Streets of washington d. C. To protest the murder of george flawed and the harassment unwarranted incarceration and killing of thousands upon thousands of black and brown citizens by u. S. Law enforcement over the years standing in the rose garden our chickenhawk in cheapie declare that if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents then i will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them. You know that want to be tough guy up there trying to act like he actually knows what hes doing but lets find out what does trumps law and order look like well apparently my friends it starts by deploying chemical weapons and state state sanctioned violence on Peaceful Protesters in front of the white house just so once again our chickenhawk in cheap along with members of his family and his administration could stand off quickly in front of St Johns Episcopal Church with a bible in hand for a campaign bo
The center for strategic and International Studies hosted this event. Hi, everyone, and welcome to this discussion on disinformation and Political Warfare in the age of covid19. I have two outstanding experts. Thomas, the author of an outstanding book i would strongly encourage you to buy it. Active measures, the secret history of disinformation and Political Warfare. And then heather connolly, shes the Senior Vice President for europe, you a eurasian and the at csis. Director of the Europe Program and author of two outstanding studies on aspects of what were going to talk b about today. Kremlin playbook and kremlin play pa playbook, two. Please, if you have, questions, go on to the link for this and you can ask questions. Well talk as a group for about 20 to 25 minutes. Theres a component on the link where you can ask questions, so please do that. Im seth jones. The harold brown chair and director of the transnational threats project. So lets get into first the Current Situation with
America not going away weve seen this before but people are saying this time is to its different you think its different. It is different larry because this poll is very important in a president ial race whether the countrys going on the right or wrong direction and clearly americans are dissatisfied with with the economy theres 21000000 Americans Still unemployed theres racial tension theres a perception that the president and his that ministration have not done well in protecting us from the virus although there is progress so i think it looks good right now you hate the predicts so early 5 months away for joe biden my only worry is that joe biden who im supporting not take the race for granted i like him to get out of his living room and get out with the people more into the key states like michigan ohio pennsylvania iowa florida but i think hes a our strongest candidate numb pleased with the direction his campaign is take you think in terms of Race Relations will never be the same.
Mean i know right now i think theres a perception by the American People a sizable majority that Race Relations are in very bad shape these deaths of so many africanamericans the tension between communities and the police i just think this is not just democrats this is republicans democrats independent thinking that we need a healer now we need a president that is going to bring the country together and somehow thats not happening especially in Race Relations i dont think itll ever be the same what do you make of this president who. Can seem to bring himself to have empathy autumn for new sunni in the country. Well i think you see it with him wanting to use the riots in washington gassing people using the military going to a church using a prop of the bible but not showing empathy not trying to bring the country together heal saying instead of saying were going to dominate those profit protester saying i understand your protests i understand we need to heal and he doesnt show any empat
Is good but the one business show you cant afford to miss im going to bore in washington coming up the fed is decided to keep rates steady in the midst of the coronavirus devastation we bring you inside or inside on the decision and what lies ahead for the u. S. Central bank clutched at the Federal Reserve has propped up markets in the u. S. It is posed an interesting issue for a major debt holder china and later the race is on for the head of the World Trade Organization and the European Union is weighing in we bring you the latest on the run with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with the latest policy update from the Federal Reserves federal open Market Committee as expected fed chair Jerome Powell and now its Interest Rates will hold near 0 through 2022 but the real question has been what action will the fed take moving forward. Since march weve been purchasing sizable quantities of treasury and Agency Mortgage backed securities you know to support