Days of mourning after the countrys former president Hosni Mubarak dies at the age of 90 people. Jacqueline vigor has a fresh news update for you next hour coming up now though its the kaiser report. Max kaiser this is the kaiser report you know some people say were living in a simulation thats just a giant hole the ground though this is real well you know evidence is pouring in that that could be so. Weve seen this unfolding of the supply chain getting hit by this corona virus or couvade 19 as they call it and it kind of reminded me when looking at the World Health Organization refusing to call it a pandemic even though the entire like 790. 00 people are under quarantine in china people all over the world and these cruise ships getting quarantined with hundreds of people infected on it not a pandemic just like the fed whatever theyve been doing since september its not q. E. So were not printing money were not quarantining a huge percentage of the global population i think it was 10 pe
That went on a little longer for him. I was about to say how special this night is that you all beat me to it. My name is steve i am executive director Jfk Library Foundation and on behalf of all colleagues in the foundation and from the library we are thrilled you can be here all forums are great but tonight is a treat because of the speakers in the beginning of the jfk centennial weekend we planned this months ago literally rethought who would be the best speaker and moderator we could get for this historic time we are thrilled they are both here. So before introduce them i have a few brief announcements but first our underwriters and sponsors bank of America Institute including bill and andrew lowell. Media sponsors and kicking off the centennial with information when you be over the next few days there are opportunities seeing a new exhibit with 100 items including 40 never seen publicly before opening tomorrow on a saturday doing a special peace corps day and on sunday and asked h
[applause] the applause was a little longer for him. [laughter] i was about to say how special this natives i am the executive director of the Jfk Library Foundation to call the colleagues we are thrilled but tonight is a treat the beginning of the centennial weekend we literally thought food could be the best air the speaker moderator we could get and this is what we have got essaouira. They are both here. [applause] before i introduce them for someone to thank our underwriters and sponsors bankamerica, and our media sponsors we are kicking off this centennial with information when you leave over the next few days were doing i hope there are opportunities with over 100 items including 40 that have not been seen on saturday and sunday we will have a master not here as part of our tribute to nasa and on monday we will have musec and the navy to honor president kennedys service said it 3 00 p. M. 100 years to the minute he was born to fet and flying overhead to honor president kennedy we
We cant thank all of you enough for your support of the library of congress back home. You know, we want to remind you that the library is there for you whether youre here in washington or youre at your library back home in your communities. We are the Nations Library and it is at your disposable to use any time. So if you want to look at Thomas Jeffersons collection or George Washingtons or rosa parks or Frederick Douglass collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. Thank you to everyone who have stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. We cant thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. We were so inspired by all the stories. We were hearing. One thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the Important Role of libraries across the nation. People discover that librarians are frontline worker
Washingtons or rosa parks or Frederick Douglass collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. Thank you to everyone who have stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. We cant thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. We were so inspired by all the stories. We were hearing. One thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the Important Role of libraries across the nation. People discover that librarians are frontline workers during this pandemic whether you were giving out free covid tests or doing Contact Tracing or just trying to help your communities get through that entire pandemic. So todays conversation is as vital as librarians you all have an Important Role in the release of proper information. So today that librarian of congress along with her with our esteemed colleague will be discussi