Laura tearing through the caribbean, the hurricane now taking aim at texas and louisiana. Winds expected to top 115 miles per hour. Mandatory evacuations under way along the gulf coast right now. Were live from the storm zone tracking the very latest. Fall from grace. Top conservative evangelical leader Jerry Falwell jr. Entangled in a sex scandal. The sordid allegations emerging about he and his wifes alleged relationship with their former pool attendant. Overnight the powerful ally of President Trump, the president of liberty university. The fallout this morning. Back to School Battle. A florida judge striking down the order for schools to physically reopen siding with teachers demanding the right to work remotely. Ive chosen my students over so many difficult things but i cant put my family at risk. Measures to protect their students, and colleges cracking down, shutting down bars after scenes like this in alabama as cases climb to nearly 450 at notre dame. I had a fever. I had ches
The unrest in america the result of race or class tension find out next and were back in an hours time when can all take you through the mornings global News Headlines back then. Hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered im Peter Labelle this spiral down word depending on who you believe in the media this is the unrest in america is the result of systematic racism this explains protests and rioting but it does it the commanding heights controlling the Financial System the media and the Business World are loath to admit it its the. Kaname stupid for them race always trumps class. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Jason Nichols in l. The good city is a professor of africanamerican studies and in new york we crossed to Margaret Kimberly she is the editor and senior columnist at the black gender report as well as the author of the book prejudicial black america and the president s all right process rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and
With a boycott during the playoffs. Speaking up. Pandemic politics. Vice president pence paints a positive picture of the president s Coronavirus Response at the Republican National convention. What this says about how the gop thinks it can win. But first, heres todays eyeopener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Welcome to cbs this morning. Theres a lot going on. Are we going back to the eyeopener. Welcome back to cbs this morning. This is one of those rare days where anthony, as you know, there are so many things going on at the same time. Thats what i was trying to say. We could have had several leads. Theyre all very, very troubling. Well begin with the one everybody is talking about at this hour. Hurricane laura. The country, as you know, being tested in many ways. First we have a coronavirus, an economic csis and weve got a reckoning on systemic race sichl. Now were being tested again by one of the strongest storms ever to hit the u. S. The last thing anybody needs. Her name is hurri
Class one is in we cant say theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police and racism is a big part of that so this story begins with racism and racism thats practiced all the time mostly against black people but i think the reaction to it as you say they were both in was universal and i think the protests obviously were sparked by his chilling but i think they are sustained and growing because of anger about many things in this country people are suffering people are struggling it is something that is almost for bill need to talk about its not an issue in politics the Corporate Media doesnt say anything. About it we already had an economy that was not doing as well as we were told i wouldnt speak of jobs growth its low wage work its getting work its all its not anything that its not living wage were so people were already st
Prior to being elected to congress, she served on the bostons city council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Please welcome congresswoman ayanna pressley. E] rep. Ressley today, i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones recorded in our history books, but those omitted from the pages. The freedom riders, the organizers, the community builders. Every loved one passed a brownbag lunch. Lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we are because of them. We are black with a capital b. We are the manifestation of the movement. We are and cultural proud blacks. If my granddaddy the reverend e. James echols were here, he would whisper in my ear and say baby, make it play. I intend to do just that, make it play area we are in unprecedented and uncertain times. We are challenged by the state of the nation and the crisis w