we have extensive live coverage up. there you see the president of the united states, president biden is at the british embassy right now paying his respects. he s signing the book of condolences at the british embassy in washington. you see him there with the british ambassador to the united states, karen peterson, the first lady of the united states, dr. jill biden as well. we ll monitor what the president is doing at the british embassy. we anticipate he ll be seeing something about queen elizabeth, expressing condolences, paying his respects to the united kingdom, to the british monarchy. live coverage coming up. i want to bring in max foster who is at buckingham palace watching all the history unfold for us. max, truly, truly significant moments unfolding. the longest serving head of state in the world, longest serving monarch in british history, something people are struggling to take in even though we knew the inevitable would be coming at some point. the crowds behi
Employees who did not wish to be a member. That is followed by the lead plaintiff in the case and his attorney offering their perspective. And the week ahead in washington with politico reporter heather cagle. People lined up outside the Supreme Court, hoping to hear a case that could affect labor unions. At issue, should a member be forced to pay costs if they do not want to . Cases two of landmark series kicks off tonight. The series take a takes a closer look at decisions in Supreme Court history. You can find out more about the series and tonights program when you visit our website. Case at the supreme rt deals with joining us to talk about the case is josh idol son. Is a labor reporter josh can you set up both sides of this case and what they represent . Guest the Supreme Court is considering whether to deal what could be a devastating blow to unions by making the Public Sector right to work, meaning it would be illegal to require people who are represented by a union to pay for c
Run for the presidency of the United States and win the popular vote by a margin of nearly 3 million people. Although women in u. S. Politics began 2017 with some grim numbers, occupying less than 25 of elected offices at all levels of government, we also witnessed a historic women led outpouring by progressives into the streets in the wake of Donald Trumps inauguration. Since then we have seen a massive upsurge in the number of women who are coming forward to run for Political Office. Since the start of this year, more than 11000 women have approached emilys list to discuss their interest in running for office. Compared to only 900 in the 2016 election cycle. That brings us to the Central Point of todays event. Where do we go from here . How do we make the most of this unique moment of political resistance and progressive renewal and turn womens desire for office into electoral reality . We have to start by getting our facts straight. For too long, the conversation about womens Politi
Good morning morning. Welcome to the center for American Progress action fund. I am the executive and really thank you so much for joining us today for an exciting event on womens leadership. We have arrived at a moment that has the potential to be a pivotal time for women in american politics. In the past six months we have had the first female candidate from a Major Political party run for the presidency of the United States and win the popular vote by a margin of nearly 3 million people. With some pretty grim numbers occupying less than 25 of elected offices at all levels of government. We witnesses a women led of outpour and since then, we have seen a massive up surge in the number of women who were coming forward to run for Political Office. More than 11,000 women have approached emilys list to discuss their interest in running for office compared to only 900 in the 2016 election cycle. Where do we go from here . How do we make the most of these unique moment of political resistan
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