Author of a book called lincoln and his admirals. To his right is Richard Norton smith, who might be the dean to have president ial historians. Hes headed several president ial libraries. Hes here today to represent a kind of overarching perspective. Michael lynd, hes going to give us that special mix of history and policy expertise that were looking for. What we wanted to do in this panel is try to a semester course. Several of the questions from this course called understanding lincoln. Ill begin with a couple of questions from our k12 educators. Before i ask the first question, though, let me say a few words of thanks. First of all, lance warren is the producer of the course. Hes done a marvelous job of putting it together. At the new america foundation, Becky Schafer has been very helpful. At dicken son college, we have a student interning who has been working hard to promote in on social media. Thanks to all of them. Of course, thanks to the First Congregational United Church chri
Milestone the number of coronavirus globally now 13 million and the number of deaths more than 570,000. In the United States, only 4 of the worlds population, makes up nearly onequarter of those deaths, 135,512 dead americans tonight. The number of the cases in this country headed for another single day record. As of tonight 35 states are going in the wrong direction in case count, too, including california the most populated state in the country just announcing rolling back measures today. And while dr. Anthony fauci meantime and President Trump are on completely different pages. Here it is. Its happened. Your worst nightmare. The perfect storm. It is truly historic. We havent even begun to see the end of it yet. We havent even begun to see the end of it. That is not the message President Trump wants you to hear. He knows it reflects poorly on his leadership at this point and highlights a failure to get the pandemic under control. That is why trump is yelling the opposite as loudly as
Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. Im tiffany cross. Now we all know that donald trump has a thing for dictators and each time he praised these leaders, men who he has called good friends, trump exposed and apparent autocratic envy that foreshadowed what we are seeing right now in portland, oregon where on friday thousands of protesters including the wall of moms and a wall of veterans standing in solidarity for black lives matter were met with federal agents who deployed tear gas to disperse the crowds. Federal officers wearing military style camouflage and helmets have been patrolling portland with batons and tear gas driving around an unmarked vehicles sweeping up and detaining protesters in a way that oregons own attorney general says resembles abductions. This is trumps secret police. Federal agents igniting chaos in a city led by a democratic mayor who was also tear gassed by u. S. Agents this week. According to trump, he simply is trying to quell unrest. In other words, he i
Hello, everybody. Im john king in washington. Thank you so much for sharing this special day with us, special because today the nations capitol honors and remembers the late congressman john lewis, the man who meant so much to so many, a civil rights icon, a hero, the conscience of the congress for decades and the casket will arrive at joint base andrews moments from now. Lewis will begin his final journey to capitol hill. For more on his arrival congressman lewis was honored in his birth state of alabama over the weekend. That included one Last Crossing of the Edmund Pettus bridge, can you see it right there recruiting the route that lewis and others took on bloody sunday back in 1965 and then again later with Martin Luther king jr. On march for Voting Rights from selma to montgomery. Lewis body laid in state at the Alabama State capitol as people paid respects. Today there will be a ceremony in the u. S. Capitol rotunda. Leaders and the Congressional Black Caucus will take part and j
Until the voters picked a president in november and let the winning candidate choose a nominee. I urge every senator to take a step back from the brink, take off the blinders of politics for just one critical moment, stand up for the constitution you sco swore to uphold. This is a time to deescalate to put a end to the shattering of precedence that has thrown our nation into chaos under this president. Just because you have the power to do something doesnt absolve you of your responsibility to do right by the American People. At the top of the hour, the president will hold a previously unscheduled press conference up until just about an hour or two ago, all of this coming now just two days before trump and Joe Biden Square off in the first president ial debate of 2020. With just over a month to go before voters head to the polls, the high stakes battle for control of the white house, congress and the u. S. Supreme court all intensifying. We have a team of correspondents covering all of