Eulogy to george floyd killed by a us police i think british broadcasting regulators may allow me to say what a profound privilege it is for you to be on going underground but of course im going to ask you why is it not you rather than biden who is running against trump why do you call yourself a tree shaker in this new book of yours. I think that the history of dealing with movements in this country and even globally is that you need those of us that shake the tree in the sense of shaking up where a society has dealt in an unequal and unfair way and in many cases unjust way and you dont have those that pick up the fruit that falls d d from the tree and make jam out of it and i have in my role as an activist been more were trees shake their wonder picks up a fruit and becomes want to lead to the office or head of a corporate entity in the private sector and i think theres a legitimate role for both i feel my calling is to be the one shaking trees rather than picking up fruits trying to
News station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 8. A tragic day for the San Francisco Fire Department. Weve lost one of our family members. An accident. Mourning tonight after a firefighter dies in Training Exercise us. I didnt feel good. A short 24 hours later, i was feeling great, i want to get out of the hospital i want everybody. To be given the same treatment as your president. President trump calling for all americans to receive his Covid Treatment but is that a realistic request plus. Doctors. Tell us that we should take it will be the first in line to take it absolutely but Donald Trump Tells shut and that was taken on not taking it. Covid19 and a possible vaccine at the forefront of tonight that place president ial to be calling her son mike pence square off for the first and only time. Good evening, everybody thanks for joining us on kron 4 news today, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis americans tune in tonight to hear what the Vice President ial candidates have to offer, ther
Bookstores. Thank you for watching. And some pretty compelling conversations into the fall probably no more life events through 2021 we went to be mail about that and be safe and smart and conversations with authors we have an event coming up in october and all that matthew mcconnaughhay. You can follow all of our events on magic city books. Com. Tonight i am thrilled to have a conversation with michael denzil smith in a conversation that seems it was written for the moment we are living in although they are written before they are published in printed but sometimes to what is going on. And this is one of my favorite books and the book that can understand the pandemic debts americas response. In the world were living in in this very moment thank you for writing the book. That is a mere for us to see who we are what we are doing. s we held a great pleasure of these conversations i am always so proud to hand that off to another wonderful writer to be in conversation and has an awardwinni
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Struggles she faced in challenging congressional traditions and running for president and she discusses the 1992 president ial election in which ross perot emerged as a thirdparty candidate. Shirley chisholm, how do you explain this incredible president ial year . I think i can explain in terms of the fact its gotten to a point in American History now where the American People feel a kind of alienation and cynicism from traditional politics as we have known it when we are addressing the selection of a person to guide the ship of senate for a fouryear period, i. E. The president. The people feel that not only democrats or republicans, that its all part of the same old traditional package that there needs to be change in america and that if the change does not imme nate from the programs and the agenda and plans of either one of the two parties americans have gotten to the point where they are willing to make that change outside of the regular twoparty structure. How do you think we got