At the kennedy institute, we are committed to engaging the public in a conversation about the role each one of us plays in our democracy and in 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. 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 also proud together together a group of panelists for the program, including our moderator, fred tice. He covers news related to politics and Higher Education at wbur where he has been since 1988 serving as a trusted source of truth and information. He previously was the nbc news bureau chief in mexico city and the south america reporter for cbs news based in argentina. Joining fred on the panel are four scholars who provide erspective on, and knowledge of, our nations founders. Togeth
Armenia accused of targeting civilians. Taking a step towards peace in sudans government and on groups sign a deal and some are shown the agreement. So the team of doctors treating at the u. S. President for covert 900 say they are cautiously optimistic with his progress and have suggested that he began showing signs of the virus on thursday afternoon which is only a than previously disclosed a donald trump was admitted to the Walter Reed National military Medical Center in maryland on friday and hes been receiving experimental treatment for the disease doctors would not give a timetable on when he could be released from hospital while they say hes doing very well there are reports quoting sources saying that some of trans vital signs of the last 24 hours were very concerning and that the next 48 hours will be critical. Just 72 hours into the diagnosis now the 1st week of it and a particular day 7. 00 to 10. 00 of the most critical in determining the likely course of this illness at th
News special correspondent. President trump is 74 years old, right in the age range at risk for the most serious consequences of coronavirus. What would you expect his doctors to do from this point forward . I am glad you brought it up. I think people need to understand that beyond politics this is a very serious medical condition. Everybody wants the president and first lady and everybody affected to be healthy. I expect the medical team to be closely monitoring them on a regular routine basis. We have come a long way and treatments and therapies are a lot better and they have a phenomenal around the clock medical team at the white house. Lets talk more about what the medical team will be doing. When will we or his medical team have an idea of the severity of the symptoms he might experience . I think it is hard to say. What we heard from early reporting the president and the first lady are feeling well. I heard they are being called right now asymptomatic. I dont know exactly what it
Index climbing sharply higher. In the month of august, the cyclicals are leading the way on the year. It is all about tax. It is all about tech. Interesting to see how the month of august plays out. Right now a sleepy summer day. Taylor it does not look like it will be sleepily for much longer. August goes quickly. It is a volatile month. We are in an election year. Abigail it is interesting because there are lots of reasons to think we could have a volatility spike, including the fact we are in the seasonally higher volatility time, august, september, october. The vix curve speaks to a big spike in october. The panic index is at levels close to where it was prior to the selloff in february and the selloff in 2018. The fundamental backdrop for this is despite the fact we have a better initial jobless claim today, which is excellent, but it is still extraordinarily high. It is not even put the financial crisis you cannot see the numbers around the financial crisis relative to where we a
They are getting under way. Protesters in new york citys union square are holding a kneeling moment at this hour. While we see a standoff at city hall in philadelphia, to the right of that, then we have the aerial shot of protesters who are marching in gaithersburg, maryland. All of this follows a tense weekend filled with violent protests, riots and looting of businesses both big and small, in cities and towns across the nation. This is not simply limited to big urban areas. Weve got team fox business coverage here ready to show you some of the damage on the ground live. And Corporate Americas reaction as companies from apple to microsoft to nike to netflix and others comment and make moves on the state of race in america. Plus, a major voice on wall street and a leader in the africanamerican business communi community, Tracy Maitlands family has a historic tie to Martin Luther king jr. The president of Advent Capital Management who drew the company to 9 billion, is here to tell us wh