First president in his lifetime who does not try to unite the American People, does not even pretend to try. You can read the entire statement at the atlantic. Com. Next, former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein testifies processisa application and how it was used by the fbi to investigate potential ties between russia and the truck president ial campaign. This hearing is part of an ongoing review into possible misuse of the fisa process. Mr. Rosenstein was asked about his role at the time of the investigation and his decision to appoint a special counsel. Good morning, everybody. For those watching on television, it is 28 degrees in here. [laughter] is that what it is . Chairman graham i do not know, but let it the air conditioning works. Thank you. We will have a hearing today about all things crossfire, hurricane and the Robert Mueller investigation. We will have five minute rounds. As usual, i will try to make sure you are able to finish your thought in five minutes, and not c
Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Well, its taken, actually, from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe43, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting, in effect, the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. And it wasnt enough simply to defeat the nazis, but to create at home a true democracy. A place where the common man would finally come into his own. And hoover approached this from a different place on the political spectrum. He was, in effect, making the case for what we might call a meritocracy. But something to say, that i shouldnt paraphrase it, but, you know, when you get sick, you want an uncommonly skillful doctor. When we go to war, we want an uncommonly able general. Yo
We have a quorum. Vice president taylor thank you. In the last few weeks, we watched the barbaric murder of george floyd by vile, racist Police Officers. We watched Ahmaud Arbery get gunned down by white spr supremacists. Study after study shows that white people and black people are not only more likely to commit crimes, they think that we feel less pain. We have a less nuanced feeling, and less worthy of protection, so we often have to fend for ourselves. Racism is definitely a police problem, one that is as old as our entire nation, but lets be clear no ones off the hook. Racism is an america problem. Trayvon martin, Ahmaud Arbery were killed by citizens. The overwhelming number of hate crimes are committed by ordinary citizens. Every Single Member of this commission is committed to rooting out bias in this Police Department, and after seeing the murder in minneapolis, after seeing the recent video circulating of what appears to be neck restraints used here in San Francisco in janua
Chairman graham good morning, everybody. For those watching on television, it is 28 degrees in here. [laughter] is that what it is . Chairman graham i do not know, but let it the air conditioning works. Thank you. We will have a hearing today about all things crossfire, hurricane and the Robert Mueller investigation. We will have five minute rounds. As usual, i will try to make sure you are able to finish your thought in five minutes, and not cut you off. I appreciate all of the participation. Mr. Rosenstein, thank you for coming to the committee voluntarily. We appreciate your service to our country and your bridges a patient in the hearing today. And i will try to do a pretty short opening statement, then we will get to the witness. Why are we here . I think we have a clip. This is mr. Rosenstein on may 1, 2018. It really does illustrate chairman graham turn it up. Mr. Rosenstein we make mistakes. We are not flawless. If we accuse somebody of wrongdoing, we need credible witnessesa n
House passes and aid package and some corporate bailouts may come at the price of corporate equity stakes. And gilead shares crash as reports suggest its potential covid19 drug flopped in trial. Good morning, everybody. Program. O the we see a sluggish pace reflected in european futures. Much weaker. Features down, plenty of reasons to be gloomy if youre looking for them in terms of u. S. Jobs data, eurozone pmi data. We saw that certainly have an impact. Lets have a look at u. S. Futures. We do see some negativity and u. S. Futures in u. S. Futures. But not to the same extent. As we continue to watch the earnings stories coming in, lets get a bloomberg first word news update for you. The u. S. House overwhelmingly passed a nearly 500 billion. Oronavirus aid plan the white house says President Trump will sign the legislation today New Washington time. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin once equity stake in exchange for a share of 17 billion in aid. He says Public Companies critical to N