointed as assistant secretary of state by President Trump of the 20th of june he served in the air force for 35 years beginning as a Korean League west in 1980 and retiring in 2015 as a Brigadier General he was the asia adviser to the chairman of the joint death of staff from 21 to 2013 you also recently served as the director of the u. S. Focus group. He was also an adjunct fellow thank you to your service to this country. As you can see from his background the david has been at the forefront of managing the policy questions the shape the u. S. And china friendship. Working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy with china is also then keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole. Where we have a huge n
Good afternoon i hope everybody had a good thanksgiving break. Welcome back to washington, welcome to brookings im bruce jones the director of the policy program at brookings and its my pleasure to welcome you to our event for east Asian Pacific affairs. David stillwell is appointed as assistant secretary of state by President Trump of the 20th of june he served in the air force for 35 years beginning as a Korean League west in 1980 and retiring in 2015 as a Brigadier General he was the asia adviser to the chairman of the joint death of staff from 21 to 2013 you also recently served as the director of the u. S. Focus group. He was also an adjunct fellow thank you to your service to this country. As you can see from his background the david has been at the forefront of managing the policy questions the shape the u. S. And china friendship. Working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy with china is also then keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole. Where we have a huge n