Dwight pitcaithley. [applause] ms. Drake dr. Pitcaithley nick promised he was not going to include the rockstar part. Thanks to nick for that wonderful introduction. Thank you that we can have a conversation that goes on for another 30 or 45 minutes. Robert and moran, who, many of you know, was a Pulitzer Prize civil war is our only felt history. History lived in the national imagination. I think thats true whether your ancestry goes back that far or not. My mostly does not. But the civil war affects ken burns, maybe its part of the dna. We think about it a lot. Every year when i teach the civil war course, the first day i give my students an exam and i ask them, in a word or phrase tell me what caused the civil war, what caused secession . Without secession there is no civil war. Everybody has an answer. Its not the same answer. But they all have an answer. Its states rights no, no, no. Its labored. No, its the tariff. General economic issues. I think its cultural differences to train
Assess0. The United States . Guest well, thanks for having me. Thats a wonderful by broad question to open with and challengen weeing. We are living a moment of crisis, lard to deny. Weve been through a spring dominated by Public Health crisis that with us. Were facing now also so el crisis that is as old as our country, the struggle for racial equality and for human equality. But then also is very much of this moment, and forces us to confront challenges in our society that had trouble with in recent years. This is a time that makes us wonder how strong our institutions will perform to be, how well rise to a challenge like this. Think you cant help but see it as a team of crisis but because it as time of testing its also a time to think about what americas strengths are, walt we are good at and how we can bill on that to address the enormous problems. Host how did we get here . Guest well, thats an awful complicated question. Our country has always tried to strike a balance between th
Congratulations also to your parents, your family, your friends, and all those who have helped you over the years. This is your day as well. Its a very special miami class for us. Are all our grandsons graduating today. Centuryn over half a since we first came as students to miami. It remains for us a very special place. Our miami experience was certainly not typical. I followed my girlfriend here and we were married between our second and third year. Our son pat and our daughter jill were both born while we were students at miami. Both of them would attending graduate from miami. Both would marry miami ends. Both would have sons born on the same day, who are both graduating from miami today. Two of our other children, john and alice, are also miami graduates. Our granddaughter grace is concluding her first year here and our grandson brian will be starting in the fall. Your experience as seniors at miami has certainly been unique. When i ran for governor, i did not expect that i would
Religious service, even professional sporting events, without spectators, that is, and nonemergency medical appointments. This is like going to the dentist can begin. But its not until july 13th that Indoor Dining can begin, along with barbershops and hair salons, which are expected to reopen then. So what about schools, bars, and gyms . Those are all expected to reopen in midaugust. Mayor london breed pointed out the phases are staggered for a reason, stressing reopening must be progressive. I know that more than anything we all want to go back to the life that we once knew before covid, and now for the next anywhere between 12 and 18 months, we are going to back to the life we knew before. However, with some adjustments to our new normal. Those adjustments will require businesses reopening to follow specific guidelines and safety precaution. And retail shop owns liar donna oh leerily. The blitz be great. We thank San Francisco for reopening safely. Mayor breed also pointed out as mor
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for this briefing. Mothers day is coming up. Keep those limited celebrations to 10 people or less. When youle, make sure are working, you are working in a socially distanced way. Work from home, if you can. We would ask employers, please continue to have people work at home if it is possible. That is still a good idea, to have people work from home. Please have people do that. Number three, want you to shop once a week. Dont take the family with you when you go shopping. Be efficient, go to the store, get back. Four, help kids socially distanced by keeping them at home to play, avoid group sports, and to make sure that you are avoiding the playground. There has also been some questions about Team Sport Activities. There are no organized Team Sport Activities allowed in nebraska. There has been some confusion about that. Businesses sell memberships and they bring somebody in to do coaching, thats different, but no organized team sports