Highways, plumbing, electricity in the wall, nitrogen fixing fertilizers, vaccines, clean water available with the turn of another near home. When all these things appear what is undeniable and really apparent immediately thereafter is a wave of improvement and wellbeing for people. Vast portions of the population start getting better, also all kinds of things are opened up. I was certain now was going to happen with digital networking, but it is not exactly the way things went. Starting around the turn of the century i started to notice a pattern that was really bothering me which is that my friends who worked in the industries that were most affected by digital networking first, and im thinking of musicians and journalists and photographers, were not finding the world of new opportunity that i had for so long anticipated would appear. Instead i ended up almost every week having to be part of a fundraiser to help somebody get a crucial operation in needed and they did not have insuran
And talking dont go very well together, my experience. [applause] former secretary of state George Shultz sat down with booktv to talk about his new book, issues on my mind. In the book, he weighs in at such topics as Nuclear Weapons, the economy, energy development, and the war on drugs. This interview was recorded at the Hoover Institution on the campus of stanford university. George shultz, what are you doing for a living these days . I try to live up to my four great grandchildren, who to me represent the future. And i look at them and i say to myself, what can i do to make the world better for these kids . As a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, what is it that you do . Well, i worked on the problem of Nuclear Weapons, and how to get better control of them, eventually eliminate them. I work on economic issues. Theres a great economic screw. I work on energy subjects. And ive also been trying to reflect a little bit on all my experiences and see if theres anything that
Doesnt stop there. Cohens attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to Start Talking to the Special Counsel. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort who two years ago literally ran Donald Trumps campaign is now a felon. He is facing serious prison time and like Michael Cohen sits atop this list of Trump Associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. That is a lot of witches. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. Joe is off. Hes tweeting. Hell be filing for the Washington Post. Weve put together an allstar lineup for this mornings incredible amount of news. A Small Law Firm of legal experts, msnbc legal analyst danny savalas, John Thnathan Tu and Barbara Mcquade and two experts or the cohen stories
i do not think theres a parallel. Well see what you come up with. A legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. What the Conservative Drudge Report described as trump hell hour. His 2016 Ca
Updates of the days news. Tell bob mueller anything that would incriminate President Trump. There was also the caveat that had he witnessed a crime he would have resigned. Can that be known for certain, depending on what else mueller has learned throughout the probe that don mcgahn did not offer anything that is incriminating to the president . Well, absolutely not. What we have right now is the word of mcgahns attorneys, and so people who were not privy to the conversations cannot know for sure what was told. The reality is it is a bit comforting to the president , of course, because theres ongoing concern that people close to him could Say Something that would harm him. But perhaps Mcgahn Didnt Share anything that could Incriminate Trump because there was nothing to Incriminate Trump, which is the Argument Trump has been making all of this time. But the reality is the investigation is ongoing and we will see more in the near future. Speaking of the reality, eugene, we are talking her
Sample . Some of those viruses came from the bbi resources, nih, and some of those viruses came from laboratories that received the initial seed from cdc. Thats helpful to know. In some conversations ive been a part of at nih, they indicated that the real key here was to get the dna sequence which china did eventually put up, i believe, at the end of december, early january. And that in terms of going after the vaccine, it was that sequencing that really mattered most Getting Started on Vaccine Development, and there are other scientists who are very distinguished that believe that the delay of getting the virus sample actually didnt set them back. Is that an accurate assessment or do you have a disagreement in that view . I know scientists disagree, so do we up here. But im kind of hearing that having the sequencing really mattered most and getting the virus important but did not set them back in proceeding to get the Vaccine Development underway. Sir, china posted the sequence on feb