The fdic, Martin Gruenberg and michael barr appeared before the senate to if found continued Sexual Harassment at the agency. Watch at 9 00 eastern on cspan. Joining us now is a professor of law, civil rightsâ– i and socil justice at georgetown university. The author of a book, white space, black hood. It has been 70ears since the Supreme Court gave its decision in brown v board of education. Haseen the Lasting Impact . Ost Lasting Impact is that brown captured the imagination of a new gener of young people who were to believe i am a free and equal citizen. Be able to go to School Institution in america on a nonracial basis. Institution on a nonracial basis. That inspired people like my parents and that culminated in a social and the Civil Rights Act of the 60s. Only after that social revolution that the court be enforce brown. Brown gets actively enforced by federal courts in 19681988 where you have this golden age of School Integration which i benefited from. Born and raised in hunts
Valley area. 150,000 people have had to evacuate there. Four homes and buildings have been destroyed, 2500 homes and businesses are still in danger, and two firefighters have been treated for injuries. And the rye fire, thats the fire closest to Magic Mountain amusement park, is not contained, it may not be contained until next thursday. Firefighters made progress as the winds died down for a while. The biggest fire is the one burning in ventura county. Its forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. It shut down a major freeway on the western side of the county. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning to you. We can tell you this is a Small Community and its next to highway 101 that is actually closed at this point. You can take a look this way. This is highway 101 right here, completely empty this morning. This is a rare site here in ventura county. Coming in from santa barbra this morning this was closed and its empty because of the closure. This was burning up on the hill
Since it picked up the cryptocurrency. And as big tech races to control your living room, we will hear from the brain behind amazons alexa. First, to our lead. After Senate Republicans passed their version of tax reform in the u. S. , we spent the week exploring the ways the proposed legislation could affect the tech industry. Take a listen. It was a round of applause on capitol hill for gop senators as they passed their version of a tax bill. Pushing the Trump Administration closer to its first piece of signature legislation. Donald trump if they sent it to my desk, i promise all of the people in this room, my friends, so many friends in this room it is a great state i promise you i will sign it. I promise. I will not veto that bill. Reporter Tech Companies have spent big to make sure their interests are heard. Big tech stands to benefit from the legislation in a few ways. The latest bill would slash the corporate rate from 35 to 20 . Although according to goldman sachs, the tech sect
Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is warning that abandoning the Iran Nuclear Deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea is transitions or speaking at a Nuclear Nonproliferation conference in moscow attended by u. S. And north korean delegates much thats it for now for news coming right up. Is there a way forward in Afghanistan Taliban attacks this week have killed more than one hundred twenty afghans nationwide despite the u. S. Air force flying more missions and dropping more bombs both u. S. Strategy and the Afghan Governments capabilities are again being questioned this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im james bays u. S. President donald trump unveiled a new american strategy in afghanistan two months ago since then theres been no letup in violence nationwide and the last few days alone have seen a dramatic surge in Taliban Attacks on thursday the taliban killed nearly sixty Afghan Security forces in a wave of attacks across the country forty of them die
A terrorist organization then we can use lethal force they dont have to present an immediate threat. Its been a month since Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico and eighty percent of the island is still without power crews are working around the clock low to fix hundreds of kilometers of power lines those are the headlines coming up next here on inside story. Is there a way forward in Afghanistan Taliban attacks this week have killed more than one hundred twenty afghans nationwide despite the u. S. Air force flying more missions and dropping more bombs both u. S. Strategy and the Afghan Governments capabilities are again being questioned this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im james berets u. S. President donald trump unveiled a new american strategy in afghanistan two months ago since then theres been no letup in violence nationwide and the last few days alone have seen a dramatic surge in Taliban Attacks on thursday the taliban killed nearly sixty Afghan Security forces