jacob soberoff, and garrett we will start with you. we have a surge in migrant children. there is a scarcity of shelter beds. what will fema s assistance mean for the situation now at the border? well, fema is the federal government s emergency logistics experts. that s why they show up after hurricanes and natural disasters. their goal is to try to alleviate the overcrowding situation. the border patrol stations here and at hhs shelters that are limited in how much they can take. so they re hoping to expeditiously move the minors. while that s going on you talk about the political battle here. they re trying to lay all of this at the feet of the biden administration, and they give important context that i got from veronica escobar last night, look at what she told me. part of why ibristle at the terms that there is a crisis at the border is because they want to ignore what is causing it. the real crisis is what is happening in the northern triangle. and what happens to t
able to achieve without also acknowledging the cataclysmic situation american women find themselves in today. one that threatens to wipe away many of the advancements we re supposedly celebrating. let s start with the unemployment crisis. the latest jobs report reveals that overall unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 6.2%. that number doesn t tell the whole story. for example, since the pandemic hit, the retail sector has lost nearly 363,000 jobs, 98% of which belong to women. pandemic related job losses are hitting women of color especially hard. we talk about that a lot. compared to this time last year, total employment for white women is down just over 5%. for black and latino women, that rate is nearly double. a bunch of factors continue to contribute to the disproportional impact on women of color, including an overrepresentation in industries that have been hit hardest such as hospitality and leisure. in addition, the coronavirus crisis is forcing an impossible ch
Im sure each of our colleagues has about the same. And do you know that a good portion of those are the people saying, why dont you give us a vote . Sure. Do you further know that if we had a referendum, and let the people speak that if the people spoke and decided to take the flag down, that i would vote to take the flag down. I did know that because you told me that earlier and i would do the same. And did you further know that if the people spoke and said leave the flag up, i would vote like i my heart tells me to leave the flag up. Yes, sir. Having said all that, you know, we have a choice to make. We got our districts to represent. In my district its overwhelmingly, do you know, they want the flag left up. They want their an sesters and their heritage honored and they most of all want their veterans honored. Yes, sir. And did you know that in may of 1958 that general and then president eisenhower signed into law to make the confederate veterans equal to all the other veteran group
The previous presidencies. Well hear from historians at the Texas Tribune festival in austin. This is about one hour. I am brian curtis. I am happy to welcome you to the seventh annual Texas Tribune festival. A very rich panel. There are a bunch of panels today. Trump security, congress, resistance. There is lunch on the main mall. We will conclude with a reception at the at t center. Roleors and donors play no in determining the panelists or the line of questioning. This event will be 15 minutes. I will leave the last 15 minutes open for questions. And then there will be a brief meet and greet next door. We will drain the swamp together. [laughter] if you are going to tweet during , please silence in your phone. Silence your phone. That was briefly dougleasas brinkley is the author of several books about the presidency. Next to him is the National Political correspondent for npr. She has covered every president ial election since 1992. You can hear her on all things considered, and mo
Im brian curtis and welcome to the Texas Tribune festival to trump and the presidency. A very rich panel. Of here are a whole bunch trump and there is lunch on the main mall and the day will conclude with a session at the at t center. This panel is supported by pearson and the sponsors and donors but play no role in determining the content of panelists or my line of questioning. This event will be 60 minutes. The last 15, 20, ill leave it open to your questions. And pearson will be hosting all of us for a brief meet and greet at the text Union Building where we all drain the swamp together. So please join us for that. If you are going to tweet during this event and while looking at your phones, please silence it. Let me introduce our panelists. Douglas brink ley and cnns president ial historian and author of several books. Mara liasson is the until Political Correspondent for n. P. R. And covered every election since 1992. 1776. She is a contributor to fox news. And h. W. Brand, a hist