I would hope that the Lgbt Community would recognize me to continuing that progress is the key to the progress weve made so far which is engagement and political engagement. And what also recognize that both the Supreme Court and elsewhere around the country we have systematically than limiting what was a limited democracy to begin with and making true selfgovernment harder and harder and would recognize if our political progress and progress on race and gender and a series of other things are intimately tied up in making this really into a self functioning democracy again i recognize that commonality is political. I would say that we need to recognize issues of race, class, sex is some are lgbt issues and we have an investment not only in cases like this one, but comprehensive Immigration Reform in access to health care. All of these are lgbt issues because people look like the rest of the country. We shouldnt get so into our silo that we forget that. Theres something about being a mi
Who offered a helping hand and a warm smile. Repeatedly, when i was reading a piece in the the wall street journal written by governor jeb bush, i thought of my familys journey out of the ghetto. He said today the sad real city if youre born poor, if youre parents didnt go to college, if you dont know your father, and if english is not spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. You are more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since world war ii. What struck me about governor bushs piece was that all except one of his prerequisite for being condemned forest fire poverty applied to me. Fortunately i know my father. But i was born poor. My parents didnt go to college, and english was not and still is not spoken at home. The odds were stacked against me. So like barack obama has been eager to harp on the odds for political purposes, in the narrative he has been pedaling for the four to five years. The Little People at the bottom of the society dont get a fair shake
Governor andrew cuomo proposing four new sites, adding to four other hospitals already set to open. The president heads to norfolk, virginia today to watch as the usnf comfort travels to new york to help give relief to Health Care Providers in the outbreaks ope epicenter. The house passed a 2 trillion stimulus package. Jed, griff, good morning. Difficult and different circumstances as everyone in this network has endured. How are you both doing . Doing okay. Doing okay. Its interesting because were doing this show pete is in the usual studio on the couch, im in a pod on the second floor in the building and griff is over in dc. Hopefully this translates well to the audience. Its a challenging time, calls for different measures. Were here, well pull through together and we hope the audience is with us today. I wish i was there with you in new york. We are social distancing. Were seeing that has been an effective tool against combating this. Ive been covering this story all week long and
Says they dont feel safe going in to put the wendys out which as you can see is quite close to a bp gas station. Police have been working to try to clear i75 and i 85 which is a major highway in it lands him metropolitan area thats been shut down for hours with thousands of cars backed up. Police have used flash bang grenades and tear gas as well but the crowd continues to grow tonight. The crowd is fired up and curious. There were continuing sound of breaking glass. They began to disperse out for a number of other businesses around the area. We bring in ted williams bp homicide detective attorney formal federal agent time served as the attorney for Police Officers involved in businesses jeff this. We appreciate you being with us this evening. Looking at whats happening on the ground right now what is the tactical decision by the police in atlanta to let this wendys burn and let these crowds continue to shut down highways . You know i dont think what is going on is they will have probl
So for some people too big to fail is still there though theres no scientific or legal proof that it is. I guess what im asking is, what do you suggest that we do to address that misconception of the market and the misconception of some of my own colleagues that too big to fail is still here . Because i think we all agree that we dont want it to be here. Its not here. How do we address that misconception to make it a reality . Well, doddfrank has a strategy, involves making big institutions internalize, take account of the system costs by tougher regulation, higher capital charges and so on. The Orderly Liquidation Authority and strengthening the entire system. So there are steps were taking moving and attraction. I think the markets will come to see that the steps are effective. Of course, we can communicate it, we can say it, but we have been single for years now and some people refuse to believe it. To you except the general there have been some studies that put this subsidy, the al