i want to show you the book you want to look for thomas hager's book and i want to thank you thomas hager for being with us and thank you for everyone who joined us tonight. i hope to see you again soon in our next author talks. >> i started writing this book a year before covid-19 began and i think one of the points of this book is what is happening with covid-19 is not the extraordinary event that they claim it is but it is but rather accommodating event of a lot of unraveling that's been happening over the last few years. it kind of chronicles and i don't want is a total collapse that partial unraveling of global health infrastructure and all the things we put in place which includes a lot of vaccine diplomacy and vaccine diplomacy i defined broadly as corporation between nations around global health. vaccines are powerful tools in global health and the beginning of it goes with the beginning of vaccines. when the first small pat -- first smallpox vaccine was discovered he was called on by the british and the french during the napoleonic wars and thomas jefferson used his vaccine as a

director of journalism at the university of oregon so please give a warm virtual welcome to thomas hager. >> iq. it's good to be here and to chat about this book. i write mostly about the history of science and medicine and this book is really less about science per se although there's a fair development, development of the electricity industry in thebook. it's more about people . and hang on. i just want to make sure we are on and working here. are we good? great. i've got an error message on myside . it's more about people and about some really what i thought were fascinating people in american history. and how they tried to change thehistory of the united states . the two main characters in the book are henry ford, the auto industrialists, the man who built ford motor company and made for the number one selling car in the world in the 1920s. and his buddy and late life friend, thomas edison. thomas edison of course we all know him as the inventor of the electric incandescent lightbulb. that we use h, we don't use electric balls like he invented but not much anymore but he had a tremen

. >> i want to welcome you to the hudson vibrate at historical society live event with thomas hager hereuss this fascinating new book, "electric city", past history of fort and addison's american utopia. i'm one of the adult services librarians here at the hudson vibrate. we have quite a few exciting author programs coming up in june and you can learn about and register for them at hudson library.org. i am very excited to say we will offer live morning medication, tai chi and yoga classes outside by our patio for some. the classes will be on our website this week if you would like to sign up. a reminder if you're joining us on zoom, and put your questions in your queue and date at the bottom of the screen if you're joining us on u facebook, put yr question in the check and we will get to as many as we have time for. one moreeor thing, our local independent bookstore is selling copies ofre tonight book and the is a link in the chat if you would like to purchase one. tonight i am delighted to welcome author thomas hager, publishers called "electric city", a book we are discussing tonight,

tonight i'm delighted to welcome author thomas hager, publishers weekly called electric city, up book we are discussing this tonight from a little-known chapter in american history. he is an award-winning author of numerous books on the history of science and medicine including a jewish genius, a do tycoon and scientific discovery that fueled the rise of hitler and how plants, powders shaped the history of medicine. he's the courtesy associate professor of journalism and communication at the university of oregon so give a warm virtual welcome to thomas hager. >> thank you. thank you. good to be here. as kathy noted, i write mostly about the history of science and medicine and this is really less about science although there is a fair development of electricity industry in the book, it more about people and hang on, i just want to make sure that we are on and. >> your good obligate flex mckesson i got an error message on my side. more about people, really i thought were fascinating people in american history and how it changed the history of the united states. the two main characters i

a statement agreed by edward hager�*s cabinet said that: applause.le of thousand people. decades after exhibiting one of the toughest anti—jewish laws in europe, a continent, according to the pope, in which the threat of anti—semitism is still lurking. richard forrest, bbc news. it's thousands of years old and one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments. the question is, how do you keep stonehenge standing? well, after assessing the stones, english heritage has launched a major conservation project to keep the site safe for the future, as the bbc'sjohn maguire has been finding out. metal scaffolding may be an incongruous site next to the ancient structure. and it will be taken down every evening over the next few weeks. such is the determination to keep stonehenge open and looking as normal as possible. this conservation work is in itself historic. the last time something of this scale was undertaken was more than 60 years ago. when the letters were wooden, you could smoke a pipe while working, and protective headgear was a woolly hat. much

. >> hoda kotb and jenna bush hager are part of this morning show that's been on since 1952 matt >> what'stt, what is the greatest show ever. way to go matt, way to go hoda, way to go jenna, way to go "jeopardy! >> way to go "today. >>> let's get started with headlines at 7:30. breaking overnight, north korea fired a short range missile towards the sea off its coast. it's the country's third weapons launch this month. it comes as north korean leaders urge the u.s. to give up what they call, quote, hostile policy toward pyongyang the north says no one can deny the right to self-defens and would like to test rockets >>> the fbi takes over the search for brian laundrie. in the meantime, the manhunt for him in a 25,000 acre florida nature preserve will be scaled back this week the fbi says the search will be based on intelligence. >>> to the nfl now, monday night had a good old-fashioned blowout. >> picked off. it's trayvon diggs down the side nobody is going to catch him line house call >> diggs with a 59-yar interception return for the touchdown. that put the cowboys up by 20 early in the se

. >> that's one former attendie that lost her father at ground zero with jenna hager bush. the display among a series of reports and nbc features that nbc is doing during the 20-year remembrance, it continues, as we were mentioning, on the "today" show. >>> and then the state senate passed a police accountability bill and it's on its way to governor newsom's desk. the legislation will create a statewide certification system so an officer's license can be revoked and they would be barred from transferring to other departments. >>> two vaccine mandate bills are on the back burner. it would introduce vaccine mandates in the workplace and to enter most businesses throughout the state. now there's speculation the delay could be tied to the recall election to avoid what is considered a volatile issue. it's likely the bills will be re-introduced next year. >>> football fans everywhere are dying to know can tb 12 do it again. do we call him that? i don't know. if you don't know, the nfl seasons kicks off here tonight and tom brady will be at the center of it taking on the cowboys.

hager is an award-winning author of his books on history of science and medicine including the outcome jewish genius, a doom tycoon and the scientific discovery that fed the world that fueled the rise of hitler, and ten drugs, how plants, powders and pills that shaped the history of medicine. he is a courtesy associate professor of journalism and communication at thehe universiy of oregon, so please give a warm virtual welcome to thomas hagar. >> thank you. thank you. good to be here and to chat about "electric city," which is, as kathy noted, i write mostly about the history of science and medicine. and this bookdi is really less about science per se, t although there's a fair development and some of the electric industry in the book. it's more about people and -- hang on. i just want to make sure that we are on and working here. mckesson i got an error message on my side. more about people, really i thought were fascinating people in american history and how it changed the history of the united states. the two main characters in the book are henry ford, are your industrialist, fort m

nbc's robert hager at the pentagon right now. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, henry schultz. let's hear what he has to say. >> our intense focus on recovery and helping the injured and the families of those who were killed, is matched only by our determination to prevent more attacks. and matched only by our unity to track down, route out and relentlessly pursue terrorists, states that support them and harbor them. they are the common enemy of the civilized world. our institutions are strong. and our unity is palpable. >> senator jon warner. >> thank you -- >> that is general schultz, who is the chairman of the joint chief of staff. talking about how our unity and institutions are strong. we are in a war footing in effect, even though there has been no official declaration of any kind. but from a military point of view, political point of view, and certainly from a psychological point of view, we are at war with these terrorists. the question is, who are they? within the intelligence community, all the fingers are poin

. >> reporter: which is why people sent them animals as presents, says andrew hager, historian-in- residenceer: others gave lion cubs, a black bear, even a wallaby. yes, the coolidge white house was really hopping. but while most of those were shipped off to the zoo, there was an unlikely exception. >> one of calvin coolidge's supporters from mississippi decided to send the coolidges a thanksgiving dinner, and what he sent them was a live raccoon. >> reporter: andrew, have you ever tried raccoon? >> i have not tried raccoon. >> reporter: i have. tastes like chicken. but for the coolidges, that idea was off the table. >> they decided, "well, we're going to keep her, instead." >> reporter: so coolidge gave her a name, rebecca, and then he gave her some bling. so, rebecca had jewelry? >> yes, she had a handmade collar, actually, and it said "white house raccoon" on it. >> reporter: now, the press was pretty rough on rebecca. the "cleveland plain dealer" called her the most obstreperous of all coolidge's pets. >> that-- that is tough, to be called "obstreperous." >> reporter: tougher still were

hager never expected a surge of water not only ravage her newly renovated basement. but it brought fragments of a tennis court from nearby memorial park to her lawn saying now there is nothing is down the rafters is there any >> that was andrew ramos reporting president biden will head to louisiana tomorrow to 2 of the communities devastated by the hurricane there. fortunately though, ida is almost gone. wow. kron 4 chief meteorologist karnow joins us now with a look at what's left of that storm that caused so much a lot tech of the storm. you know, you don't think of these hurricanes. come on shore. think. >> well, that's it. will they still a lot of moisture and better there. and then the started interact with some of the other weather systems working their way across the u.s. a cold front kind of dropping in from canada. and so that cold air mixing with all that warm moist air tends to ring out a ton of moisture in the did along the northeast. now it's finally making its way out of town. you see leave in maine right now. but the ein, they continue to see some floo

. >> i want to welcome you to the hudson vibrate at historical society live event with thomas hager here fascinating new book, "ec

. >> jenna bush-hager is a few miles from us. volunteers about to honor the event of 9/11 not just with words but with good deeds. >> reporter: there are so much goodness in this room. everybody here is ready to serve. volunteers we packed as many as 5 million meals as part of an effort by a nonprofit called 9/11 day. 9/11 day. >> reporter: 20 years ago, a country united in grief made a promise. >> we could never forget we can never forget. >> reporter: it's one that is kept everyday, honoring his brother, glenn >> glenn was my reason if i can do anything in his honor is to try and encourage people to live life the way he did. >> reporter: glenn worked for 20 years as a firefighter emt, he was getting ready to go to work as an attorney near the world trade center he did not get a call to serve but he answered his own calling. >> he raced downtown and help evacuate his law offices and headed two blocks on foot into the south tower. >> reporter: his final moments spent hoelping others. glenn was found months later in the south towe

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