Usa, huntsville, alabama, 11 00 a. M. On wall street. And squawk alley is live good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alley. I am Carl Quintanilla with leslie picker, mike santoli at post nine of the New York Stock Exchange jon fortt is on assignment, Morgan Brennan is in huntsville. The resurgence of rocket city, usa. Morgan reporter hey, carl, thats right. With a population of fewer than half a million residents in huntsville, alabama, one could be forgiven if they dont realize how significant this area has been to modern american history. Before the 1950s, it was watercress capital of the world. The army moved a Ballistic Missile program here in the 1950s, into the 1960s. Nasa was established the Marshall Space Flight center, began to develop rockets for major Space Programs like apollo, and that legacy has continued all the way into today. Theres Something Like 400 aerospace and Defense Companies operating in the huntsville, alabama area today part of the reason this is called rock
They thought it was gonna make 700 million, but it actually made 1. 3 billion. So it had a business impact, it had a community impact, it opened up doors. dramatic music Rocket Thrusting it showed that these kinds of stories, looking at black speculative fiction, looking at afrofuturism and blacks in scifi, looking at horror was also highly profitable. Scifi is really a conversation about our humanity and mans relationship to technology and exploring other worlds. Its really exciting to know that more blackcentric Science Fiction is making its way onto the television screens, finally. Black people have always loved Science Fiction and have always loved fantasy. We just didnt know it. When you think of how broad that landscape is, to not include every single individual that is participating in the world, then its a lie. We have millions and millions of stories that need to be told. And us getting our due is literally just opening the gates for everyone else. upbeat music no Ray Gun Firi
5 00 on the east coast and we begin with the escalating challenges to president Trumps National Emergency Declaration. Protesters took to the streets coast to coast monday rallying against the plan to use billions from federal programs mostly from the department of defense to build his border wall. Last night 16 states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Emergency Declaration. Led by California Attorney general Xavier Becerra the states argue the president is using the pretext of a manufactured crisis. Its pretty clear that the president is trying to usurp congresss authority. The president does not have the power of the purse. The president cant decide to shuffle money around once congress has allocated it, thats only for congress to do, otherwise president s for the last 240 years would have been doing the same thing when they dont like where Congress Puts the money, simply because donald trump fabricated a crisis and called it a National Emergency doesnt mean that he can violate th
More than doubled, but what device theyre watching may surprise crow. And just a year after watching off the job West Virginia teachers may hit the picket lines again. Why the union says it had no other choice. Great to see you again today. Its tuesday, february 19th. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets get started. We begin with the escalating challenges to president Trumps National Emergency Declaration. P protesters to took to the streets rallying against the defense to build his border wall. And last night 16 states entered the lawsuit to sue the Emergency Declaration. The states argue the president is using the pretext of a manufactured crisis. Well, its pretty clear that the president is trying to usurp congress authority. The president does not have the power of the purse. The president cant decide to shuffle money around once congress has allocated it. Thats only for congress to do. Otherwise president s would have done the same thing. Simply because donald trump fabricated a kr