Good good evening. I would like to welcome you to todays program to our members glad you are here with that ongoing support to make thiss possible and to you joining us for the first time an open invitation to explore the wide range of programs announce the perfect time to turn off your phones. And Mary Beth Norton is the author of five books and coordinate one dash co editor of a survey of history has been published in ten additions with the 20 president of the american historical association. Contact cornell university. 1774 and like the following program please help us welcome Mary Beth Norton. [applause] its nice to be here. Is the clicker on . So the cover of the book because that little bottle is famous if you are a colonial historian if anybody recognizes it in the Massachusetts Historical Society and the claims on the label that its even possible to read and to pick up from Boston Harbor. And it is a well known object in colonial america. With the new york journal which is a ne
Healths on the States Harris ofthen drew Thomas Jefferson university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Sweep for joe biden in tuesdays primaries in florida, illinois, and arizona. It raises the question of when Bernie Sanders might withdraw. Washington journal this is this is washington journal for march 18. We will talk about that and the latest in the coronavirus responds with a near trillion dollar package likely. For those in the eastern and central time zones, the line is 2027488000. The mountain and pacific region, 2027488001. If you are a medical professional, really appreciate on yourfrom you experience. That line, 2027488002. Tell us where you are texting from in your name and the line is 2027488003. At c on twitter it is cspanwj. And on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. The president this morning saying for the people who are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, the shutting down of hotels, bars, and restaurants, money will be com
Host we are joined by Michael Greenberger. Both of the issues facing the u. S. And the world when it comes to the coronavirus, what does your organization focus on . Guest it was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9 11 attacks to deal with counterterrorism issues. We are about to celebrate our h anniversary they 15th may 15 and we have moved from counterterrorism but also controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorms and also dealing with cybersecurity issues such as ransomware. 9 11, the world has never seen an epidemic like this but in your organizations experience in dealing with other viruses and health outbreaks, health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far on how the u. S. Has responded . The federal government to the coronavirus outbreak. Guest let me say this virus is more serious than anything we have faced going back to 2001. Sars, mers,thrax, ebola, zika, h1n1. V
But broadly, what does your organization focus on . Michael well our organization , was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9 11 attacks to deal in the first instance in those days with principally counterterrorism issues. Days with principally counterterrorism issues. We are about to celebrate our 18th anniversary on may 15, 2002. , still do counterterrorism, but also we do controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorms like superstorm sandy, and also dealing with cybersecurity issues like ransomware. And since 9 11 the natin the world has not seen a epidemic like this. In your organizations experience in dealing with other viruses and health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far of how the u. S. Has responded, the federal government, to the coronavirus outbreak . Guest let me say this virus is more serious than anything we face going all the way back to 2001. We have had an
Community wake up to the challenges presented by chinas manipulation of the longstanding International Rules based order that has benefited all of us for many decades john holl as our correspondent at that conference in munich. You know they say that the Munich Security Conference doesnt provide solutions but it provides platforms for competing narratives to play out weve certainly seen that here in the last hour under the same roof youve got the United States effectively firing the starting gun and missile to a new era of foreign and defense policy naming china as the number one threat to the world and then swiftly followed by the Chinese Foreign minister waving the flag seemingly for multilateralism a concept that seems to be under increasing strain and threat in the west we have the headlines europe has recorded its 1st death from corona virus after an elderly Chinese Tourists died in france the 4th person to die outside of Mainland China and south break has now killed more than 150