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Hundreds of Americans Last four years including nine africanamericans including those that the mother emanuel churches Charleston South Carolina and then also that the tree of life synagogue 23 latino persons killed at a walmart in El Paso Texas by whites. Supremacist. And in the current wave of current protest and to infiltrate and instigate violence with this traditional nine in on nonviolence and mlk in the silva rights movement. And another killed may 29th the night of the protest in california. And moving in the Judiciary Committee on june 10th although not apprehended at the time certain members tried to point to figure on ea finger but then to be white right we extremist groups one of whom wrote every kind of violence that we see Domestic Violence or white supremacist or threats to people and Police Officers. And those unleashed againstol American People with their political speech reassembly similarly we focus on the path of violence to exercise to cover demonstrations relating
Biography is alienating those the way the visual presentation there, the way they are written so i wanted the reader to feel like they had never read the president ial biography that they had everything they needed at the beginning of the book at the beginning of each section to equip them to feel as though they were the experts so that was part of it, i did think a lot about my reader and the other part, washington has been called by an adams family series editor, president ial editor. They edit the papers. Called him that to my face. [laughter] adams which you cant compare, there too much fun. The thing is, you can break him out of this mode, he can be fun and interesting but you have to have fun with them, its a whole different thing but a lot of the things you see are the way i organized it in my head when i was trying to make sure that things across and i decided to be vulnerable and share with everyone. I do think there are certain things that help you understand, i can tell you
Indicates that many of you are in a sour mood. 2027488000 if you are optimistic about the direction of the country. If you are pessimistic, 2027488001. You can also join us on social media and we will read your treat your tweets. You can send us a text message. That number is 2027488003. And as always, we are on facebook. A lot to get to, thank you for being with us as the july 4 Holiday Celebration gets underway. We want to begin with this. The headline, 2020 has put americans in a bad mood. Americans are watching with anguish as a nation grapples with systemic racism and upset with protesters defacing statues with those representing the worst racist. They worry about the economy but fear the spread of coronavirus. One study from pew research finding that 12 of americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the country. Further, according to the survey, 71 percent described themselves as angry, 66 percent as fearful, and just days before the nations 144th anniversary indepen
Advance. Everyone needs a chance to prosper. And broadband, the internet, modern communications is to us what pencil and tablet was to my greatgrandparents 100 years ago. Peter lets bring our guest reporter, gopal ratnam, from cq roll call into our conversation. Gopal thank you for having me, peter. And congressman lucas, thank you for taking this time to speak. I want to ask you about the proposal you have, that you put out in january, asking for an increase in spending on federal r d. Among the things that you called for is a boost in spending on Artificial Intelligence, biotech and quantum computing. But given the pandemic we are amidst now, 120,000 plus americans have died, is there anything that you would change in terms of areas of focus, areas of research where such federal spending to be applied . Could be applied . Rep. Lucas i think what we have seen in recent weeks demonstrates not just the need, but the magnitude of the resources that are necessary. When legislation was bei