Slavery reparations, the protests and police reform. This event commemorated juneteenth, marking the end of slavery in 1865. Ma advisor valerie jarrett. Hey, everyone, thank you so much for joining us, and welcome to axios. Im coming to you from new york, new york, my home here, as most of us are sheltering in place from home, im doing the same. If you are watching us from facebook, twitter, one of the axios websites, thank you for being with us. We have an Incredible Program honoring juneteenth. I want to say thank you to our sponsor, bank of america, for this event. If you are on twitter or instagram, follow us with axios events or on the axios twitter axios account. Check news on axios. Com. Joining us right now, i want to get right to it, the man who i am very excited to talk to and i hope you are excited to hear from, coming to us from ofhesda, maine, founder like in a timid television, Robert Johnsonblack entertainment television, Robert Johnson. How are you . Robert im doing wel
Should athletes be allowed to protest at games. If your answer is yes you want we want to hear for you. Call 2027488000. If your answer is no, athletes should not be allowed to protest, call 2027488001. Keep in mind, you can always text us your answer at and, we are always reading on social media on panwj andnd cs facebook. Com cspan. Many leagues are gearing up for a shortened or a additional season later on this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. But once again some of the same conversations about activism have cropped up. In fact, President Trump brought this up when he was asked, and he was his response. Pres. Trump if he has the playing ability. He started out great and did not end out great in terms of a player. He was terrific in his rookie year and was terrific in his second year and then something happened. His playing was not up to snuff. The answer is absolutely i would, as far as kneeling, i would like to see him get another shot. If he cannot play well i think it wo
[chanting] any nation that ignores half of its people is in a moral and economic crisis. We will do more there will be a movement. To bring people together save the heart and soul of this democracy and this world. [crowd chanting] almost 87 years ago, my father, reverend dr. Martin luther king, jr. , reminded america of the fierce urgency of now. But now is not the time to engage in the luxury of cooling off. It takes the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. But now is the time to make real the promises of this democracy. He was working with poor people of every race, from every corner of this nation, to build a Poor Peoples Campaign when he was assassinated in memphis, tennessee, five years later. Today, as his daughter, i am honored to add my voice to the Poor Peoples Campaign, a National Call for moral revival, and stand with the 140 million poor people and low wealth people urging america to address with the fierce urgency of now the big issues of poverty and race. Please join us in t
Transformation, love and peace to have america come together. Friday right now theres not much going on in the traffic north dakota, south dakota and montana are the only states world. We can see the bay bridge is National Holiday but he day. Nice and light and sometimes we has yet to be approved in the house. Lauren green, fox news. Get a little bit of a break on fridays. We are wondering if we will do that this friday. We wont know for another hour your time is 4 40 and is or so if we will have a crowd. This is look at interstate 80 in oakland and that traffic is time to talk about the weather. Doing very well with no major issues. Lets go back to the headlines. The police chief of menlo park Just Announced he is is that my queue . Retiring. He did it during an online town hey steve, lets talk about hall meeting about police reform. According to the daily post, the Weather Police chief unexpectedly made the announcement last night. It there is a little pause there. Is time for the ci
For some locations to cool off. They will come down a couple of degrees. Some of them will come down a lot. Again, it is making a move south , not west to east. There is some over the bay. We will keep an eye on things. It is 50s and 60s on the temperature. There is a west and southwest breeze in the marin county hills, also in the oakland and Berkeley Hills that was not there yesterday. The fog is there. The High Pressure is squashing it. The coast in the bay, yes, it is cooler. We are still above average for this time of year. All right, lets go over to sal. It is 5 00 on a friday. Steve, you are right, it is light out. We dont have a lot going on. Thats the way we like it. You should check this out. Traffic is moving well at the bay bridge toll plaza. Have been no major issues here. It is also looking pretty good if you are driving on interstate 880. For that matter, in san jose we are off to a good start at the 101. Traffic is moving along very nicely. The time is 5 02. Lets go to