Report in the atlantic that says President Trump called wounded veterans losers we will talk to the Vice President , but lets talk more about the nasdaq with the tech selloff continuing. Some of the big names we follow closely, tesla is down after a 9 drop yesterday and today its down about 2 in premarket activity. The chip maker also about 9 yesterday and it also looks to open down by almost 4 today. That is free market activity as well. Zoom after a big day earlier in the week seeing major prophet taking in the last two days down almost 2 and apple surging on its stock split monday but then down another about 7 yesterday down to about one and a quarter in premarket activity after an 8 drop yesterday. We are less than two months until election day and joe biden is out and about. He made another. Dot this could be why the democrats want him to stay in the basement. We will play that a little later. We may hear from President Trump as he meets with leaders of serbia and kos about later
Upcoming programs include growing up in los angeles, port gilman on Edward Snowden and the surveillance state and michael shermer, our annual science series, fillmore and solomon from the forum series. Meanwhile you will find many past talks available in the Digital Media library on our homepage and we will provide not only ways to learn from the present but also the distant past. Anybody out there remember february . This is made possible through individual and institutional donors. Our civic series is afforded by the realnetworks foundation, true Brown Foundation in the windco. Foundation, townhall is fundamentally a Member Support organization so we thank all our members watching tonight, we truly wouldnt be here without you. On that point, due to recent events cancellations, townhall is under significant strain. If you made a donation, thank you, we hope you will all consider supporting us during this time using the donate button at the bottom of your screen. Text townhall 4432 one
Fbn power to prosperfbn power to prosperp . Prospern wer to Prosper Network ahead i with georgia doug collins, next hour mornings wit, stay with us. Bu vo at audi, we design cars that exhilarate with versatility, whether on the track or the everyday drive. Ilosophy extends to how we connect at your door. Ether a remote test drive, audi at your door can do this and more at participa audi at your door. Ma go thanks so much f[z im mari june 17. Fbtoeast coast coronavirus cases once again aases. Good news on pandemic this promise inngatients. Federal reserve chairman powell capitays there are sig rebound in the uncertnty remains and ier n pushstimulus. Markets are higher, were at the highs of the futures indicatinge will see of yesterdays big rally. The dow 58, ands p 500 up expected retail sales yesterday fueling a rally for stock and at the close the dow inde 526 points, better thanthe nasdaq was 170 s p was up 58 yesterdayofr olice an executive order pushingor training. Emphasized thepo
Captions through the cc button on the bomb right corner of the video player. The video will be available torii broadcast. Continue presentation will last an hour, afterward wedll have time for questions. Should say towards the end well have time for questions using the ask a question button on crowdcast. Well try to get to as many as possible. Were adding new eventdiffer. Upcoming programs including growing up in iran in los angeles, book appeared edward snowedden and michael shurmur, our annual engaged uw science series that reports from uwlines and installments or our jazz live series. Also find many of our past talks available in our Digital Media library so check out the media tab and town hall will provide ways to stay plugged into the present and so much to explore from tower recent and distant past. Anybody remember february . All this work is made possible and made inexpensive to at the Broader Community through individual and institutional donors. Our civic series is spot by R
They created a number of Arts Projects to put writers and artists back to work. It happened in the 1930s that they created the federal writers project and started to collect slave testimony. It was kind of like the 19 thirties was the last opportunity to collect the oral histories of the last generation of African Americans who had experienced slavery firsthand before they passed away. They actually created through that project that only lasted a few years, 1936 to 1939, that project created the largest repository of ex slave testimony that we have within the united states. Winding up with over 2300 interviews that are largely Available Online at the library of congress website. Anyone who is interested can go in and use those. Scholars have used them to dramatically transform the way they right about the history of slavery and emancipation and kind of reconsider. That my book took a slightly different turn by looking at the ex slave project to look at the racial politics of the 1930s.