A. M. Eastern, senator elizabeth boston. N watch live on cspan, or listen free cspan radio app. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] we feature authors from all side of the political spectrum. Sues. Andersons is carol with her book one person, no vote. Why did you write this book . Guest the book emerged out of two things, one was a 2016 election, and there is when i about,he pundits talking black people did not show up. Blacky lost because people were not feeling hillary. I looked at that and it did not make sense because this was the first election in 50 years without the protection of the Voting Rights act. We had a series of laws coming through, targeting africanamericans, so i wanted to lay out how Voter Suppression s. Rks because host what protections were under the Voting Rights act. Passedin 1965, congress the Voting Right
Force them to raise prices and cut jobs. If you earn minimum wage, whether you are in the 21 states that are raising the minimum wage or not, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are a business owner, we want to know what you think about the minimum wage going up. Your number, 202 7488001. If you do not fit into either one of those categories but still have something to say, we still want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media. On twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets start this conversation bit oftting a basic information about what is going on. A Record Numbers of states, cities, and counties are boosting their minimum wage in 2020. On or around january 1, the minimum weight will increase in 21 states, while another 26 cities and counties are also boosting their baseline pay at your start. Year, an additional four states and 23 cities and counties w
The most pressing problems facing our generation. Host where do you guys get your funding . Guest our funding comes from individual donors, the tap action fund. That is how we do our business there. Host how do you expect the youth of america to vote in the upcoming election . Do you expect it to go up or down . Or even stay flat . Guest it is going through the roof. There is no question. This was or shadowed in the 2018 midterms where voter turnout had the highest mark in 20 years, particularly pronounced between voters 18 to 35. Youre seeing engagement from young adults now. That will shoot through the roof in 2020. Host why are more young people getting involved in voting and civil action . Guest young people have led civic and social justice actions throughout history. You are now seeing that turned vote. Need for need to people are realizing that 16 votes can be the difference in an election and the difference in terms of having people working alongside social justice movements. F
Stronger when we Work Together with threats to global stability and trade, that principle is more important than ever and throughout the summit my message is on the overriding need for International Cooperation and compromise. Longtime discussions with International Partners on economic and Security Matters i made clear britain would always stand by the global rules and the best means of securing peace and prosperity for all of us. I would take the may issue in turn. On the other issue is the need for International Collaboration greater than in the threat to the country and our people from Climate Change. As i arrived last week i was immensely empowered that britain had become the first major economy to commit in law to ending our contribution to global warning by 2015. I urge other countries to follow britains lead and set similarly ambitious net 0 target in their own countries. Those issues, the last generation of leaders with the power to limit Global Warming and i believe we have a
Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Good thursday morning to you, you can call in now. Gallup has been asking this question since 1971. Either extremely proud or very proud to be americans marks the lowest response rate. Here is how it broke down. Those who said they were extremely proud of, 45 of respondents. This is the second Consecutive Year that finding is below the 50 level. 25 saying they are very proud,. 8 saying moderately proud 3 saying they are not at all proud. Here is how the chart breaks down historically from the gallup released earlier this week. The top line, those who said they were extremely or very proud, the numbers have declined. The same for those saying they are extremely proud. The highest readings for extremely proud, 69 and 70 2002 and 2003 2004 after the 9 11 attacks. Fewer than expressed extreme pride in being american. The breakdown split by both partisan