Announcer please welcome the atlantics margarette lowe. [applause] hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage
This brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. Power ofploring the athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, professionals and from people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic trophy. And one nfl so we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, Atlantic Staff writer jamal hill. Jemele writes about the intersection of sports, race, politics and culture. Now we want to learn more about all of you. Poll, andke a quick answering the question requires a cell phone. Phone andour cell and then type in slido. Com
Hi, everybody. Thank you for joining us. Kevin joins us from new york in a moment. Lets get right to the latest hollywood news. Matt lauers double life. On tv, he was americas likable dad. But behind the scenes, matt anz his wife of 19 years lived separate lives. His alleged infidelity with coworkers was well nobody. Lauer was spotted on long island today grabbing lunch and not wearing his wedding ring. Today, were learning more about how nbc is dealing with the scandal. There have been approximately 60 meetings within nbc news to share information. The internal review is in its early stages. The today show held its Holiday Party yesterday. It was lowkey. As for who will replace lauer, its getting interesting. E. T. Learned this week, that weekend today show cohost craig melvin is a frontrunner. Hoda kotb is gaining traction. Its friday. Were so happy. Reporter since she started filling in, today shot to number one. The ratings with hoda cohosting continue to hold up. Shell be back nex
Thank you for joining us. Kevin joins us from new york in a moment. Lets get right to the latest hollywood news. Matt lauers double life. On tv, he was americas likable dad. But behind the scenes, matt anz his wife of 19 years lived separate lives. His alleged infidelity with coworkers was well nobody. Lauer was spotted on long island today grabbing lunch and not wearing his wedding ring. Today, were learning more about how nbc is dealing with the scandal. There have been approximately 60 meetings within nbc news to share information. The internal review is in its early stages. The today show held its Holiday Party yesterday. It was lowkey. As for who will replace lauer, its getting interesting. E. T. Learned this week, that weekend today show cohost craig melvin is a frontrunner. Hoda kotb is gaining traction. Its friday. Were so happy. Filling in, today shot to number one. The ratings with hoda cohosting continue to hold up. Shell be back next week. Our source tells us, shell be in t
Hi, everybody. Thank you for joining us. Kevin joins us from new york in a moment. Lets get right to the latest hollywood news. Matt lauers double life. On tv, he was americas likable dad. But behind the scenes, matt anz his wife of 19 years lived separate lives. His alleged infidelity with coworkers was well nobody. Lauer was spotted on long island today grabbing lunch and not wearing his wedding ring. Today, were learning more about how nbc is dealing with the scandal. There have been approximately 60 meetings within nbc news to share information. The internal review is in its early stages. The today show held its Holiday Party yesterday. It was lowkey. As for who will replace lauer, its getting interesting. E. T. Learned this week, that weekend today show cohost craig melvin is a frontrunner. Hoda kotb is gaining traction. Its friday. Were so happy. Reporter since she started filling in, today shot to number one. The ratings with hoda cohosting continue to hold up. Shell be back nex