The political history of the coming of the civil war is as important as history can get the only timeause weve ever had in the political system disintegrated. Have three people to talk about this. We have tried to mix the generations. Comment. State general we like to mix the generations. We dont want everyone as old as me. Our first speaker will be pamela brand line. She holds a professorship in Political Science at the university of michigan. She has also taught at ut austin. Historians andof social scientist to. She is the author of two important books. Rethinking the judicial system of resettlement. A title long before the age of trump. That was a slip, i didnt mean that. Honestly. Pamela is going to speak on the of rethinking Party Appeals and capitalist contexts. Lynnecond speaker is josh who is a postdoctoral fellow here at yale. Hes part of the macmillan center. He did his phd at the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. Is teaching a course here at yell on jacksonian de
Youre welcome to the pulse live in london. Our top story. Chinas secondquarter gdp beat estimates. Rising 7 from a year earlier. 7 , a, im always a skeptic. Coming in bang in line with what they wanted to achieve. What are these numbers . Andy you are right to be skeptic. It is a bit like last year. We had a slow start to the year. And a slow first couple months, but now it has picked up again. Exports being better. Consumers are back into the game. House prices recovered. It was enough to get gdp up to that 7 figure. Ill gveive your one anecdote. Cinema sales boomed, which gives an indication that the high street is actually spending a bit. Manus a take away from that is buy popcorn. Does it mean where in for a better second half . These numbers are better than the market hoped for. It depends on whether there is more rate cuts and more support given by this administration. Enda it does. One wild card we have is the stock market. We know the story about the huge gains in june. Then we
The festivities. If tom brady says so do we get the day off in new york as well. Absolutely, i think so. Not so much in atlanta. Good Tuesday Morning to you all. Well start with two major events being watched closely today by the white house. Well, first up that marathon overnighter still playing out on the floor of the senate right now of capitol hill. Democrats mounting a 24hour talkathon to get one more republican to cross the aisle and vote against betsy devos. President trumps pick for secretary of education. This comes as a decision on the legality of the president s travel ban could come as early as this evening. Abcs maggie rulli joins us from washington with the latest. A lot to keep track of this morning, maggie. Reporter its a lot to keep track of every morning. Today no different. The Trump Administration comes out fighting defending their for secretary of education. We had a wonderful election, didnt we . Reporter President Trump reminding america about his big win as he g
Chilly rain tomorrow night, ends as snow thursday am warmth returns this weekend today am showers, then partly sunny, breezy, and very warm. Record highs likely. Highs 6873 winds sw 1015 g 20 mph tonight mostly cloudy and very mild. Patchy fog, stray shower. Lows 5457 winds sw 510 mph wednesday partly cloudy. Remaining unseasonably warm. Highs 5866 winds w to nw 510 mph toss to johnny u street is back open after a woman was hit and killed overnight. Walking around 11 30 last night near the intersection at 10th street when she was hit. She was taken to the hospital where she later died. The striking car did stay on scene. Happening now Senate Democrats now on hour seventeen of a 24hour long protest on capitol hill. Youre taking a live look at the senate floor. Where senators are making a lastditch effor to block the nomination of trumps pick for education secretary. Our sam sweeney is monitoring the situation right now. Hell have a live report coming up in about ten minutes. A federal A
Come after a seattle judge halted the band last week. Tom roussey reports. The president determined there was a real risk. Tom the president s attorney said there was an immediate need for the travel ban to return. The judge overstepped his power. Tom the attorney arguing for the state of washington is what trump is really asking is through this country back into chaos. We believe the federal government has shown irreparable harm from the status quo. Tom that would mean people from seven majority muslim countries could still come if current law allows them to, but at least one judge did not buy the argument that the action is antimuslim. I have trouble understanding why we are supposed to infer religious animus when the vast majority of muslims would not be affected. Alison the judges hope to make a decision as soon as possible. Jonath played out on the phone, paperwork filed in court. The aclu of maryland and the Immigration Law center challenging the travel ban, this as virginia move