Cspan radio app. By coversnt next menchu a garcia congressman chuy curcio. With the visit yesterday of the mexican president lopez, over a meeting with President Trump and holding a briefing with reporters. Also talking about the beginnings of the u. S. Mexicocanada agreement. Let me read you from the Washington Post article. They say that trump was elected on an antiimmigration platform and said he would build a wall on the u. S. Mexico border and force mexico to pay for it. Mexico rejected that idea outright. U. S. Taxpayers have funded the barricade, which is under construction. Last year President Trump threatened to impose tariffs on mexico if the leaders did not do more to keep migrants from entering the United States. A deal was struck but not without hard feelings on both sides. Yet President Trump and president lopez op obrad or have a good relationship. Why do you think that is . Guest i think the meeting for the most part was a dog and pony show. President trump has insulted
House. And later, advancing Health Equity founder and ceo dr. Uche blackstock joins us to discuss covid19s impact on minority communities. Another ruling on the Affordable Care act, the Supreme Court ruled 72 yesterday in favor of a 2017 Trump Administration rule extending the exemption to the Affordable Care acts birthcontrol mandate. It is thursday, july 9, 2020. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal. We open the show and ask whether support employers decided denying contraceptive health care to employees. Here is how to join the conversation. If you support the exemptions, two of 274s 88000. Two748pose, it is to 80001. Commentsost additional at facebook. Com cspan. , specificallyting on that case, the New York Times this morning with a graphic on how justices voted and how people for it feel about where the public stands on this issue. They write the Affordable Care act requires Health Insurance plans for women include coverage for contraceptives, Birth Control, but the Tr
Test. Test test test test test test test test test test test test test test. Doug brinkley, if i could, what about criticism of Eleanor Roosevelt and throughout her 12 years as first lady . Were people critical of her . Weve kind of had a little bit of a love affair so far tonight. Of course, they were, because people didnt like fdr. A very polarizing president. He killed the opposition in 30 and 32 and i promise you eleanor was not an albatross. As i mentioned before, she was a huge asset. With that said, i think some thought her issue of pushing the labor unions and supporting the coal miners. If you were a coal owner, you would not have liked it. In the south, as i mentioned, the africanamerican issue was very controversial. In fact, theres one letter she wrote to an africanamerican person in chicago, the person wrote her because one of her columns, she called black people and this africanamerican rightly said how can you who is helping africanamericans use the word dark, and she sa
Transports loaded with lumber on its way to hawaii. By tomorrow morning, the members of congress will have a full report and be ready for action. Youve been listening to some of Eleanor Roosevelts radio address hours after the attack on pearl harbor in 1941. In fact, she gave that address before her husband, fdr, even spoke to the nation. For the next two hours, were going to get to know this transformational first lady. Shes consistently ranked first in first ladies and were going to look at her life, relationship and her time in the white house from 1933 to 1945. Well, good evening and welcome to cspans first ladys influence and image series. Joining us to evening to talk about Eleanor Roosevelt, anita black whos the leader of the project at George Washington university, and a historian. And another historian, whos also an author from rice university. Thank you both for being here with us this evening. Doug, briefly, march, 1933. The roosevelts are being inaugural rated. What are the
Pres. Trump nice place. Ive been hearing about this one, great job. Great job. Thank you for being here. Its an honor. A very important time in our country. A lot of things are happening. I think where it all ends up, it will be very good for everybody. Its an honor to be at Gateway Church with the attorney general, william barr. [applause] and my friend ben carson, who has done a fantastic job. [applause] and a young star, jerome adams, general jerome. [applause] along with a lot of my friends out in the audience. A lot of the great political leaders from texas. Some great friends. I want to take you for being here, faith leaders, members of Law Enforcement. So important. We want law and order. We have to have law and order. [applause] we have to have strength. You have to do what you have to do. You look at seattle, we came in, just hearing about it. We were talking about it. The law and order. Look at what happened in seattle. They took over a city. A city. Big city. A big chunk of