Sponsored by wells fargo. Tv critic for National Public radio, and im here with a couple of very esteemed authors, Christopher Caldwell, an american journalist, former Senior Editor for the Weekly Standard and author of the age of entitlement, america since the 60s. Hes joining from washington, d. C. We have historian, journalist, wall street journal columnist and author of the people no of the war on populism and democracy joining us from kansas city. I am in st. Petersburg florida. We are going to make this happen through the magic of video chat. So thank you for coming. I appreciate it. It seems your books in different ways are describing how we have landed in this crazy political time that we are in right now where we are understanding how the movements and politics. What i would like each of you to do is give a thumbnail synopsis of durable and what it might say about whether or how america sort of landed on the road to populism. What do you think . Its more like the railroad for
Ineffective. We actually need prep time to make sure we can do this right because thats really the most Common Feedback that were hearing from families is the spring did not go well. I think hell well be able to lot more effective this time. Reporter Teachers Want more flexibility so they can care for their families when classes resume, and they want wellness time to destress. Safety, of course, is paramount as the year begins with statemandated crisis Distance Learning. The district hopes to go back to in person teaching but there are so many variables. Brooklyn says she misses her friends but likes being close to her family. She imagines her school day. A little bit of practicing my writing and reading, and then at the end of the day, im going to practice my math. Reporter all thats known is tomorrow teachers start lesson planning and professional development, and it will be a very strange first day of school for everyone next monday. In oakland, im leslie brinkley, abc7 news. And ri
With support from our spectrum cable partners, this begins traveling to chapel hill, North Carolina. Coming up in the next 90 minutes, will learn about the citys Literary History and speak with local authors including jake smith on his book cheated. Then in about ten minutes, we sit down with the citys first africanamerican mayor, howard lee. Following that in about 30 minutes, subpoenaing president nixon during the watergate hearings. We begin our special feature with the academic scandal that involved the Athletic Program. [applause] four seconds to play. I would say sports are very important. In that respect, youre like probably other universities but maybe a little more so because weve had such Great Success in theres an ingrained tradition of winning and competing in lots of different sports. Its an important part of the culture. For many years, weve all involved in the myth of being the tarragon of virtue and the master of joining athletic rights. I think we all convinced ourselv
How you act. Today we spend the hour with 16yearold swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. She launched a School Strike for the climate last year by standing in climate last year by standing in front of the Swedish Parliament every friday to demand action to prevent catastrophic Climate Change. Her protest went global, with schoolchildren worldwide launching their own strikes and now she has come to play a leading role in the Climate Justice movement. Greta has refused to fly for years because of emissions, and now shes arrived in new york after crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a zeroemissions racing yacht to join the Global Climate strike september 20 and join the u. N. Summit. Greta when you hold the people in power accountable for what they have been doing to us and other enerations and living species on earth and we need to get angry and understand what is at stake and we need to transform that anger into action. Greta will also talk about addressing the european and british parlia
How you act. Today we spend the hour with 16yearold swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. She launched a School Strike for the climate last year by standing in climate last year by standing in front of the Swedish Parliament every friday to demand action to prevent catastrophic Climate Change. Her protest went global, with schoolchildren worldwide launching their own strikes and now she has come to play a leading role in the Climate Justice movement. Greta has refused to fly for years because of emissions, and now shes arrived in new york after crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a zeroemissions racing yacht to join the Global Climate strike september 20 and join the u. N. Summit. Greta when you hold the people in power accountable for what they have been doing to us and other enerations and living species on earth and we need to get angry and understand what is at stake and we need to transform that anger into action. Greta will also talk about addressing the european and british parlia