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Tonight join jimmy and his guests senator Bernie Sanders, dr. Bernice a. King, wyatt cenac, and the legendary roots crew its the tonight show at home edition. And now, heres jimmy jimmy welcome to the tonight show, everybody. Thank you for watching its been a long and intense week in this country and i really do appreciate you tuning in i know a lot of these conversations are a little bit uncomfortable. But they need to be had and were having them and were going to continue to have them so thank you again for joining me in these conversations. I think we have a very interesting and fun show for you. The senator from the great state of vermont, Bernie Sanders is on the program this evening also, shes the head of the king central. Ceo of the king central. Her father is dr. Martin luther king jr. And her mom is coretta king also the very funny wyatt cenac is on the show well close out the show with a performance from the roots first lets get to some news well, guys, a former member of Don
Here are their remarks. Good morning. Good morning. As we gather today, first let thank all of our honorees that we are saluting this year. It is important on king day that we do things in the spirit of dr. King. Mr. Sharpton dr. King as a federal holiday was a result in and of itself of struggle. So we do not take it as a day off. We take it as a day on. To do something in the spirit of human rights and civil rights that dr. King stood for. The National Action network started 28 years ago on those principles and weve been blessed to partner with martin who thought to spend this federal holiday every year with us at the breakfast. He had brought his mother to our Convention Many years. So we are in our d. N. A. Kinglike. And no year is more important than this year. Because we are meeting on a morning of king holiday where the nation has been more polarized and divided than weve seen in recent history. The rise of antisemitic attacks, the rise of hate crimes , the right of rhetoric tha
Jerome powell was on capitol hill to update lawmakers on the economy and Monetary Policy. He spoke about the Economic Impact of the coronavirus, Cyber Threats in the Banking Sector and his influence in the Global Economy among other topics. This services hearing is three hours. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds interMonetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics. Fedsolding the independence, you should also be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of p
Irwin joining us with. And kay la, i will start you with. At the windy white house there, as it relates to what were hearing from the Treasury Secretary, and from cnbc language, to Plain English here, what it means. Well, its significant because the Treasury Secretary is saying that as of early june, the federal government wont be able to pay its bills anymore. Its allowed by congress to borrow up to 31 trillion and change, but its going to hit that number next thursday. After that point, treasury is going to be looking under couch cushions to try to finds some additional money. It will be pinching pennies. And it says it will stop contributing or investing into some federal workers retirement accounts, to try to conserve some of that cash in order to avoid reaching that debt limit, or not being able to pay for allies and adversaries that hold the u. S. Debt. So certainly the Treasury Secretary is trying to call on congress and say we need a deal in the coming months. I spoke to a seni