Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
Talk about the reaction to the George Floyd Killing, which has grown exponentially just over the last couple days. What is your reaction to what you have seen in the country . Specifically the d. C. Im from d. C. , i grew up here. My grand i graduated from the first integrated high school. Its personal. We keep seeing shootings, an indifference to black life so i think now were at a tipping point. Were dealing with 400 years of tragedy and i think a combination of factors have come together and theyre not going to allow us to ignore it. Host when you look back at the video to watch of george floyd under arrest, Police Officer with his knee on the nevk of orge floyd for eight or nine minutes, the reaction of the people in the crowd. Obviously theres filming going on. Does it surprise you that these sorts of tactics still exist in American Police forces given the presence of not just social media but media in general, given the presence of changes in leadership including minneapolis and
Death of george floyd in minneapolis and the protests that have followed. His podcast available on spotify. N we first book do you when we first booked you, the idea was to get your reaction to the george floyd killing. Broadly, your reaction to what you have seen in the country . It is heartbreaking. I grew up here. My parents were the first integrated high school class, so it is really personal. We keep seeing these shootings, and indifference to black life. We are now at a tipping point. 400 years of tragedy and confluence of factors have come together and they will not allow us to ignore it. Difficult video to watch a george floyd under arrest, a Police Officer with the knee on the neck of george floyd for almost nine minutes. Obviously there is foaming going on. Filming going on. It surprise you that these tactics still exist in American Police forces given the presence of social media, changes of leadership and police forces, and promises to change forceses and u. S. Police . Pro
Im happy to now introduce the final panel today that brings together a highly impressiveat group of scholars and practitioners dedicated to the preservation of the white house, something that is near and dear to us at the White House Historical association. Doctor matthew Vice President of the rubinstein National Center for white house history and a Senior Historian at the white houseia Historical Association will moderate the conversation. The firstre panelist is Leslie Greenbaum and president of the Thomas Jefferson foundationmo which owns and operates monticello. In addition to this work shes served by president ial appointment on the committees of the preservation of the white house under president s joe biden, donald trump, barack obama, george w. Bush and bill clinton. President of the White House Historical association leading to the association nonprofit, nonpartisan mission to support conservation and preservation at the white house private funding. John serves l as the nation
Gerald ford in the context of the 1970s, served as minority leader, vicepresident and president. And find a full schedule on your Program Guide or wch online anytime at cspan. Org history. Im happy to now introduce our final panel today which brings together highly Impressive Group of scholars and practitioners dedicated to the preservation of the white house. Something near and dear to us here at the White House Organization. And dr. Matthew cost sell low, David Rubenstein center for white house history and Senior Historian at the White House Historical association will moderate. The our first panelist is leslie green bauman from the jefferson that operates monticello and serves under president s joe biden, donald trump, barack obama, george w. Bush and bill clinton. Stewart is president of the White House Organization leading the nonprofit to restore preservation. And john oversees the National Park services, responsibilities for the care of the white house and its grounds as well as