Economic data, down just a little bit in the red today, down 22 points 37 yeah, it is the first trading day of the new month. December, a strong month historically for the stocks, but theres a push and pull going on between Market Forces and the Economic Data, and were in the red across the board, relatively flat this monday morning. The data, u. S. Manufacturing activity last month lowest level since the summer of 2009, but then we got a Construction Spending report that was good. In october, it rose by the largest amounts in five months, and then we got auto sales throughout the morning, and while they were decent, gm, toyota, and chrysler missed novembers estimates, but ford beat them. Thats the data and push and pull among the markets, back to you. Lauren, thanks so much. 12995 where it ends, nobody knows. Take a gamble. Talks in a standstill, Timothy Geithner blaming republicans saying they have to raise taxes in order to avoid going over the cliff. Rich edson in washington with t
Heavily armed local police. Lewis suffered a fractured skull. It would forever be remembered as bloody sunday. The images of brutality shocked the nation. Galvanizing support for the Voting Rights act, signed into law by president Lyndon Johnson. Lewis never lost his young, activist spirit. Taking it from protest to politics. Standing up for what he believed was right, lewis was arrested more than 40 times by police, according to his congressional office. Im on my way, and we are going to win this race. He was selected to city council in atlanta. Then, to congress in washington, representing georgias 5th district. Fighting against poverty and for healthcare, while working to help younger generations, by improving education. He reached out to young people in other ways. Cowriting a series of novels about the Civil Rights Movement. Winning him a National Book award. In the life of so many moments and great achievements, it was the achievement of another, in 2008 that, perhaps, meant the
Was angered by the unfairness of the jim crow south. He credited Martin Luther king jr. For inspiring the Civil Rights Movement. As say student, he organized sitins at lunch counters. Reporter in the early 60s, he was a freedom rider challengichallenge ing integration. He frequently suffered beatings by angry mobs. Lewis 23 years old at the time was the youngest speaker on the 1963 march on washington. We do not want our freedom gradually. We want to be free now. Reporter then two years later led a march for rights themselves. Reporter on the Edmund Pettus bridge he and other marchers were set upon and beat. Lewis suffering a fractured skull it would be remembered as always as as bloody sunday. Galvanized into law by president lyndon johnson. Lewis never lost his young act it visit spirit. Taking it from protest to politics, standing up for what he believed was right, lewis was arrested more than 40 times by police, according to his congressional office. Im on my way and were going to
With these television companies, supports cspan2 as a public service. We would like to welcome our guest. Im very excited to welcome Devon Carbado celebrating the release of unreasonable black lives, police power, and the fourthth amendment. Devon carbado is a professor of law at ucla school of law. The author of numerous articles and edited volumes. He is also the coauthor of acting white, rethinking race in postracial america. He lives in los angeles. He will be in conversation with paul butler, a former federal prosecutor who provides legal commentary for msnbc and npr, and has been featured in 60 minutes and profiled in the washington post. A law professor at georgetown university, he is the author of lets get free, a hiphop theory of justice. Winner of the media award and show called, policing black men. Both from the new press. He has published numerous op beds and book reviews including the new york times, the washington post, the boston globe and the los angeles times. Me so pl
The Confederate Flag removed from the capital this morning in South Carolina. The state didnt do it. Someone else climbed up that pole and took it down. Two people are now in custody. We begin in new york where hundreds of officers are out this morning looking for this man, david sweat, the escaped killer still on the run, three weeks after breaking out. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. 10 00 this morning on the east coast, 7 00 out west. Thanks for joining us for newsroom. We are starting with the helicopters and the search dogs. 1100 Law Enforcement officers. A huge rush of resources. Police are now searching for escaped killer david sweat. They believe they could have him, here is the word they are using, contained inside a perimeter. The search is going on near the upstate new York Community of malone. We are covering this story across several angles and from the area. They are live on the ground. We have jean casarez and Polo Sandoval inside. Give us the latest. Reporter the