Many of you know that we have a lot going on here. That, checkop of out our events calendar. Book, are a fan of this you may enjoy our true crime book club. I am a bookseller here. I am glad to introduce our speaker. She is a lawyer. She served as a Legal Advisor to the International Criminal tribunal and was a visiting scholar at stanford law school. She first started researching. He Lizzie Borden story this is her first book. She addresses one of the most infamous murders in American History. It remains a ubiquitous part of american law. Salacious away the and mythologized details and uses primary sources like Court Transcripts and letters to have a total look at the case. [applause] i am not expecting a call. This is just to make sure that i do not talk too long. Much for coming on such a beautiful day. You have been working on a subject as long as i have, there is always the year that you are involved in some kind of intellectual stockholm syndrome. I will give you a little bit of
Eisenhower,president of the United States of america. [applause] this happy occasion preserves unbroken, a tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. The great and the near great have addressed this audience. And tonight we welcome the man whom history will record as preeminent among World Leaders in our of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid ascension of communist aggression as millions of people were enveloped the hide of farreaching iron curtain. I have in mind the stalemate of futility in korea, the rampaging inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings of the many and troubling thevoters of our Free Enterprise economy. Here then is the man trained in war who will be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundation of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with adeep and abiding affection. [applause] [music] welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im George Hammond chair of the Humanities Forum that put tog
144,000, 65000 people hospitalized and we are averaging over a thousand deaths a day. A new round of restrictions would surely slow the economy and put more people out of work, heard even more with travel, retail and Entertainment Industries perhaps, thats one reason the market is selling this morning. After the huge recent gains the dow looks to be down about 200, s p down about 10. Look at the nasdaq with a modest bounce to the upside with the dana may be a quarter of a percent of the standout political headline comes from Bernie Sanders. He says yes, if offered the job of labor secretary in a biting next he would take it. On that, we will say this, varney co. Is about to begin. Stuart born to be wild, well i guess thats fairly appropriate. What you are looking at is rather empty new york city on a rainy thursday morning. Of course, its been half empty for about eight months and Governor Cuomo has more restrictions on businesses. Ashley, bring me up to speed. Ashley he certainly has.
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History probably considered the top three greatest american president s along with washington and lincoln. It is an assessment based on the fact he steered the nation through the two greatest crises. One internally, the Great Depression and one externally, world war ii. There has been a long and ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that Franklin D Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. Broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Rooseveltse presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 nine had brought the worst conditions the country