When he was National Security adviser the early days of the Trump Administration he was set up by the f. B. I. Now we believe this from the very beginning because logic using logic we deduce this now we have evidence that its absolutely true that he was and traps and more than that explained all right so theres no doubt shadow of a doubt now that the f. B. I. Was targeting flynn and they were targeting him to either get him to commit perjury or get him to get him fired or get him to leave so that was our goal and we have to go back now to what we know how do we know yes ok so 1st of all we have the f. B. I. Notes from the former head of a Counter Intelligence bill kristol who after meeting with comi and Deputy Director andrew became so he was with comi and with mckay. His notes say what is our goal question mark truth admission or to get him to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired theres also some further notes that not many people are talking about but i think its relevant in
We know from early historians how devastating this variety of smallpox was, 90 of all indigenous deaths were attributable to smallpox, tell us about that. There was a point of scholarly discussion. One of the sources we have, most of the media is a chronicler, spanish chronicler arrived in spain, he wrote a diary or memoir, talks about the actual mortality rate, keeps talking in terms of 50 but some of the other sources we have, people like cortez himself cortez writes and cant stand, and in europes time. From 1522 january 15, 21 is one of smallpox was introduced, theres a very early source, talks about him and writes a letter to charles v in 1520 and this is the first mention of smallpox in the new world from a spanish source. He was surprised when he arrived, there were very few people there and he attributed to dying of smallpox, he heads off and finds immediately upon arrival of the expedition, the native people began dying of smallpox fairly rapidly, very rapid phase but a number
Green. Were currently holding onto some gains despite the miserable number out of adp, 20. 2 million jobs lost in april looking at commentary from disney and gm on various stages of reopening in shanghai, here in north america and the nasdaq continues to confound some of the bears as it is less than 1 from going positive for the year. Its actually pretty incredible and speaks to how defensive those megacap tech names have been viewed to be by investors in the market and for good reasoning looking at what weve seen so far where earnings are concerned. The other thing to keep an eye on is crude prices after five Straight Days of gains you have futures up 28 for the month of may so far. Those coming up because of the u. S. Private payroll numbers, that 20 million plus drop in april, which was not unexpected but still obviously so painful, especially when you put it in context of being the worse jobless in the history of the adp report that as you balance the daily data that shows decrease
Hello. And a very warm welcome to National Book festival prevents the library of congress. My name is marie. Author and im also the literary director of the library of congress. Much of my own writing has been about the history and the people of latin america and the purpose of this conversation is to share a little bit of that history and talk about how it compares with and connects to the pandemic that were living through right now, right here in april 2020. So many of us are at home, or living at home and sheltering in place. As science takes on the covid19 virus. Unfortunate habit truly skilled and knowledgeable holly joining me today, a scholar who wears many hats spanning history, science, archaeology and geography. John hessler is the director of the kids like election at the library of congress and a specialist on early america. He is author of the book recently a final library of congress all collecting for a new world. John is also a distinguished curator in the librarys youn
Leaders or really any leader from any place in history or all over the world diverts our attention from something they dont want us to see by creating Something Else the war in the balkans i think president bush iraq think president reagan grenada we could go on we could go on so what about trump iran. Why dont i ask this because in recent weeks the tensions between the United States and iran have escalated seriously both in words and in deeds with comments from both sides and sound like theyre itching for a fight trump i have instructed the United States navy to shoot down and destroy any and all iranian boats if they heris our ships at sea those are mr trumps words irans naval commander i have ordered our naval forces to destroy any American Terrorist Force in the persian gulf to threaten security of irans military or nonmilitary ships these are 2 leaders talking in really threatening words right each side is accusing the other of bullying of carelessness and of provocation. But here