Voters whether their concern about political division. Watch this program in entirety on our website cspan. Org. Now to a virtual discussion on governing priorities for the next president. Live coverage on cspan2. We welcome you to the second phase of our conversation following up on Nick Eberstadts lecture about our country which has seen more than its share of challenges and unexpected turns. Next lecture will be one starting point for this and another will be the simple fact we are less than a month away from a president ial election. The winner of that election, the person who takes the oath of office will face ordinary challenges both those created by the pandemic, many of which nick just discussed and those that have been building long before and require attention and action. That person will confront unusual opportunities in this strange moment. It helps the president think about those challenges and opportunities about how to prioritize them and ai has been engaged in a special
The chat on the lights in your watching. The common with clovis tempora suspended in personal events but to keep you informed during this pandemic we were going full sd ahead with a full slate of live online programs. Most of these conversations are currently free to the public so we ask that you consider donating to the club to help us continue our work. Please visit us at commonwealthclub. Org online tool and more and you can also text the word donate to 415 3294231 drink this program. You can find this information in the description box below. Now please join in welcoming shaun king and jane kim. Welcome to todays Virtual Program with inforum and the come with club. My name is jane kim. I serve as supervisor here in the city of San Francisco and most recently as the california and National Regional political director for bernie 2020 2020si got to work very close with shawn campaigning for senator sanders. And really pleased be here today. So excited. What an incredible feat. Congrat
Giving cpr. We couldnt do anything. We were there live last night, it was horrifying. Have police at anything about this possibly being gang related . So police were not confirm or deny any connection to any gangs of the woman you heard at the end of the story says in no way, shape or form a family affiliated with any gangs, coming up at six we will hear her message directly to the gunman. A heartbreaking scene in oakland chinatown, the massive fire tore through a destroyed. Businesses and markets in that neighborhood. Chopper five over that fire this morning along webster street. As you can see the building covers the entire block about two thirds of that building is totally burned. The popular the monies restaurants just one of many that now has to deal with this during an already tough time. Crews say all the businesses insider either damaged from the flames, or the water. Fighting in chinatown is almost no different than anyone else in downtown oakland, where they are both very clo
With life programming. Please consider donating to help us continue our work. Please visit us at commonwealth club. You can find us and the description box below. Welcome to todays virtual program. I served as a supervisor in the city and county and most recently at the california director for bernie 2020 where i could work very close with sean campaigning for senator sanders. Theres not too many things more that scare me than writing a book. [laughter] and how to fight injustice. Sean will share with us a little bit about his journey and if you have a question and then reserve time at the end. And those that can order on the link that commonwealth put up but we encourage you so what the process was like theres nothing more difficult than telling your own story. We originally planned on doing this as a live event back in may with my book coming out in april. I love the bay and so many of my closest friends are there. We have five kids. We had all taken off of work and school and going
Week with a different break from tradition, bringing brand new meaning to a timeworn political cliche. The rose garden strategy. Its more than a metaphor now. Thats where First Lady Melania Trump will deliver her speech tonight. The site of President Trumps acceptance speech on thursday. Well see him from the iconic east room tonight. Mike pompeo will become the first secretary of state in modern times to give a political speech to a Party Convention when he beams in on a Diplomatic Mission to the middle east. Mary bruce is at the white house and mary, all president s try to capitalize on the trappings of the office when they run for reelection. This convention taking it to a whole new level. George, this is a familiar setting but we have never seen anything like this before. A first family using the white house, the peoples house, as the backdrop for a political convention. Critics say it crosses a moral line, but the president is intent on using the trappings of the incumbency to mak