Down in the dumps. Im michael good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephan siemens has. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not on the reigns of this administration of the triumvirate ministration as you pointed out. Budget Defense Budget package which is 4500. 00 pages that is a double whopper theyre. Saying that they 1st Want Congress se
We will hear from the head of west coast listings jeff thompson. Lucids desert oasis just finished a listing in san francisco. We will get a picture of supply and demand with first, u. S. Stocks started the month off by hitting records on stimulus talks and covert progress. Salesforce says it will proceed with plans to buy lack for 7. 7 billion to buy slack for 7. 7 billion. Slack prices up, salesforce had dropped. What do we see after hours . Abigail both shares are down. The idea that salesforce. Com would buy slack, now lo and behold, that is happening. As you mentioned, 27 point 7 billion in cash and stock. Some are wondering about the cash piece. Salesforce. Com does have a lot of cash, so using it here for this deal, and i think the bigger thing to take a look at is the fact that salesforce. Coms Ceo Marc Benioff has made more than 60 acquisitions, as you know, in his 21 years, making salesforce. Com the conglomerate of all these different pieces. Now they have this Communication
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 they worked in order to really attack the problem of a cap americans here in selma not having the right to vote. In the 1993, in february of that year the first representatives were sent here, Bernard Lafayette and his wife kahleah to be the voice for snc in this area. The they were going into places that hadnt been touched by the civil right movement in a way. They were the people working with the noung people other in selma to prepare them for the work of civil rights and to march and protest in the streets for rights they werent even old enough to have. Sncc really laid the foundation and groundwork to build off of in 1965. Sncc did not meet here in the church but they met in Tabernacle Baptist Church and the interesting thing about tabernacle baptist the church has two faces. Africanamericans were prevented from entering or exiting a building on broad
Good morning. My name is Kirsten Carter and i am the supervisory archivist at the fdr president ial library, and on behalf of the library, id like to welcome you again to the 2017 roosevelt reading festival. Fdr plans for the library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The librarys Research Room is consistently one of the busiest of all of the president ial libraries. And this years group of authors reflects the wide variety of research down here. And if you love the roosevelt reading festival, and want to support this and other programs that we do here, i encourage you to become a Roosevelt Library member. You can join today at the membership table in the hall or online at fdr library. Org and if you havent already please do go see our new special, temporary museum exhibition, images of internment, the incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. So let me quickly go over the format for the festivals sessions today. At the top
Home to the house and senate since 1800. But it is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, u. S. Congressman and senator, former wisconsin governor, and 1924 Progressive Party president ial candidate, robert fighting bob la follette. There is work for everyone. It is large. It is a glorious service. This service for the country, the call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob la follette is probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history, and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor he defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was a United States senator who was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the Great Ame