Jim bacon we heard a tremendous blast, and all of a sudden all chaos ensued. Everybody started running. Rick schwein he set the thing up to hurt people in a mass way. [crowd clamoring, whistle] Mark Mckay we dont know if that person is going to strike again. [blows whistle] lets go Mark Mckay who did this . Is It Part of a strategy or is it a singular event . We didnt know any of that. [theme music] hello, and welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. In the summer of 1996, all eyes were on atlanta, georgia for the centennial olympics. The Southern City put on quite a show for the Opening Ceremony as Muhammad Ali lit the olympic flame. But just eight days later, at a celebration in Centennial Park, a Security Guard noticed a suspicious backpack under a bench. Security and Law Enforcement moved quickly to evacuate the massive crowd, but time was not on their side. This is how it really happened. [indistinct chatter] its a Weekend Night in atlanta. Its hot. The streets are p
Dont have gotten okay on everybody started running. He said the thing up to hurt in a mass way we dont know thAt That person is going to strike. Again who did this . Is It Part of a strategy or is it a singular event . We didnt know any of that hello, and welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. In the summer of 1996, all eyes were on atlanta, georgia for the centennial olympics. The Southern City put on quite a show for the Opening Ceremony as Muhammad Ali lit the olympic flame. But just eight days later, at a celebration in Centennial Park, a Security Guard noticed a suspicious backpack under a bench. Security and Law Enforcement moved quickly to evacuate the massive crowd, but time was not on their side. This is how it really happened. [indistinct chatter] its a Weekend Night in atlanta. Its hot. The streets are packed. [groovy music] there is entertainment at Centennial Park. The Beating Heart at night of the olympics. Singing Something about you driving me crazy they
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information about the local community and things going on around the country. today we have our membership watching and a number of members diplomatic corps tuning in as well. and a number of invited guests, not members of the club, are and watchingtening as well. our first special guest today is .ed leonsis the second is the governor of maryland, governor hogan. and the chair of the national governors asos asian. and then we have association. and then we have kim ford. let people know that next week on friday we will probably have another program. we are working on the details of that now. secondly, april 28, next tuesday, a week from next tuesday we have dr. fauci, reasonably well known these days as the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. and we look forward to a good conversation with him. i would like to remind everybody that after the interview is completed, about one hour, total, we will put this up on our website. you will be a lit
covid-19 on the front lines. a digital event cast from the atlantic. we are going to be talking for the next hour or so about the latest science, about the latest treatments, and will be looking forward about what we can expect in the weeks and months ahead. before get underway, a moment to thank our underwriter pharma, who is making the conversations possible. first, let s take a look at where we are right now. as of last night, more than 580,000 americans have been diagnosed with covid-19. and over 23,000 have died of covid-19-related complications. there are some signs of improvement in places like new york. the curve appears to be flattening, but some other hot spots are emerging, and at the moment, 316 million americans are still under stay-at-home orders. this is an evolving situation, of course. the atlantic has been moving along with it, publishing articles like the technology that could free america from quarantine, and the coronaviru unique threat to the south.