Zoom, director of Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation and will serve on the coronavirus Recovery Commission. What questions will you try to answer . Guest thank you so much for having me. I have to extend the thanks to my older son amos. Normally we are doing socially distancing math so he gets to skip that. Host i hope you pick it up later in the day. Guest we will say what happens see what happens. We have to prioritize folks getting back to work but only when it is safe, and that is the preponderance of the advice from Economic Experts and literature. There was a study done by m. I. T. Economists looking at the 1918 flu pandemic and they found in city is that instituted Good Public Health policy, the economic recovery was much faster than areas that did not institute Good Public Health policy like social distancing. Not only does Good Public Health policy push down mortality but it negates the longterm effects of the pandemic. Americans and businesses across the country are l
Hideous beatdown im going to make it real simple for you. The market is spectacular al beit mercurial fashion show. The same stocks that would strut down the runway greeted with oohhs and aahhs will be pelted by tomatoes. Stocks that have languished sell like hot cakes when styles change we call that a rotation on wall street. Investors are furiously recalibrating what theyre willing to pay for and just right now theyre happy to pay up for the stocks of solid companies with healthy dividends and ideally big buy backs. You know what . Theyve lost interest in the stocks of Fast Growing Companies when it comes to revenues. They issued huge gobs of equity and pay people or come up with bizarre new metrics or explain how theyre really doing okay even though they dont have much in the way of earnings if any. In other words, the cloud stocks are up salesforce. Com, adobe, workday, z scale, i could go on and on. These names were all smoking red hot and now theyre struggling you have to wonder
C everybody, good morning. Welcome to the Wilson Center. I am jane harman the president and ceo. Im a recovering politician, happy to be a recovering politician but its not an easy job. This place leverages Woodrow Wilson from president s to passions which were scholarship and policy and thats the intersection of the book we are going to talk about today. Its my pleasure to introduce a friend of many of ours,. I will explain why it is called him a and that is because there is the movie, has everyone seen the movie they open john movie . Dan and i sat next to each other recently a failed and john movie which is great. I recommend it. Dance that i want to come to the Wilson Center and talk about the book so is here and he will talk about this book. Has Everybody Knows he has to cheat sheet. You all memorized it with a nice picture of him. Hes the ceo of centrist energy corp. Hes a former deputy secretary and many of us worked with him in that job at the department of energy. Worked at th
Lets get going. 195 million, close to 200 million under heat watches or warnings. It could get worse over the next 24 to 48 hours. Jackie deangelis on who stands to be impacted. Hey, jackie. Reporter neil this is the calm before the storm if you will. It is not quite sweltering out here in times square just yet. Temperatures here, across the country, they are going to be at record highs. It is important that everybody is ready for this heat wave. 290 million americans are expected to see temperatures of at least 90 degrees this week. The humidity of course, remember makes it feel much hotter than that. Temperatures in the northeast will be 10 to 15 degrees above average this week. At least two dozen states, they are currently under a heat alert. Here in new york city the Mayors Office issued a extreme heat emergency declaration. It is so severe, that the new york city triathlon actually can sell for the weekend. That is the First Time Since it started in 2001. We caught up with some fo
Speakers. Our center is one of the sponsors we are proud to bring americas most beloved writers to this room. We want to welcome everyone joining us live on cspan. Our next panels records of survival escaping genocide and human trafficking. His new book is waiting to be arrested at night. A memoir of chinas genocide. The founder and director of resilience force. His book is titled the great escape, a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams. He is a lecturer in princeton. Our moderator writes for the Washington Post opinion section and is the author of prisoner, my 544 days in an iranian prison, solitary confinement, and the extraordinary efforts it took to get me out. Join me in welcoming them. [applause] i want to thank everybody for being here today and for watching me at home. This is an extraordinary honor and privilege for me. Over the last couple of weeks i have got to know him intimately through these incredible books. These are stories of resilience, hope, tragedy, loss