Democracies are being unraveled with by a new class war. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to Hudson Institute, stern policy center. Im john wallace, chief operating officer. Id like to welcome our audience here at our pennsylvania avenue headquarters and our cspan audience the our first ever podcast taping that is both live and marks the Second Season of the premiere podcast of the Second Season realignment hosted by our Hudson Institute fellows. The podcast launched last year, and i recommend end for those of you who havent been following it, that you take a look at the episodes from last year, particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh haully, mike duran and others. Its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people who put it together and their ability to bring out topics and to move the argument along. So we couldnt be prouder of the work that theyve done and want to thank them for that, and we are happy to launch this Years Pro
I was doing a lot of work. Sewing my seeds and the harvest came up. I was out there working and American Radio Networks recognized my work. They said, we may have a position open and i said okay. I thought it was for a dc bureau chief. Mind you, i had done local government. I even dabbled in washington. I anchored the weekends at wtop. But never in my wildest dreams would i imagine id be questioning american president s and they would call me by name. Well, at least three. But i did the work. And i started out local. Local being baltimore. My home, my love, being baltimore city. I came south and said lets try this. I thought id be there actually, i didnt want to stay when i first got here. I thought id stay for 23 years. Ive been here for 23. I started out being a reporter and i realized coming in what power was. Washington power was having a president call your name. The people who kept telling me i needed to have a president call me by name meaning the first president i covered, wher
Of the trump white house. Mr. President , for many years civil rights leaders have called for white house help or Police Brutality and police profiling. April. [inaudible] april, go ahead. Thank you, mr. President. Last question. [inaudible] yes. This is going to be a bad question, but thats okay. Go ahead. Mr. President , i need to find out from you, you said something april ryan, how did a selfdescribed workingclass black girl from baltimore get to ask for u. S. President s questions and get called out by every one of them. How did you get there . This is your life almost. This young green april with bill clinton and now 23 years later, it makes you wonder. How did i get there . I was doing a lot of work. I was filling my seat. I waswo out there working and Radio Network recognized my work. They said, look, we may have a position open. I said, okay. I thought it was for d. C. Bureau chief. I never thought it was for the white house. Mind you, i had done local governance. I had even d
Residential primaries. Also kyle kondik, the managing editor of sabatos crystal ball will talk to us about the developments in the 2020 president ial race. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal on the super tuesday. Biden gaining joe the endorsements of Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and beto orourke. Bernie sanders is looking today and get dashed again delegates from those participating today and hoping to do well in california. This as President Trump held a rally in North Carolina where he not only talked about the november election but the administrations action on testing and developing a vaccine against coronavirus. You can make comments on either super tuesday or the u. S. Coronavirus response on three lines. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488002 for independents. If you want to text us, you can do so at 2027488003. Wj can tweet us at cspan and follow along on facebook and facebook. Com cspan. When it comes to our coverage for t
Tree. Ive never seen anything like that. Reporter sharon and her husband were the first to see the crash which happened on the street behind their house. They immediately called 911. I could make out that the car was pinned against the tree, roof first. It was on its side, bent as a cshape around the tree with the underside of the car being what you could see. And it doesnt look good. They were opening Christmas Present when is they heard the crash. Its a loud impact. It shook the house. It was loud. Reporter the crash happened on foothill road in pleasanton. All five people were teenagers, two of the victims killed were brothers. We had 8 or 9 people die here. This is the most recent. Its a tragedy. Reporter tom coleman didnt see the accident but says foothill is a dark windy road and notorious for racing. Its particularly bad. Last year its been especially bad. I dont know, im not sure. Just maybe this road got rediscovered as a place to drag race. But its not a good situation. Repor