Washington yesterday, which means that, for the first time in his life, mitt romney tasted pepper im more of a salt guy. Alternatively, no seasoning at all. Thats right, mitt romney marched in a black lives matter protest yesterday. And wow, he is easy to spot, isnt he its like he is in a Childrens Book called theres waldo. Now you have your answer if you were wondering who kept chanting on the downbeat, black lives matter black lives matter. Former secretary of state colin powell announced he will vote for former Vice President joe biden instead of President Trump, and said that trump has, quote, drifted away from the constitution. Drifted away i mean, he was never anywhere near it. Its like saying the jets drifted away from the 2020 super bowl though, who knows . Maybe when the nfl comes back every time you fumble, you get ten points the rules might change, in which case, theyre closer than i think. While in maine on friday to meet with fishing industry leaders, President Trump criti
The decision. And millions more people in the u. S. Lose their jobs but some stores are surviving without laying off staff. Chinas premier is about to outline the countrys plans for the next year after some of its most challenging months the corona Virus Outbreak that began in woohoo and forced it into a National Shutdown which was badly hit the economy and its still locked in a trade dispute with the United States well its just gone 9 am in the Chinese Capital beijing and this is the great hall of the people where the National Peoples congress is getting underway with more than 3000 delegates in his opening address premier league chang is expected to announce plans to tackle the economic fallout will katrina you joins us live now from beijing katrina this National Peoples congress was originally proposed because of the corona virus and how important is this years event given that beijing would want to show that its back to business as usual and claim victory over the pandemic. Well th
What happens in vegas will happen in vegas. Casinos reopen doors for the First Time Since the march lockdowns began. Get the dice ready it is thursday, june 4 you are watching cnbc. Good morning good afternoon, good evening wherever you may be watching thank you for joining us on a thursday morning the major averages trading at the highest level since early march. Gaining some averages. The dow trying for a four session win streak futures now a little lower 114 points off time to turn it around this has been one of, if not the most remarkable come backs in the history of the american stock market the s p 500 is up 21 this quarter. We still have a few weeks to go in the quarter the nasdaq 100 just. 75 of 1 of a new record closing high. Doesnt look like it right now could happen today the markets pricing again a fast recovery off the pandemic than pretty much anybody would have thought possible one month ago around the world is not just here mostly green arrows in asia and Companies Like
Makes him tick. The book is already earned praise from among the leading speakers. And we are fortunate that they will spend the next at work with us breaking down what we need to know about how they operate and who they are and what is going on in north korea these days. The bring a wealth of knowledge to this conversation. The both are former intelligence analysts and represent the very best of the previous profession. Each are tremendous callings while in government and their tremendous friends now. And in addition to be deeply informed and formed kind and deadly smart. Theyre also a ton of fun. So before turn it over to them i do want to note that we are in a collective and that many questions and will commute. You can do so, by sending email to events at brookings. Edu or via twitter, and becoming kim. With that is my dog to turn it over now. It one of spend a few minutes talking about what it is like to cover a country like north korea. Your book begins with you talking about ana
2020. Not surprisingly the usa freedom reauthorization act has nothing to do with freedom and everything to do with codifying endorsing and ultimately legalizing once again the National Security and surveillance state that we all call this current version of the United States of america you see after expiring back in march the freedom act reauthorization restores government powers that lets Law Enforcement collect tangible things tens of all things related to National Security investigations without a warrant requiring only approval from a secret court the pies a court that has reportedly rubber stamps many requests not reportedly they have these tangible things include things like oh you know warrant less access to your internet browsing and Search History without having to prove you were under suspicion of doing anything wrong because you know who doesnt want folks like Christopher Ray Steven Elliot or william barr digging through your Search History online so all those supposed free