Tweeted to say she and President Trump a quarantine in at home she says that both feeling good and the upcoming engagements have been postponed molony trump has also encouraged everyone to stay stay for. A White House Correspondent kimberly how joins us on the phone from washington d. C. Were going to get an update on the markets which is what we would just talking about in a little wall kimberly but lets just recap on what you think the white house response is going to be so this given that we all so close to this election which donald trump is. Falling in the polls and. Theres no question that this white house is going to try to put a positive spin on this as americans wake up. The president has an obligation 0 to do that traditionally by american standards they are sort of the consoler in chief when times are tough dont turn has been criticised for not always living up to the sex dictation but we do know from his personality that he tends to speak in perl if the things are the best
Conversation by adam gopnik. My name is bo mendez, manager of program progressive communications. Brooklyn Historical Society. While we walk in the tort physical location i am still honored and have opposed to welcome you all to our virtual programs. We look forward to hopefully having you join us for more in the coming weeks. Before we get to the subject of two Nights Program i want to share a little bit about some things we have coming up, things to look forward to more virtual programs. We will be hosting next week will be hosting former new York State Attorney general kenneth philby shared her new book in the conversation with they will explore the connection between big money and impact on our democracy. That would be on august 11. Following week will be hosting Rick Perlstein in a conversation with Jeffrey Toobin discussing his new book which continues in the expiration we been doing with the recent history of the Republican Party in modern american conservatism. That will be aug
I am the Vice President of the open Society Foundation that is hosting this event. And i should say, that we are going to talk to around 45 minutes, give or take. And that we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions. Those questions that you would like to share with eric and maya and me should be sent to questions at open Society Foundations. Org. Questions and open Society Foundations. Org party can also do this by twitter. If you really need to, you can do it via facebook. We are recording this event. It is being live cast. And it is going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, mile wylie is with us as a discussant. She has a very long time civil rights lawyer and activist, former chair of new york cities civilian Complaint Review board. Former Corporation Counsel to his honor, william de blasio, a University Professor at the school and ongoing legal analyst for both nbc news and msnbc. And so its a great pleasure, maya to be wi
The screen and we will try to address everybodys questions near the end of the program but if we dont get your exact question, we apologize. I have a feeling there would be lots of questions today. It is my pleasure to introduce todays speakers. First Maya Rockeymoore cummings is a a former chair of the Maryland Democratic party and wife of the late congressman Elijah Cummings. In were better than this congressman cummings details the moment of which is life the prepared in two oh President Trump accountable for his actions while in office. His final words are a called action for us all to remain rooted in the politics of optimism and enact change in any way we can. Moderate to nice conversation is april ryan, cnn political analyst, bureau chief for american urban rear network and author most recently of under fire. Reporting from the frontlines of the trump white house. Please welcome my in april to p p life. Hi, ladies. Thank you. How are you doing . Everyone, thank you for joining.
Of us 2020 feels like its been a decadelong and so this fall, two months from now we are going to be facing an election which will be the First Time Ever that an impeached president appears on the ballot. Could you talk a little bit about the dynamics that were set into motion by this investigation by the subsequent impeachment and the acquittal that are still playing out today as we head into this final stretch before the election . Thanks karen, i will start their. Two big big things, one is emboldened donald trump, he hates this, hes angry, he doesnt like the stain and he wants to win. The very night the house voted to impeach, he went to michigan got a big crowd and promised four more years. At the same time its jeopardize the republican majority in the senate. In key swing states people were upset, they like to think the senate are independent thinkers that check on the presidency. Sarah gideon is using what Susan Collins said and did in that voting not to acquit so you will see t