this is an image of someone with smallpox. i always hesitate to show it only because i think this is a late 19th century image. i'm not sure it is exactly from the civil war. there is also a fascination about seeing how the epidemic, how smallpox arrested from black skin. ethically, i hesitate. doctors wanted to help, but they were also curious. i think this photograph is more about being curious. here is one example of this commemoration of the public history efforts to acknowledge that freed slaves, when they left slavery, they did not immediately go to the north or to find a job or their families. they were also in these refugee camps. this is fort monroe. this is very exciting. the society of civil war historians met in kentucky a few years ago, and i have a great opportunity to check out cap nelson -- capmp nelson. in order to commemorate all of the women and children, and many of the freed and who died, there is this emblem. it reads, thousands of african-american women and children, most of whom were families of u.s. co

one of the major points that these medical divisions had to respond to what the smallpox epidemic. not only were free slaves suffering from illness and starvation and dysentery and other diseases, but a smallpox epidemic breaks out in washington dc. by the early part of 1868, it has spread to the upper south. -- by the early part of 1863, it has spread to the upper south. the number of black people far outnumbered the number of white people who became sick with smallpox. it is very easy to fall back on the racist logic. 19th century newspaper reporters , doctors, and many others see images like this and immediately blame the health conditions on black people. i have two quotations. the nation in 1866 wrote, "there has been considerable -- by many it is thought that his ultimate fate will be extinction." throughout the 19th century, what we are beginning to see is a huge mortality facing the black population. one of the ways that 19th century journalists rationalize this is that they compare it to the extinction of native americans. the new york times argued that like his brother th

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they don't get a free pass and support a bridge or abbreviated enforcement in 3 to 5 years with smallpox b commissioner johnson point. >> this is typically under the zoning administrator that process is something that can be appealed to the board of appeals i hear your direction i like the idea of having it went limited and the direction of less than 3 years. >> yeah. >> wait thank you. >> good. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. as a seconder i'm supportive but that's not part of my motion bulsz we have finding. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further there is a there is a motion and a second not to take dr and approve commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner richards and commissioner president fong. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and puts you in general public comment for which i have in speaker card. >> any general public comment today okay. not seeing any the meeting it adjourned. >> good morning today is june 8 2015, welcome to the rules committee i'm supervisor farrell's i'm not join by supervis

there is a number of different vaccines for diseases such as smallpox and anthrax that have been developedby the u.s. federal government or other federal governments around the world. there is a market there. we don't intend to make any money off this product in the throat world and are developing it as a permanent solution -- in the third world and are developing it as a permanent solution. olivia: it is not a first world problem. it is something that can generate money for the link -- n ewlink? concern: there is a that potentially when people are traveling to africa, they could be exposed to ebola. the government has stockpiles for the concern that it may be used someday for bioterrorism. time.: thank you for your fundsahead, hedge managers are not the only billionaires anymore. ♪ olivia: welcome back. we are one hour into the trading session and it is time to get you caught up on all the market action around the world. i want to start with europe and go to hans nichols who is loving covering the markets from london. ans: take a look at all the green on the screen. and the bank stocks ar

we were able to cure polio in the 50s and smallpox in the 70s.strategy and our gdp went up and our age of death went up in 115 years ago it was 48 years old. >> yeah the life expectancy in 1800 was 35 years? >> that's route. jim said if we are able to work with this cure strategy which he's working on with st. george's university to make it a way to invest in cures, we'll grow our gdp and age of death. >> jim's point it is easier to prevent a disease than after it afflicts the patient. >> he developed the cure strategy and the honary doctorate couldn't go to a greater human being. >> he is a great guy, and we'll r award. tell us about the work in the sudan? >> we are on twice a year in fox news channel. and st. george recognized that and they brought over premedical students and we have worked with them to try to improve medical and nursing education. we brought over supplies and i guess they decided it was worthy to give me an honorary doctorate for that and i work with jim and st. george's university is supportive of our work in south sudan. it

immunities to older -- built up immunities to old world diseases, they died easily from things like smallpox they realliely relied on african slavery to do a lot of the hard work. just like in the united states african people understood a lot of things about european techniques and farming and mining that indigenous people do not. so they use them a lot of times as overseers. just like in the united states and other parts of latin america. but the indigenous population slavery to continue in various forms during the colonial period. they had a repartimiento system which was rotating, forced seasonal labor, where, for example, a population of indigenous people, 1/4 would have to go during the fall to work in the mines. then they would return after that season. and the next quarter would go. the spaniards said, we are doing this because you owe us tribute for having civilized you and protecting you. it is not slavery, the. -- though. >> so -- thank you very much. your talk is very enlightening. i have never heard of pio pico until tonight.t thank you for that. i looked it up. there isa a pio p

millions say from starvation, diseases like smallpox, wiped off the map. peacekeeping missions that have brought stability to war-torn regions, we must acknowledge that the u.n. is far from perfect. we need to improve the organization's management, enhance transparency and strengthen internal oversight and we must continue to speak out forcefully when member states used the u.n. as a platform to unfairly single out israel. in my mind the best way to address these problems and to advance american foreign policy priorities is to maintain our engagement with the organization. u.s. leadership at the u.n. has headed off deeply biassed and one-sided resolutions targeting israel. we cast a lone no vote against the inquiry into the situation in gaza. we've helped scale back the anti-israel efforts in the human rights council overall and it's been a joke as far as i'm concerned. we pushed back against the resolution recognizing palestinian statehood and we've rejected efforts by the palestinians to use the u.n. to gain concessions from israel outside of the context

million saved from starvation, diseased by smallpox, peacekeeping missions that have brought stabilityo war-torn regions. at the same time, we must technology at the u.n. is far from perfect. we need to improve the organization's management. enhancing transparency and strengthen internal oversight. we must continue to speak out forcefully when member states in you is the u.n. is a platform to an -- to unfairly single out israel. in my mind, the best way to address these problems is to maintain our engagement with the organization. u.s. leadership at the u.n. has headed off deeply biased and one-sided resolutions targeting israel. we cast the one lone vote. we have helped to scale back the anti-israel efforts. the human rights council has been a joke. we have pushed back against the resolution rec palestinian statehood and we have rejected efforts by the palestinians to use the u.n. to gain concessions from israel outside of the context of negotiations. i want to thank you madame abbasid or because u.s. been such a champion for israel. the israeli ambassador to the u.n. said last year -

develop smallpox. they perform search on his job which left scars on his face. he developed but we think it's tourette's syndrome and lcv. he was twisting and what about any field assisted, felt as a teacher. his life at age 30 is what he said and what he called radically wretched. suicide attempts. it was a very unsuccessful life. and out of that suffering but he turned that something into something. the first thing something does and should be said there's nothing intrinsically noble about suffering, but as -- a drag to keep her into yourself commit direction beneath the the daily cares of life and reminds you you're who you thought you were. what something does is i basement of your cell and then carved through the floor we get a cavity below revealing a cavity below. what something greater in johnson was a radical self honesty. and we think of you know the as thinking only of himself but my favorite definition of humility is radical self-awareness from a position of other centeredness. radical self-awareness. and johnson achieve that. he walked to lunch and

he was not physically well coordinated and he suffered very bad facial complexion as a result of smallpox scars. so he was an outcast. he was a terrible -- he suffered terribly in his childhood. i did not. i grew up among sanctify brethren and we felt we were the chosen people. we looked down on lutherans as being worldly and loose, and we believed that when the second coming occurred that jesus would bring a special car just for us. and so it's an entirely different upbringing. i a lead and upbringing of privilege, privilege. >> before i ask the last question, i just have a little bit of housekeeping. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists and we fight for a free press worldwide. to learn more about us visit press.org and to donate to nonprofit journalism institute visit press.org/institute. and i want to remind you about a couple upcoming programs. the co-host of npr's morning edition will talk about his book jackson land president andrew jackson, cherokee chief john ross and the great american land grab. that is next thursday at the clu

millions saved from starvation, diseases like smallpox wiped off the map, sanctions ended conflict and curbed terrorism, peace keeping missions that have brought stability to war torn regions. at the same time however we must acknowledge that the u.n. is far from perfect. we need to improve the organization's management, enhance transparency and strengthen internal oversight. and we must continue to speak out forcefully when member states use the u.n. as a platform to unfairly single out israel. in my mind the best way to address these problems and to advance american foreign policy priorities is to maintain our engagement with the organization. u.s. leadership of the u.n. has headed off deeply biased and one-sided resolutions regarding israel. we cast a no vote into the situation in gaza. we've helped scale back the number of anti-israel efforts in the human rights council overall and the human rights council has really been a joke as far as i'm concerned. we pushed back against the resolution recognizing palestinian state hood. and we've rejected efforts by the palestinians to use th

we put the money in for cures, like we did for polio and the march of dimes and like we did for smallpoxthat is what st. george's university gave jim the doctorate for. >> when you sit down and listen to them, i'm carried away. >> jim is the smartest man i've ever met. >> you've helped so many people in your life through so many charitible endeavors. >> it's good for both jim and me and our charities, and i work our work in south sudan is a lot of medicine as well. we gave pads to teach the medical students had 12 pre-med students investing heavily in south sudan. we agree on his cures project. >> 37 years ago, you went to sane george's hoping to have them make you a doctor and now they have. >> well, they have but it's a different kind. >> are you going to start practicing because i have a scratchy throat? >> you got to go down to st. george's. we have a good faculty-student clinic there. >> brian williams ready to face the music for his dishonesty watch. >> hold me to account, judge me by as harsh a standard as you wish. many already have. that's fair. >> so he's being sent into exile,