As best we can. Im going to talk to you a little bit tonight about america the ingenious. This book i wrote. The best thing about writing books is hopefully you learned something. I learned a great deal writing this. Americansof how invented, developed or learned to exploit so many of the things exploit the world. What i found even more telling was how things are invented. How invention itself is encouraged and nurtured. At least how it has been encouraged and nurtured in this country in the past. , as i do in myy book, that we are a nation of tinkerers. We americans like to think of ass natural adventurers, risktakers and entrepreneurs. But what does that mean exactly. I am a believer in american exceptionalism. It hasnes like to say, to be earned, never given. How did we earn it . How did we do what we did and how could we get back to doing it right . As the first nation to exist wholly in the modern age, United States has also insisted when making things when we were extracting them
You with us equity markets are rallying shares in japan hit a 30 year high on the 1st day of trading off the Television Networks declared joe biden the winner of the u. S. President ial election there are hopes that a Biden Administration would expand fiscal stimulus in the u. S. Stepped up measures to reduce the spread of covert 19 i want to take a less aggressive approach in trade policy but how does his slogan buy american fit in here lets check out some of bidens ideas about how to stimulate the economy. Will it be like night and day. Joe biden has promised to create a more restrained balanced American Economy instead of the full throttle one of the past 4 years. In practice that means a return to regulations on industry greater powers for financial watchdogs and Consumer Protections and above all higher taxes on the wealthy and businesses im going to raise taxes im not going to raise taxes on anybody making less than 400. 00 grand but but you wont pay a penny more but those making
Important conversation to be had this afternoon, and i am thrilled to have the privilege to spend some time with our following guests. I want to be very clear, my goal was to discuss some concrete steps that this audience that is with us, the tens of thousands who are with us, and corporate america, what we can take to create some lasting change and benefit for minorities in this country and close the inequality gap in the boardroom and in peoples paychecks. Ursula burns is here. I should tell you she was the first and only female ceo of a fortune a black female ceo of a fortune 500 company when she ran xerox. Board,she is on ubers and ive had the honor and pleasure to have known her for quite some time. Weve had some very important discussions. Also with us, robert smith, founder and chairman of vista equity partners. He is the wealthiest black american in the country, and i should tell you you have him and theched student debt crisis at morehouse. He has the 2 solution, and we are go
But i think when youre better for the world youre better for israel to halt to this office us hard bargain is very different from trump trying to bully dos and wanted us to appease him as well as many. Countries with a historically difficult relationship with the u. S. But in selection of burkes little hard. For the future development of the china u. S. Relationship trump didnt do a good job i dont hold much hope for biden turn. But im. I do but im a drummer we talked about improving relations with russia but it didnt come to anything. When you deal with biden is openly against russia. Or for a here. All eyes are now on biden and what changes he may bring to foreign diplomacy for the us. And lets get more now we are joined by did i use your ear shadow who is standing by with the view from moscow yury the kremlin has been remarkably quiet to silence speak volumes. Hi sara well we have no official reaction from the kremlin so far youre right russian president putin only commented once on
Really a grans sed sense of his biology. Last time we were looking at his youth. A youth that we say is often times wrapped in romance, in myth, it is hard to get at. It is a period where it is least documented and it is an interesting period. But of course he is most known to americans and perhaps to folks around the world as a great military commander. The general that led the americans through the american war for indense and eight long years of war. And his identity as a warrior is a crucial one. Thinking about who is George Washington, how did he think of himself, as, and why does it matter today. He is still studied regularly in the great military disciplines well as the war college. Washington is a fundamental figure in the establishment of american tradition of leadership in arms. He was the first officer of the American Army. The United States army dates its on birth to his service. And the Continental Congress of him taking over the army that we will talk about a little bit.