15 million in eight years. in fact we plant less now than we did in the 80s. hello and welcome. i m katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. in the last few minutes the federal reserve has done something it has not done in more than a decade cut interest rates. it s only a quarter of a point but why‘s it cutting rates at all? normally a central bank would only lower interest rates when an economy is faltering, not something you could say about the us economy right now. fed officials describe it as an insurance cut , to keep the us economy on track. but the critics suggest the normally independent central bank is caving in to political pressure from the white house. the president has been very critical of the fed chairjerome powell, and has been demanding this cut since the fed put up the rates last december. i d like to see a large cut and i d like to see immediately the quantitative tightening stopped. we expect the chair of the federal reserve to spea
and welcome to this evening s event, which is deadlines to headlines, in support of our newest exhibition. this exhibition, if you haven t seen it yet, it is closing in a few weeks, so now is a good time. it tells the story of america s history through photography in the archives of the library of congress, many which have never before been exhibited good we tell the stories that shape america s history, both well-known and less well known. tonight, we are focusing on presidential elections and the people who photograph them. each of the photographers here tonight have photographed presidential campaigns in the past decade. we will hear what it is like running alongside these candidates every step of the journey, and we will appreciate not just the newsworthiness but also the artistry of their photographs. moderating tonight s discussion is ben labolt. he was deputy press secretary for barack obama s campaign for president, national press secretary for president obama s ree
which is deadlines to headlines. this is part of our programming roster in support of our newest installation. this exhibition, if you haven t seen it, it is closing in a few weeks, so now is a good time, it tells the story of america s history through photography. many of which have never been exhibited. through these photographs, we moments story of the that shape americans history, both the well known and less well-known. tonight, we are focusing on presidential elections and the people who photograph them. each of the photographers here have photographed presidential campaigns. we ll take a moment to not just appreciate their newsworthiness, but the artistry of their photographs. moderating tonight s discussion is mr. the bolts, who served on three presidential campaigns as press secretary for president obama s campaign, national press secretary for the campaign and field director for hair dean s campaign when he was fresh out of college. his prior work includes serving a
history through photography in the archives of the library of congress, many which have never before been exhibited good we tell the stories that shape america s history come a well-known and less well known. tonight, we are focusing on presidential elections and the people who photograph them. each of the photographers here tonight have photographed presidential campaigns in the past decade. we will hear what it is like running alongside these candidates every step of the journey, and we will appreciate not just the newsworthy less newsworthiness but also the artistry of their photographs. our moderator is been the bolt, he was deputy press secretary for barack obama s campaign for president, national press secretary for president obama s reelection campaign, and worked with howard dean s campaign when he was fresh out of college. forerved as press secretary sherrod brown s campaign for senate, communications director for rahm emanuel s first campaign for mayor, and a spok
ben lebolt. from the annenberg space for photography, this is one hour and 45 minutes. good evening, everyone. how is everyone doing tonight? excellent. i am the education and public programs manager here at the annenberg space for photography. welcome to this evening s event, which is deadlines to headlines, in support of our newest exhibition. this exhibition, if you haven t seen it yet, it is closing in a few weeks, now is a good time. it tells the story of america s history through photography in the archives of the library of congress, many which have never before been exhibited. we tell the stories that shape america s history come a well-known and less well known. tonight, we are focusing on presidential elections and the people who photograph them. each of the photographers here tonight have photographed presidential campaigns in the past decade. we will hear what it is like running alongside these candidates every step of the journey, and we will appreciate not j