The nations pandemic epicenter gets a date on when it can begin reopening. What it could mean for the nation at large, and the move the president just made about the pandemic thats getting bipartisan backlash. And ready to launch. Hopes soar that today for the first time in nearly a decade astronauts will take off from u. S. Soil. Well go live to the Kennedy Space center on check in on the launch of spacex. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is not a protest. This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther king jr. This is chaos. Reporter the fired Minneapolis Police officer facing charges in the death of george floyd. Outrage spills into the streets across our country. The country with an open wound. None of us can turn away. None of us can be silent. Reporter President Trump defended his tweet on the protests where he said, quote, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Ive heard that phrase for a long time. I dont know where it came from. Repo
Pandemic. And mission and not possible the weather holds the 1st launch of u. S. Astronauts by private company. Back into the program hong kongs long standing special status with the United States is set to come to an end u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei has told congress the territory no longer has a high degree of autonomy from china and shouldnt get special treatment has accused china of trying to model hong kong after itself as it prepares to impose a new security law or hong kong has long been viewed as asias Financial Hub with its own laws and relaxed business regulations making it an attractive gateway to business with Mainland China more than 1300 u. S. Companies have Business Operations in hong kong including nearly every major Financial Firm in 28000 u. S. Foreign investment in hong kong was worth 82500000000. 00 and that number was rising. With Business Activity heavily regulated in China Chinese Companies also set up in hong kong to attract Foreign Investment but china
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We are going to have a great night tonight. We are honoring literary liens, emma white will be honored, a big night for the Massive National Book Foundation for literature, culture, a big night for all of us. When i have the ability to stand in front of people i mention my mothers name jean christian. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am the man that i am because she is the woman sheis or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college at the age of 17, the first person in her family to go to college. For me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a scant few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthrightof every single one of us, no exception and if you can read in at least one language youare in my definition free. That is to say , no one can pull the wall over your eyes. No one can give you a set of what they want to call alternative facts and co
Are you guys picking up audio and mark. I guess its working. We will get you gentlemen shortly. You for joining us. Im jordan worthing, and i have the honor of introducing this mornings very special programmer, a conversation with Chris Matthews and former ceo and executive vice chairman of the Hearst Corporation frank douglas. Millions of viewers turned to msnbc at7 00 , to hear chris deliver his trademark openings to hardball. Butthe roots of his journalism career are actually with first. For over 15 years, i thought it was 12, he corrected me like a journalist, chris was Washington Bureau chief of the examiner and the syndicated columnist for the chronicle after frank bought the San Francisco chronicle and then chris went on to lunch hardball with eight bestselling books. And as everyone knows, chris returned to the air after a brief hiatus recover from Prostate Cancer surgery and we couldnt be more grateful for you to being here today. Ive had the pleasure of working with frank Fra