kurt: that was jeffrey smith.'s hearaction, from partner and chairman of the shareholder activism practice at austin. he also spoke with ed hammond. >> this is a forward lead company. -- founder led company. is very important to understand that founder-led companies are just different. and jack dorsey is one of the most iconic pioneers. he has founded one of the most influential media companies of all time. he has actually started to do really good at twitter. when he rejoined in the 2017, he started to right the ship. numbers were good relating to audience growth and retention. he has a very strong board. he look at the board and you have the former president of the world bank, the former cfo of google. the ceo of salesforce. ands a list of executives this is really strange that elliott would choose this time and this company to go after. >> and not huge tenure on the board either, right? a lot of them have turned over recently. do you think they have bitten more than they can chew? >> i think so. elliott is not

kurt: that was jeffrey smith. more reaction on the surprise push for change, let's hear from the partner and chair of an activist shareholder who spoke with ed hammond. >> is very important to understand that founder-led companies are just different. and jack dorsey is one of the most iconic pioneers. he has founded one of the most influential media companies of all time and has started to do really good. when he joined, he started to right the ship. numbers were good relating to audience growth and retention. you look at the board you have the former president of the world bank, of google. senior bankers, the ceo of salesforce. it is a great list of executives and so it is strange elliott would choose this time and this company to go after. >> and not huge tenure on the board either. do you think they have bitten more than they can chew? >> i think so. elliott does not have much experience in running proxy fights the last proxy fight they ran was several years ago and i think they have misjudged the situation. ku

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jeffrey smith gave the community a b+ in social distancing. >> we can always do better, but people are trying hard. >> reporter: with no vaccine, obeying the order will bring down the rate of affection, as well as save lives and it will give the health care system a chance to help the severely ill. they expect an upcoming surge in covid-19 cases. >> it will allow the health care system to take care of the really sick people in an efficient way and it will keep less sick people out of the hospitals, at home, quarantine. >> reporter: lake county just transformed the santa clara convention center main hall into a makeshift hospital, bringing in 250 beds for patients with mild symptoms and those recovering. >> we ensure hospitals have capacity to take care of the sickest patients. >> reporter: more ventilators are on the way and icus are being added to hospitals, hiring 100 nurses with a request for paramedic and ambulance teams for the homeless. >> it will be challenging and not pretty. things will get considerably worse for a while but we will make it through. >> reporter: the doctors sa

then civil war scholar timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill that was part of the vicksburg campaign and followed by jeffreythe movement of general george mead and union forces as they followed confederates through virginia. american history tv tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> history professor gunther bischof examines world war ii summit which preceded the yalta conference in 1945. he reviewed the post war decisions made during these meetings and the political leaders in

then civil war scholar timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill that was part of the vicksburg campaign followed by jeffrey hunt detailing the moments of general george meade and union force as they followed confederates through virginia. american history tv, tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> next harvard ukrainian history professor serhii plokhii outlines the 1945 yalta conference which took place in a crimea resort in ukraine. this talk is part of a national world war ii museum symposium marking the 75th anniversary of the yalta talks between winston churchill, franklin roosevelt and josef stalin. >>> welcome back, ladies and gentlemen for our next event. it's more or less the keynote of the day because it is the talk on the yalta conference though all of the programs, all of the sessions will be wonderful. we have serhii plokhii here from harvard. he's the professor of ukrainian history and director of ukrainian research institute at harvard. as i mentioned the morning he's been on our list for a longtime and we have finally found the right time to bring him down here to enlighten

then civil war scholar timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill that was part of the vicksburg campaign and followed by jeffrey hunt detailing the movement of general george mead and union forces as they followed confederates through virginia. american history tv tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> history professor gunther bischof examines world war ii summit which preceded the yalta conference in 1945. he reviewed the post war decisions made during these meetings and the political leaders in attendance. the national world war ii museum hosted the event. >> well, greetings, ladies and gentlemen. it is a pleasure to see you all here and it is always great to see -- i don't want to say so many -- probably all are familiar faces and we saw most of you in november and we hope to see most of you again in november and in between in september for our memory conference. as steven is said, unfortunately dr. stoller tried his best, slipped on the way and caught his balance. but all three flights from berlington, vermont, were cancelled to get him here yesterday. and while we are disappointed, he is

then civil war scholar timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill that was part of the vicksburg campaign, followed by civil war scholar jeffrey hunt, detailing the movements of general george mead and union forces as they follow ed confederates through virginia. american history tv tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> michael bishop is the former director of george washington university's national churchill library and center. next, he looks at the february 1945 yalta conference between allied leaders winston church l churchill, franklin roosevelt and josef stalin. mr. bishop focuses on churchill's role at the meeting and how yalta impacted the british prime minister personally and politically. he also talks about the legacy of yalta and its role in the dawn of the cold war with churchill becoming one of the leading cold warriors of the era. the national world war ii museum hosted this event. >> our final speaker of the day is mr. michael bishop. michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that he served as the national director of the churchil

then civil war scholar timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill, that was part of the vicksburg campaign. followed by jeffrey hunt, det l detailing the movements of general george mead and union forces as they followed confederates through virginia. american history tv, wednesday, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span3. >>> next, national world war ii museum senior historian robert citino discusses how decisions made at the february 1945 yalta conference affected the ending of world war ii. this talk is part of a day long symposium marking the 75th anniversary of the pivotal meeting between british prime minister winston churchill, president franklin roosevelt, and soviet leader josef stalin. >> welcome back to the madeleine paul hilliard conference center here at the higgins hotel. i hope everybody enjoyed their lunch. we spent this morning doing some pretty high level analysis of the political and strategic situation that existed amongst the allied leaders. but as we all know, wars are fought on battle feels, not in board rooms, and these summits, though they dictated much of what would happen on the g

civil war scholar timothy smith examines the 1863 battle of champion hill part of the victoriesburg campaign fold by jeffrey hunt detailing the moments of general george meade and union force as they follow confederates through virginia. you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. >>> up next on the civil war author rod gragg discusses the battle of fort fisher which occurred in december of 1864 and january of 1865. though beaten back at the first engagement the union army remained determined to capture the fort and control wilmington, north carolina. mr. gragg is author of "confederate goliath battle of fort fisher." >>> again, my name is jerry desmond, i'm the executive director here at pamplin park. i'm happy to introduce rod gragg, military historian and author of more than 20 historical books. rod is the director

then timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill that was part of the vicksburg campaign. followed by jeffrey hunt, detailing the movements of general george mead and union forces through virginia. american history tv, tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> next, a panel of world war ii scholars looks at the february 1945 yalta conference, at which allied leaders franklin roosevelt, winston churchill, and joseph stalin met to look ahead to the postwar era.

then timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill that was part of the vicksburg campaign. followed by jeffrey hunt, detailing the movements of general george mead and union forces through virginia. american history tv, tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> next, a panel of world war ii scholars looks at the february 1945 yalta conference, at which allied leaders franklin roosevelt, winston churchill, and joseph stalin met to look ahead to the postwar era. panelists compare yalta, to previous meetings between the three leaders, and examine the political motives that drove the deliberations. the national world war ii museum in new orleans hosted the event. >>> welcome back, as we begin to silence our conversations, please remember to silence your cell phones as well. i was thinking with yalta being an eight-day conference, we have almost made a full eight hours talking about it. the last session is often one of our favorites. and that is a roundtable discussion where we get all of the speakers up together to talk about themes, to ask each other questions, and to give you all o

then civil war scholar timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill part of the vixberg campaign. followed by jeffrey hunt detailing the movements of general george mead and union forces as they followed confederates through virginia. american hist tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> coming up on american history tv, the focus is the 1945 yalta conference that occurred during world war ii. first a u.s. war documentary on the conference and then examine of the summit in tehran, quebec and moscow which preceded the conference in 1945 followed by discussion of the major issues and decisions of the yalta conference which took place at a crimea resort in ukraine. you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. ♪ ♪

then civil war scholar timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill that was part of the vicksburg campaign, followed by civil war scholar jeffrey hunt, detailing the movements of general george mead and union forces as they follow ed confederates through virginia. american history tv tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> michael bishop is the former director of george washington university's national churchill library and center. next, he looks at the february 1945 yalta conference between allied leaders winston church l churchill, franklin roosevelt and josef stalin. mr. bishop focuses on churchill's role at the meeting and how yalta impacted the british prime minister personallan