. >> we are joined by michael thenberger, the director of university of maryland center for health and homeland security, a title which ties in -- really, both of the issues facing the u.s. and the world when it comes to the covid-19 coronavirus. what does your organization focus on? our organization was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to deal, and the first instance in those days, with principally counterterrorism issues. we are about to celebrate our 18th anniversary on may 15, 2002. movedhe years, we have from counterterrorism, controlling, emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorm's like superstorm sandy, and also dealing with cybersecurity issues such as ransomware. >> certainly, since 9/11, the nation, the world has never seen an epidemic like this, but in your organization's experience in dealing with other viruses and health outbreaks, health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far of how the u.s. has responded? the federal government, to the coronavirus outbre

. >> holly brower is professor of history at the university of maryland. is also author of the book "by birth or through consent to go being here onyou c-span3's american history tv. a broadegin with question. how were children viewed in the 16th century, raced on your research, compared to those now in the 21st century? ms. brewer: there was not as much distinction between childhood and adulthood. not even close. children had the legal capacity to do a variety of things and be responsible for things in a way we would not be today. it is almost beyond how we can imagine. for example, i found an example of a five-year-old putting his mark at the bottom of an apprenticeship contract that -- binding himself to labor until he turns 24. it was considered legally binding. i found an eight-year-old executed for arson. i found children marrying as early as two or three. in a fundamental way, there was not the same notion of what we take for granted now, that children had to have, people had to have meaningful consent to be bound. so childhood and adulthood, there w

shejoins professor at the university of maryland. spoke to a scientist on this programme last night and asked him how he managed pressure, and he said he domesticated anxiety. i had never heard about before. i wonder if that is something we should all do. what you think? yes, i mean, i think that these are uncertain times, where everyone has all of these questions running through their heads, like, have i been exposed ? through their heads, like, have i been exposed? how long is this going to go on? what is going to happen to the economy. i think everybody is feeling a sense of anxiety right now. i think individuals who are prone to depression and anxiety might be having an even more difficult time. they have a ha rd difficult time. they have a hard time controlling but worry thatis hard time controlling but worry that is running through their heads, and all these questions, people who are prone to depression are more likely to feel the mood affects of social distancing and staying inside. i think this is a time when eve ryo ne i thi

we also worked with the university of maryland medical systems to reopen the laurel hospital which will make an additional 135 hospital beds available in short order. maryland national guard in partnership with the maryland department of health and the prince georges county healthcare department is establishing a pilot coronavirus drive-through screening location at fedex field in landover. we also have five vehicle emissions inspections enters ready to immediately open as drive-through screening and testing centers as soon as the necessary testing kits, pes and lab capabilities become available. today i have issued orders to authorize a fast-track process which will bring more testing capability directly here in maryland without waiting for federal action or fda approval. this will dramatically shorten the process which would havetaken several months . healthcare providers are now required to prioritize tasks for hospitalized patients and healthcare providers will cease elective procedures to free up capacity. i just want to take a moment to say thank you to the countless healthcare pr

. >>> on lectures in history university of maryland professor christopher bonner teaches a class about the concept of power and antebellum slave societies and explores the different ways people exerted or expressed their will and looks at how the dynamics played out in the context of individual plantations. he also discusses how the invention of the cotton gin and explosion of the industry impacted the relationship between owners and the enslaved. >>> i want to get into it. good morning, folks, welcome back. it's good to see you all here today. what we're going to do is think through some big questions about power dynamics in american slave societies today. so part of this is like a building on of what we talked about last thursday. we talked about gabriel's conspiracy, richmond 1800 and talked about the way gabriel's

holly brewer teaches history at the university of maryland. thank you for being with us. ms. brewer: you are welcome. nice to meet you. announcer: you're watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on history tv. , american h week history tv's reel america gives you archival films that provide publict for affairs issues. ♪ [sneezing] narrator: the symptoms are familiar. very likely will come up with a correct diagnosis. yes, it looks like a common cold. running nose, headache, a guinness, fever. those are some of the symptoms of the common cold. how do we get into that unhappy state? do we have colds simply because of colds, because of ice, snow and low temperature? no. funny thing about colds? , where it is coldest, the inhabitants likely never get colds. eskimos are called-free, unless they come into contact with visitors outside their frozen world. if it is not just cold weather, what is it that causes so many of us to catch cold? scientists think most colds are caused by extremely small .icroorganisms called viruses viruses, and there are many different kinds

discussing federal and state responses to the coronavirus with michael greenberger from the university of maryland'senter for homeland security. later we will be joined by drew harris from thomas jefferson university talking about what it means to flat in the curve and it comes to curbing the spread of the coronavirus. yesterday senate republicans tot romney and soon spoke thune spoke- and to the press. >> we will give help to the people who need it. we will give help to small businesses and big as messes that have been impacted by the virus. we will give help to the american family and workers. you're not going to leave this building until we get the job done. it may take us a few days or weeks, but we will get the job done. [no audio] >> had a good meeting. heard from the secretary about some of the ideas the administration has and we are working around -- on phase three. we know we have to move on phase two and to do it quickly. we recognize there is time sensitivity to everything we are working on right now. our members will be working as aggressively as possible to put together a plan we think

the global forest change database at the university of maryland also uses a map to show the state of the world's forests since 2013 users have been able to call up info based on satellite images they can see the effects of forest fires illegal logging and reforestation over long periods. the global forest watch platform is also dedicated to protecting forests and their inhabitants it combines satellite technology with open data and crowdsourcing. temperature c o 2 levels and even current weather phenomena can be found on the website earth now . here u.s. space agency nasa presents comprehensive satellite data and real time you can track how tropical storms are forest fires like here in australia are developing on earth now. various natural disasters are also explained. the alfred baker institute also plans to incorporate non scientifically compiled data. back month once holidaymakers to upload observations about beaches and coastlines. the topic of marine letter in particular. citizen scientists because trash is something everyone can link to everyone knows what a bottle or a plastic

guest: it was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to dealith counterterrorism issues. we are about to celebrate our --h anniversary they 15th may 15 and we have moved from counterterrorism but also controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorm's and also dealing with cybersecurity issues such as ransomware. 9/11, the world has never seen an epidemic like this but in your organization's experience in dealing with other viruses and health outbreaks, health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far on how the u.s. has responded? the federal government to the coronavirus outbreak. guest: let me say this virus is more serious than anything we have faced going back to 2001. sars, mers,thrax, ebola, zika, h1n1. virussit here today this presents the worst public health emergency we have had and raid will be very much like the spanish flu where somewhere between 20 million and 50 million people worldwide died from the flu. i don't know that that will happen but this is a muc

kathleen , director of global health at the university of maryland school of medicine.art with the virus. what have we learned about it. kathleen: this virus has only been known to us for less than four months, so it is really unprecedented how much would have learned about this virus in such a short time. we know it is a coronavirus. we know it is related to viruses such as the common cold. it's also related to the virus sars, which caused much more severe disease in an outbreak a little more than 15 years ago. sars: so, if in fact caused more severe diseases, why are we having a pandemic at this level? is it because it is more contagious? elizabeth: . we continue to learn every day that this virus appears to be more contagious than sars or mers, the middle eastern respiratory syndrome of virus. neither of them appear to be as transmittable as this virus. so it is both transmittable and has the ability to cause severe disease. onid: you are and at spread vaccines. we hear a lot about vaccines and we get our hopes up. at the same time, we are told it could be 18 months

of them gets measles when exposed to it. from new york university doctor saw reports similar findings as does the doctor from university of marylande trial spread across the country. the vaccine was tested in 18 states from the eastern seaboard to california. as the data's accumulate more questions emerged. live measles vaccine is producing a high-level of immunity. safely, consistently. immunity seems to be long-lasting. answers are also emerging on problems of large scale production and quality control as manufacturing it's on the way at west point pennsylvania and laboratories. the left less developed countries and africa watch this progress with great interest. helping them launch studies of the vaccine spurred the u.s. army and later the world health organization and u.s. public health service. it was to the national institutes of health in 1962 that encouraged request came from these african nations. operable to satisfied with preliminary testing asked for a massive vaccination effort. help us protect our children before measles strikes again because in timing could save thousands of lives the response is immediate, help tra

. >> holly brower is a professed number of history at the university of maryland and an children a book about in colonial america. thank you for being here with us. let me begin with a broad question and you can take it in any direction. how were children viewed in the 16th century based on research compared to now? ms. brewer: there was not as much distinction between childhood and adulthood. not even close. doldren had the capacity to a variety of things and marie -- and be responsible for things in a way we would not be today. for example, i found an example of a five-year-old putting his mark at the bottom of an apprentice it contract -- a print and ship contract -- thatnticeship contract bound him to labor. way there wasal not the same notion of what it -- what we take for granted now, that children had to have, people had to have meaningful consent to be bound. so childhood and adulthood, there was much more of a continuum and there is now. life expectancy was what? ms. brewer: about 40. it was changing rapidly at this point. of people died before they reached their fifth birthday

of them get measles when exposed to it. from new york university, dr. sal krugman reports similar findings as does dr. fred mccrum from the university of maryland.the trial spread across the country. the vaccine is tested in 18 states from the eastern seaboard to california. as the data from all these field trials accumulate, answers to earlier questions emerge. the live measles vaccine is producing a high level of immunity, safely, consistently, and the immunity appears to be long lasting. answers are also emerging on the problems of large scale production and quality control. as manufacturing gets under way in the biological laboratories at west point, pennsylvania. the less developed countries in africa watched this progress with great interest. helping them launch studies of the vaccine are first the u.s. armed forces epidemiological board and later the world health organization and u.s. public health service. it was through the national institutes of health in 1962 an urgent request came from one of these african nations. satisfied with preliminary tests asked for a massive vaccination effort to help us protect our children before measles s

with the university of maryland security director michael greenberger on the state, federal and local response. efforts to slow down the spread of the virus with director drew harris of thomas jefferson university. watch c-span's "washington journal" wednesday morning at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >> as the federal government continues to work on the coronavirus economic aid package, governors from across the country have been providing updates on how the states are responding to the coronavirus. here are what some of them had to say starting the governor andrew

so he enrolled in his hometown law school at the university of maryland. in his second year, he took a constitutional law course. he read these dueling opinions. decided this could make a funny opera. taste.give you a rageh scalia's aria. he sings the justices are blind. how can they possibly spout this? the constitution says absolutely nothing about this. my soprano voice, i answer, you justice scalia, you are asserting bright line solutions to problems that do not have easy answers, with a great thing about our constitution is that like our society, it can evolve. so that sets up the difference between us. the plot is roughly based on the magic flute. scalia is locked up in a dark room. he is being punished for excessive dissenting. i then emerge through a glass ceiling. [laughter] [applause] pass the test he needs to pass to get out of the dark room. over isharacter left astonished. he says, he is your enemy. why would you want to help him. and i say, he is not my enemy. he is my dear friend. and then we sang a wonderful duet. it goes, we are different.

university of maryland professor christopher bonner leads off with a class about the concept of power in antebellum slave societies. american history tv, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> we take you now to the university of north carolina at chapel hill for a history lecture on expanding rights in the 1960s and '70s. you'll learn about how the women's liberation and gay rights movements began and expand into public rights acceptance. >> the rights revolution today, let's start with a little story. 1963, this woman, cherry finkbime, not her real name, the story was about a choice that her family was facing. she was pregnant. her husband had recently travelled to europe where he acquired a drug called thalidimide. it had not been approved for use yet in the united states of america but it was available in many european countries to treat a number of different things, anxiety, insomnia and nausea. nausea here is key. so, women began taking it to aleve morning sickness. sherry's husband had been in europe, he acquired these pills and brought them back home for her. she's preg

with the university of maryland security director michael greenberger on the state, federal and local response. efforts to slow down the spread of the virus with director drew harris of thomas jefferson university. watch c-span's "washington journal" wednesday morning at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >> as the federal government continues to work on the coronavirus economic aid package, governors from across the country have been providing updates on how the states are responding to the coronavirus. here are what some of them had to say starting the governor andrew cuomo. governor cuomo: good morning. happy st. patrick's day. i would use my brogue. mercilessly. ed but happy st. patrick's day, anyway. sporting a little green just to carry on the tradition. elatras, knows james m and dr. zufer and our budget director. let me go through an update. as you know the situation changes daily now, which is expected. this is an evolving situation. numbers ramp up. that's been the experience in every country that this has visited. so we want to make sure that you understand that as the fact

be useful to know something about the law, so he enrolled in his hometown law school, the university of maryland tookis second year, a constitutional law course. he read these dueling opinions, scully on one side, ginsburg on the other, and decided this would make a very funny opera. [laughter] ofi'll just give you a taste scalia ginsburg. rage -- with scalia's [laughter] very -- in style. 's saying the justices are blind. how can they possibly spout this? the constitution says absolutely nothing about this." [laughter] and then and my soprano voice, i answer, "dear justice scalia, you are searching for bright line solutions to problems that don't have easy answers. but the great thing about our constitution is that, like our society, it can evolve." so that sets up the difference between us. is plot of scalia ginsburg roughly based on the magic flute. [laughter] scalia is locked up in a dark room. he's being punished for excessive dissenting. [laughter] a glassmerge through ceiling. [laughter] [applause] thhe test heass needs to pass to get out of the dark room. and then the character don giova

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with the university of maryland home and health security distributor michael greenberger on the state, local and federal response. with population health program director drew harris with thomas jefferson university. watch live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> president trump meet with leaders to speak about the coronavirus response. we hear about the loss of business throughout the world and what could be done financially. this is 25 minutes. >> well, thank you very much. we have the tourism industry the biggs anywhere in the world. these are the great ones. they're going to talk about their company quickly and the mber of employees and what's happened since the chinese virus came about. i want to thank vice president pence for his tremendous leadership, for the task force. and thanks all to secretary mnuchin. they're all working -- we're all working very hard. we're profoundly grateful to all of the companies representing tens of thousands of american workers and really representing something so important. it's a place to stay when they come to our country,

we are joined by michael greenberger who is the director of university of maryland's center for health and homeland security, a title which ties in really, michael greenberger both , of the issues facing the u.s. and the world when it comes to the covid-19 coronavirus. but broadly, what does your organization focus on? michael: well our organization , was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to deal in the first instance in those days with principally counterterrorism issues. days with principally counterterrorism issues. we are about to celebrate our 18th anniversary on may 15, 2002. , still do counterterrorism, but also we do controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorms like superstorm sandy, and also dealing with cybersecurity issues like ransomware. and since 9/11 the natin the world has not seen a epidemic like this. in your organization's experience in dealing with other viruses and health concerns, and

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of maryland. does he go to the university of maryland law school? >> he wants to, but they had stopped accepting african-american students there in the late 19th century. he decides to apply and understands it might be difficult but applies anyway and gets the standard letter back, they don't allow african-americans to go to the school and that there are other wonderful schools you might want to try and we might provide you with money to go somewhere else in the state. he can't afford to do that, doesn't want to not go to maryland and winds up actually having to go to howard university instead. what's interesting about that is when he first goes to howard, the reputation is that strong. it was only a night school law school, which meant that it was that for individuals who had to work turned, they could go to law school at night to become lawyers. but the standards were not very high, the demands were not very high, he sort of reluctantly becauseto go to howard he could go there at night and work turn today. what happens after he gets there, they br

with the university of maryland center for health and homeland security director michael greenberger on the federal, state and local response. then efforts to slow down the sflofede virus with population health program director drew harris of thomas jefferson university. watch c-span's "washington journal" life at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> defense secretariest per briefed reporters on his department's response to the coronavirus, he spoke earlier today at the pentagon for about 25 minutes.

university of maryland professoff christopher bonner leads off with a class about the concept of power in antebellum slave societies. american history tv, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to c-spanstore.org to see what is new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. >>> the founding fathers had competing visions for westward expansion. duke university professor laura edwards taught on a class on how the law changed many times in the early american republic, depending on who had the most influence. >> so public lands and the legal order. and we're going to catch up just

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been speaking to andrea chronis—tuscano who is a clinical psychologist and professor at the university of marylandcertain times, where everyone has all of these questions running through their heads, like, have i been exposed? how long is this going to go on? what is going to happen to the economy? so i think everybody is feeling a sense of anxiety right now. but i think individuals who are prone to depression and anxiety might be having an even more difficult time. they have a hard time controlling but worry that is running through their heads, and all these questions, people who are prone to depression are more likely to feel the mood affects of social distancing and staying inside. i think this is a time when everyone is feeling anxiety, but i think there are some people experiencing it even more strongly. what can parents to help their children who might be old enough to see that something strange is going on without frightening them? right, i think this is the real challenge. how do we get our kids to take this very seriously without causing a lot of anxiety? i think it is really important to