Announcer please welcome the atlantics margarette lowe. [applause] hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage
This brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. Power ofploring the athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, professionals and from people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic trophy. And one nfl so we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, Atlantic Staff writer jamal hill. Jemele writes about the intersection of sports, race, politics and culture. Now we want to learn more about all of you. Poll, andke a quick answering the question requires a cell phone. Phone andour cell and then type in slido. Com
Hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, Atlantic Staff writer jemele hill. S
[chanting] 88 he has taken charge of a growing threat with its initiative. Governors united against media. This is a bipartisan collective of donors from all 50 states. These governors are making a powerful proactive statement that they reject the Global Movement to boycott, divest from and sanction israel. And they go further, reaffirming that israel remains a vital us ally in economic partner. In our state we said we will not use taxpayer funds to do business with any company that discriminates on the basis of race, color, religion, gender or national origin. And make no mistake, that is exactly what the movement does. [applause] bds mixes two state solution more difficult by seeking to demonize, delegitimize and isolate israel, a beacon of democracy in the middle east and the only jewish state and today ajc salutes these governors in the pages of the wall street journal for taking this important stance. This is an honor roll of teachers who believe the medias movement is incompatibl
That. I dont think donations are disqualifying at all but if you represented the Clinton Foundation or clinton herself, it would be a bit disturbing to me but i will take care of that. As to russia, do you have any doubt that the 17 Intelligence Agency report that was submitted last year or early this year, that russia interfered in our election is acted . Senator, this is an issue discussed in my confirmation rate and trouble of you attended that. At the point i access only to the public right. Public admission which classified information but what can you tell us down . I know access to classified information and i think that assessment made by the Intelligence Community is justified based upon investigation, the evidence they had. Jeff sessions will testify on capitol hill today. Hes expected to get questions from lawmakers about his contacts with russian officials during the 2016th election campaign. This will be the first time hes testified before Congress Since his confirmation h