Despite what had been an increase of 8 million citizens in the eligible population turnout declined by some 5 million voters. Some 33 million eligible voters did not vote. Turnout citizens declined in every state except six, and yes, massachusetts, and all of the new england are states where weve seen that decline. The numb a troubling in certain groups; black, brown, native americans and the poor, but thats where an Organization Called mass vote comes in. It works to register, educate and mobilize voters in underrepresented communities in massachusetts, with an eye on promoting social, and Racial Justice through the ballot. My guest is mass vote clyburn crawford, she grew up in boston, joining her is angel winster, mass votes youth coordinator. She is boston native who recently graduated from Syracuse University where she earned a dual degree in Political Science and policy studies. Welcome, ladies, to higher ground. Thank you for having us. My pleasure, indeed. Tell us, sheryl, what
Nikkei down one. 2 , in china the shanghai composite index up not even 0. 1 . Warner comments from the Saudi Arabian oil minister to the downside by 1 2 , 47. 11 a barrel. Nicole the latest on damage control over the skyrocketing price of the epipen including a celebrity whose son suffered peanut allergies. Lauren ryan ryan lochte has been charged with filing a false police report. Highlights coming up. Nicole 5 01 am, we welcome you to fbn a. M. , your first look at the days market, breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. Lauren are powerful car bomb attack killing 11 Police Officers in turkey ripping through a Police Checkpoint injuring 80 people, no immediate claim of responsibility but the turkish government blames kurdish militants. This is the latest in a string of bombings targeting police or military in the region. It has a large kurdish population. The battle for the white house, Hillary Clinton accusing donald trump of encouraging racial hate. Trump says clinton t
What was your first journalistic experience . Susan i remember being 10 years old and handing out copies of the newspaper that my parents founded, the legal times, at the Aba Convention in washington. And probably ever since then. Brian how long did they own legal times . Susan they started in 1977 and their Company Owned it until 1986. Brian who is the first person who tie you would journalism is all about . Funny. You know, it was there was a famous teacher at the high school i went to. Tom lyons was the supervisor of the newspaper at andover. He was also george w. Bushs favorite teacher in high school. Many years later he was still around, a very, very older statesmen at the school, and not only was he a great leader in journalism but also in the role of a free press. He taught constitutional law as well. My junior year in high school. It was incredible experience. Brian your husband is with us today. Peter baker. Before i go to peter baker, what were the circumstances where you met
Morning at 7 a. M. Eastern, 4 00 a. M. Pacific. Have a great monday. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] break house has been on so members can return to their districts. Agenda includes a three extension for faa funding. Week the house is expected to consider a resolution by speaker paul ryan, opposing the action on immigration. The senate is back today at three eastern. He has been serving as acting secretary for over a year and a confirmation vote is set for 5 30 eastern today. Also coming up, can burns will gates toenry louis talk about race in america. This coming april he will premiere his documentary, jackie robinson. Live at 1 p. M. Eastern today here on cspan. Also republican president ial candidate Governor John Kasich is in his home state of ohio. Mitt romney has not yet endorsed any candidate, but has criticized front
For the national staff. I started in january 1998 one week before the monica story broke. Peter was a White House Reporter covering president clinton. That is how we met. Brian we have some video from 1998. Actually, right after you started. February 6. This is your husband, peter baker, when he worked at the post. The president gets home from his deposition on january 17, having just spent six hours with lawyers from paula jones and going through all this reported sexual encounters with lawyers repeating questions. The one that stuck in his mind was monica lewinsky. He gets home at night and because of betty currie and asks her to come into the office the next day. So they can talk about it. That sunday in the privacy of the white house and they went through his testimony and he tried to see if his memory matched her memory. Prosecutors are very interested in that because her version was somewhat different in that he says i was never out of earshot. He and lewinsky were never essentia