No. Hello and welcome to the other talk series. And virginia prescott and the host to deny the conversation with some fine about the zealot and the emancipator john brown and the struggle for american freedom. Theres a link to the right of your screen or you can go to the link provided at the History Centers web site. As we are talking please submit your questions with the q a feature at the bottom of the screen. Not the chat, just the q a. Tends to get less credit that when i will try to integrate as many of them into the conversation as they can. H. W. Brands is the chair of the university of houston and offered some 30 books on u. S. History month in the First Americans biography for pulitzer prize. Bill brands thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Abraham lincoln and john brown wellknown historians. What did you want to add to the understanding of these famous american martyrs really by writing this . I think teaching American History for 35 going on 40 years a
And more promising news in the fight against covert nineteens, the drug maker, astra zeneca says the vaccine its developed with Oxford University is up to 90 percent effective. And that its cheap to make it easy to store and publish only us welcome to the program. Chinas space agency launched its Ambitious Mission to the moon to bring rock samples back to earth. Chang, who 5, named for a chinese goddess of the moon, took off successfully from the space center on chinas Southern Island. Its the, 1st mission by any nation to retrieve lunar samples. Since 2970 s. , the probe is expected to bring back 2 kilos of rocks and soil to help scientists learn more about earths nearest neighbor, including how it was for arms. And the mission also showcases the advances that china has made in Space Exploration technology. This spacecraft has towered above the Southern Island province of hina and 5 days a symbol of chinas technological prowess. And its military might a source of pride for many chines
Lets begin with a check on stocks lets welcome in brian belski. Thank for having me ambitious call. How do we get there . This will be a transition that takes several months if not into the year you, well into 2022 the unprecedented price moves in 2020 are going to turn into, we think, unprecedented earnings move in 2021 we think financials, Consumer Discretionary will lead the way. Were maintaining our stance of being neutral on technology and Communication Services over the next three to five years theyre by far our favorite sector in terms of growth we think this is going to be a turn around in terms of Earnings Growth theres no doubt that the vaccine is helpful, no doubt stimulus will be helpful, but theres also no doubt we are going to have more stayathome orders in the United States and therefore the stayathome stocks will do very well the bull market continues, we continue to believe that march 23rd, we dcontinue to believe that march 23rd was the controlaltdelete were bullish w
Priority. Pandemic under control is his top priority. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. A lot of the focus is on the number of infected with covid19. At bond growth, a lot going on, treasuries, for example, rising. Overheated equity markets, the deteriorating coronavirus situation in many countries. Oil demandtting its outlook, saying they will not rescue the market, and then i got a look, not very often, but coming out with figures that were not great but were better than expected, leading to burberry gaining one point half percent. 1. 5 . Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with laura wright. Hey, laura. Laura good morning, francine. The recovery is being derailed by a rise in virus cases and a. Ew lockdown president elect joe biden is naming longtime aide dr. Vinjamuri ron claim as his chief of staff. His leading role during the Health Crisis of the Obama Administration leaving the white house in the 2
People rally against the results of the 2020 president ial election earlier even joined in himself. We have more coming up the deception advisers have branded this election. They are still working under the assumption of a 2nd term as the full out from the thirds vote until youre tuning in from across the globe this hour. Welcome to moscow and to our, to international my names. You know, neal good to have your company crowds gathered for a come to live vigil in the armenian capital. This saturday people marched in memory of those who lost their lives in the conflict with in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh. The mood really today does mark a change because over the last number of days, protests against the cease fire deal between the 2 warring nations had growing increasingly tense reporting from your of and heres our senior correspondent, right. Because theyve, this is being a, somebody to sad day in one of them in a day where thousands and thousands of people here in the capital