The association. I would like to welcome our friends who are joining us by cspan and those who are here with us tonight who are the really smart people in washington because you have chosen to be here above the National Baseball game and above the televised president ial debate tonight so we think that weve got the best thing going and we are glad that you chose to be with us tonight. I would like to acknowledge some very important people. Who are with us this evening. Mats appearance, tim and Debbie Costello who are here with us tonight. And his wife christian, who is here. Tonight and of course in my book the two most important costellos or sofia and theodore and they are at home, i guess. They can come next time they are mad and christians wonderful little kids. Id also like to welcome the members of our board of directors who are with us tonight. We have and stop, lets give and a hand. applause and bob mcgee. applause and we have two that are in route Anita Mcbride and gayle west.
Prestigious post and as impressive as that is my favorite fact today the founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture, that jewel on the National Mall created in 2005 and opened in 2016. He wrote about it, about the whole experience in his book a fools ear ran, creating the National Museum of africanAmerican History in the age of bush, obama and trump today is juneteenth and on union troops arrived in tax to announce the slaves were free. Meaning of the day and significance in American History is front of mind this year and theres no one better to discuss this than secretary bunch. Secretary bunch, welcome. My pressure to see you as always. Host we have a couple of things in come. You and my mom share a birthday and also were both both born in newark so it is great to see you again of a long while. Lets talk about juneteenth. Everybody is talking about juneteenth this year. The president told the wall street journal that he, quote, made juneteenth ver
A very popular messaging app and ill tell you the reason behind that move all right its time to lose i. Today is juneteenth a day marking the historic day and 865 when union troops landed in texas to enforce the emancipation proclamation freeing all slaves though originally celebrated in texas over time it became a national celebrated commemoration there are rallies taking place today across the country but this year is especially significant as protests against Police Brutality and Racial Injustice continue and now new reports of military planes spying on demonstrators with the f. B. I. Tracking down a protester through social media so we have 2 reports for you on that lets start with bear in prague. That shes starting outside right here in washington during a Juneteenth Celebration nell take to the middle of time here at Freedom Plaza just blocks away from the capitol now let me look by what you had to there was nobody here you can see now behind we follow the people who have gathere
Im coming to you from new york, new york, my home here, as most of us are sheltering in place from home, im doing the same. If you are watching us from facebook, twitter, one of the axios websites, thank you for being with us. We have an Incredible Program honoring juneteenth. I want to say thank you to our sponsor, bank of america, for this event. If you are on twitter or instagram, follow us with axios events or on the axios twitter axios account. Check news on axios. Com. Joining us right now, i want to get right to it, the man who i am very excited to talk to and i hope you are excited to hear from, coming to us from ofhesda, maine, founder like in a timid television, Robert Johnsonblack entertainment television, Robert Johnson. How are you . Robert im doing well. How are you . Dion im also doing well. Thank you so much for being with us. Robert my pleasure. Dion juneteenth is a particularly apt holiday for africanamericans because it is not come with the signing of a resolution or
They crossed the border into china according to Chinese State officials now they say thats where the indian soldiers were met with clubs and rocks by chinese soldiers manning the border and now many in india are calling for a boycott of chinese goods amounting to the billions so joining us to expand on this so rob goup doug he is a senior Asia Pacific International relations policy expert at the institute for china america studies so rob good to see you so 1st can you give us a brief history on this disputed region in the himalayas that india and china have hostilities over. India and china of course all the grief or. Do you. Require relates. Just call the western sector where they have had their they had those statistics up some of this loss of life china has a disproportionate interest you know a core interest then meantime theres also an eastern sector in the s. M. Himalaya as well which is also in dispute which is of course india so they school for a bar in a trade off but this is