They have the honor of being the executive director of the president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming this evening. If you would in honor of our men and women in uniform who will protect our freedoms around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Before we get started, i would like to take a moment to recognize some special guests we have with us this evening. And i will begin with our board of trustees. We have with us governor pete wilson. [applause] from North Carolina mr. Ben sutton. [applause] former congressman retired but just as busy as ever. Now on to tonights program, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to invite the chairman of the board of trustees of the Reagan Foundation institute took the stage. [applause] good evening every
Infectious disease has caused death and suffering. Changing the course of human history. These casualties were real people. With real dreams. Real families. And real lives. According to a historian, the death toll was 10 million. The roman leader calmly responded to the second century outbreak. Using his personal resources to keep panic from the streets. When you arrive in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive. To breathe. To think. To enjoy. To love. The bubonic plague. Unlike the romans, the sufferers of the bubonic plague lacked a strong leader to regulate panic. It has been reappropriated into a symbol of pop culture, including the plague doctor. A highly recognizable symbol of fear. And even references such as monty python. Bring out the dead im not dead yet smallpox. Dating back to the third century b. C. Found on three mummies. A global disease spread through trade routes. The wife of the english ambassador documented the process of elation. Im going to till a
Ladies and gentlemen please welcome the Supreme Court associate Justice Neil Gorsuch escorted by the Reagan Foundation institute and chairman fred ryan. Good evening everyone. They have the honor of being the executive director of the president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming this evening. If you would in honor of our men and women in uniform who will protect our freedoms around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Before we get started, i would like to take a moment to recognize some special guests we have with us this evening. And i will begin with our board of trustees. We have with us governor pete wilson. [applause] from North Carolina mr. Ben sutton. [applause] former congressman retired but just as busy as ever. Now on to tonight
Today after being arrested for tax evasion. Meet the genesis terz that share a rare military rank early today starts right now good morning im phillip mena and im frances rivera. The Supreme Court deals a major blow to immigrants seeking asylum in the United States. Ruling in favor of the Trump Administration to enforce new aggressive asylum guidelines under the new rules, migrants who pass through another country on their way to the United States would have to seek asylum there first. President trump celebrated the victory on twitter out of the four liberal justices on the court, justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonya Sotomayor dissented. Sotomayor said nancy pelosi is laying the blame squarely on Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell when asked why lawmakers havent acted on the issue nbcs tracie potts is joining us with the latest from d. C tracie, good morning congress could take up the issue of background checks today well, they could find out today, phillip, what the president is
Points higher right now. The s p 500 looking to open little over four points higher lets show you what happened over night in asia as well maybe were pushing a little bit i was going to say, i thought it would be the opposite situation but the hang sang off little over 1 almost 1. 5 . Shanghai composite down. European equities as well right now. We see whats going on there there you have green arrows across the board finally the number that Alan Greenspan says he likes to look at, treasury yields. Show you where things stand. Thats a sad i look at all those things its a sad commentary on our life. I dont know if its sad. Sad that its the first thing i do oh, to see before coffee, before brushing my teeth, before anything. Yeah. Shaving shaving any way, developing story this morning, over the british ship that was seized by Iranian Revolutionary guards last week, iran releasing new video over the weekend shows commandos repelling on to the deck tanker from helicopters uk leaders spent t