Us with your thoughts with your first name, city and state at 202 7488003. Or you can go to twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Whether it is rental assistance, help with your mortgage, you thinke costs, or your state needs aid from washington, help with colleges and schools, whatever it is, whatever economic aid do you need . That is our conversation this morning. Joining us on the phone is eric watson, congressional reporter with bloomberg coming year to give us the latest. Where do negotiations stand in washington . Guest we are still at a stalemate. There was a latenight meeting between mark meadows, secretary mnuchin and schumer and pelosi. There is talk of a standalone bill to a expand to extend extend Unemployment Insurance. Schumer and pelosi are united, and polling numbers show americans want a massive stimulus package with the American Economy stuttering, so they are insisting on more than a barebones package. They are wanting to see one of and locally, st
A confrontation. The officer was patrolling the area when they noticed a theft in progress involving multiple people. The officer tried to detain those suspects there was a confrontation and the officer opened fire. Still not clear this morning what caused the officer to use their gun. The officer sustained a foot injury and was taken to the hospital has also been placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. We have breaking news from overnight. One person had to be rescued from a fire in San Francisco. Youre taking a look at video from the citizen app that was posted by the San Francisco Fire Department that fire started about 2 oclock this morning on powell street in the citys north beach neighborhood. Firefighters also had to rescue a dog. The person who was rescued was rushed to the hospital no word on that persons condition this morning. Also in the south bay clusters of covid19 positive costco workers are being treated for the virus across Santa Clara
On cspan2. Joining us this morning is ben, the former naacp president and now the current president of people for the american way. You just took over as president for this group. Remind our viewers what is the group . How are they funded and what are you priorities for it . Thank you. So, we were started 40 years ago by norman leer and congresswoman barbara jordan, as a Multiracial Group to really make sure your country stays on a course towards freedom and justice and equality and opportunity for all of us. We organized across the country. In this moment, we have folks who are deeply involved in their cities and their counties on the issue of Public Safety. On the response to covid and who are fighting to make sure that our Supreme Court quite frankly hears back to the values we hold dear. It doesnt keep lurnching towars being the institution that could end health care as we know it since obama passed the aca. Were funded primarily by people. Some support from foundations on the c3 s
Particularly the socialist wing of the party have long sought to alter american institutions to fundamentally change american life, to transform american society. Many leaders of the left obviously believe that the brutal death of george floyd in custody of the Minneapolis Police was their moment to begin their longdesired revolution. And for several days, it appeared those radical dems, those leftists, antifa and other groups might have judged well their moment as democratic mayors and some governors surrendered streets and neighborhoods to the mobs. But this evening it is apparent that is Democratic Party is that which finds itself in the midst of fundamental transformation. The left and their radical factions are trying to change, and change first they must, the Democratic Party. The left has clearly gone mad in the effort and may well have taken much of the Democratic Party with them already. After Demonizing Police for the past two weeks, Corporate Leaders and Television Networks
Dems, those leftists, antifa and other groups might have judged well their moment as democratic mayors and some governors surrendered streets and neighborhoods to the mobs. But this evening it is apparent that is Democratic Party is that which finds itself in the midst of fundamental transformation. The left and their radical factions are trying to change, and change first they must, the Democratic Party. The left has clearly gone mad in the effort and may well have taken much of the Democratic Party with them already. After Demonizing Police for the past two weeks, Corporate Leaders and Television Networks are pulled policerelated shows off the air. A e, which is in part owned by disney, pulled the Popular Program live p. D. Viacomingowned paramount network pulled cops, also facing pressure to end their Childrens Program paw patrol, for crying out loud, because it depicts a german shepard as a cop and does so favorably. The left supports these cancellations of shows because they recog