Pandemic. But lets be clear, it is a pandemic, and i labeled it so a week ago. I dont know what the World Health Organization is waiting on, and i really dont care. Were americans, and that means were not a nation of buttercups and daffodils who need to have every official word on the coronavirus pandemic sugarcoated and sweetened for public consumption. Were americans. We and every generation before us has faced threats and challenges without flinching. We will do so as well. Today there was, i believe, a new, different and stronger tone emanating from washington as the president himself met with the heads of pharmaceutical companies and challenged them to begin rapidly preparing the manufacturing of needed drugs and pharmaceutical up ingredients necessary ingredients necessary to deal with this Public Health emergency, and the stock markets roared their approval. After last weeks performance, the worst since the 2008 recession, the Dow Jones Industrials today soared almost 1300 point
Pandemic. But lets be clear, it is a pandemic, and i labeled it so a week ago. I dont know what the World Health Organization is waiting on, and i really dont care. Were americans, and that means were not a nation of buttercups and daffodils who need to have every official word on the coronavirus pandemic sugarcoated and sweetened for public consumption. Were americans. We and every generation before us has faced threats and challenges without flinching. We will do so as well. Today there was, i believe, a new, different and stronger tone emanating from washington as the president himself met with the heads of pharmaceutical companies and challenged them to begin rapidly preparing the manufacturing of needed drugs and pharmaceutical up ingredients necessary ingredients necessary to deal with this Public Health emergency, and the stock markets roared their approval. After last weeks performance, the worst since the 2008 recession, the Dow Jones Industrials today soared almost 1300 point
Pandemic. But lets be clear, it is a pandemic, and i labeled it so a week ago. I dont know what the World Health Organization is waiting on, and i really dont care. Were americans, and that means were not a nation of buttercups and daffodils who need to have every official word on the coronavirus pandemic sugarcoated and sweetened for public consumption. Were americans. We and every generation before us has faced threats and challenges without flinching. We will do so as well. Today there was, i believe, a new, different and stronger tone emanating from washington as the president himself met with the heads of pharmaceutical companies and challenged them to begin rapidly preparing the manufacturing of needed drugs and pharmaceutical up ingredients necessary ingredients necessary to deal with this Public Health emergency, and the stock markets roared their approval. After last weeks performance, the worst since the 2008 recession, the Dow Jones Industrials today soared almost 1300 point
Over the construction of new migrant camps. For one of 10 a series of highest profile players has announced her retirement 5 time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova is stepping away from the game at the age of 38. The daily tally of new coronavirus cases is now bigger outside china where the outbreak began thats according to the World Health Organization emphasizing the global spread of the epidemic europe in particular has seen a spike in cases in the past days the continents Top Health Official says panic must be avoided and a cordon 8 approach agreed as france records its 2nd death and italy its 12th meanwhile that italian outbreak has spread further a man who visited the area where cases have been recorded were turned to brazil becoming latin americas 1st diagnosis the highest death toll outside china has been in iran where 19 people have died but. The countrys president said there are no immediate plans to quarantine cities globally just over 81000 cases of corona virus have now
Working . It ise is sherry mueller, my privilege to serve as director of the Public Diplomacy council and to welcome each of you in this room to the First Monday Forum, a monthly event the Public Diplomacy council cohosts with a Public Diplomacy Alumni Association and the university of southern Annenberg Center for leadership communication and policy. Also, just to correct, i saw the president here. It is the Public Diplomacy association of america. We got it. I promise. All three organizations are really pleased to cohost our special guest, dr. Vivian walker, will be introduced by one of our Board Members in a few minutes. I just wanted to let you all know we are grateful to George Washington university. They are renovating the normal room we work with. I appreciate the patients of all of you the patience of all of you. We are grateful for all of the hospitality you provide to us for these First Monday Forum in the First Monday Forum first monday forms. The First Monday Forum will fea