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We are delighted to welcome dr. Ali khan. Dr. Khan will be discussing his book the next pandemic. As former director of the office of Public Health preparedness and response at the centers for Disease Control and prevention dr. Khan has been on the front lines in the fight to contain the worlds deadliest diseases. Hes not the first one to have done so. Throughout history humans have been fighting diseases, deadly wars against contagions and there has never been a time where humans were not affects with microbes and fought against him. During khans time our speaker has had with contagions. He worked among red cross for the first ebola crisis. After 911 called to washington to prevent the spread of anthrax in the Senate Office building. A disease hunter, if you will, mission was to read the governments efforts to prepare pu ....
Welcome everybody. Im Susan Eisenhower and its a terrific pleasure to be here today to have conversation with dr. Lynne cheney and karl rove. This is a real honor for me, and a real treat to be able to have kind of an intimate conversation about the executive power in the United States to actually wield power alongside of the president of the United States, and also to talk about what its like to be behind the scenes. Let me just say very quickly if i cough, im not sick. Im having a little you came back from wuhan with that cough. Are you feeling all right . Are you a little warm . Lin, do you want to change . I think the two women ought to be here. I had to clean out somebodys fireplace flue the other day and inhaled some fire smoke. In any case dont be alarmed if i find myself coughing. Let me just say that its really ....
Daughter anna higgins, is a nurse, and we thanked her for all she does but to every nurse out there, i really want to say thank you so much for what youre doing you guys are on the front lines, and the doctors as well, youre heroes thank you guys so much we have a fun show tonight my pal, my bff, demi lovato is on the show. What she is the greatest. Were going to talk to her were going to have a little art class, a little painting lesson with demi. Shes been doing a lot of painting im going to try a selfportrait with her and then shes going to sing her new song i love me to close out the show tonight and its a beautiful song with a great message. And she she can do it all also i have jonathan van ness is on the show. He has a Childrens Book called peanut goes for the gold. And it is about a nonbinary guinea pig who wants to win the gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics so its one of those books yeah, seen that one before, yeah, obviou ....
Or at least number of cases and number of deaths appear to be slowing. Certainly in the new york area, new york metropolitan area. Neil across the country, by and large across the globe. That does not mean cases are still increasing. It is theyre not increasing as much. Like yesterday the markets are seizing on that. That is lifting pretty much all of the major s p 500 sectors. All 11 that weve been keeping an eye on here. That despite what youre seeing happening in americas busiest thoroughfare, what used to be times square in new york, the crossroads of america, has been all but tumbleweed territory but again a lot of what youre seeing shows that right now at least in the markets maybe there is a sense those roadways will be busier and soon. There is no way of telling. Blake burman is looking what does justify or will describe what gets people out of their homes and what the government is looking at, what the United States is loo ....
Rights movement. Some of these authors have appeared on book tv. And you can watch them online, abitibi. Org. And now on book tv, we would like to highlight some programs from our archives the focus on pandemics. All of the programs you are about to seek can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website, booktv. Org and using the search function which you will find at the top of the page. First, and 2000 on cspans book notes program, science journalists gina talked about the history of influenza, specifically the 1980 outbreak. Heres a portion of that interview. Really never thought about the flu. If something they came around every year and people get second and they get better again. Never really court interest in it at all. Im a reporter for the New York Times that i wrote an article for the times, about it really miraculous discovery. It was a guy and Army Medical ....