Baltimore uprising following the death of freddie gray he is interviewed by the most senior fellow heather mcgee. Hi, how are you . I am good and so happy to see im so grateful youre doing this. It is so great to give our audience the opportunity to get to know bestselling author, wes moore author of i am wes moore and now a new book that could not have been more timely. You cowrote the book i would say with erica greene and warren winning record who covered education for the New York Times in baltimore reported that was part of the team for its breaking News Coverage of the death of freddie gray and those events that followed. This book is a beautiful way to understand what happened to freddie gray, what has happened to baltimore, what happens in black and white america. How the lives that connect us and the un truth and a half spoken truth and the incomplete stories stop us from truly being one community. And most importantly, five days as a way to think about uprising and reckonings
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Interview this morning. Plus House Democratic caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries, republican senator tom scott and analysis from our powerhouse round table. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Good morning. Welcome to this week. The campaign trail, coronavirus and calls for racial equality all converged last night in tulsa. The president was hoping to reboot his campaign, but while the hype was huge, he claimed 1 Million People asked for tickets, the crowd was modest. Lots of empty seats, a rarity for a trump rally. While there were some tense moments in tulsa, protests remained largely peaceful. In a speech that lasted nearly n, defhis the president slme handling of coronavirus saying he requested to slow down the testing to avoid finding more cases. He spoke at length about his slow walk down a ramp at west point. What the president did not do is mention juneteenth, the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 or george floyd amid a National O
At the same time of minority leader schumers news conference, republican senator tim scott came to the floor to discuss his Police Reform legislation in his frustration that Senate Democrats blocked debate from getting started. He was joined by fellow senators david perdue, tim kaine, and ben sasse. I said in strong support and solidarity with my colleague and good friend of South Carolina, tim scott. Five years ago [inaudible] theres a one hour bible study. After going through one hour of bible study, where the trade for him and read the bible to him he pulled out a gun and shot nine people that bible study. Mr. President , you and i not long after that attended one of the funerals in charleston, South Carolina. Tim was there. Any other city in america would not have dealt with at the way charleston, South Carolina did. Charleston, South Carolina dealt with that with love. It something we dont talk about that very often. Tim scott was there. Because of his time and grace because of th