Course this could not be a more important or timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd m Police Custody last month we have seen National Wide unrest weve seen protests on only here in america but internationally. We have also seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view george floyd is through a racial lens. In fact all encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly viewed this way. It is a narrative that assumes the behavior thats typical Police Behavior towards black suspects and it assumes george floyd is a sort of black every man in america. That would happen to him happens to black people all the time that black essentially leave the house each day worrying that theyre going to have a violent encounter with police. The media has run with this narrative which faces very little pushback very little skepticism. It leaves us that the biggest problem facing black America Tod
Platforms you are watching us on and we will either wrap them into the discussion or save them for the qanda at the end of the event. I want everyone to know that before we get started. As i said, this of course could not be a more important or more timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last month we have seen nationwide unrest and protests not only here in america but internationally. And weve also seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view george floyd staff is through a racial lens. In fact all encounters between the police and black suspects increasingly are viewed in this way. It assumes the behavior, typical Police Behavior towards black suspects and it assumes george floyd is a sort of black every man in america thats what happened to him happened to black people all the time, that essentially they leave everyday worried about having a violent encounter with
You want to send in at any point you will see a q a box down at the bottom right of your screen. You can send us a question in the latter part of this event, alex will answer some of them. So to start us off, as im sure many of you know is a Research Director of the Great Program of extremism at George Washington university which has become the go to resource for many people studying this topic. And so why dont we start by asking how you came to take an interest in Anwar Alawlaki and maybe you can fill us in a little bit on the background as you explain that. Guest thank you scott thanks for doing this we had the shared interest of the New York Times in particular the back in the two thousands in the last decade were incredibly helpful for me and that is the book objective choice and my pleasure to do this. So this came across my radar in around 2007. I just started as a junior researcher, looking at activism and jihad in the uk in particular. As a look at the individuals and networks
And 7 00 a. M. On thursday. More heavy rain is on the way as unstable atmospheric conditions are expected to continue through early friday. And for the next 24 hours, up to 300 millimeters is expected to drench the kansai region, 250 millimeters for northern kyushu. Residents elsewhere in japan can expect up to 115 millimeters. Officials are urging people to be on the alert and think about evacuation routes. For more details on the heavy rain, lets bring in our meteorologist tsietsi monare. Tsietsi, we know some parts of japan have already entered its rainy season, but even so the conditions look very unstable. Tell us what people need to watch out for. Yes, that is exactly what is happening. Ththe rainy seasoson has started now frontal system that is quiue stagnant, not going anywhere, its bringing more outer rain bands toward southern parts of japan including central jajapan. You cann see o over the last coe of hours we saw torrential rainfall in large numbers, about 167 millimeters
You will get out of that fog. Be aware of that first thing. Thats our issue early on this morning. East bay hills camera, low clouds. Otherwise a lot of sunshine. Later this afternoon, under that steady pattern of warm weather across the entire bay area. Thats weather. Lets get a check of the roads from jobina. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. If youre headed on the bay bridge, traveling westbound towards San Francisco, we have a stalled car there blocking one lane. Emergency crews are there pushing it off to the shoulder. Speeds are down to 20 Miles Per Hour. Once you pass Treasure Island, smooth sailing into San Francisco. Also moving to san rafael, 101 here, nice and clear. No major problems. And our drive times, we have tracy to dublin, 38minute ride. Dublin to mission boulevard, 15 minutes. Highway 101 to cupertino, 14minute ride. New details about a Homicide Investigation just outside of san jose. Santa clara county deputies searched for clues overnight at a ho