an awareness of the principles and to further their application through activities. now, you may notice i have an adam smith tie on today, and that is not because we have an economic historian coming to speak to us, but it is because adam smith was principally an educator. he was a professor and a private tutor, and he was beloved by his students. and marcus witcher, you have seen throughout the day, is known as a very exuberant, enthusiastic educator. i first met marcus several years ago at an institute for humane studies conference. i spoke, and then he followed me. he later told me, and i mean years later, that he was so relieved that i went first, because i did not do such a good job, i made it so much easier for him to follow. [laughter] i was an easy act to follow. he was very pleased by this. but marcus has spent the last five years writing this book on ronald reagan, and ronald reagan has become a symbol, an icon for conservatives. we have the presidential debate wi
there are dates we have that are personal and dates ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor stan donaldson. stan: well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this morning s program. there are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. in my lifetime, december 7, 1941. november 22, 1963. 9/11. all terrible dates for the country. and november 8, 1989, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. a subject we will discuss today, how did it happen? what were the consequences? who did this? who knew? for a look at what is in store for us, it is a pleasure to welcome andrew card, who served in three administrations with ronald reagan as deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs, with george herbert walker bush the treasury, not the secretary of the treasury, secretary of transportation, and with george w. bush white house chief of staff. a
begin with china where foreign trade continue to fall in october exports dropped to north point 9 percent compared to the year before while imports plunged 6.4 percent even worse trade with us is down almost 16 percent. now that s in the midst of an ongoing trade war between the world s 2 biggest economies and it s unclear if there s an end in sight one day after china announced an agreement between the 2 governments to roll back trade tariffs reports about opposition from the white house. and while i m clearing my throat i m happy to welcome my colleague chelsea delaney at the front for dough in frankfurt germany financial how to find out more about this latest tariff truce is it going to happen the white house doesn t seem to be too happy about it. i think the mood among investors among trade and this is certainly confusion today there by the end of the day yesterday the comments from the white house for contradicting not only china s agreement announcement but also each ot
michelle gorbachev with his famous ballad about the fall of communism and the end of the cold war the former polish president left for once so also came to moscow 2 nobel peace prize laureates reminiscing about the fall of the berlin wall 30 years on. the most important thing was that the germans didn t leave the streets in cities across germany they said we are one nation we have to reunite. you. with friendship between scorpions and michelle you go by chance goes back to the final days of the soviet union when the country s last leader invited the band to the kremlin now 30 years after the fall of the berlin wall the rockers are thanking him again. only. without him german reunification and the fall of the berlin wall wouldn t have happened so peacefully it wouldn t have been the peaceful revolution. lucian that it was where no one fired a shot we know the fact that no one died and that the tanks didn t roll in that november the night to gorbachev is on the go watch of. cou
2 s book24, on c-span tv. + next, pulitzer prize-winning photographer talks with a 15torian about his more than year long photography career. time ase topics, his president gerald ford s chief photographer. the center for creative photography at the university of arizona and bank of america hosted this event. thank you all for coming here. it is a thrill to see you here. said, i am thrilled to be leading arizona arts. the core of our mission in arizona arts is to ensure that all students regardless of major have meaningful experiences and the archive will further that andion by engaging impacting students across our university and transforming ways. the acquisition of this archive is a prime example of our commitment to integrating the arts into all aspects of the university experience and to making the university of arizona a true arts destination areas tonight, we are in for such a treat as we hear from two pulitzer prize winners. this evening is only the beginning as dr.