The break in the cold case murder of a music legend, after 18 years the arrest just announ announced. Early today starts right now good Tuesday Morning im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. The Democratic National convention has begun with much of the first night focused on Racial Justice in america. Now more than ever we need a president who will unite this country. We need a president who in George Floyds memory, instead of using the bible as a prop, will heed its words, to act justly george should be alive today. It is up to us to carry on the fight for justice. He was always finding ourselves in what john louis called good trouble. Together we must build a nation that is more equitable, more compassionate, and more inclusive. I know that joe biden will begin that fight. The major theme for the evening seemed to be unity our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us withmore of the nights big moments for a democratic event, we heard from a whole lot of republicans. Reporter yes
Horrible overnight we dont suddenly doubt the entire edifice of a strong consumer only, only on halloween would anyone accept a trick that were about to go into recession because of weak numbers and more negative trade talk rather than the treat of good earnings and low Interest Rates on days like today when we get some soft manufacturing data, we do believe the worst is yet to come, something that may be exacerbated by the trade stalemate. The nasdaq was down 0. 14 . At one point the market was down far more than that i think its a big mistake to panic here and not just because no one ever made a dime panicking. See, the truth is nothing we heard today should come as much of a surprise to you if youre a watcher of the show. Thats because for months ive been telling you that we have two economies in this country. There is the consumer economy, which is red hot, as well hear later in the show when we talk to a couple of companies, and then the industrial economy which is weak and in man
If jon stewart were here this wouldnt be happening. Committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and liberties will come to order. Thank the officers for get itin the doors shut and folks in. Thank you so much. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I welcome everyone todays hearing on the path to Restorative Justice. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today is june, a day that commemorates the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news with the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for two years so all enslaved people knew they were free despite lincolns emancipation. Slavery was a crime against humanity, one whose impacts we as a society continue to grapple with today. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first african slaves being brought to america. Slaveries of our nations first original sin. Our constitution protected it and various compromise
And this is an everyday occurrence in america. I have the privilege of having leaders in my community who over the decades have given me strength. One of them was a woman on the fifth floor of the projects. Building in which i lived whose son was murdered. She taught me hope is the action conviction. Despiair wont have the last word, but when i come back on a day like today, i wonder if other senators had people shot like that in their neighborhood, if it wouldnt be a headline. When people are shot and killed, the world seems to keep going on. And so i wonder about having the last word. What happens when the last word is no words. When its silence . And i feel a sense of anger where we are in the United States of america where we have not had direct conversations about a lot of the root causes of the inequities and pain and hurt manifested in economic disparities and Health Disparities and a criminal Justice System that is a form of new jim crow. We as a nation have not truly acknowled
2020 election. we re still not done. an nbc news analysis finds jack smith s grand jury has interviewed dozens of witnesses from little known campaign aides to the former vice president of the united states. and smith s questions are, quote, focused particularly on the fake elector scheme. smith is also said to be focused on that unhinged december 18th oval office meeting about seizing voting machines. the meeting was full of insults and conspiracy theory, concerning powell, michael flynn. here s how the people in the room described that december 18th meeting. someone screamed at me that i was a quitter, kept on standing up and turning and around screaming at me. they were fighting. the first thing i walked in and i looked at them and said who are you? people fighting with each other and hurling insults at each other. what they were proposing i thought was nuts. how nuts was it? this was the draft executive or they were pushing trump to sign: it was not written