Announcer please welcome the atlantics margarette lowe. [applause] hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage
A surprise stop in fact that on the 1st day of a tour of the middle east berlin his top diplomat is hoping to reduce tensions with iran we have expert analysis. And the womens world cup is off to a flying start to the tournament hosts well look back on a big night in paris and look forward to whats up next. Im a backer is welcome to the program the United States and mexico have reached an 11th hour deal to crack down on migration from Central America earlier the white house threatened to slap tariffs on mexico if it failed to stop record numbers of migrants from traveling through the u. S. The country to the u. S. Border but the deal appears to fall short of a key u. S. Demands that mexico except a designation of safe 3rd country that would have forced it to pay. Let me take in most Central American sonam say because. Hes known for the art of the deal but returning to the white tell you softer his trip to europe u. S. President donald trump was uncharacteristically tight lipped about h
Tournament well look back on the big night in paris and look forward at whats to come on the day to day. Im michael okwu thanks for joining us the United States and mexico have reached an 11th hour deal to crack down on migration from Central America earlier the white house threatened to slap tariffs on mexico if it failed to stop record numbers of migrants from traveling through the country to the u. S. Border but the deal appears to fall short of a key u. S. Demand that mexico accept a designation of safe 3rd country that would have forced it to permanently taken most Central American asylum seekers. Its the end of a dispute that threatened an all out trade war between the u. S. And mexico but at the white house after his trip to europe u. S. President trump safety announcement for his preferred form of communication in a series of tweets late friday trump said tariffs would be indefinitely suspended and that mexico had agreed to take strong measures to stop Central American migrants
A big night in paris and look forward at whats coming in day 2. Im rebecca races welcome to the program the United States and mexico have reached an 11th hour deal to crack down on migration from Central America earlier the white house threatened to slap tariffs on mexico if it failed to stop record numbers of migrants from traveling through the country to the u. S. Border but the deal appears to fall short of a key u. S. Demands that mexico except a designation of a safe 3rd country that would have forced it to permanently take in most Central American asylum seekers. Hes known for the art of the deal but returning to the white softer his trip to europe u. S. President donald trump was uncharacteristically tight lipped about how he talks were going. After 3 days the tower of strumpets threatened were not indefinitely suspended. People crossing into the u. S. To seek asylum will be rapidly returned to mexico while their applications for asylum are processed in turn and mexico will allo
Hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, Atlantic Staff writer jemele hill. S