Washington journal continues. Host our next guest is dave zirin. He is the Sports Editor for the nation. I want to get right to it. You wrote, it is exhausting to have a president that gets angrier at outspoken athletes, exhausting how shameless he is about his bigotry, the president never played football. He never served in the armed forces. He frets over what conclusions we draw from the size of his hands. Pitome of a frail brand of masculinity. He longs in psychological textbook as a case study, not in the white house. Guest yes. That is my opinion of the president of the United States. We could add on to that the way he has chosen to express his masculinity, both in sexual conquests and violence against inen and his bullying antics the boardroom. He lives vicariously through football players, soldiers in war, and to me that is the part of trounced speech Donald Trumps speech in alabama last friday where he demonized players for practices and d dissent in an effort to distract us fr
That is my opinion of the president of the United States. 45th we could add on to that the way he has chosen to express his masculinity, both in sexual conquests and accusations of violence against women and his bullying antics in the boardroom. He lives vicariously through things like football players, through soldiers in war, and to me that is the part of trounced trumps speech in alabama last friday where he demonized nfl players for practicing dissent in terms of protesting racial inequality in the legal Justice System in an effort to distract us from other issues in the world. I think the part of that speech we forget when he opines for the day when there was more dramatic brain injury in football. He said the game has been to soft. I would remind people this is again he did not play. It is something he was to the vicariously through the violence on the field. Because it is not more violent, he is dissatisfied with the product. I think that is where he upset the nfl players, but h
Way to fremont not bad. Looking at interstate 880 in oakland, looking good driving past the oracle arena and not a big back up at the bay bridge yet. It is 5 01 am. Today in Orlando Florida and in the bay area, along with the rest of the country, remembering the victims of the deadly pulse nightclub shooting exactly one year ago today 49 people were killed, more than 50 were hurt. The nightclub has been closed ever since, one of the worst Mass Shootings in modern American History. People have put up memorial artwork, photos, Message Boards and honors the victims lives. Today at noon the church bells will ring 49 times, one told for each person killed. The rain did not stop hundreds of gathering last night outside of the shooting scene as they paid their respects to those killed and injured. There will be official services throughout the day, and security is expected to be very tight as you can imagine. The Governor Florida ordering the u. S. Flags around florida to be loan at half staf
For all others, use 2027488002. U can send us a tweet, is cspanwj. And well hear comments from donald trump in just a bit. Well play those for you. Were showing enthuse morning, too, the reporting this week from the News Conference in florida. This is Melanie Trotman of the wall street journal, the headline, donald trump calls for a 10 hourly minimum wage, breaks from the g. O. P. Position. She writes that republican president ial nominee donald trump called for a federal minimum wage of 10 an hour, departing from his past positions and his own party and moving more in line with democrats. Id like to raise it to at least 10, mr. Trump said during a press conference in doral, florida. It wasnt clear initially if he meant the federal minimum wage or the wage floors set by states. When asked to clarify, he said he was talking about the federal minimum wage. Melanie trotman covers labor issues for the wall street journal, the writer of that piece, and joining us by phone this morning. Good
Right time for prudent to take over more of the country. Wilke . All that and more coming up today. Getting to the markets. The nasdaq up. 3 despite the lasses losses we saw last week. The stocks we are watching as we head into the close. For that, straight to julie profit that rose was unexpected in the eyes of analysts. Profits up by three. 5 . Revenue came in better than estimated. The Capital Markets business did show a decline am a but not as big as the company or in the list had been looking for. Equity trading revenue rose. Expectation flow were going into the numbers after citigroup failed the Federal Reserve stress test recently. Definitely seeing a rebound after lowered expect haitians going in. Life sciencesward today. This Company Recently won a Court Victory after the court said medtronic can no longer, at least temporarily, so of valve that is at the center of a patented youth at the center of the company. Edwards getting a big boost in medtronic trading lower. Finally, h