Eudora wealthy. Sunday at 10 00, katie keever shares her critical thoughts on the obama administrations relationship with millennials. On cspan 3, saturday afternoon, columbia universitys andrew dull cart on the preservation of landmarks. Sunday at 4 00 p. M. , three films on the pilot district project, a program administered by the Johnson Administration to help improve relations between the police and the community in washington, d. C. After the Martin Luther king assassination and subsequent riots. Get our complete schedule at cspan. Org. Former president jimmy carter held a News Conference to talk about his cancer treatment. The 90yearold former president has been diagnosed with melanoma , a skin cancer that has progressed to his brain and liver. This event was held at the Carter Center in atlanta. Pres. Carter thank you all for coming this morning. I want to express my special thanks. I would like to outline what is happened so far with my medical condition. Toward the end, what i
Dont know because we are sitting here. I just want there are so many things first the Approval Ratings of the president are between 8 and 10 which is extraordinarily low, as we know. There is no indication that will change anytime soon. We have a president at that low a level of approval so the foundations of government are very shaky. Second, that is why there is some protect ability to say i think brazil and the president are breathing easier today than they were before the demonstrations and a lot has happened in the past couple weeks that does suggest a slightly easier path for her but things could change very quickly. The economy really does remain in terrible shape. Every day the news are that the recession will last longer than had been protected yesterday. That the Austerity Program put in place by one of the most respected economists in brazil across the political spectrum is really not working very well. He called for a reduction in the fiscal deficit of a percent and a half
Hell to pay. We are very appreciative of that. For agoing to talk to you little bit. [applause] d. M. Giangreco great to be here. Start off to test with some interesting quotes i have heard recently. Navy mind of the waters off of northern japan to keep the russians from invading first. Quote, still and prepared to seize the northern end of hia nshu, from their his Armored Divisions would sweep down towards tokyo leaving postwar japan a divided nation like germany. Was nothing to stop the soviets from invading before the americans and seizing all of northern japan. Well ok. Much like fantasy football alternate history can be an enjoyable diversion from trotting and read trotting the same old ground. What is interesting about these overheard quotes is that they were all uttered as statements of fact by educators and serious historians, and while they and similar ideas have bubbled up for decades, virtually all of these comments were made within the last year during the runup to the 70th
And someone mentioned this earlier. Of the enormously important Voting Rights act. Ok . [applause] mr. Sanders what the Voting Rights act was about was to say the governors and legislatures all over this country, many in the south, will say sorry, all people will be able to vote regardless of the color of their skin. [applause] mr. Sanders that was a great step forward for democracy, but as many of you know, two years ago, the Supreme Court gutted a very important provision of the Voting Rights act. And what has happened is all over the country, not just to the south, but all over the country, governors and legislatures have done Everything Possible to suppress the vote, to deny people the right to vote, those people disagree with the powers that be. And they are unsafe. [applause] mr. Sanders you know, i take that kind of personally and i will tell you why. I have run for office in my own state many times. Sometimes i have lost. Most times i have won. But it had never occurred to me,
,ere talking about the unity the risk is they will alienate some republicans. To what extent does he make an to print try and bring democrats in case they need them at some point in the future . I think what you will hear from the president is him say that democrats should get on board. Those are just words. When you look at what is coming out of democrats, you heard this on Bloomberg Television earlier today, there is not much you can see from them in order to get on board in terms of policy. Or two,ght be a line but altogether, this is smart. How they have come together for the new tax framework. Onent trump on stage stage in indianapolis with his tax. Lets listen. [applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. You just want massive tax cuts. That is the only reason that you are going so wild. It is wonderful to be back in the great weight of indiana. What a place. [applause] pres. Trump i want to thank senator todd young, senator joe donnelly, representative jackie larson, representati