Had a broad streak of paranoia and mistrustful, and that sometimes worked against the instruments of government like the state department. In the end he ruined of self by bragging about his own catastrophic downfall in the watergate scandal of 1972 to 74. We are going to look at the good and bad side of the nixon presidency, and his partnership with National Security adviser kissinger. Im going to share this screens we can look at powerpoint pictures as we go through the sequence. First of all, here is nixon himself, he would be back in 1913 in california, grown up in a lower middle class family in california, went to the local college there. He graduated and went to Duke University law school and this was the worst years of the great depression, the mid 19 thirties. During the Second World War he joined the u. S. Navy, how the left you can see the photo of him as a young navy officer, he served with distinction, as a logistics expert getting the right equipment to the right place at t
Invent inventor, somebody that made a blood testing machine or something without checking it out first. When i first invited blake schull in 2016, i had doubts about his ability to build a super sonic airliner. After all, his previous job was at groupon and he thought he could build a 21st century concord. I talked to those in the know and he said he could do it because he assembled a dream team. So at the end of a 2016 segment im about to show you, i said to blake, come back when you have an actual airplane. Blake schull come back when you have an airplane. I believe in you. Goodness knows, elon musk did it and so many others. Blake is black. Im guessing the fact youre here almost exactly four years later, you built an airplane. We did. The xb 1. In 2016 we unveiled it in mockup form and today its a real airplane. It hasnt flown yet, though, right . You will fly it later . Well fly it next year. The rollout we had marks the hand off from building the aircraft to testing the aircraft.
Euphoria and in disappointment. And the child is creating monster swings like ive never seen before. The cramer covid19 index on the news the astrazeneca vaccine, the trial didnt produce something that would save us immediate immediately. The stock got hammered and the stocks that benefit from the pandemic surged. The dow advanced nine points and the s p gained 4 but the tech heavy nasdaq filled with cramer c covid names. Amazon went up tesla up 142 shopfy 81. Yeah, i didnt make up thats real thats real money. Or it can be in an x fund. Childish buying behavior but that doesnt mean its wrong there is a lot of money put to work every day based on coronavirus and that made the action binary and the vaccines take so long so it doesnt go by at home stock, go buy amazon like everybody else. What happened today . Consider the news about the as t as tra seven astrazeneca vaccine. Safety phase one it created a positive immune response meriting further study. These larger trials are happening n
Since the end of world war ii stop joining conversation by former defense secretary james mattis. For more Schedule Information at booktv. Org or consult your program guide. Including the evolution of everything and the rational opposite. This new book, primary focus of our conversation today, is the how Innovation Works. He has been a member of the house of lords. Good to chat with you today. Guest thanks, jim. Great to be with you. Host i noticed from doing events and podcasts, listeners love when i read so ill read a few sentences i cobbled together from your book, as a lead any question, i you rate. Innovation is the most important stat missed loose understood. The reason that most people today live lives of pros apart and wisdom compared with ancestor. Theres freedom to change, experiment, imagine, invest and fail. Liberals argued that since at least the 18th century that freedom needs prosperity but it would argue that they have never found the connection by which one causes the
Of the relationship between president and cia director and how it is influenced by the president s needs and interests. One cia director george w. H. Bush later became president himself. Good evening, everyone. My name is ruth robins and its a pleasure to welcome you here tonight for our program. A couple quick things first, one is, if you could please put away your cellphones, turn them off, silence them, any electronic devices, wed appreciate it. If you wonder why theres such bright lights in here, youre all going to be on tv, cspan is taking, kidding, youre not going to be on tv, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. If you have a question try to wait until they bring the mic to you, the speaker will repeat the question so you can hear, but this is so they can hear it, however they work it. Our speaker tonight is David Robarge who received phd in American History from columbia university. After teachi