More than 2,100 people have died. Now, germany is tightening border controls with its neighbors. Starting on monday, people from five nations, including france and switzerland, are barred from crossing the border. Daily commuters are excluded from the ban. Other european states, including poland and the czech republic, are also restricting entry. The virus is making inroads in africa, as well. The World Health Organization says the number of confirmed infections on that continent has topped 100. In kenya, at least three people haveve contracted the virus. The governmement now says itll ban visitors f from all countri where infections have been confirmed. And in asia, the Philippine Government has imposed strict home quarantine measures across its main island. The move comes a day after authorities prohibibited all Domestic Travel to and from the capital manila. Now, japans Prime Minister has called on leaders of the group of seven to unite in the fight against the coronavirus. Shinzo a
Wonderful Committee Partners and all these organizations for helping us get the word out. I want to introduce janice and kelly and just minute that i want to ask you to silence your phones or any other noisemakers he might have with you tonight so we can just share everything. I hope many of you have visited gramercy books. We are right down the street. We invite any of you who have not been there before to come in we have been open for just over three years and we have hosted 300 events during that period. [applause] besides being a fullservice independent bookstore we intend to connect the community with authors launching important books and thats exactly what we are doing tonight. You receive a program when he came in and i want to quickly give a shoutout to three other events that are listed there. We have eight events every month per first two legend james ride. His latest novel won the National Book award for fiction. Hes also the author of the 1995 classic the color of water one
Democracies are being unraveled with by a new class war. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to Hudson Institute, stern policy center. Im john wallace, chief operating officer. Id like to welcome our audience here at our pennsylvania avenue headquarters and our cspan audience the our first ever podcast taping that is both live and marks the Second Season of the premiere podcast of the Second Season realignment hosted by our Hudson Institute fellows. The podcast launched last year, and i recommend end for those of you who havent been following it, that you take a look at the episodes from last year, particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh haully, mike duran and others. Its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people who put it together and their ability to bring out topics and to move the argument along. So we couldnt be prouder of the work that theyve done and want to thank them for that, and we are happy to launch this Years Pro
Media. We are proud of the realignment here at hudson. The podcast launched last year and i recommend especially for those who havent been following that you take a look at the episodes from last year. Particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh holly. Chris rinaldi. Mike gallagher. Mike durand and others. Its an excellent program, partly because of the two people that put it together. Their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along. I want to thank them for that. We are happy to launch this Years Program with Michael Michael lind. A prolific writer of more than a dozen books. Michael is a professor at lyndon b. Johnson school of Public Affairs at the university of texas. Important for tonights conversation, he is the author of the new class war. Saving democracy from the managerial elite. The book was published today. So we are here at the launch. Congratulations on the new book. Whether you agree with his interpretation of western politics, h
Please welcome drew horn, office of the Vice President of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Im really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. So first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and through the leadership of the president and the Vice President we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of space expiration and scientific discovery. By combining efforts of the United States government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we couldve only dreamt of. As the chair of the National Space council, the Vice President is leading an executive Branch Policy of to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and also open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. Before president president ial space policy directives generated by the council are sp