Nasdaq. Now, here are the negative for stocks today. Dr. Fauci suggesting a lockdown christmas. Why . With all the traveling and celebrating we did over thanksgiving, its expected to produce a new round of infections that will in turn require a new round of restrictions. Well have more on this throughout the show. I get the impression were being treated like children, punished for celebrating our national holiday, but dont get me started. One more item. The biden team takes shape, very similar to the Obama Biden Team that left Washington Four years ago. Neera tanden could go to the budget office, Jared Bernstein expected to become a president ial adviser, he was Vice President bidens chief economist, and back to the future . Sure looks like it, doesnt it . On the show today, the priceline ceo offering deals to get people back to travel. The waffle house ceo, hes pounding the table, keep dining rooms open, hes pleading. And mrs. Fields cookies, their ceo somehow has to replace the reven
I title this a Promised Land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes even if we experience hardships and disappointments along the way, i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect, not a Perfect Union but a more Perfect Union. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of Washington Post lives. I michelle lewis, opinion columnist for the race card project and for the special conversation this morning im joined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, scholar and president of the Andrew W Mellon foundation. Good morning. Wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and we both welcome our guest for the conversation. The 40 fourth president of the United States, barack obama. Assume you recognize the guy in the middle. Washington post brought out the big guns. We are excited to see you. Im grateful you took the time. This is a News Organization so we have to begin with a little news. Overnight we learned astrazeneca has joined two other D
Three keynote speakers from past conventions are considered to deliver the best speech of their political careers. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan at the 1976 Democratic Convention, three term new york governor mario cuomos address in 1984 and texas state treasurer and future governor and richards keynote speech in 1988. In 1976, congresswoman Barbara Jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree from Boston University and was the first black woman elected to the texas senate. House,erving in the u. S. She taught political ethics at the university of texas at austin and later chaired the u. S. Commission on Immigration Reform which recommended immigration in the usb cut by 1 3. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] ladies and gentlemen [applause] ladies and gentlemen [applause] ladies or arer you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you dont know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, d
For the very first time ever, republicans have successfully ousted a sitting speaker. Kevin mccarthy only serving for 269 days. His speakership undone by eight republicans. The ripping off of the bandaid. Thats what we need to do to get back on track. I do not regret negotiating. The government is designed to find compromise. The era is definitely over. Theyre in total disarray. They need time to figure out whats next. I think the American Public understands what were doing and fully support it. President biden is going to aim to strike a tone of business as usual. The house cannot do anything until there is a speaker elected here. Good morning from washington, d. C. We are live outside the capitol. The House Of Representatives is paralyzed after Kevin Mccarthy became the first speaker in the history of the chamber to be removed. That Means Congress cant do its job for the American People and no one is running the show, at least not officially or formally with weeks left to prevent a G
End. He has written quite a bit. Theres long list of things that he has written. Is authored major pieces on ethics stereotyping in ambassador magazine. He also has talked about, of actors like stanley, john turturro. Is a labor journalist for the National Education association for a decade. He has one numerous awards, and he has a digital poetry book called the list goes on and on. He has won various awards like a digital Book Publishers of america in 2014 and if theres anything ive left out, steve, please [inaudible] thank you, joann. You deserve ive never heard a a poet before get the words plutonic and madonna in the same phrase. Prices come really priceless. This is common here today, their number of people who are my former colleagues the administration. A number of new friends, fellow writers who ive met here, and representatives of some 50 colleges and universities. Sharing the panel with fred is really, this is deja vu all over again because 20 years ago i was working on an ar