City and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So, today we are discussing the Pulitzer Prizewinning book polio an american story. You all received questions i posted. Im really interested in this topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s, and thats when so much of this book takes place. I think just looking at polio really reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting, though, i just wanted to mention one thing in light of what we were talking about in terms of dust bowl art, i was reading the new york review of books and there is a review of a novel that goody guthrie wrote, a novel called house of earth. It doesnt get a very good review but he gets attention. The introduction was by Douglas Brinkley and johnny depp, so i think theyre trying to sell copies by having a superstar on the cover. I divided the discussion in four major themes. I thought the most interesting were looking at philanthropy, medical research, scientists and th
The pantheon of monsters. It was the last one to be included. Everyone has their own pantheon, you can come fight me later. [laughter] in my opinion, creature was the last one. She was one of disneys first female animators, she was an actress, she was an illustrator. Everything about Millicent Patrick was larger than life. It has been the greatest honor of my life so far to tell her story. If you read the book, you know there are pictures in there because millicent lived a very visual, cinematic life. I have a treat for all of you. Ive got some photos that have never been seen before. I have hundreds of them i was not allowed by my publisher to put in because we could not fit 700 different photos in the book. So i would like to take you through while telling you about millicent and why she is a trailblazing artist and one of the most important women we have ever had in the film industry. I would like to take you through her life a little bit with some awesome photos. Can room or i ca h
Welcome to the program we begin in syria where it is midnight and a ceasefire in the rubble hell province of idlib has come into effect turkey turkey. And russias president Vladimir Putin who support opposing sides in the syrian conflict agreed to this is sation fighting after 6 hours of talks in the russian capital moscow on thursday but despite the ceasefire agreement president one has said that turkey will still respond to Syrian Regime attacks on its troops turkish and Russian Forces will launch a joint patrols from march 15th along the strategic for highway the road span syria linking damascus with the countrys commercial capital the deal also in visit is setting up a 12 kilometer wide security corridor around the highway the corridor would effectively advance russias presence further north into it lead step mawson reports now from moscow. It was clear from the start that this was going to be a tough meeting the partnership between putin and erdogan which was carefully nurtured in
Expected to move to trial, the phase one china trade deal expected to be signed at the white house this morning top trump economic adviser larry kudlow joins us first cnbc this hour. And financials are in focus, bank of america beats for the quarter, goldman hampered by litigation charges target shares are plunging. Holiday sales miss on estimates on weakness and toys and electronics. The u. S. china phase one trade deal said to be signed this morning this is what secretary mnuchin said about the agreement earlier this morning on squawk. We need to put together very significant laws to change rules and regulations and made strong commitments to our companies there will not be forced Technology Going forward thats a big win for our technology companies, businesses and American Workers we look forward to learning more in the wake of this signing. Jim, mnuchins appearance this morning brought us something new, the notion of phase 2a, phase 2b, phase 2c, so stories evolving rapidly i think
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump is directing all u. S. Troops to withdraw from Northern Syria as the fighting there gets more chaotic. Turkeys military offensive against the kurds started last week, and since then hundreds of isis families and supporters reportedly escaped from a holding camp. In a major shift of alliance, kurdish Officials Say they will now work with syria against turkeys offensive. Marc liverman is here in new york. Whats the reaction to the troop withdrawal now . Reporter good morning. One of the big concerns now is that the move could raise the possibility of the resurgence of the Islamic State or isis, but President Trump continues to back his move despite some isis will resurge. Ts absolutely a given. The presidenent insisted hed m the correct decision writing, quote, very smart not to be involved in the intense fighting along the Turkish Border for ar assads m