Brooklyn, how we doing . When the host and Creative Director of Msnbc Life and we are so excited to welcome you to our very first of soldout fanfocused event. Thank you. This is where you get to meet and greet your favorite msnbc personalities live and in person , and i can let you guys in on a little secret. Steves khakis are just the same as in real life. Over the course of the day, we will give you our take on the state of this crazy election. Are you enjoying it so far . Its only september. All right, lets get this thing kicked off. You may have seen them reporting from the dnc. They are going to tell you what it was like to be there in that electric atmosphere, but first theyre going to dig into what is at stake in november. Please welcome to the stage, the host of the readout, Joy Read and Alex Wagner. Thank you. Add a selfie. So smart. Hello. Thank you all for coming. How amazing is this . Amazing. Thank you, brooklyn. I think we are going to just jump right in because really wh
Authors. And then to be simply made of the intensity of an audience in a Community Like ours with the killing of george floyd it is challenging and introspective and quiet and devastating i was always aware my value is determined by my skin color first and foremost. A poet and essayist a professor of poetry at yale and we find her in her home in connecticut. I really miss talking to you in front of a Live Audience im glad we can make this work but i have to say i will miss that. So thank you and welcome. Thank you for having me. Before the pandemic that you would imagine you would be traveling and talking about this book in front of Live Audiences . I thought as close as i could come to have conversations with different people across the country and try to make that happen this is the next best thing. And to speak to a wide range of people before the election to think how we managed to get ourselves where we are. The things that i say about doing these conversations on the stage is tha
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She has stood up for women, for diverse communities. She has been one of the most progressive voices on the Supreme Court pushing an agenda of justice for all, which is what this country is founded on. Its a huge loss, it is a huge loss. The mayor of San Francisco speaking with us about the contributions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Good evening, im andre senior. And im christina run down. Justice ginsburg died at her home in washington, d. C. From pancreatic cancer. Family was by her side, she was 87 years old. Chief Justice John Roberts announced her passing earlier this evening saying quote, our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tireless and resolute champion of justice. People sang Amazing Grace outside the Supreme Court tonight in honor of the late justice. Throughout the night m
A chance to spread. So let me give you a closer look. Actually, well go right to governor gavin newsom. I started talking about what b. C. H. S. Would be doing a week after fanny and freddie and the folks put out the new guidelines. I realized quickly i was not only confusing him, i was confusing myself. This whole area of rental protections and issues of evictions can make your head spin. Particularly if youre just someone who wants to know what the heck is going on, and how can i avoid being evicted from my home because of the impact that covid19 has had on my job, my capacity to make ends meet. And so in an effort to try to make sense of all of that, im going to try to make sense of what the state of california is doing in releadership to what housing and urban development has done in relationship cdc hao National Guidelines on evictions and forecasts. But really lay out the strategy for this state pursuant to a bill i signed close to midnight 48 hours ago that we believe will prote
And youre in the stream today should twitter allow political ads we ask what role social media plays in politics and what impact a ban on political ads will have join the conversation tweet us stream or leave a comment on our live chat and you too will be in the stream. Twitters c. E. O. Jack dorsey recently announced that the company will no longer allow political advertisements on its platform the move the company says is to make sure politicians and political campaigns tell voters the whole truth its the 1st such declaration by any social Media Company and stands in stark contrast to facebooks policy but will the prohibition actually prevent the spread of misinformation but joining us to discuss this in hyderabad india. Shes a journalist with the hindu where she covers Technology Entertainment and lifestyle in london tom jarvis hes founder and managing director of Wilderness Agency thats a social media Strategy Company and in San Francisco california just a call to become founder an