In vietnam. And earned a masters degree in history from George Washington university in 1971. He currently lives in middleburg, virginia. And is a member of the library of Virginia Foundation board. He has been a former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly in washington, d. C. He has written for Many National newspapers and magazines, among many others, the smithsonian, the washington post, the New York Times, baltimore sun, chicago tribune, and the Christian Science monitor and usa today. He is the author of five books, including the one that hell be speaking on today, including, saving monticello, published by the free press in 2001. A book that received excellent reviews and offered the First Complete postjefferson history of this american icon. The book reveals an amazing story how one jewish family saved monticello for posterity and used the house as a family home for 89 years, which is longer than the tenure of the jeffersons at monticello. Mr. Leepsons newest book is flag an
Days, weve seen the dow up over 1,000 points a gain of 553 yesterday and 529 points on tuesday. Looking this morning at the dow futures indicated up another 105 points we are back above 25,000 for the First Time Since march when watching the dow s p is up just under a point the nasdaq down around 54 points both of those indexed were hire yesterday as well. The 10year looks like it has been yielding around where weve been around 0. 677 we will continue to watch this this morning we have a lot of big guests coming up. Now to the moment weve all been waiting for. Joe and andrew, ill send it over to you. What moment would that be well be in a twoshot we are good we spoke yesterday we are good. You didnt have much time. We made the news. A few comments. People seem to have differing opinions he wasnt able to talk much. We were moving on. He had zuckerberg. We dont have time to dwell. Weve been together 10 years longer than many marriages we have our moments but we will disagree but not be d
A black man killed in Police Custody International Condemnation grows as china imposes new security laws in hong kong the legislation could roll out within weeks and confined to their homes the argentinean shanty town where hundreds of people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Yard. He was President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Legal Protections of social Media Companies its in response to twitter labeling 2 of this tweets misleading and referring users to a Fact Checking page from says the order would remove the liability shield that Internet Companies currently enjoy he also said the choices twitter makes when it edits or blacklists people are editorial positions and nothing more then political activism. Had unchecked power to censor restrict and shape i alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences there is no president in American History for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sph
Pleading with individuals. To remain calm and to let us conduct this investigation. To give it just a minute before i blow over. We share with the f. B. I. And we share with our state partners who are conducting parallel but independent investigation so that is clear we have 2 different investigations and conclusions and recommendations that will come from those to each of our respective offices but we share an unwavering commitment to see that this investigation is done right. That its sent forth with that we act with dispatch. And that we live up to the standards the. Community demands. Are highest priority is that justice will be served. With that i am going to close my comments and turn it over to special agent charge writer drawls hagon from the f. B. I. Thank you erica good afternoon my name is reiner drolls haagen im the special agent in charge of the minneapolis field office. They can wean us attorneys comment so id like to say i express my complete condolences to the floyd fam
First offer indoor dining. Many others need time to ramp up. There are now seven tables where once there were 17. Napkins and saltandpepper are disposable. Dayquil is not part of everyones workstation anymore. Easing of some restrictions seem to have a still cautious community. A little worried about getting infected but i think we just have to be smart. Im concerned about it. I dont wanted to limit my getting out and around too much. Bringing back a little bit of normalcy in a place that is very uncertain and still scary. No one here expects it or can handle the number of tourists pass the memorial day weekend. Some daytrippers have been coming to downtown joes. 50 of my customers are coming in from concord, walnut creek, San Francisco, oakland. Laces where they cant go out to dine. Before the pandemic, nampa county had a 2. 2 billion tourist industry. It remain closed to the public. Now it has only a dozen First Responders and essential workers. Tours with reservations are told to st