Areas busiest airport. The coordinated effort at sfo demanding a ceasefire in gaza. New calls for a ceasefire are coming from east bay classrooms. At 9 00, the backlash is being felt across the Oakland Unified School district. An unusual meeting taking place in santa clara. The valley water board of directors will meet this morning to consider whether or not to censor one of their board members. You are looking into director rebecca eisenberg. Recently she was investigated for multiple allegations including dissemination , harassment, and the mishandling of confidential information. The board of directors will consider how to move forward at todays meeting. The California Supreme Court is waiting into the battle over the future of uc berkeleys peoples park. The States High Court plans to hear arguments over the universitys plan to build housing on the side. That hearing will be in l. A. In early april. Earlier this year, the address and took over the park, clearing out makeshift homes
Celebration for freedom. Now, a national holiday, juneteenth is the direct result of centuries of resistance and revolution by black people leading a fight for their liberation. In 1861, tension between the north and the south reached its Breaking Point over slavery and statehood, and The Civil War began. On january 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of The Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all people held as slaves within the confederate controlled states were now free. The proclamation also granted black men access into a struggling union army. By the end of the war, more than 200,000 black soldiers, known as the United States colored troops, had enlisted, becoming instrumental to the unions victory. The civil war officially ended in april of 1865, but it wasnt until june 19th of that year, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, that thousands of colored troops arrived in galveston texas, to read general or
welcome to hollywood! where an epic party is getting started. the stage at the historic greek theater will soon light up with an extraordinary list of musical talent all taking part in a global celebration for freedom. i am sara sidner. i am sitting next to my man van jones. he s here to celebrate juneteeth on cnn. we are so excited to be with you. this is america s newest federal holiday, commemorating the end, the true end of slavery in this country. folks heading to the greek theater, here in hollywood. and all of you at home are going to see an incredible concert with an amazing all-star lineup of black singers and songwriters. we re going to enjoy a show-stopping tribute to the queen of rock and roll, tina turner. we lost her this year. it was devastating for all of us. but you re going to see something you haven t seen before, y all. so stick around. actress chloe will give us her rendition of one of turner s greatest hits what s love got to do with it? she is going t
Think religion should play in politics and public life . We want to hear from you. Go ahead and start calling in now. If you are in the eastern or central time zone, we want you to call us at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zone, your number is 202 7488001. You can send us a text message at 202 7488003. Please include your name and where you live. You can find us on facebook. Com cspan and on x cspanwj. New House Speaker mike johnson has really made religion a central role of his political career. I want to read to you a little bit from an article in the hill from last month that talks aut speaker johnsons political philosophy and his thohts on the separation of church and state. Here is an excerpt from that article. It says, johnson argued that faith, our deep religious heritage and tradition, is a big part of what it means to be an american in his comments tuesday. He further argued that morality must be kept among americans so that we have accountability. Her
divided nation and the world at large lots of of issues in there harlan. thanks for joining us. harlan is a strategic thinker and innovator whose career spans the world s a business and government. he is a csis alum harlan s the chairman of two private companies and an advisor to the heads of major corporations and governments. he holds an ma mald and a phd from the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university. he was a distinguished visiting professor at the naval war college a professor of military strategy at the naval war college and is up eyes arnold deborah grove distinguish. columnists arno, of course also an alum of csis. so thanks harlan for joining us and welcome to csis. welcome back to see. many happy years there. let me first start off harlan with with the title of the book. you ve got two. a concepts to phrases in there that i think would be worth unpacking for folks. the first is the fifth horseman and then we ve got an and then the new mad, so can