And then in europe youre going to see equity futures there also to the upside this morning, gains across the board of better than 1 . Its up a third of a percent and stocks in italy up by 1. 5 breaking news happening moments ago, hong kong leader has now announced the official withdrawal of the extradition bill that sparked months of mass protests there its one of five demands including universal suffrage in the citys elections it sparked a late night rally in hong kong with stocks closing higher by nearly 4 youre looking at the stock chart right there. A loif report from hong kong in a couple of minutes. The other big global story is a political Crisis Brewing in the u. K. He joins us to explain the situation to app american audience that isnt necessarily familiar with the parliamentary procedure. This is not for me this is not for me this is for certain individuals that may not understand what is going on there but go slowly just in case i want to pick up a few of the nuisances and w
Andrew wilder i think well go ahead and get started. Good morning. My name is andrew wilder. Im the Vice President here at usip at the asia center. Im delighted to welcome today to todays are important and timely event. As many of you know, usip was founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent nonpartisan National Institute charged with the vital Important Mission of protecting mitigating and resolving violence abroad. Todays topic is very near and dear to usip. Weve had an office in kabul since 2002 and where closely with the afghan and u. S. Governments, civil side organization, and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. Support to the afghan Peace Process is a top priority for usip. We dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to support research, dialogue, skill building workshops, and policy analysis both here in washington and in afghanistan. Throughout all our efforts with held fast to the conviction that for Peace Process t
Citizens. [applause] me innch please join thanking our firefighters and our Police Officers, who keep us safe. [applause] and join me in thanking our veterans and our women and men of the military, the work so hard to protect us who work so hard to protect us. [applause] mr. Lynch now we are in the midst of an important president ial campaign and election, maybe the most important of our lives. The current occupant of the white house, he who shall not be continues to want to divide us. He attacks our heritage, our ethnicity, race, whether we have disabilities, and also he attacks our Sexual Orientation. I am here to say to the president ial candidates, we are here to say to the president ial candidates, and i know we speak for people all over america, we dont care what is in your dna. We care what is in your heart, your head, and whether you have the passion, commitment, and capability to make a positive difference in the lives of the people of this country and the world. [applause] mr
Freedoms. Explore our nations passed on American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Joining us now is ken burns talking about his latest project looking at Country Music. Thank you for joining us. This isvinced you that a topic worth exploring . We are always looking for good stories in American History that are firing on all cylinders. Country music was filled with the stories. Engagingativity and almost all of the themes that we dealt with over the last 40 years of filmmaking. Race, gender, region, creativity versus commerce. All of these wonderful things. And a series where people die of broken hearts. Not by the millions, but of broken hearts. That there the themes that compromise this fact embrace . How does Country Music fact of race . Guest we do this a disservice. Country music comes down to us when we presume something about Country Music, but the banjo, one of the central instruments with the fiddle, is from africa. The major early stars of Country Music had africanamerican
Sat down with cspan to discuss a number of issues including trade, Gun Legislation, the 2020 elections, and the trump administration. This is 25 minutes. Lets begin with the gun debate. The house is already passed a bill. Do you have any sense of what Senate Republicans would support when it comes to Gun Legislation . Speaker pelosi you would have to ask them. I know what the American People support. Common sense background check legislation. That is what we passed almost 200 days ago, in the earliest days of the democratic majority. We passed legislation that has been sitting over there for about 200 days. 100 people a day die from gun violence, many of them children and teenagers. Many of those deaths could have been prevented with background checks. Arerom your standpoint, background checks a starting point or endpoint with Gun Legislation . Speaker pelosi background checks are a point because they save the most lives. People talk about other initiatives, which are important, but wh