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You and ive been on several cnn panels throughout the election but you know i really came from a small town in florida and for those of you who eat strawberries its the world strawberry cat to the capitol it was important to me to write a book that just explored my roots but how i see this election through the prism i grew up in, not through the confines of the cnn news are here in washington where i service rnc spokesperson but this prism of a smalltown girl and the movement that i recognized early on when i endorse President Trump to be the president. Three months after he declared his candidacy eyes im on the horizon with a few others and one of my colleagues recognize the movement as well although he recognized the leftwing party. Host lets talk about van jones who are few people in the book to make appearances and in some ways surprising. Van jones was part of the Obama Administration and let people conservative and at one point thought of him as the bogeyman but what was your exp
As a public service. Brought to you today by your television provider. Now on the communicators we want to introduce you to sarah miller. She is the executive director of a group called the American Economic liberties project. Which is what . Sarah we are an organization based here in washington that is focused on what we see is a crisis, a concentrated economic power in the country. Essentially monopolies and Financial Institutions that facilitate that monopolization across the economy. That is what we are focused on. We have concerns about the power of Big Technology platforms. In general, we think a lot of the economic and social problems that we are experiencing today can trace back or be exacerbated by these a outside levels of corporate power. Host how did you come to that view . Sarah we looked around at the world, essentially. If you look at market structure, you will find whether it is large markets like media, telecom, health care, online , watch components, software, you hav
113th president of the National Press club. Im the former general manager of cbs radio network. Of thecutive producer public broadcasting series the report with legendary journalist marvin kalb. Im joining you from the Operations Center here in washington, d. C. Harris,t is dr. Patrice. He joins us virtually she is the first africanamerican woman to hold the position and brings to the role several decades as a physician in private practice. Took office in june of 2019, dr. Harris planned to pledge her work to the front line of the opioid crisis. Toay, dr. Harris is here talk with us about an entirely different Public Health crisis, why in this era of conspiracy theories and fake news she believes we must return to a reliance on scientific facts, data, and trusted sources. Dr. Patrice harris, welcome to the National Press club. Our virtual podium is yours. Thank you, greetings, i am dr. Patrice harris, president of the American Medical Association. The coronavirus pandemic presents a ch
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