Hello, manchester. [cheering and applause] senator warren hello, manchester. It is great to be here with all of you today including captain america. I love it. Its good to be here today. Do it what we would will tell you a little about myself, tell you a little bit about why im in this race and we will do some questions and for anybody who wants to, we will do selfies. [applause] you may notice, i am a little horse. Little biticked up a of a cold, one hug too many in the selfie line. Nevertheless, i persist. [applause] so, i was born and raised in oklahoma, total silence. [laughter] its ok, there are not that many okies. Born and raised in oklahoma i do have an okie bag here. Born and raised in oklahoma, i am what used to be called a late in life baby. Memother always referred to as a surprise. Who,e three older brothers to this day, referred to collectively as the boys. To distinguish them from the surprise. Brothers wenty off and joined the military. Don, was brother, career military
Weve got to figure out ways to put ourselves in the best place possible to perform. And at 11 30pm, we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, journalist and broadcaster Yasmin Alibhai brown and the political commentator and former conservative staffer jo anne nadler. Stay with us for that. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union and form an alliance with his party in the upcoming general election. Speaking at his campaign launch, he said he would field a candidate in every seat in britain if the Prime Minister didnt drop his brexit plans, which he described as a sell out. Today, mrjohnson said in an interview with the bbc that doing deals with other parties would putJeremy Corbyn into number ten. More on that shortly, but first, here is john pienaar. The biggest grin in politics, but what has he got to smile about . Nigel farages party is trailing in the polls, but stil
A scorching op bedri written for teen vogue and titled donald trump is Gaslighting America well the piece became a viral sensation and lauren was suddenly and in demand speaker and guest on t. V. And radio well she is back in the public eye with a new book and the assertion that donald trump 2016 when shook young people out of a coma and reminded that voting bloc that government by and for the people requires their input so will Younger Voters participate in the 2020 election process and who or what will motivate them to do so so lets talk about this with journalist and feminist advocate lauren duca who joins me right here from new york city shes the author of the newly released book how to start a revolution young people and the future of politics Ron Brownstein thanks for having me great so your book is about starting a revolution why do you think we need that right now. I think that for too long weve understood democracy as a thing that we have and not. Thing that we do there is suc
Youve got lots of twitter followers a lot of people you know who who tune in to hear what you have to say on social media do you think that that is influencing young peoples participation in the political process i think that it is definitely having a democratizing force in addition to the harmful forces weve seen of just information and misinformation were exposed to many more viewpoints without a blockade of the gate keeper and that has had pros and cons but i think whats how what are the cons would you say with the influence of social media and getting rid of the quote unquote sort of establishment gatekeepers of politics well you know i dont think thats the one of the problems i think one of the benefits is getting rid of the establishment gatekeepers of politics you know our media and political gatekeepers told us that when wasnt possible and and truly 1st i remember i tell them im not one of them actually yet. I mean i was thats a lot of what led to my personal awakening and i he
A shift in agency and selfdetermination in which young people are deciding that were no longer willing to wait our turn until were deemed qualified to take part in the political conversation right so a lot of let me ask you about that because you know traditionally typically typically young people do have a lower voter turnout rate than older people and to what extent do you think that social media is changing that landscape i mean youre very big on social media youve got lots of twitter followers a lot of people you know who are tuning in to hear what you have to say on social media do you think that that is influencing young peoples participation in the political process i think that it is definitely having a democratizing force in addition to the harmful forces weve seen of just information and misinformation were exposed to many more viewpoints without the blockade of the gate keeper and that has had pros and cons but i think whats how what are the cons would you say with the influ