Live coverage on cspan 3. The next seven months, the commissioners and staff they a probingpursued examination of conditions that fueled the riot, including visits to 20 three cities, interviews with residents and activists, and confrontation with realities invisible to most politicians and policymakers. The Kerner Commission produced a 704 page report that sold 2 million copies. We have a group or today prepared to offer insight into the report, the historical context, and significance. I will introduce them in the order in which they will present. Julian zelizer. And publicf history affairs at Princeton University cnn. News commentary on he is the author of numerous books on american political history. His recent book is a monumental study of lbjs legislative season which produced civil rights legislation, the war on poverty, and transformative initiatives. He published a new edition of the Kerner Commission report which includes an excellent introduction. Julian zelizer will conside
Counselor mueller but also the career employees at the department of justice and the f. B. I. These partisan attacks are baseless and reckless. They are undermining trust and confidence in the rule of law and this must not be tolerated. Its time for responsible senators on both sides of the aisle to speak up in defense of these institutions that are at the heart of our democracy. Its time to come together on a bipartisan basis to demand that mr. Mueller be allowed to follow the facts wherever they may lead. The f. B. I. Is also under attack. President trump has said that the agencys reputation is in tatters and i want standing is the worst in history. The truth is that the f. B. I. Continues to be the Gold Standard for Law Enforcement agencies worldwide. The prosecutors and the department of justice are superb professionals who adhere to a strict ethic of honesty and impartial kwreult as do the nearly 30,000 employees of the f. B. I. They put their lives on the line every day to protec
Honoring Martin Luther king jr. All eyes , he did not respond to a single shouted question about comments made in the oval office in which sources say he referred to haiti and african countries as best whole countries, a pg version of all this. Keep in mind the white house does not deny those comments were made, donald trump did take to twitter to clarify at least if you want to call it that how he sees it. Here where his tweets, the language used by me was tough but this was not the language used was what was really tough was the outlandish proposal made, a big setback for daca. Speaking of haiti he said never said anything derogatory about haitians other than haiti is a very poor and troubled country. A wonderful relationship with haitians, and trust. At this meeting, handful of different lawmakers presenting a proposal for daca. Dick durbin, one of those inside the meeting, the conversation surrounded temporary protected status for some in the United States, the conversation turned
Environment of being able to write your state and local taxes off. It would hurt millionaires in the state if you added a tax to them, give them another reason to leave the state. Chris christie by the way bemoaned that. Be that as it may, well get details from the governor shortly. Expected to be imitated across the country by other democratic governors coming in. Virginia is looking at that. A virginia democrat taking charge on saturday. Way too early to tell where all of this is going. What is not too early, look what is happening at corner of wall and broad for the second time this year the dow hit another milestone. Weve been in and out of it since. Now 25,971. This is seven trading days after 25,000. By the way it is the 8th 1000 point milestone since election day. The 7th since the president was inaugurated. Among some of the companies were looking at moving up smartly, a lot of people say based on tax cuts that are improving the bottom line, United Health an citigroup, merck al
Border security, interior enforcement, and other immigration issues. I promised i would clear the way to debate these matters this week, and i have. I promised i would ensure a fair amendment process in which both sides could offer legislation for discussion and votes, and i have. Just yesterday the Congressional Hispanic Caucus released a letter thanking me for keeping my commitment and urged the senate to resolve this issue quickly. But we havent even been able to get started yet. Havent even been able to get started. Yesterday i tried twice to open the debate and start the voting. Both times my democratic colleagues objected. Im a little perplexed, frankly, by the holdup. My democratic colleagues have spent months, months, as we all know, demanding the senate take up this issue. They even shut down the government, shut down the government unnecessarily, i might add in order to secure this very week for this discussion. But now that the time has come to make law instead of just makin