Along with russia its interfering in the 2020 u. S. Election. Thailands government lifts emergency measures that fail to curb major protests in bangkok. Countries across europe are grappling with a rise in covert 19 infections in some places governments of had little choice but to shut down entire cities to contain the virus france is the 2nd European Union country to have more than a 1000000 confirmed corona virus infections the pandemic has claimed the lives of 34000 people by time curfews were imposed in paris at 8 other large cities on saturday a hospital intensive care wards in the capital and early fall. Spain exceeded 1000000. 00 infections just hours earlier the government which is accused of mishandling the crisis faces a no confidence vote in Parliament Bus is expected to survive Spains Health minister says that more drastic measures are needed to contain the outbreak which he admits is not under control but hes not alone. On the part of them with higher fines perhaps an exha
Oil is heading to the u. S. Well tell you why it may not get there. And in sport the 1st round of the n. F. L. Draft takes place virtually. The Cincinnati Bengals. Quarterback alex you joe girl is big moment arrives and his parents live in the rain line. Its a figure that is as extraordinary as it is voss to the amount of emergency funding the u. S. Is now heading towards as it tackles the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic another stimulus bill is set to be approved by President Donald Trump thats going to take emergency spending to nearly 3 trillion dollars the latest relief package was agreed to in congress its the 4th aid package so far and its going to support Small Businesses the pandemic has made more than 26000000 americans unemployed in just 5 weeks so says the economy will bounce back quickly despite the number of cases and deaths continuing to rise some states like georgia are preparing to reopen their economies later on friday. Economy will start to pick up very substant
For the john and Mabel Ringling museum of art in sarasota and the Sir John Museum in london. The lost world of James Smithson was her first book, and she resides in new york. So please welcome heather ewing. [applause] heather thanks for having me. Can you all hear me . Wonderful. It is really a pleasure to be here. And i very much look forward to speaking and meeting with you all afterwards. I just wanted to let you know that i will be bowing to you i am not shaking hands, per our current instruction. I encourage you all to do the same. Anyway, i wanted to thank you all very much for having me. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about this topic that i care about so much. And so, here we go. You all know the smithsonian well as the keeper of many of the most iconic objects of american culture. And, i thought i would run through a bunch of them. Dorothys ruby slippers, of course. Charles lindberghs spirit of st. Louis. Soon after i to the smithsonian. Abraham lincolns top hat. And, si
Museum in london. The lost world of James Smithson was her first book and she resides in new york. Please welcome heather ewing. [applause] heather thanks for having me. Can you all hear me . Wonderful. It is really a pleasure to be here. I very much look forward to speaking and meeting with you all afterwards. I just wanted to let you know i will be bowing to you and not shaking hands per our current instructions. I encourage you all to do the same. Anyway, i wanted to thank you all very much for having me. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about this topic that i care about so much. And so, here we go. You all know the smithsonian well as the keeper of many of the most iconic objects of american culture. And, i thought i would run through a bunch of them. Dorothys ruby slippers, of course. Charles lindberghs spirit of st. Louis. Abraham lincolns top hat. Since we are here in baltimore, this is the starspangled banner. Soon after it came to the smithsonian where it was conserved for
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