Senate it is my honor to welcome you here. We are going to have a conversation about the intersection of Early American History and contemporary political issues. If this is your first visit to the institute, i want to welcome you to our fullscale replica of the United States senate chamber. We arekennedy institute, committed to engaging the public in a conversation about the role each one of us plays in our democracy and our society. We do that through Civic Education programs that bring the United States senate to life and conversations like tonight that bring American History into focus. Partnerery proud to with the Massachusetts Historical Society on todays program. They are an invaluable resource for american life, history, and culture. All of us at the institute are proud together together a group of panelists for the Program Including our moderator, fred tice. He covers news related to politics in Higher Education at sincehere he has been 1988. Serving as a trusted source of tru
Well according to the government too has been at pains to stress vats of these are people that are healthy that have been tested and also underwent multiple screenings while in who had so according to the government nobody aboard this flight has had a positive test for the corona virus and this is very much what South Africans want to hear the group is being transported now by bus from of the International Airport to a quarantine site just further down this road. A positive Development Report out of chinas hu bay province the countrys coronavirus epicenter the situation there has improved enough to ease the 50 day training you reports from beijing. In who people are starting to celebrate the Chinese Government says the peak of the outbreak here has passed and the province wide lockdown is easing for the 1st time in more than 50 days residents of show county are enjoying a day out for leo it feels like winter is finally over to me and her were having the im very very very happy today is
That challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000. 00 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the face of america is changing at airports as the extended european travel ban kicks in where the. Staff carrying out Health Screenings have been overwhelmed the governor of illinois blamed the trumpet ministration for a lack of planning and foresight he didnt get the response he wanted well heres what i got i got a call at about 11 oclock last night after that tweet from a white house staffer who yelled at me about the tweet the administration at its no ideally briefing admitted mistakes were made the lines again that we saw overnight at a limited number of airports including chicago are unacceptable weve adjusted our processes we continue to surge personnel at the same briefing when asked how many ventilators the u. S. Had to help patients with breathing difficulties the government secretary in charge said this we dont
Take the test change when he also acknowledged that hed made a mistake by shaking hands during fridays briefing with Corporate Leaders and others in the rose garden and somebody comes up to you they put their hand out you probably tend to shake it and were all getting out of it shaking hands is not a great thing to be doing it and i agree but people put their hand out sometimes ill put their hand out you dont think about it the people are thinking about it more and more we have to think about it its important for attention i dont sense that. The president then left the briefing leaving his Vice President to officially confirm that the travel ban would be extended the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the United Kingdom and ireland effective midnight monday night Eastern Standard Time again americans in the u. K. Are arlan can come home legal residents can come home but as the secretary will detail they will be funneled through specific airports and process the cent
Democracy and in our society. We do that through Civic Education programs that bring the United States senate to life, and conversation like tonight, that bring American History into focus. We are very proud to partner with the Massachusetts Historical Society on todays program. They are an invaluable resource for american life, history, and culture. All of us at the institute are proud to gather and esteemed panel tonight. Fred thys covers politics at wbur, where he has been since 1998. Breaking news and serving as a trusted source of truth and information. He previously was the nbc news bureau chief in mexico city, and a south america reporter for cbs news, based in argentina. Joining fred on the panel are four distinguished scholars who provide perspectives on and knowledge of our nations founders. They will paint an informative picture of how the founders operated, and what current lawmakers and each one of us can learn from them. Tonights historians include liz covart from the ins