how did that inspire some of your work at the decatur house? yeah, i mean decatur house was to all the black lives es mayette park where a lot of those protests occurred and so it was very powerful to see that i went to see it painted on the building. it was extremely powerful and it's also painted on the side of the historic slave quarters to make it even more powerful. and so after that happened we realized we really need to actually interpret the lafayette park space as a site of protests, which it has been for over a century started with women protesting for the right vote to the wilson white house, and that's really extended. you've had a lot of communities come to lafayette park to protest for their cause that includes anti-linching protests that includes protests for civil rights that includes anti vietnam war protests all of that. so we actually in the wake of george floyd and the 2020 protests we put together a collection of research articles speaking to that site of protest in the park and talking about all of those things and putting

we kind of hned in on decatur house. that is our headquarters in a cooperation with the national trust. we really wanted to interpret that sleeve quarter better. provide more humanity to the people that live there and tell their stories. one of the ways we did that is we formed an advisory council. we brought on a historical archaeologist, we brought on a curator, and they brought on a man named steve hammond who is descended from a woman named nancy tsai facts who lived indicator house. he was an absolutely wonderful resource. we ended up making the beautiful silhouette ford to cater house that represent free people. james william, nancy syphax, they work specifically with steve to create the image of his great, great, grandmother. that was really special! i have to continue to do a lot more projects moving forward and making those connections. >> i will lastly say obviously as a site it is not a slavery site, known where the scotts, the domestic workers who work for the wilson's and slave people, of course. we don't kn

being on the, across it in 4 sections, prussia, but if that will work to one, vincent li, big for the decatur to come and what supported story, the bits of their piece of wiggle. it is necessary to send a precedent or incomplete withdrawal to foil flooring businesses from russia market, so that your breasted a branch would not be associated with work right alive. so then your offices bills and goods were not used by the glory criminals and that their bloody and trends disposing of value. this much must matter which eliza bone on particular. now when a full scale war begins in the global markets of becoming depths destabilized. because someone, someone there she is simply neglecting the values with. in that case everyone will suffer losses up on the mac. we offer any, every company that leaves the russian markets to continue operating in ukraine can, will have access not only to our market, unfortunately, 1000000 consumers, but also to the common market of europe. and your brand is your possessions. they would only in my trees, if you would truly support the production of freedom, our represen

i over the age of the program, their lives by law enforcement official on decatur to the campus. so what's my obligation for treatment to fix on my visit? that will make sure me that b. c system has been model because they got went to other take your review all the information policies. sure. they comply with international i mean particular that they are not apply arbitrary. that's anyway talk. i mean, the china i heard from now even brock concept with a level one in my discussion with them. i appeal to them to take measures to provide information to. finally, i also share the concerns of you and he met about other active activities by law. you defend there's another being penalize under the national framework un human was already have found the system, a residential survey, and i think i would try the pension of goal for you to review my interaction in china. what else and what that would be down to about? why do you think the right people or people with disabilities? i'm all the people. china says additional engagement, i can always say how this is relevant in the space. so mea

desire to build peace and strengthen cooperation between russia and neighboring china after beijing in decatur last month, their intention to collaborate more with the c s t o move it is tim used to the course that we welcome china's desire for involvement with the c s t l, because we have the same approaches on many issues. they have the same views on security of both globally and regionally. china has a very balanced and independent position in global politics is worthy of respect. and therefore, we welcome it's aspiration. but we are open for interaction and cooperation with china. the c s t o formed 2 decades ago, and it consists of post soviet states in eurasia, including bella luce armenia, tajikistan here, just on and context on faced with unrest that broke out in january. because extends the government requested c s t o assistants to fend off what context on president said was a threat to the country sovereignty from tens of thousands of alleged terrorists. c, s t o deployed some, 2500 troops to guard key facilities in cars. it's done, though, it was only in a few cities and for less t

these decatur hospital in iraq, airports and schools are closed in several cities. this is the 9th sandstorm to hit a rock since mid april q 8, syria, iran, and here in casa, i've also been affected. mackwood, abdullah, he'd reports from baghdad. life is getting back to normal in baghdad to streets following the sandstorms that hit the country. on monday, forcing a closure over spaces in airports and also a forcing a closure of state institutions, schools, universities, and many other state facilities. now, many people were sent to hospital to receive medical treatments because they suffered from suffocation because of the dust tones over. in fact, dozens of thrones of dust were carried over by the de sandstorm over many provinces, across iraq. this is the lines sandstorm, to hit the country since the beginning of april. it has been worsening in iraq for many reasons that is related to the climate change dissertation. also lack of rain, lack of or sorted of water levels because of the damage appropriate programs by both dorothy and iran that have the springs of the

been on these across it and 4 sections, prussia, but that will work to one vincent league before the decatur to come and with so horrid story that, that's a deal of it. it is necessary to send a precedent, quote, incomplete withdrawal the fool flooring businesses from russian market, so that your breasted branch would not be associated with work by the light. so the new offices bills in goose, were not used by the glory criminals and that their bloody intrinsic value. this match must matter which eliza bona particularly when a full scale war begins. and the global markets of becoming depth destabilized. because someone, someone there she is simply neglecting the values. zip nestled. in that case everyone will suffer losses up on my mac. we offer every company that leaves the russian markets, okay to continue operating in ukraine can and will have access not only to our market, unfortunately, 1000000 consumers, but also to the common market of europe. and your brand is in your possessions. they would only increase because you would truly support the production of freedom, our representatives

rest of the government, the last the oversight of the appreciation of the program there live on the decatur to the tennis tennis. yeah. so what's my obligation to be used for the treatment in a report on really just katrina, you wholesale from beijing? well, this is a very measured statement spoken by michelle beschler on the last over 60 trip here to china. she started out by talking about the achievements of the chinese government, even before he mentioned she's young. and she was at pains to emphasize that this was not an investigation that she simply did not have time in one single trip to investigate the scale of human rights concern in china. but she said that the main thing she seemed to have achieved was to engage in dialogue with the chinese government. and in this engagement to raise concerns about some of the policies that she mentioned, especially it's counter terrorism, and then the separatism policies in she and john. and she talked about how she was able to visit a prison in cash. and what he called a v c t, a vocational training center or former vocational training center, a

association for this wonderful symposium today and for our ongoing collaboration to preserve the historic decatur house on lafayette square. i am especially pleased to be here today to talk about the incredibly important role that first ladies have played in historic preservation and to do so during may which has been celebrated as national preservation month. since 1973 at the national trust we're in the midst of our where women made history campaign to highlight and preserve the places where women made important contributions to our country. a key component of this campaign is to highlight the central role that women including first ladies have played in the preservation movement itself. fittingly the honorary chair of this campaign is former first lady laura bush who is a great preservation advocate in so many ways and a trustee america of the national trust. today our panel will primarily discuss the role of three first. ladies mrs. kennedy mrs. johnson and mrs. nixon in the preservation of the white house. but i do think it is also important to briefly acknowledge a few of their broader cont

joining me now is decatur capital founder degas wright degas, quality matters when markets are unstable the highest quality stocks out there. what is the disconnect and how do investors navigate that >> what you want to do, dom, in the market, is identify companies with pricing power microsoft, apple those companies you mentioned. you want to look at the gross margin or profit which is cost of sales divided by revenue. we talked about inventory. that is part of the cost of sales. you want to see companies that have good relative gross profits and gross profits increasing. >> if that is the case, what types of companies do that if you look at companies like microsoft and apple. they supposedly have some of the qualities. yet, they are punished more than the other parts of the market. if you are looking for quality and out performers, what factors and what characteristics do you want to find and what stocks are fitting in terms of the factors? >> great question. you want to fiveidentify the companies with the increased earnings forecast for 2022 those are the companies doing well they are

i chose the royal lewis captain stephen decatur and joined as a powder boy at the young age of 14. my job was to transport the gunpowder from the ship's hold to the cannons on deck amid battle. all i had with the clothes on my back and hope. we were a motley crue. i wasn't the only african aboard the royal lewis, but i was one of few people that could read and write his name. but really none of that mattered our lives were in each other's hands. who we were alone was not as important as who we were together a crew. and our first cruise on the royal lewis was a success. we captured many enemy ships from new york down to charleston south carolina many of these ships surrendered without a single shot. and when i returned home, i was in good health with money in my pocket and the glory of victory in my heart. i turned 15 the day. i watched the continental army marched to the streets of philadelphia on their way to yorktown. the road island regiment now with two all african companies much proudly by as brave men as ever fought. they were determined unstoppable. and i was too. we were do

so much land because i own a little piece of property here in new orleans right on mandeville and decatur in the marinade i was in new orleans. just for i forget what i was doing here. i don't know for a weekend or whatever and i ended up buying a piece of property here. and then i did the same thing in florida and i did and then why do you keep doing it? and i realized it was in my blood. yeah. it's in my blood you you said something early on and i by the way, this is a very thoughtful and deeply personal wonderful memoir. so i'm just gonna do the thing is if i were your agent. hey, yeah. we'll talk some more about this now, but it's out in paperback this week, by the way. cover a lot of ground and i love that the beginning when you said louisiana sticks to you. and how that feels to you. and and then you took it forward to really how this book got its title referencing. i should say, of course james baldwin and the fire next time. but it really started for you in a moment of truth as you described it with the death of george floyd it did we were all sitting at home with the george floyd

we'll begin in alabama where the decatur daily breaks down the baby formula shortage and it's being felty there. they describe one mother who gave her 3 month old daughter a mix of baby cereal and formula in an attempt to stretch her supply, causing the baby to break out in a rash. lawmakers in washington have passed one bill to address the shortage, but as the first shipments from overseas are expected to arrive this weekend. the arizona daily star reports that state residents are quitting their jobs at a higher rate than the majority of the country. federal data shows that in march for every 1,000 people in arizona, 42 quit their jobs. florida was the only state with the higher, quote, quit rate. in oklahoma, the tulsa world details a bill passed by state lawmakers yesterday that could become the most restrictive abortion law in the nation. it prohibits abortion from the moment of fertilization, and allows private individuals to sue abortion providers and anyone who aids or abets the procedure. if governor kevin stitz signs the bill, it will take effect immediately. in michigan the det

i rest of the government, the last, the usual oversight of the program, the last person on 15 decatur to the tennis tennis. yeah. so what's my obligation to be used for treatment in a report on and you can just back out to various katrina, you tried to live from beijing via skype. katrina, michelle ashley says she was unable to assess the full scale of the vocational training centers. what did she say she had achieved in china? well, this is a very measured statement, a so can by michelle bash lay on the last day of a 6 day trip here to china. she started out by talking about the achievements of the chinese government, even before she mentioned she's young. and she was at pains to emphasize that this was not an investigation that she simply did not have time in, in one single trip to investigate the scale of human rights concerns in china. but she said that the main thing she seemed to have achieved was to engage in dialogue with the chinese government. and in this engagement to raise concerns about some of the policies that she mentioned, especially it's counter terrorism and anti se

includes columbus where i live all the way out to macon, thomasville a lot of rural areas down in decaturighting to finally flip this district red for the first time in 100 years. amazing the outpouring of support that we have built up all around the district. no one would have thought we have come this far. we have literally started a movement of people saying we are sick of the radical elitist progressive agenda and we're ready for something new. and so we are so excite and we are just getting started. >> stanford bishop has been there together and democrats. over 100 years since republican has won this district. >> that's exactly right. the most democrat incumbent has been in office for 30 years. literally as long as i have been alive. the year i was born he was already in congress. what's amazing is that now throughout the district and after all the support and atmosphere right now for the first time our district is incredibly competitive. we're the most competitive seat in georgia and one of the most competitive in the nation. this is one of those key seats that we have to be able to