The discussion was hosted by the Washington Post. Good morning. Opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to Washington Post live. It is also a live recording of post opinions podcast. My guest today was just inelected to her second term the u. S. House of shes ntatives, congresswom congresswoman ilhas omar. Congresswoman, thanks for coming on the podcast. Ms. Omar so great to be here with you, jonathan. Jonathan last we talked, which was yesterday on msnbc, i asked reaction to being words say the president elect biden and your response to me was really interesting. You said correct me. Id love for you to expand on this. Be it hat it would will be great for you to note have to explain to your daughter why the president the president of the United States was saying mean things about you. Ms. Omar yeah. So i dont know if you remember but the athan, president , when he was running to minnesota, came two days before the 2016 on tion and basically went attack against somali refugees.
Underway at the masters, while one of the trail blazing golf legends is one of my winners of the week. All that and so much more on making money. Muck charles well, markets rerutted out of the gate erupted out of the gate nicely, but the tale has been the case all year long. The emergence of buyers yesterday is when youve got to watch out. In the final hour of trading all year long, thats when you know the next day is going to be big. Shakeout sessions are becoming somewhat more predictable. To the pros, they buy into these dips into the close, and then the next day the market opens bigger. Put that on your notes for how to make money. Now, there continue to be some dark clouds including, of course, covid cases, a lack of fiscal stimulus and just exactly what the fed is doing because so far not what they promised. In fact, the ecb is doing a whole lot more pumping than [inaudible] meanwhile though, earnings remind investors of fundamentals. Great earnings reports include disney, cisco
Welcome, everybody. I think we have some leadership, about the theyll be coming in. Can you see, can you hear me . Is it working . Well, the election is over. Theyre still counting the votes and making legal challenges, and once all the legal challenges are made and the votes are counted, well have that done. Weve still got two outstanding races in georgia to determine the control of the senate and the committee will keep moving forward doing its work. We have next week social media oversight. I cant wait to have the social media ceos come to the committee and explain themselves about their platform, thats the 17th. I think theres a lot of bipartisan support to take a hard look at social media platform. The act is still business pending before the committee and after the hearing well have markup. But today we have mr. Mccabe, the number two at the fbi during the hurricane. I think hes going to appear remotely, so i appreciate him coming. And what ill do is make a brief Opening Statemen
Diversity and inclusion. Over the course of the day were going to discuss what it will take for diversity, inclusion, and equity to be more than just buzzwords. Id like to thank our sponsors. International Franchise Association and the association of realtors for the support of todays program. And thank you for supporting this particular session. Under 50 years after its founding, americas more diverse than ever before. However, stereotypes are beginning to fade, significant barrier still exist. Justice, equal opportunity, continue to be out of reach for many black, hispanic, lgbtq and other minority populations. This is a real problem. Were policy initiatives can be put in place to address these gaps and barriers. With politic for the rapper a should have pisces, perceptions, and bigotry in our institutions. Fair and equitable opportunities opening up across the port and across institutions. Were going to discuss all about it more and im going to discuss with some of my colleagues in
This very special conversation swhich will be followed by an interaction with the key business leaders. Its good to be with you. Thank you. I want to also mention, pray minister, that todays Holocaust Memorial day and we especially appreciate your presence here on such a day. It has such a historical importance about never forgetting. Your contribution to the agenda today builds on your Longstanding Partnership with the forum. We had the pleasure to have you for the annual meeting, physical one in the post regularly over the past few years and we also under your leadership have a center for the revolution of the World Economic forum and you have also made a huge and very important contribution with the dialogue. Youve been at the helm of this government for more than a decade. No other Prime Minister and israel has had this position as long as you and you are also steering your country during this challengingy covid19 pandemic. I think many of the viewers and partners would like to kno