For the imf meetings but lets get a check on the markets as investors digested the data out of china earnings will be coming through in europe. We struggle a little bit and stoxx 600. Cable is coming off a fivemonth high. A lot of concern going into this weekend and what parliament will vote on in terms of the brexit deal. We are talking about potential rate hikes. Coming up, we hear from the Vice President of the european atmission that 1130 time 11 30 a. M. London time. And still to come, we speak to bank of England Governor Mark carney at 5 30 p. M. London time. Definitely not want to miss. All of those conversations from the Imf World Bank annual meeting. Lets get first word news in new york. We begin with the ceasefire in syria. The u. S. And turkey agreeing to a break in hostilities to allow kurdish fighters to withdraw. Once the ceasefire takes affect them a donald will remove this weeks sanctions, but u. S. Senators from both sides say the deal does not go far enough. Reluctant
Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. And Today Is The Day actress Stormy Daniels taking the stand against donald trump in the trial today. Shes the key witness. So prosecutors had an important goal here today, showing the jury that shes believable, that shes telling the truth, that the facts are on her side. And while defendant trump is not on trial for lying about the underlying encounter. That itself would not be a crime and is not charged, they want to use the d. A. , this testimony to show this was the first of many lies by trump, trump of which if prosecuted are crimes. This is her chance to be heard in a Legal Process that has spanned years and often said has involved many claims about her at the center of this scandal. Donald trumps personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with the republican candidate for president. The former president accused of paying 100,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels. Stormy daniels became a H
Of white sufficient rah gists and often made the point they did not recognize the way race had created a distinct set of obstacles for black women. And i think somebody in our debate made exactly that point in our discussion. Were going to talk about that in a couple of weeks. Now i want to talk about jacobs herself. The narrative that she composed. I think as you know she wrote that narrative under the name linda brent. She also changed the names of other people that were also in that account. She was born not as linda brent but as Harriet Jacobs in edenton, North Carolina in 1813. Her parents were slaves. But they were also, and i think you get a sense of this when she describes her childhood. Her parents were skilled workers, which meant that especially her father had the opportunity to hire out their time and also to live somewhat independently from the slaveholders. Her father was a carpenter. His independence meant he could have his children live at home with him, his children be
To go back against her moral and religious principles to avoid being abused by him and she went and had relations with the other man, mr. Sands. Mr. Sands, right. So yeah. There was the sexual abuse that really threatened her religious principles. So shes trying to kind of balance or deal with this issue of theres sort of the whole question of the morality, the christianity thats connected to it, and this constant threat that shes facing in terms of sexual abuse and how shes going to manage that. So she says, just to kind of refer you to a couple of places, shes sort of very conscious that she has particular concerns that confront her as a slave whos a woman. She says on page 58, for example, this is the bottom of that first paragraph. She says the influence of slavery had had the same effect on me that they had on other young girls. They made me prematurely knowing concerning the evil ways of the world. I knew what i did and i did it with deliberate calculation. Then she says again on
To whom maybe an important qualifier for this panel. What does it mean to be a bad president . What counts as bad and how do we define a bad president . Specifically, who might have been the worst president ever . Our panelists are david greenberg, are you full position now . Oh, associate professor. Just a little bit inside baseball, sorry guys. Associate professor of history and journalism and immediate study at news brunswick. Hes the author of books of nixon and most recently of a wonderful book of the public of spin. Again, a kind moment, good work, david. This is a history of the white house. David is a long time contributor and now writes a history column for political. To davids right, although not politically ynette gordon reid, professor at the ratliff institute. A renowned professor and scholar of American History, gordon reid has published six books. American family 2008 which won numerous awards for non fiction. A leading and field changing scholar of Thomas Jefferson and