Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn Bay Area Special coverage of campaign 2020 and impressive numbers on bay area voter turn out. What it could mean for results on election night. How San Francisco is getting ready for the outcome of the election. And any potential unrest in the streets. And falling short, the polls show prop 16 to restore affirmative action is losing traction among californians. California was one of the first states to ban affirmative action in 1996. As kpix 5s kip doe reports. Lets talk about prop 16. A new poll out from uc berkeley shows prop 16 trailing by double digits. Store the race sheeting up for prop 16. It would reinstate affirmative action in college admissions, Government Employment and contracts. Released by the institute of governmental studies shows prop 16 no votes leading 39 to 38 . Would you go so far as to say prop 16 has one foot in the grave. Those are your words. I wouldnt necessarily say it that way. But its chances are not great. Mark i
How identity and politics and surviving the land of the free is so important this webber hustings conversation and during this hour will have a lively discussion that includes to the most articulate analysts of American Culture today. Author of this book is Mike Gonzalez and host into the most popular podcast in america. Following the conversation between mike and michael. We will do q a session which i will moderate. Stony point during the program, if you think of something that you would like to ask either of both of them, send the question in the questions box. Be sure to tell us your name and where you are tuning in from. We will answer as any questions as we can in the time the week up. Before we get to the discussion between mike and michael, i want to introduce a special guest to kick off the program. The special guest is Heritage Foundation president missus k james. Missus james, the floor is yours. Good morning. I am so excited to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation and to
Moore needs to tell the world. What cautioned birds to change their tune . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. You probably know about the battle in South Carolina between republican congressman Lindsey Graham and his democrat challenger jamie harrison. According to recent polls harrison who was once considered a long shot is in a dead heat with grateful but theres another fight in South Carolina a turf war. A battle for land and legacy. In a few days hundreds of properties in one county will be auctioned off. Dozens of those properies belong to the gullah geechee people descendants of slaves that still live on the lands. Most of it was bought by or given to free slaves after the civil war and was passed down for generations. As Jessica Gomez tells us during the middle of a pandemic the tax sale should be delayed. Along the showers of st. Helena and surrounding the marshes are whispers of the past. The stories of those to who have lived here for generations. My grandm
Mary, what does ill tell us it tell us about the economy . Mary i think its good news and what we had to say in all of this is we are not getting back to february any time soon because unless we have the virus basically solved, there are lots of economies that are not going to open and the fact that we are doing better than just threading water here, make gains, thats good news. In the in the half halffull camp i would say theres less momentum. We had better momentum in june and may and we are still down 13 million jobs and as we try to get below 10 unemployment, now at 10. 2, thats where it becomes more difficult to restore those jobs short of a vaccine. Paul jason, it would seem on marys momentum point that the flareup in the summer to have virus in the south and South Western States did seem to slow the growth of of jobs, you did see a lot of restaurant jobs, a lot of Leisure Hospitality jobs come back but theres still millions that that are on the sidelines. Bill yeah, striking in
Coronavirus crisis. This is two hours and 30 minutes. I want to begin by thanking our pannestist and esteemed members for joining us. This week our country passed a grim milestone, more than 100,000 americans have lost their lives due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of americans continue to contract this virus every day. Over 150 more here in South Carolina on yesterday. And the day before, wednesday, marked our largest singleday increase of covid19 deaths. Local Community Leaders across the country, democrats, and republic ans need strong federal leadership to help them combat this deadly threat. Communities need federal help to get the protective equipment and testing supplies they need to protect their front line medical workers and essential employees. Unfortunately the administration is leaving it up to the states. Forcing them to compete against each other in order to purchase equipment and supplies from the private sector, leading to higher prices and greater shortages. W