Its really the period immediately after the civil war is the period of reconstruction. Why is it called reconstruction . Because we are talking about the reconstruction of the union, right, of the seceded states that had formed the confederacy. Theyre now defeated. And the question then becomes is how do they reenter the union . How do we reconstruct the union . And that is why this period is known as reconstruction. It is not that wellknown in American History as the civil war. So, so far weve been talking simply about the civil war, right . Before the midterms, we covered the civil war. Everyone knows about the civil war. It has kind of a triumphant end, at least if youre not a newer confederate. The union wins. Slavery is destroyed. Reconstruction, on the other hand, does not have a happy ending. Its a great experiment in racial democracy immediately after the war, but it is overthrown. Maybe we all like happy endings, and thats one of the seasons we dont know that much about recons
The second hour will focus on Bernie Sanders and former first Lady Michelle obama. Watch all of the Democratic National convention on cspan, cspan. Org, or listen live with the freeseas been radio app. Free cspan radio app. Holly otterbein joining us from philadelphia today. Good morning. Host what would be the goal of the d c . Nc. Ahead and iiden is think his main goal is to do no harm. It is the democrats opportunity to present a vision they are unified. This is something the party has worked hard at. They did not want a repeat of , there6 convention where was a lot of commotion protests, Bernie Sanders supporters were upset. They wanted something very different this time around so it was an opportunity to showcase that. You will see that with bernie and making his case for joe biden. Host as well as michelle obama, we expect to hear from governor john kasich. Guest absolutely. Right there that shows you the unity they are trying to present. You have john kasich on one side of the s
More republicans fall in primaries. Well get. White house advisor Peter Navarro. All that and so much more on making money. Charles like a grizzly, out like a teddy. The shortest bear market in history was a ferocious beast with everyone heading to the hills. Many predictions of a potential doom and Nuclear Winter for stocks that would last for years. Economic data was coming in better than expected there was extreme pessimism on wall street. Meanwhile Something Different was occurring on main street. Regular folks sensed an opportunity. It wasnt just millenial traders populating robinhood. We heard fidelity added 1. 2 million new accounts, lifting assets under management north of 3 trillion. Economic data continued to fool the experts the street took aim at the individual investors. This is where many experts made their fatal flaw, by loudly predicting individual investors would lose everything, as the rebound would not quote, end well, they boxed themselves out of this rebound. Now t
Newsom. Last i cooked its august of 2020. My understanding is that in january, the end of january 2021, that decision will need to be made. The governor added hes focused on flattening the curve, keeping people safe and healthy. Criticism comes with the job. Not only is the Vice President ial candidate, but harris has been under the microscope for decades, dating back to her time as San Franciscos d. A. Melissa colorado has more on her scrutiny on record of crime. Reporter there was no audible applause or audience in delaware. The cheers were coming from living i keep thinking it started in the bay area. That first race when she was at 6 per 6 . Reporter she helped catapult harris political career as her Campaign Manager back in 2003, when harris ran to unseat her former boss as San Franciscos district attorney. She was the most progressive prosecutor. You know, she did recidivism programs before anybody was talking about that. She is a centrist moderate democrat, shes not a progressiv
Business owners are slamming city leaders as their Stores Remain shut, were going to be talking to one of those desperate Business Owners on what he wants to see from city officials and then to massachusetts where forensics are now requiring most students to receive the flu vaccine to ease the burden on our Health System during this pandemic what doctors are saying about the move and why a lot of parent s are protesting but first , all eyes are now in the rnc the Republican National committee as the dnc, the democrats come to their conclusion. Democrats wasting no time slam ming President Trump, specifically for his response to the pandemic. Watch. Donald trump hasnt grown into the job, because he cant. And the consequences of that failure are severe. 170,000 americans dead. My dad was a healthy 65 yearold. His only preexisting condition was trusting donald trump and for that, he paid with his life. The tragedy of where we are today is it didnt have to be this bad. Just look around. It