That was moved in with heads of grace and love Public Policy at college and nieman fellow at Harvard University his awardwinning work has been published in the new york times, the Washington Post among many other periodicals and he has appeared in tonight he is here with his new book why didnt we write a . Addressing such topics and is confederate iconography and Police Brutality. This collection explores what it means to be black and trump america. It is called a powerful weapon in history and truth that is present and surprisingly vulnerable. To main conversation from the library. And the screen is all yours. Thank you so much for here in the area and then to underscore about the q a. And then we will get to as many of them as we can. So you start off the book we do a deep dive early on he make a prediction about the president ial election. Donald trump would receive 60 percent of the way vote even more than the last time and the exit polls are correct and you are spot on looking at
Day. Yield unchanged. We are at 2. 79 . Are we hitting the moment we start to breach the pain into the equity market . Crude down 1 10 of 1 . David time for the morning brief. Exxon releases its earnings report. At 8 30, the jobs report will be released. At 10 00, we will see u. S. Durable goods numbers for january and that takes us to our first take. First, disappointing Deutsche Bank earnings. Second, the tech earnings after the bell yesterday and amazon killing it. At 8 30, it is all about jobs and wages. Alix you are talking like me. Lets kick it off with Deutsche Bank because at one point it was falling the most in germany in about six months. Riccadonnais carl and Synovus Trust companys dan morgan. If you look at trading revenue, down 27 , it is not a Deutsche Bank issue but it looks ugly. Carl we have seen that across the Banking Sector among the Major Trading floors. Q4 was a quiet quarter for the markets, and now as we transition into the new year, we have yields on the move i
Intersections near the white house black lives matter plaza. D. C. Is now gearing up for one of the largest protests in the city yet today with tens of thousands of people expected. A new poll shows why these demonstrations are growing and dont appear to be winding down any time soon. 74 of americans view the death of george floyd as a sign of broader problems in the treatment of African Americans by police. Its a big shift. In 2014 only 43 said the killings of Michael Brown and eric garner were emblem attic of a larger problem. And change is beginning. Minneapolis officials voted to ban choke holds by police. And now that all four officers involved in the death of george floyd have been criminally charged were getting a glimpse into their defense strategy. The attorneys for two of the officers say the men tried to express concern during floyds deadly arrest and had to follow the orders of the most senior officer. Officer chauvin who kept his knee on George Floyds neck for 8 minutes an
Thanks at home for joining us this hour. Very happy to have you here with us this tuesday. President trump was sworn in on january 20th. By january 31st, a week and a half later, he was announcing his first nomination for a justice on the Supreme Court. He didnt even make it two weeks into being president. That neil Gorsuch Nomination came so quick will after trump was inaugurated because that Supreme Court choice was essentially gifted to the new president as a spoil of the 2016 election. As a bonus prize that he won along with the presidency. After Justice Scalia unexpectedly died in february 2016, the republican leader of the senate, Mitch Mcconnell announced the same day, he said this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. For the entire duration of 2016, the republican led senate refused to even think about president obamas nominee. They didnt hold meetings with merrick garland, they didnt have a hoet. It was vacant for over a year so President Trump could nom
Scalia died, he said this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. That was in february of 2016. For the entire duration of 2016, the republican led senate refused to even think about president obamas nominee. They didnt hold meetings with merrick garland, they didnt hearings, let alone a vote. Republicans holding the seat vacate for over a year so President Trump could nominate a justice instead of president obama nominating one. Thats the remarkable and unprecedented way that donald trump got his first nomination for the United States Supreme Court. Well, now we have started the Battle Royale over President Trumps second nominee for the court. Just like the first one, the Gorsuch Nomination came with that unprecedented twist because republicans held open that seat so the democratic president couldnt advance a nominee, now with the second nomination, theres ans a historical unprecedented twist, too. Why did the president stick with kavanaugh . Because hes worried. T