Next, the director of the Atchison County historical andety discusses his life explores the question of whether he should be recognized as the nations 12 president. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event and 2014 and provided the video. Chris taylor passed away in 2019. Mr. Taylor thank you. That was a grand introduction. If you just want the major a cop was means of David Rice Atchison, thank you, it has been a lovely evening. If you want his major accomplishments. Needless to say his administration is a little less impressive than maybe truman or anyone else who was ever president. Atchison isid rice someone you should know about. Inwas a significant player the days leading up to the civil war and the term what we call bleeding kansas. He was one of the people who really began the push to get tried as a state and he to direct it in a certain direction that he felt those beneficial for the union. Was he misguided . Very possibly. Was he successful . Absolutely not. Was but w
Surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. This is what the markets are looking at. We are trying to look out for any spot here in europe. Are am looking at what we in general focusing on, of away fromare that key data hours away from that key jobs data in washington. Of course labor day holiday, gold taking higher. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Avoiding a Government Shutdown right before the president ial election. Sources tell bloomberg House Speaker nancy pelosi, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and made this in full agreement on a phone call on tuesday. They were on a stalemate after virus relief to hold up a virus a stopgap spending bill. Meanwhile, Financial Aid to shore up the financial recovery, according to chicago fed president charles evans. He said the stalemate in washington is a significant downsize risk to the economy. Even with the deal, evans down beat on the econom
He is a professor of Political Science. Bachelorse with a degree from university of oklahoma and a phd from georgetown university. Assistantss research to a political scientist, economist and author and teaching assistant to former u. S. Secretary of state madeleine albright, who was here for a private inner earlier this year just to drop a name or two to impress you. Jewellined the William College faculty in 1992 and now serves as chair of the department of Political Science and director of the International Relations major. The William Jewell student body has voted him professor of the year an amazing four times. Gary is also a longtime supporter of the National World war i museum and memorial and for that we are very appreciative. Please give a warm welcome to dr. Gary armstrong. [applause] good evening and thank you for coming tonight. Of interesting questions. On the 100th anniversary of the senates first rejection of the versailles peace treaty. What a great moment to talk about
In 2012 the worlds press was full of reports about north korea dictator kim jong il had died in december 27th and now everyone was wondering what north korea would be like under the leadership of his son 28 year old kim jong un. An old asian proverb says seeing with your own eyes is better than hearing a 1000 reports so in early 2013 my friend philip and i decided to visit north korea the 1st challenge lay in actually booking the trip. We normally plan our trips abroad ourselves but individual tourism doesnt exist in north korea even booking the entry and departure arranged. Its are dealt with by a state agency. Before entering the country we had to sign a paper declaring that our visit had no journalistic purpose. We had to get permission if we wanted to take photos and film and sound recordings were forbidden. All the following material was shot on a camera with a built in video function. I hid the blinking red recording light with black sticky tape we were only vaguely aware of the
Kong mass arrests and a looming National Security are in place to stamp out the scent the protesters achieved anything at all. That a tricky. Terrace removing damage scaffolding from around the. Top make a mistake and everything might come tumbling down. Good to have you with us a Memorial Service has been held in Houston Texas for george floyd the black man who died after a white officer kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes as the event unfolded democrats in Congress Proposed a bill aimed at preventing more Police Misconduct floyds death 2 weeks ago in minneapolis has sparked worldwide protests against racism and Police Brutality. Under a scorching texas sky thousands queued for hours to enter the church where George Floyds body lay a last chance for the public to pay their respects to the man whose death has become a rallying cry against racism around the globe. The public hearing was held in houston the city where floyd grew up. Well this is an important day in our world. And. I