Headed the countrys brutal colonial regime the call is now being echoed by thousands of protesters. Camping as a refuge from corona by South Koreans looking to escape the stress of social distancing or discovering a love for the Great Outdoors. Spicer welcome to the program and we begin in the u. S. Where thousands of people are gathering in tulsa oklahoma for president Donald Trumps 1st Campaign Rally in more than 3 months the city has a long history of racial tensions and there are fears that trumps visit could spark violence the date of the event is also being criticized coming just a day after june 13th day marking the end of slavery in the United States. Black lives matter protesters gathered across the United States on friday to commemorate the end of slavery. Donald trumps original plan to hold a Campaign Rally on that date sparked a huge backlash so too did the location tulsa oklahoma is the site of the worst incident of racist violence in u. S. History in 1921 the citys Greenw
Member for the president s Reelection Campaign, talk about the africanamerican vote. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. This is the federal holiday marking the life of dr. Martin luther king jr. Today is the National Holiday and this is a live picture of the mlk memorial in washington, d. C. After about 20 years of planning and fundraising, this memorial twoopen to the public in thousand 11. The mlk holiday became law in 1983, signed by ronald lakin reagan into law. How are Race Relations doing as we enter 2020 . Are they Getting Better . 2027488000 is your number. If you think Race Relations are getting worse, 2027488001. If you are not sure, 2027488002 is your number. You can send us a text at washington journal. The number is 2027488003. Please leave your name and the town you are calling from. You can post a comment at facebook. Com cspan or a comment at cspanwj. Usa is the fro
Editorial, they are throwing their weight behind two democrat candidates for president. Senators Andy Klobuchar and elizabeth warren, for various reasons. What do you make of this double endorsement . Guest is unique both in how they did it and also in endorsing two candidates, but it is something i have been thinking about for years. It is time for newspapers to stop endorsing candidates. For a couple reasons. First of all, im not sure how many people are waiting around for a newspaper to tell them who to vote for. I think that that time has gone. But also, you and i know that there are walls within the Editorial Board, the reporting side, i think most people either do not know that that exists or they do not believe that that exists. When an Editorial Board makes an endorsement, people assume that the whole paper is in the tank for that candidate or those candidates, and i think that hurts the reporting, the journalism side. Andow it is a big deal in the New York Times is a wellrespe
A cancer of hatred in america after 5 or stabbed at a jewish celebration. Get now tens of thousands of a stray and still to leave their homes as bush fires flare in another state. Their warm welcome to this hour of news well the u. S. Is calling them precision defensive strikes they are iraq the Prime Minister has labeled them quote im acceptable an american attack on the bases of a shia armed group close to the Syrian Border is causing new friction 3 camps of cuts a of hezbollah our hits in iraq one of them near all kind and 2 more inside syria at least 19 people have been killed well the pentagon says its in response to repeated rocket attacks on iraq he bases the most recent one killed an american civilian contract to just a few days ago well Simona Fulton explains why these targeted airstrikes appear to be an important shift in u. S. Action in iraq. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets
Resolution goes on. And every delay brings more deaths more than five hundred people have been killed in a week as Government Forces attack opposition held eastern. Areas says its the ploy more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in the north of the country and the fascists march in the roma week before its always a lecture ends with right wing parties like the league expected to do well. And im Tatiana Sanchez in doha with the sport where history has been made in pyongyang chang the czech republics estella death to becomes the fast athlete to win gold in both skiing and snowboarding as a single london picks. While for the third day running un ambassador is there a gathering of the sick. Council to vote on a resolution on the syria but the session keeps being put back it was you could take place an hour ago but nothing so far are diplomatic editor james bays joins us live now from United Nations headquarters any news or any information about what