And the deal is worth over 44 billion in stock it combines two of the largest providers to wall street and so far 2020s largest dollar wise deal plus, youve seen it on squawk box gm and nikola announce a smaller deal on fuel cell systems doesnt involve equity and well get to more of it why those shares are down so sharply by the way, jim, great to have you back. A lot to catch up on that we missed talking with you about over the last few days as for moderna, another monday here, jim, with 100 on severe and more discussion that come spring we may have nearly ten of these things to choose from. A remarkable moment because it is true this is warp speed and warp speed is run by the army and going to go to longterm care facilities at the same time it is going to go to Health Care Workers and i think the good news here is it will go to a lot of people that no one thought they could get to very early you shotgun the entire level of when you include modrna and dont even talk about j j i think
Welcome. We are virtual at the book shop. Its good to be here. To our audience. We want to let them know. For those o you have that have not got connors book. I dont think w have ever talked about getting some signed book rights. Welcome everybody. I will introduc maries. And he was born and raised in new orleans. He published his debut novel we cast a shadow in 2019 and it w a finalist for the pen open book awards. The first novel of prize. An asstant professor of creative writing and he is also the 20202021 writer and resident. With the university of mississippi. Welcome back to the Garden District bookshop. It is my honor to introduce our author today. Here is connor town oneil. Connor towne oneill. He works as a producer on the npr podcast. He now lives in tuscan alabama. Congratulations connor. We cant wait to hear more about it. For this portion i know you are interested in reading some of the work that are gathered here today. I will just sit here at the outset. Deftly get your
And united in horror and tributes rallies are held across france to honor a teacher beheaded so over a lesson. Protests over inequality in chile have descended in survival and sit with litters set in a light 2 churches in the capital suns jago the protesters are marking the years as their Movement Began in this surely over the rise and costs of transports but which widens into calls for social reforms and a new constitution and latin america editor the cinnamon reports from santiago. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators filled streets to plazas throughout chile to mark the day one year ago when the countrys social pressure cooker. First. There were dramatic performances alluding to Human Rights Violations committed by police was cysts but there was also music and celebrations its entire families had come to show that their resolve to fight for social equality remains strong. To the but today marks the day that chile awoke with feet up of the abuse of always being marginalised we had
So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in analogies we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find d one thing to be like another all the time. Just in the same way and the kind of person that sees likenesses and family members, and look at a new baby and say, that looks just like great grandma someone so. Have the same time, even as they say i recognize a lot of that is minded perception, my need for familiarity. I think there has been for most of my career as a historian the question to ask historians is what time is this like.
Happen to these people have their dream of europe gone up in smoke was that dream ever more than smoke and mirrors im for golf in berlin this is the day. It doesnt get sick to see images of what happened in moria a terrible. Poverty because i expressed my sorrow for the events in moria i recognized the difficult conditions because it will. Go on. No money to deport those folks however nothing as an excuse for finding reactions to health checked to see them it was a good excuse we will not abandon greece to deal with this alone we have multiplied and in the people in the camp. Also coming up the explosive already a recording us President Donald Trump admitting that he downplayed the deadly threat from the coronavirus that he concealed the truth from the public the president has never lied to the American Public on coded the president s been very the president was expressing common his actions reflect that. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome