The debate was hosted by the Atlanta Press club and georgia public broadcasting. Good evening and welcome. I am russ spencer. And you are watching the Atlanta Press club debate series. We are broadcasting from the studio of the georgia public broadcasting in atlanta, and we welcome viewers from across the state and the country. This is the runoff debate for u. S. Senate to fill the seat held by georgia senator Kelly Loeffler. Lets meet the candidates. In alphabetical order, republican candidate Kelly Loeffler, appointed to the senate in january 2020 to replace retiring georgia senator johnny isakson. She is part owner of the atlanta dream. Candidate Raphael Warnock is the Senior Pastor at Ebenezer Baptist church in atlanta. The church where Martin Luther king jr. Was pastor. Lets meet our panel. Greg bluestein is a political reporter with the atlanta journalconstitution. Rayam the debate will be divided into three rounds and candidates will have 60 seconds to answer question and 30 sec
The battle to reopen. Schools struggling to meet guidelines. The vast differences in plans across the country. Im pretty sure im not going to make it. Some teachers fear their lives are at stake here and theyre now taking drastic measures. Charges filed. Two men facing multiple counts in a fourth of july weekend confrontation caught on camera. What the alleged victim is saying and how the suspects are defending themselves. And summer scorcher. Dangerous hot weather hitting the midwest to the northeast. Heat alerts in place for some of the hottest temperatures this year. Hey, good morning, everybody. Great as always to be here in studio with eva. Whit, as you may be able to see, is working remotely, joining us from home. Whit, good morning. Thats right, dan and eva, good morning to you both. Its been a while since we fired up studio wj. Were back at it again working from home. Hope to join you both in times square very soon. In the meantime, two big stories that were following this morn
A more aggressive approach today in the states fight to control the coronavirus. California is ordering some businesses to close after theyve just reopened. We begin with one decision today by the governor thats impacting two main issues. In an effort to build a better bay area, we are talking about the economy and our health. He is ordering all bars to shut down in the following counties. Take a look. Fresno, imperial, kern, kings, los angeles, san joaquin and toler. The mandate of closures are in counties that have been on the States Coronavirus watch list for more than two weeks. Governor newsom says this step is critical to limit the spread of the virus in counties that are seeing the biggest increases. Two bay area counties are e ones where the governor is recommending bar closures. Those are contra costa, santa clara, riverside, sacrament san bernardino, Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Contra costa was considering reopening bars on wednesday while bars are still closed in san
The who reports the most infections for a single day. Global stocks trade lower as u. S. Futures swing from gains to losses. Bloomberg learns the german lender could cut up to 7000 jobs and shutter 400 branches after its current costcutting measures were called in abject failer failure. And starbucks, pepsico, and biaggi out are the latest pump needs to curtail ad spending on facebook. Pressure on the company to crack down on hate speech shows no signs of slowing down. Just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe and the u. K. Futures red across the board. In europe we are looking at 1 plus losses. Germany. Much here in euro stock futures down about. 75 . U. S. Futures swinging from gains to losses. Now we are looking at about a. 25 drop for the s p. Nasdaq futures down about. 5 . What are you seeing on the gmm . Anna in conjunction with european futures, they. 4 a point forening they a weaker open. Chinese equities looking relatively resilient. Japanese nik
My name is Audrey Stewart and im excited to welcome you to the event with Rebecca Henderson talking about her book reimagining capitalism in a world on fire. She is joined tonight by paul solman. This is part of our Virtual Event series, we are glad to bring luminary offers a to the community during these unprecedented times. Every week we will be hosting events on the broadcast stage in our Event Schedule will appear at harvard. Com and you can find out for our email newsletter. We have a ton of great events coming up, dont miss out. If you enjoy tonights event and once more, next monday, may 11th, robert reich will discuss his new book. We conclude with time for your questions. If he would like to ask the author something, go to be asked the question but not the bottom of the screamer you can submit your question. At the bottom of the screen during the presentation you will see a link to purchase your copy of reimagining capitalism in a world on fire. All sales support Harvard Bookst