Numerous articles, thought arthur of nine previous books including the end of the american era from 2002, 2010, how they become friends and no ones worlds, the rising west in the coming global turned. The fellow at the hudson institute. The wall street journal and professor of Foreign Affairs in new york. A fellow at the council and he is also doing numerous books himself including American Foreign policy and how it changed the world from 2001. Next year i hope you will have the chance to host in a live form. The art of a covenant. The United States, israel and the fate and jewish people. The 10th book, isolationism, healing itself from the world is a subject of that discussion tonight. Please welcome me in joining them. Thank you for that introduction. It is really terrific to be here. I hate to think how long ive known him now. Quite a while. I can certainly remember back in the clinton administration, doing a pbs thing together. I think it was bosniaack then. That was like 30 years
Disaster. Monetary policy works through emulating aggregate demand and that is important now. Ultimately, there is a job to replace lost income. Our congress stepped in and there has not been a faster or stronger response from congress to an economic emergency since the great depression. The cares act and other laws have been passed to more than offset lost income in the aggregate. There will be people for whom that is not true. You see high levels of savings on the Balance Sheets of households. Not experienced the downward cases we were worried about of mass insolvencies of businesses so far. So far, so good, i would say. There are no full recoveries without confidence. Do, which ipart to think we have done. The path forward will be challenging for a number of reasons, and i am sure we will get into some of them. Congresso do more and might need to do more with fiscal policy. The particulars of that are up to congress and not up to us. It is likely more will need to be done in time. O
Our nations past. Cspan3 created by americas Cable Television companies as a public service. And brought to you today by your television provider. Each week American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next we take you inside the u. S. Capitols house wing where historian Matthew Wasniewski and karen Farar Elliott traced the history of women in congress. This is the first of a twopart program. The story of women in Congress Begins with jeannette ranken elected to the house in 1916 from montana. Shes elected to the house four years before women had the right to vote nationally. And in a way shes really a bridge from the Suffrage Movement to women attaining full political rights. She was active in a National Womens suffrage organization. She helped women get the right to vote, not only in montana, but a couple of states west of the mississippi. And she runs in 1916. Shes elected to one of montanas two at large districts. And part of her platform is that s
Years before women had the right to vote fashlly and in a way shes really a bridge from the suffrage movement, to women attaining full political rights. She was active in a National Womens suffrage organization, and she helped women get the right to vote not only in montana, but a couple of states west of the mississippi and she runs in 1916. Shes elected to one of montanas two at large districts and part of her platform is that shes a pacifist. Well, shes sworn into the house on april 2, 1917, and the house has come into a special session, extraordinary session because the president that night, Woodrow Wilson delivers a message to Congress Asking for a declaration of war against germany. Its the u. S. Entry into world war i and rankin, when that vote is held is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u. S. Intervention in world war i. She served a term in the house. She was on the womens suffrage committee. She was on the Public Lands Committee which was an important assi
Interview for global wall street. I believe david folkertslandau is scheduled with us, from deutsche bank. The sun has not risen on the east coast yet. When it does, we will start to see the trickling in of the final 5 of voting in some states, and in some there is still a very large gap involving tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of votes. What am i focused on . I guess i have to be focused on nevada. I may be wrong on that, but that is the one state on focused on right now, francine. Francine what im focused on is the legal challenges. I think it is pretty much being dismissed by the markets, and a lot of legal experts are also saying there is not a path forward for the president to challenge the voting. My want to see how that pans out and if there is a bigger impact. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Just oneoe biden is battleground state away from becoming the next president of the united states. Biden already won two key prizes in the midwest, the states of