Host we are focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was known one who recalls her time in the white house 1914 and since then ten other first ladies have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women who have served in that position in the last 50 years. First up, Rosalynn Carter who served as first lady from 19771981 and she is the author of five books. In 1984 her bestselling memoir, first lady from plains, was released. Missus carters subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. This is a subject she is championed throughout her life. Now from 2010 here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book, within our reach ending the Mental Health crisis. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] i am really pleased to be here tonight and pleased to see so many people interested in my book. I have been on a book tour this week and i started on monday and i get the same two questions every time
Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Good morning. Before we begin i want to say our thoughts with those americans dealing with devastating natural disasters including the wildfires in the west and Hurricane Sally in the south. As chairman i remain committed to ensuring they receive the federal help needed to respond, recover and build back stronger. They, the committee on Homeland Securitys meeting for its annual hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland. Our nation recently observed the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. Nearly two decades later we continue to mourn the nearly 3,000 lives lost that terrible day and keep their loved ones in our prayers. This committee and the department of Homeland Security were established in the wake of 9 11 to help prevent future attacks on our soil. Regardless of who was chairman weve held regular hearings examining worldwide threats with leaders from the depart
Coming into the middle of summer, the third iq novel with the los angeles mystery writer with a lot of great relationships and living on the back of the published and popping in and out of that in one of those think tanks in washington dc of china 2049 to put together some reform of chinese scholars and i dont read a lot of books and with Washington State in the home state as well and jim whitaker son who was the First American to climb mount everest. In the first want to climb mount everest. But that is restrictive its trade right. It is where 40 percent of jobs are directly tied to trade but china is one of the largest trading partners and those that work at these companies. With the future of the chinese economy then on Washington State economy than the men and women who work in these jobs. Do you find yourself sharing book ideas with colleagues . Not all of them but a few of them in one member particular what mystery series we are reading and thats right take my interest and share
Russia. Any other countries . Stephen . Eritrea, thats correct. Patrizio. [inaudible] prof. Garcia thats correct. Thank you. So they are traveling very long distances to find refuge in europe, and this map gives you an idea of the routes and distances they are traveling in order to reach safety. Some are traveling alone, others are traveling as part of family units. Some are traveling in search of economic opportunity. Others are literally fleeing for their lives to escape war, devastation, rape, and forced conscription into armies. The vast majority of the refugees are syrian. Can anyone tell me why the syrians are fleeing . Ok, thank you. Albert. Civil war. Prof. Garcia civil war, absolutely. Would anyone else like to venture talk . Meredith. The civil war is very violent. People are getting killed publicly and ritualistically. [inaudible] health care, the economy. [inaudible] prof. Garcia absolutely correct, all of you. Thank you. The country has been locked in a bloody civil war fo
Nasdaq features are pointing higher. Stock coming off of that two week losing streak. Recoveringmed to be with a steep selloff last week. Moderately higher in china. Tech names seeing some dip by. Take a look at what we when it comes to currencies. We are focusing on the euro strength, paired with the weakness. Not really doing a lot. 682. Ng around about the Central Banks autonomy. We are watching the yields, pretty much flat. Yields are moving lower in the likes of australia. , probably brings us back to the highest that we saw in 2019 with home prices increasing and retail sales as well. Positive sentiment. Outstanding gains. Lets get to the first word gains. We start with the global coronavirus case is nearing 29 million. Canpe is now becoming a turn again. France also reporting more than 17,000 cases over the weekend. , Oxford University and astrazeneca have restarted trials of the vaccine after they were halted over the unexplained illness. Says ale, the ceo had similar timeline