We are joined by Armstrong Williams longtime radio, tv talk show host, author, thank you for being with us here on washington journal this morning. Good morning and thank you so much for having me. Host we started our segment last hour with Michael Hopkins saying we asked both of you on today to talk about the reaction last week to the death of george floyd at the hands of the minneapolis police. But as the protests have grown and the civil rest has grown and writing, we want to get your reaction overall to what weve seen particularly in the last three days over the weekend across the country. Guest you know, the beauty of america is our right to protest in a very peaceful way. The majority of the protesters are very peaceful and they had the moral high ground no different than the one when you had the terrorist attack on Emanuel Church in charlestown. Members of that community, even though they thought there would be looting and burning, [inaudible] was one of those killed for no reas
And if you missed any of our coverage, watch anytime ondemand at cspan. Org coronavirus. At the keyok battleground states in campaign 2020, we are joined here in washington with craig elder, the Washington Bureau chief for the milwaukee journal sentinel. As you look at ulysses and the covid19. Craig wisconsin is a divided state and also has a divided government with a republican majority in the legislature but a democratic governor. Growings been a lot of partisan disagreement and conflict over how to manage the pandemic between the governor and the legislature and wisconsin is a little unique in that we have this situation where a state Supreme Court with a conservative majority struck down the governors stayathome order. So, overnight lifting the restrictions that had been put in place and which were gradually going to be lifted anyway. The state of play in wisconsin. Wisconsin also had two elections. Host i want to focus on campaign 2020 that let us go back to 2016 with the results
For a long period of time focused on arabic and palestinian, visavis, the israeli. Now, at least you have got three, the palestinian, israel confrontation still there. We have the gulf region and the east coast and the west coast. They are opposing each other. The third one is about the traps significance. Started from tunisia, now to many countries. So the missions are changing. And the United States meeps areans are changing. Secondly the mekchanisms, the ways of dealing with the complex situation are changing as well. For instance, the United States used to rely very much on the socalled quartet which excluded china from that. Now, with this Iranian Nuclear issue, we Work Together for p5 plus 1. This also shows china wants to play a role. Although the United States still is the first fiddle and china is the third one. The second one is the europeans but we are learning. We are still in internship to have a digression. You have your American University in beirut for more than 100 yea
Putting together the session. A great deal of interest to ge capital capital, and i think to any issuer who makes regular use of the bond markets. The whole question of liquidity and if it doesnt function as it should means the bond markets do not function efficiently. Representing issuers or the viewpoint, which is what im most familiar with, to the extent that the bond markets cease to be effective, more important, a source of capitol, which can be flexible in its form, and allows issuers like ge capitol to hedge its Balance Sheet risk. The reason i say that is concerns about liquidity, having impact on secondary Market Pricing and also on the new issue premium, which investors quite rightly and logically demand to take on in order to buy a new bond transaction. To the extent there is a disconnect in the market, and those issues are elevated. It translates 2krek9ly into a higher cost for funds. And by further extension it can affect what business is chosen to go into or not, and ulti
Scott walker becomes the 15th republican to enter the president ial race. That is our focus. What do you make of scott walker and his bid . Here are the numbers to call. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you do not get in by phone, you can check in on social media, twitter cspanwj. You can send us an email, journal cspan. Org. Scott walker put out a tweet about his pending bid. He says, im in. As you can imagine, the news is all over the papers as he becomes the 15th republican. Walker campaign to target gop core. It launches and effort built around the belief that the best way for republican candidates to win is by better energizing their conservative base rather than moving towards the center. The announcement will walk the will mark the entry of another big name in a crowded gop field. He becomes the 15th declared major candidate, is widely considered to be in the top tier with marco rubio and jeb bush. Your calls in a couple of minutes.