And Leonard Stein horn. On thehat, max boot Trump Administrations handling of key foreignpolicy issues. Is live illiams host a live view of the Martin Luther king jr. Memorial, granite, designed by a chinese sculpture sculptor. As we are asking you in her first hour to give us your thoughts on the current state of Race Relations in the United States. You can bring up your own personal expenses, as well as the Current Events of the last few days. 202 7488000 for the eastern and central time zones. 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. You can post on our twitter feed at cspanwj, and if you want to post on our facebook page, it is facebook. Com cspan. At the end of last year, p Research Center conducted a poll on Race Relations. You can go to the website and find the complete poll. When it comes to Race Relations, here are some of the findings thinkings to peoples at the end of the first term of President Trump and the end of the first year for barack obama. For those look
Guest there is a question that progress has been made in this country. From congress to corporate america, to philanthropic america, and even the education system. But in any experiment, especially where you have people toe from human slavery segregation, civil rights, isms, theythe many ism still exist. You will find people who cannot cleanse their heart in how they judge people, whether they are black, jewish, latino. We seem to think that a persons skin tells us about an individual, but it has always been something, taught to me by my parents, your skin pigmentation told the least about you. That is why dr. King is so cherished and celebrated today because he reminds us that we should not judge one by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. You just people by their behavior, actions, and the choices they make. Have the systemic racism that is still institutionalized, but for the most part, i want to believe, from my experiences of being on radio, from hosting
But today the tories refused to confirm the National Living wage would reach nine pounds an hour by 2020 as George Osborne had previously announced. Our Political Editor nick watt is with us now. A big moment. It was. I have been trying to identify about how theresa may may take to fashion one nation conservative to her vision about how the country should be run and workers rights is that the hard and the reason for that is one of her insights from brexit was notjust about to leave the eu, it was a cry of anguish from people who feel left behind by globalisation. These pledges today are designed by her to show that she really means business about Making Globalisation Work for those people who feel left behind. She needs a mandate on this to face down critics in her own party. She lost a battle in the cabinet in the autumn about getting workers sitting on company boards, one person said this did not work in germany. That idea, it comes back, although the language and wording about who w
Election debate. We are on the Asian Network, and the bbc news channel. Im nomia iqbal, here in the Splendid Alga Concert Hall at the university of birmingham, and on stage here in the concert hall. With me is our audience, people from all different backgrounds, different political allegiances, and with just one week to go before the big vote, they have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. They will be putting those questions to our panel of gu ests putting those questions to our panel of guests from different Political Parties. With us today is Shailesh Va Ra parties. With us today is Shailesh Vara from the conservatives, Khalid Masood mood from labour, Baroness Sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. Following the horrific Terror Attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. Of course it has now resumed. But the events of manchester are still very much on peoples minds. I was in th
They have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. They will be putting those questions to our panel of guests from different Political Parties. With us today is Shailesh Vara from the conservatives, Khalid Mahmood from labour, Baroness Sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. Following the horrific Terror Attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. Of course it has now resumed. But the events of manchester are still very much on peoples minds. I was in the city reporting and i am from manchester. There were a lot of questions being asked in the aftermath. Lets begin the debate today with talking about what happened in manchester, and looking at some of the issues that came from it. Lets go to our first question. In light of the recent atrocities committed in manchester, should muslims do more to condemn terrorism within their communities . Shailesh vara from the conservatives . Let me expr