In your mind, in your research, is gettysburg still considered the major turning point, or do you see it as being something so what are the issues of reconstruction that really are still pertinent today . Okay. Heres an image from harpers weekly. And it sort of personifies, i think, some of the central issues involved in this period of reconstructing the union. Some of the questions that had raises. So have a look at it. I dont know how clear it is for you. You may not be able to read all the writing. But here is clearly a freedman, he has, you know, something in his hand, a piece of paper. And on that you may not be able to read is written equal rights. Thats Union Army officer, the office of the u. S. Marshal that hes, you know, somewhat seems to be seeking protection, and there are a bunch of Southern Whites there with placards saying kkk, call home your troops. They want federal troops to leave the south, et cetera. Just looking at that image, can you think of what may have been so
Ooh test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captions Copyright National captions Copyright National captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 the gamblers might not want to put all this money and be sure that its going through without the premier name player attached to it. So he says, yeah, i used my name. I think that may be his culpability there. Hes illiterate. Thats very famous. But theres a difference between uneducated and dumb and he runs several businesses afterwards and doesnt run them into the ground. He has some native smarts, but the thing about putting him and, you know, there was a petition just recently from the people in South Carolina where hes really a hero, greenville, South Carolina, theres a museum to him, i think theyre moving his house down the road and putting a bigger museum and it was Just Announced theres a movie about him which is in development. Development and being made are two different things. He continues to be a folk hero of sorts here
Long relationship both prior to and after their presidencies. This was a period of incredible trauma for the United States with the Great Depression. Of course the two of two of the known each other for quite sometime. During world war i, Franklin Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of navy underwood row wilson. Tom, you want to talk about what hoover did during world war i . Sure. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. The Food Administration had to essentially provide food to the soldiers going to europe, and hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce consumption by 15 . And he did this by appealing to american housewives to sign pledge cards where they would hooverize. Hooverize meant every day of the week you gave out a certain essential component. Wheat, meat, sugar, fats. And so you had meatless mondays and wheatless wednesdays. Hoover was able to use that as a stopgap before the farmers could increase their p
The county has even gone to court to get a temporary restraining order to prevent the church from holding large indoor services. In san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Marianne, thank you. Its hard to see all these restaurants suffering here. The message in marin county is to stop dining indoors. The number of new cases per day have doubled in marin county. Right now restaurants are allowed to operate their 50 capacity indoors. The county wants to scale back to 25 . It is voluntary right now. But it could be mandatory by next tuesday. Well, cases are surging across california, the state is seeing a huge jump in its Positivity Rate. This graph shows the rate of positive infections across california. You can see quite the roller coaster ride the past six months. Weve peaked in midjuly, you can see right here. Then we went down and just three weeks ago, our Positivity Rate was at its lowest point, 2. 6 . Take a look at it now. 3. 8 . That quick spike may indicate the state could
Address the problem. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. I want to go through our usual housekeeping matters. Todays session will be conducted on an unclassified basis. All participates should refrain from discussing any classified or other information protected from public disclosure. Second, the committee is conducting this virtual hearing in compliance with House Resolution 965. It is being broadcast live on the committees website. Because of the threat posed by the covid19 pandemic remains ongoing, were proceeding with this hearing remotely in order to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff and public. While we wish we could return to all standard inperson events, health and safety protocols dictate we find alternate means of carrying out our oversight obligations. Okay. So let me remind members of a few remote hearing procedures. First, consistent with the regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Membe