Our ancestors were first brought to the shores of america in shackles. We know that while weve come a long way in this country, we still have a long way to go. And we are living with the regular eas of slavery and jim row and racial compression that takes over every part of life and weve seen it the past several months in such a stark and striking fashion. Covid19 pandemic, a twin crisis, both a Public Health crisis and economic crisis has impacted everyone, but disproportionately impacted in an adverse fashion the africanamerican community. In terms of pain and suffering and economic dislocation and in terms of death. And then of course were dealing with the continued epidemic at the same time of Police Violence, Police Brutality, police abuse. All across the land, impacting every aspect of our lives. Shopping while black. George employed. George floyd. Sleeping while black, Breonna Taylor. Jogging while black, ahmad arbery. The names are too numerous to mention. Those tragedies are j
Karen bass, and several other members of the black caucus who you will be hearing from momentarily. Thank you for joining us on this emergency town hall meeting, living while black in america, 401 years later after our ancestors were first brought to the shores of america in shackles, we now that while we have come a long way in this country, we still have a long way to go. We are living with the legacy of slavery and jim crow and racial oppression that continued to permeate every aspect of american life. And we have seen that over the last several months in such a stark and striking fashion. The covid19 pandemic, a twin crisis, both a Public Health crisis and an economic crisis, has impacted everyone, but disproportionately impacted in an adverse fashion the africanamerican community. In terms of pain, in terms of suffering, in terms of economic dislocation and in terms of death. And then, of course, youre dealing with the continued epidemic at the same time of Police Violence, Police
Pandemic. Later, National Indian Health Board Chair on the affecting native American Communities. Morning, its thursday, april 9, 2020. Against the backdrop of another deadly day, turmoil across the country, political leaders in washington are headed for a showdown over hundreds of liens of dollars in new aid for Small Businesses. With the senate set to move forward with funding today we begin our program by hearing from Small Business owners and their employees. Let us know how your Small Business has been impacted by coronavirus. Small Business Owners, 202 7488000 is your number. Small business employees, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter or facebook. Good thursday morning to you, we are hearing from the 60 million americans that work at Small Businesses in this country and the more than 30 some businesses around the country. You
Are, bernie. They are not with you. Amy two out of seven. That is the number of Democratic Candidates at last nights debate who are billionaires with Michael Bloomberg and at either end of the stage, frontrunner Bernie Sanders was at the center facing a barrage of criticism. Your hearing it tonight, the ideas im talking about are radical. They are not. In one form or another, they exist in countries all over the world. Amy we will speak with anand winnersdas, author of take all. Just wrote the billionaire election does the world belong to them or to us . We will also then go to columbia and charleston, South Carolina, for reaction. And we will look at billionaire Michael Bloomberg facing calls to release his tax records. I got into this race only 10 or 12 weeks ago. We have been working on our tax returns. We probably have another couple of weeks to go. We have complied with every single requirement for disclosure. And when i was mayor in new york, we had tax returns out 12 years in a
Years has been chaotic, imagine spending the better part of 2020 with Bernie Sanders versus donald trump. We should Pay Attention to where the voters of this country are, bernie. They are not with you. Amy two out of seven. That is the number of Democratic Candidates at last nights debate who are billionaires with Michael Bloomberg and at either end of the stage, frontrunner Bernie Sanders was at the center facing a barrage of criticism. Your hearing it tonight, the ideas im talking about are radical. They are not. In one form or another, they exist in countries all over the world. Amy we will speak with anand winnersdas, author of take all. Just wrote the billionaire election does the world belong to them or to us . We will also then go to columbia and charleston, South Carolina, for reaction. And we will look at billionaire Michael Bloomberg facing calls to release his tax records. I got into this race only 10 or 12 weeks ago. We have been working on our tax returns. We probably have