George washington and why its different than other biographies of americas first president , he spoke at politics and pros store in washington, d. C. I want president ial history because the presidency and especially the person that establishes the office and built around and everyone pressure intoed it its really important that everyone understand him and the presidency but i think that the biographies are alienating in the way that their visual presentation, their titles the way that they are written, and so i really wanted the reader to feel like they had if they had never read a president ial biography that they had everything they needed at the beginning of the book and at the beginning of every section to equip them to feel as though they were the experts and so that was part of it. I really did think a lot about my reader and the other part of it was not washington has been called by an adams family editor, president ial editors, they edit the papers, called him vanilla once to
Leading hong kong newspaper that american trade negotiators will fight to basing beijing for talks later this week took the dow jones about 200 points away from alltime high, up about 50 at the open. S p below 3000, but the nasdaq nice gain about a half a percentage point up for the nasdaq composite. Chuck schumer went to the border and said this is heart wrenching. This has to end it now. He didnt offer a solution. President trump once a border crisis meeting with him. Mike pompeos tells fox the Mexican Government has made a commitment to getting numbers down but aoc says we need a 911 Style Commission to get rid of the department of Homeland Security. Iran seized a British Oil Tanker in the golf, america restrained no retaliation. The price is around 56 a barrel and if it wasnt for american production price would have spiked to 100 or more. Hong kong, real violence. Fights on the subway as men thought to be attached to beijing attack protesters and members of the media. Beijing gover
Dominating the weekend and it could be just the beginning of disneys total takeover. Power lunch starts right now and welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. The nasdaq, the big winner today with tech stocks taking the lead as chip stocks rip higher, and check out the dow downers today. Boeing falling after fitch cutting its outlook for the giant to negative. Pointing to the uncertainty around the 737 max grounding and Johnson Johnson taking a hit about 1. 5 as the Company Fights thousands of claims around its baby powder well have much more on that story much later on. Kelly. Thanks. The fed is entering its blackout period ahead of the july meeting next week, so there will be no more fed speak before that decision but its not stopping the president from weighing in he tweeted earlier today in favor of a rate cut, saying the fed raised rates far too much and too fast it appears the great rate debate is still raging. Steve, what the data reveals, to cut or not cut that blackout period a
Since last weeks debate as we learn new information about his sons troubled past. Plus, forget road rage. The boat rage caught on camera in michigan. Sneaker scandal. Why nike is pulling this American Flag shoe and the role former nfl quarterback Colin Kaepernick played in the decision. And we hear from the 15yearold american phenom who just defeated her own idol, the legendary Venus Williams at wimbledon. Its a dream debut for the 15yearold. What she said to williams after her big win and how her fathers words years ago helped inspire her. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We begin with new images from the southern border showing the Living Conditions for migrants in u. S. Custody. Members of congress got a firsthand look at facilities in texas, and they released this video of Migrant Women on the floor, some saying they had been held for nearly two months denied showers and separated from their children. The tour took place as Border Patrol comes under fire for some disturbing messages
At the end of his extraordinary with suzanne and also Salman Rushdie challenged us to defend the First Amendment principle that we must protect the thought we hate, as Justice Holmes called it, and that in america, speech can only be banned if its intended to and likely to cause imminent violence. Thats the principle that comes the brandenburg case. It was articulated by brandeis in witney, and it makes america, as Salman Rushdie said the most speech protective country in the world. And on our first panel, were going to explore the history of that shining idea with three of americas greatest history wins of freedom of speech. And im so excited for the conversation we have, jake and martin gamma from the future of free speech project, akhil amar from yale law school, steve solomon from nyu and jacob rosenbaum. I want jump right in and first say that your book free speech a history from socrates to social media, i think is the clearest and best history of the evolution of the idea that i