Blown out by a u. S. Run state terrorist worse than others is it just condemned their villa from the zone and in the United States or one of the terms of abuse is anti american and a couple of others like you know more cases theres an array of terms of abuse. Of in the United States you have a very high degree of freedom and so if youre vilified by some commas or who cares to go on to your work anyway these concepts only arise in a culture where if you criticize state power and when i state i mean. Were generally not just government but state Corporate Power if you criticize concentrated power youre against the society youre against the people its quite striking there is used in the United States for now the only Democratic Society with the concept isnt just ridicule and its a sign of. Elements of the elite culture which are the great the glee. The American Dream mike many ideals was partly symbolic but partly real so in the 1950 s. And sixtys it was in the biggest growth period in tha
Viewers and come back and that will launch the conversation this morning about that. [video clip] very often, the lack of jobs and money is not the cause of poverty but the symptom. The cause may light deeper in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to develop their own capacities. A lack of education and training and a lack of medical care and housing and a lack of decent communities in which to live and bring up their children area whatever the cause, our joint federal and local efforts must pursue poverty, pursue it wherever it exists from city slums in small towns, sharecropper shacks or in Migrant Worker k camps. On indian reservations, among whites as well as knee grows. Among the young as well as the aged, in the boom towns and the depressed areas. Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty but to cure it and above all [applause] [applause] to prevent it. Host lyndon in 1964. What led to this moment and why is it important . Guest thanks for having me
States, georgia and michigan, to reach out to black voters in those states. This morning, we want to hear from black voters only about your choice for campaign 20 24. If you live in the Eastern Central part of the country, dial in at 202 7488000. Mountain pacific, 202 7488001. Black voters only can also text this morning at 202 7488003. Or you can post on facebook. Com cspan and also on x. We will spend our first 30 minutes hearing from black voters only, and then we will open up to everybody else and also take your temperature on campaign 2024, your choice in november. That is our conversation in our first hour. Lets begin with some battleground polls from the New York Times. In these six key states, shows the matchup between President Biden and former President Donald Trump. In michigan, where the president was last evening, he trails 49 to 42 . He began the day yesterday in georgia at Morehouse College with the commencement address, and he is also trailing the former president in th
In 1918, votes for women became a reality. And its a hundred years today that women got the vote but even then only if they were over 30 and owners of property. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, chelsea captain gary cahill has backed manager antonio conte, saying the players need to look in the mirror after their 4 1 loss at watford. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Former bosses of the construction and outsourcing company carillion have apologised for the firms collapse but denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which provided services for schools, hospitals and prisons went into liquidation in the middle ofjanuary. It employed more than 40,000 people worldwide. This morning mps have been cross the companys executives about how they are loaded to colla pse about how they are loaded to collapse with debts of over £1 billion and a huge pension deficit. Our Business Correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. The seniorfigures in the senior f
But even then only if they were over 30 and owners of property. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that the chairman of the outsourcing and Building Firm carillion, philip green, says he takes full and complete responsibility for the groups collapse. Hes among former bosses whove been answering questions from mps about the decline of the company. The firm, which employed more than 40,000 people worldwide, went into liquidation last month with significant debts and a huge pension deficit. Our Business Correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. The senior figures in charge of carillion in its final months. Keith cochrane, chief executive during the collapse. Reporter would you say sorry to employees . And zafar khan, the finance director ousted after commissioning an internal investigation. Also among them, richard howson. He was sacked as chief executive after having to warn last year that profits were plummeting. I, too, would like to say how deeply saddened and how sorry i am for what has hap