He had the distinct privilege of being the person to publish Abraham Lincolns bestselling book. Guess i should back up a little bit because people dont know that Abraham Lincoln wrote a bestselling book. When lincoln ran for senate and lost to stephen douglas, they had their famous debate. During the debate, there were always a couple of people from newspapers who were transcribing by shorthand and the next day or couple of days later they would be printed newspapers of those who did not attend could read about what happened. News, but lincoln, after he also senate race, work very hard to gather those newspaper transcripts, and i mean worked very hard. There have been nine surviving letters, and he cut them out column by column and pasted them in a scrapbook. You can still see the scrapbook today in the library of congress. Taken a tiny edison pencil, if one paragraph isnt quite accurate, he is cutting it out and putting a different paragraph in its place. Contains 100,000 of lincolns
Members about the pandemic and the u. K. s response. This was also the first time the Prime Minister faced questions from new Labour Party Leader keir starmer. Sir hoyle we now come to questions for the Prime Minister. I would like to welcome the Prime Minister back to his rightful place. There is an engagement question. It is good to be back even though i have been away longer than i intended to. I pay tribute to the 107 nhs, 29 care workers and those who sadly died from coronavirus. I know this and perceives of the house is with family and friends, my thanks to thomass hospital for the care that i received. I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to duties in the house, i will have further such meetings. I now call simon. Thank you, i would like to welcome the Prime Minister back to where he belongs and im sure the house would join me in congratulating him and his fiancee on the birth of their friend. On coronavirus, tourism is crucial to the economy of the
This is london. His majesty, king george vi. [bell tolling] let us remember the men and all the services, and the women in all the services who have laid down their lives. We have come to the end of our tribulation, and they are not with us at the moment of our rejoicing. Us at the moment of r rejoicing. Queen elizabeth i speak to you today the same hour as my father did 75 years ago. His message then was a salute to the men and women of home at home and abroad who sacrificed so much in pursuit of what you likely called a great deliverance whiteley called a great deliverance. The bore had been a total war, it affected everyone and no one was immune from its impacts. Whether it be the men and women called to serve, families separated from each other, or people asked to take up new roles and skills to support the war effort, all had a part to play. At the start, the outlook seemed bleak. The end distant. The outcome uncertain. But we kept faith that the course was right, and disbelief, a
The Unemployment Rate and job support yesterday was one of the worst of our lifetime. With 14. 7 percent of americas unemployed and 20. 5 million jobs lost in april alone. Some economists say those numbers are lower than what the reality is right now. President donald trump was at the white house yesterday and he met with gop members of congress. Asked about the unemployment numbers. Here is what he had to say. Where do you expect to see the unemployment numbers . I think the unemployment numbers are going to go way up. Wasstatement kevin made incredible. Everyone expects to have their job back very shortly. Bad economy, bad, deep recession or worse, nobody expects to have a job ever again. I saw the chart. Almost everybody expects that they will be working again. This was an artificial turning off of a tremendous economy. We did the right thing because we saved millions of lives. This was all of a sudden, one day we had to turn it off. I think its going to come back lazing. I think ne
Visiting scholar at the department of policy center. At the time when fiscal policy is as much or more critical, it is hard to imagine we could have anybody better than jay powell. Thank you for coming back to the Peterson Institute, chairman powell. Chairman powell thanks. Its great to be back. I have some brief remarks, then i look forward to our discussion. The coronavirus has left a devastating human and economic toll as it has spread. This is a Worldwide Public Health crisis and healthcare workers have been the First Responders showing courage and determination and earning our lasting gratitude. So have the legions of other essential workers who put themselves at risk every day on our behalf. As a nation we have temporarily withdrawn from many kinds of economic and social activity to help slow the spread of the virus. Some sectors of the economy have effectively closed since mid march. People have put their lives and livelihoods on hold, making enormous sacrifices to protect not j