Brought basic services to more than 123 Million People. Her background before joining acumen is a marvel. She founded and directed the rockefeller foundations philanthropy workshop and the next generation leadership program, she cofounded a Microfinance Institution in rwanda where you lived for three years, i believe, and she began her career at chase manhattan bank. Shes on the board of a number of great organizations such as the aspen institute, and if that were not all, she is also the author of the 2010 bestseller, the blue sweater bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world. If you havent read it, you should. There are a lot of key insights that have attracted me to jacquelines work, ive known about her for a long time, and im delighted to say weve become friends over the past few months. We had a terrific dinner the other night at jacquelines apartment in new york city where we talked about some of the Biggest Issues that are facing us in politics in america
That summer was an incredible summer. The summer of 1964. In those days, most senators didnt have a huge internship program. I was the only intern in the office. My boss was deeply involved in that, as was ted. It was an incredible time to be in washington, but i had been there the summer of the year before on the house side. Got to be at the Martin Luther kings i have a dream speech. I did not hear a word of it. There was a mass of humanity all the way down to the lincoln memorial. Then the next summer, breaking the filibuster on the civil rights bill and it passed. Next summer, i didnt have a job but i went back to visit my friends. And i just happened to hit it on the perfect day. I was sitting in the outer office hoping senator cooper would talk to me for a few minutes. He walked out, grabbed my arm and said i will take you to the capital to see something important. It turned out, that was the day that lbj signed the Voting Rights act of 1965. There i was, not exactly up front, bac
Refund to get your reaction. Did you watch and what did you think about that speech . Our phones are open. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans at 202 7488001. Independence at 202 7488002. You can catch up with us on twitter or email us. A good Tuesday Morning to you. We begin talking about first ladys Michelle Obamas commencement address. She speaks of the emotional toll of being the first black, first lady. They wrote, mrs. Obama delivered the address to much applause but in intertwining her personal journey she if raised this question, how much has america progressed on Race Relations and can this generation prevent being defined here is a bit from the address in which she specifically talks about being the first black first lady. [video clip] back when my husband first started campaigning, folks at all sorts of questions for me. What kind of first lady would i be . What kinds of issues what i take on . When i be more like laura bush or Hillary Clinton or nancy reagan .
Reference. 5000 way back when. Absolutely a day of round numbers, impressive ones at that. Vanessa nasdaq at the level of 4000 like we did earlier since the year 2000. It is somewhat a monumental day. New highs for the dow and the s p 500 above the 1800 mark so new highs as we continue to watch the market gaining that momentum and they will not quit. Other names on the move, lets take a look at sears. A great performer on the s p 500. Stocks hitting a new high. Rewarding loyal customers but they came under some Sales Numbers that were disappointed. The ceo says he is not as close to closing stores. Back to you. Connell nicole, thank you very much. The other story is United States and iran reaching a deal to freeze the Nuclear Program for six months, but the fallout has farreaching impacts among political and economic. Oil prices falling today, something we are watching but the political impact is much more complicated as you have lawmakers on both sides who are skeptical of this deal t
Young people may be less likely to become seriously ill with coronavirus yet the future will be inflicted by the disease. Jobs are becoming more scarce, education has been interrupted and social life disrupted. That is a lost generation . Well, im now inside the bbcs headquarters here in Central London and we are bringing you our two panellists and our questioners via video link. Theyjoin us from all over the world. Let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week, giving the answers. Emma theofelus, she is deputy minister of information in namibia and, get this she was only 23 years of age when she was given that post and, as part of her role, she gives daily briefings to the nation about how to prevent the spread of coronavirus. But emma has apparently just turned 24. And billiejd porter is a british film maker and journalist and is involved in an initiative to engage young people in politics called use your voice. She has recently been travelling around the world making documentarie