Im stephen sackur. Neo nazism and race hate are alive and kicking in the United States. The violence in charlottesville was shocking notjust because a life was taken but also because of the polarising impact of president trumps responds, fault lines that almost broke the us in the civil war have not been erased. My guest is richard cohen, president of the southern poverty law center, a group devoted to civil rights activism. How fanciful is the notion of a 21st century American Civil War . Richard cohen in montgomery, alabama, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, looking forward to speaking with you. Of course you join us after all of the discussion of what happened in charlottesville just a few days ago. In your opinion, what were seeing in the United States today, all of the heated debate, the anger, the passion, the hatred, is it a blip or is it part of a much deeper trend . Its both. Its both part of a longer term trend and its also something that has been energised at this particular m
This is bloomberg surveillance. We have a packed show for you. We have that great interview that john cryan gave us, talking about the restructuring. We also have to look at the markets. We look at china, what the fed, janet yellen told us on friday. This is the picture overall. I want to put a lot of these european stocks, Deutsche Bank down some 5 . This is after john cryan said he has a new strategy, including asking the markets for 8 billion euros. You can see a little bit of dilution in the share is what we were expecting. 0. 6 it overall, seems that european shares are being cold lower, first of all because Deutsche Bank is tumbling, but also because the metals are lower. Investors weighing Growth Prospects for china and Janet Yellens statements on Interest Rates. Geopolitical tensions also bolstering yen. I want to show you topix. 1554, a little bit lower because of japan moving to its highest possible alert level after north korea fired of the state missiles. First, lets get to
Pool at least. We will see what the rest of the day looks like while trying to get back over here, as well. I want to provide a little bit on the president s action. I know theres been a lot of interest in this. We can take a few questions. With respect to the actions the president took in syria, and the questions regarding the timeline, we will walk you through it. On tuesday at about 10 30 the morning, the president was informed through the course of his Daily Briefing about the actions in syria. At that time, he asked the team for Additional Information and updates. He and his team developed a response. About 8 00 tuesday night, there was a Restricted Committee meeting on the situation. Preliminary options were presented and refined. On tuesday night, there was a deputies meeting at the white house where options were presented and refined. Wednesday morning, a restricted principals meeting was conducted, and there was further guidance to refine. Around 3 00 on wednesday, a National
Pool at least. We will see what the rest of the day looks like while trying to get back over here, as well. I want to provide a little bit on the president s action. I know theres been a lot of interest in this. We can take a few questions. With respect to the actions the president took in syria, and the questions regarding the timeline, we will walk you through it. On tuesday at about 10 30 the morning, the president was informed through the course of his Daily Briefing about the actions in syria. At that time, he asked the team for Additional Information and updates. He and his team developed a response. About 8 00 tuesday night, there was a Restricted Committee meeting on the situation. Preliminary options were presented and refined. On tuesday night, there was a deputies meeting at the white house where options were presented and refined. Wednesday morning, a restricted principals meeting was conducted, and there was further guidance to refine. Around 3 00 on wednesday, a National
Narrowed to 46 electoral votes. Just last week she had 126vote advantage. Its clear voters are fed up with the mounting evidence of corruption in the Clinton Cartel. Critics slamming president obama as well for interfering in the f. B. I. Investigation into clintons email scandal. That interference taking place today as he broke his silence on the matter to condemn f. B. I. Director james comey for reopening the investigation just days before the election. Whether investigation we dont operate on innuendo and incomplete information, we dont operate on leaks. We operate based on concrete decisions that are made. Lou thats not the only troubling aspect its supposed to be an independent and transparent investigation. A new wikileaks email shows assistant attorney general peter kadzik who is involved in the Justice Department tipped off john podesta and the Clinton Campaign about actions taken by the Justice Department last year. Donald Trump Campaigning in the Battle Ground state of flori