In American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people into United States of america. Organizer saying its time for a new generation to pick up the fight for equality. We are tired and we are exhausted. This is a different generation. We are not about to sit by and accept what is happening. We have to stop the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. You cannot love black lives if you dont have leadership in your organization. On the other side of the bay there were scattered protests throughout San Francisco including a rolling protest with drivers holding up signs and honking their horns in solidarity with black lives matter. At city hall hundreds gathered demanding the city ship funding away from police and remove Police Officers from city schools and those were not just limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are rallies planned and antioch, santa clara, and santa rosa. We
Married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepare was he for the job . Amity actually, quite prepared because hed been a politician all his life. President coolidge was one of those men who started small in city council, a City Solicitor in massachusetts where the coolidges lived, and went all the way up the ladder of the s
Susan swain good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepare was he for the job . Amity shlaes actually, quite prepared because hed been a politician all his life. President coolidge was one of those men who started small in city council, a City Solicitor in massachusetts where the coolidges lived, and went all the way up the ladder of the state of massachusetts, and then to vicepresident. So, one could never be prepared for a shock like the death of a presiden
Chairman resigned cnbc sources say an internal replacement has been considered. Warren buffets Berkshire Hathaway makes a 10 billion bet on dominion in the first major deal since the on set of the outbreak markets in europe have been open for one hour. Now markets friday here in europe are a little bit soggy. Without the u. S. Direction but futures state side this morning marching higher. You can see the groan een on the board here todayment thats just over 1. 5 . We saw about 1. 75 on the overall bempnchmark but very sml gains for some of the markets. Look at that in the stock market and then geography and this morning the ftse is one of the better performers. Just over 2. 1 and so this has been real versus gains a lot for the French Market and german stocks in particular so its slightly outpacing the other markets. Youre saying almost 1. 9 on the French Market. Sprain has been strong from the outset 2. 6 higher. This has been one market that gained a lot of attention since the start
Toward the finish line. I look forward to continue to advance us legislation today. And passing it this week. Mr. President. This morning, the long march for equality for lgbtq americans took a step forward. The Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision that federal employment discrimination protections do in fact extend to lgbtq americans. Believe it or not, before today, it was allowed, the federal government did not say you could prevent let me say that in a different way. Believe it or not before today, it was not a settled legal matter that you could sue your employer for firing you solely on the basis of Sexual Orientation or sexual identity. In 2020 in america, it was still okay to discriminate against people because of their Sexual Orientation or identity. Is that unbelievable . Twentyfirst century, still alone. Well, now it isnt. Because of the Supreme Court. And, they deserve credit for that case. And one of the cases that formed the basis of todays ruling originated in m