If youre on the go, listen to live coverage using the free cspan radio app. President flcio discusses the Labor Movement, the 2020 elections, local trade and tariffs and the trump administration. This event hosted by the Christian Science monitor. I am the Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is Richard Trumka president of the aflcio the nations largest federation of labor unions. Ats is his 11th appearance the breakfast so you have become a liberty tradition for us. Welcome. First a bit of background, President Trump got was born in pennsylvania where he followed his father and grandfather into the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. He graduated from penn state then received his jd from villanova. Then he joined the legal staff of the United Mine Workers of america and eventually became president at the age of 33. Since 1989, he has been working on the aflcio executive council and was elected president of the federation a
The breakfast so you have become a liberty tradition for us. Welcome. First a bit of background, president trumka was born in pennsylvania where he followed his father and grandfather into the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. He graduated from penn state then received his jd from villanova. Upon graduation he joined the legal staff of the United Mine Workers of america and eventually became president at the age of 33. Since 1989, he has been working on the aflcio executive council and was elected president of the federation and 2009. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record here. Please, no live blogging or tweeting. No filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. Once the session ends, the embargo is lifted and you can file away. We will end at 10 00. We will email pictures of the breakfast to all of the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. As you know, if youd like to ask a question, please send me a signal and i will call you as tim
Her guest is richard trumka. The nations of Largest Labor union. This has a labor day for us. Welcome. Abor unions. This is his 11th appearance at the breakfast so you have become a liberty tradition for us. Welcome. First a bit of background, president trumka was born in pennsylvania where he followed his father and grandfather into the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. He graduated from penn state then received his jd from villanova. Upon graduation he joined the legal staff of the United Mine Workers of america and eventually became president at the age of 33. Since 1989, he has been working on the aflcio executive council and was elected president of the federation and 2009. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record here. Please, no live blogging or tweeting. No filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. Once the session ends, the embargo is lifted and you can file away. We will end at 10 00. We will email pictures of the breakfast to all o
First a bit of background. President trump was born and raised in southwestern pennsylvania, where he followed his father and grandfather into the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. O the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. He graduated from penn state then received his jd from villanova. Upon graduation he joined the legal staff of the United Mine Workers of america and eventually became president at the age of 33. Since 1989, he has been working on the aflcio executive council and was elected president of the federation and 2009. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record here. Please, no live blogging or tweeting. No filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. Once the session ends, the embargo is lifted and you can file away. We will end at 10 00. We will email pictures of the breakfast to all of the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. As you know, if youd like to ask a question, please send me a signal and
And they were rained out in a couple of locations, and it is brutally cold, but not here. We are talking about record highs, and of course we are. Here we are in april, and today will not be a record setter, but it will be close. The record is 86 in napa, and most of these records are from 1989. And in oakland, the record is 79 in 1957, but not much of a breeze yet. Not for the majority, and quite cool for some, 42 in napa. 61 in brentwood, and 51 san jose, palo altos 46, east bay tip is 40s and upper 50s, and for some it is a mild day and for others quite chilly. The key is there is a low coming in that will stop this heat on thursday. We will go up and then right back down. Sunny and warm today, a cool morning with northerly breeze, temperatures in the 70s, low to mid 80s. I know the traffic is beginning to stack up. It is beginning to get busy, and lets go outside to take a look at your commute. You can see for yourself that more people are on the road. Here is a look at the interst