York america in august of 1619. Good evening. [ applause ] im k. C. Matthews, chief of staff here at the somebuchombur center poo center. Im obviously not kevin young. Listed in your program. Kevin has been looking forward to this event for ytwo years an upset hes not able to join us tonight. Kevin is not feeling well and not able to be here. He hopes to join us tomorrow and saturday for the remainder of the program and is watching along online. It is my honor tonight to welcome all of you who are here in the audience and welcome folks who are watching online as well. This is the Second Annual conference presented by our Lapidus Center for the study of transatlantic slavery. This morning Public Library and vch shomburg city event the historical analysis of transatlantic slavery. Youll hear more about and from mr. Lapidus shortly. This is a banner week for the Schomburg Center. Just a few things i want to mention to you. We and our director are part of a documentary, t rary premiered we
Today. A key meeting set to take place at the white house in this hour. Can President Trump seal a deal even if its just a skinny bundle kayla is in d. C. With the latest on the talks b. Before that 2 45 p. M. Meeting between President Trump and the vice premier of china the treasury secretary and the trade representtich are going to be briefing the president to tell him what transpired between two days of what treasury secretary says were productive negotiations a couple of blocks away with china. Whoa expect there will be some announcement secretary mnuchin confirmed there would be there needs to be a decision on what those are a source stels tells me preside jinping needs to be what is decided as well. We await those developments. Secretary mnuchin just briefing moments ago. He was asked about the optimism regarding china trade talks in the market right now, especially on the back of headlines that there could be a partial deal coming heres how the treasury secretary responded. The
New survey looking at School Safety issues. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Next. This good morning on friday, august 30. We will begin with the Justice Department watchdogs latest report that found former fbi director james comey violated Agency Policy by releasing official memos. Your reaction to the reports findings in our first hour. Republicans, 2027488001. If you are a democrat, dial in at 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. You can also join the conversation if you go to twitter at cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in a minute. Lets begin with june 2017. James comey had been fired a month earlier by President Trump. He is summoned to capitol hill to testify and asked by senator Susan Collins about memos and releasing them. [video clip] did you show copies of your of theo anyone outside department of justice . Yes. And to whom did you show copies . The president tweeted on friday after
Correspondent Alexis Mcadams starts us off live tonight from des moines, iowa. Good evening, alexis. Bret, good evening from des moines. We talked to lot of voters state fairgrounds fox power rankings. Amongst all the fried food and all the fun here in iowa. The main course still politics. Tim scott, i think he has got a very positive message i like donald trump. I voted for him. This time around its iffy. Trump is the only one that can get us out of this mess we gotten into. Iowa voters not surprised that former President Donald Trump came outer on top on the new latest power rankings. Maybe desantis but im Still Standing with trump. Florida Governor Ron Desantis remains in second place, though recent polls show that gap between him and trump is widening. And in most national polls, South Carolina senator tim scott is a distant third. I just dont think he is as wellknown unless you have really been following the senate. Right now scott the only other candidate to poll double dignity s
State of massachusetts rejected their application over religious beliefs and now they are suing the commonwealth over it. Im john roberts, welcome to wednesday. Gillian nice to be here on a beautiful blue sky day. John what a picture. Gillian im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Kitty and mike burke say they were turned down because of adherence to catholic teachings, a letter says they would not be affirming to a child who identified as lgbtqia plus. Comes as they struggle to accommodate 1500 children in the foster care system. Chief religion correspondent lauren green has been looking into all of this and joins us from new york. The issue is, can a secular government prevent someone from participating fully in a community because of their religious beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court has actually ruled in favor of religion in a similar case about two years ago. But the burkes say this has been devastating for them, saying massachusetts would rather children sleep in the hallways of hos