Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. Im carl kint nia and jim cramer still over 1 million for the 20th straight week ahead of the jobs number. Leader mcconnell will join us on the stimulus talks that continue on the hill followed by Speaker Pelosi later this hour, jim, as we continue to get reports that the two sides are trillions of dollars apart. Yeah. This is a day where we have to find out in our interviews whether theres any hope for compromise because if there isnt, youre going to see a full open business that will make the unemployment numbers very rearview mirror. A lot of people recognize that theyre trying to figure out, is washington playing partisan politics do they genuinely want to deal maybe they dont we will find out during this show. You think well find out . Well talk to mcconnell first, jim. Yeah, i do. A billing part of that is sort of the fragility of the republican caucus. As mcconnell has said this week, jim, he has 20 senators who feels we hav
Making that commute from pleasanton down through sunol grade we have some major backups because of an earlier crash involving an overturned vehicle. They are trying to clear everything out that all lanes are still stopped temporarily. Caltrans tumors have been sweeping up some gravel. We have the maps. If you are taking 680 from 580 to 237 that will take you 52 minutes for we have more cards using 84 as an alternate. Traffic is heavy. If you want to use westbound 580 words at 238 or 880, you will see delays to the dublin interchange with a broken down vehicle at san ramon road. This just in from indiana, a federal execution has just been carried out. It is the first in nearly 2 decades. The inmate put to death was convicted of killing arkansas family and the 1990s and a plot to build a white only nation in the pacific northwest. The execution faced a series of legal challenges related to the pandemic. We are continuing to follow the huge fire burning in san diego on the baby warship ca
We talks about his experience as one of the few African American soldiers in his company while serving as a machine gunner in the u. S. Marines. The interview project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. James my name is james sharp. When i was in korea i was marine pfg. And im very pleased to be doing this interview with you, on may 29, 2014. That is a long time after the end of the war. So you will have to forgive any memory lapses i may encounter. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much again. Would you please share your birthday and birthplace. James my birthday is may 28, 1933, and that was in new york city. I was born in York Hospital in new york city. Yesterday was your birthday. How was it . James it was wonderful. My daughter was here. One of my grandchildren was here. He came early, and we went out to play golf, which was my first time playing golf, and over three years, because of the entry to my leg. Oh. James the cancer in my leg. It was
1923. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Okay. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, they are primarily from the english continent. My wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point but we cant go back much further, back to about 1760. And we have all that in a genealogy book. And i can show that to you before you leave here. Sure. But i was born on the farm. My dad raised corn and horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i, two boys that were older than i, and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all have deceased now. Okay. And so, you are part of the chosin few association, which means you are at the chosin reservoir during the korean war, is that right . That is correct. Okay, then were you part of the marine corps . Yes, i was. Okay, that means you enlisted yourself, you werent drafte
Worst how korea launched the cold war. Is thethbreaking book capstone of sams distinguished career, of which the Wilson Center was his home for over four decades. Sharing in todays celebration is sams family, his wife of 50 years to whom the book is dedicated, daughter lauren, and wife. Ristopher, and his i would also like to acknowledge jane harman, who has provided special leadership in expanding the centers focus on korea. Todays event is cosponsored by the Wilson Centers history and Public Policy program and Hyundai Motor career and policy center for Public Policy. Sam has played a vital role in the history of the Wilson Center. Initially came in the mid70s as a wilson fellow on leave from his professorship at the university of North Carolina chapel hill and went on to join the staff, founding the International Security studies program and serving as the Centers Deputy director. It was his harvard doctoral sam tosor who introduced the arts of using history to analyze issues of curr