Systemic racism. I think answer is yes. But theres no question that the outcomes seem to have a racial component. And that is why we are working on getting all of the information and then retraining and then eliminating those Police Officers who have a pattern of misbehavior. On americanies history tv examines the private lives and public roles of the nations first ladies through interviews with top historians. Monday night, we look at the first two first ladies, Martha Washington and abigail adams. Watch monday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan three. Next is q a. Book,penske discusses his in perfect union, which chronicles the free months who ushered fremont who helped usher in the california old rush. At 9 00, prime ministers questions. Later, President Trump addresses the graduating class at west point. Susan steve inskeep, your book is titled imperfect union how , john and Jesse Fremont helped cause the civil war. Why did you believe the story of a 19thcentury
Achievements. More than 1000 cadets receive their commission as Second Lieutenants in the u. S. Army. At the ceremony, the president was accompanied by luke tenet general darrell williams. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States, accompanied by the president of the United States military academy. , order arms. Ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain will now offer this mornings invocation. God, gather here on the plane and online to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2020. We lead expresses their worldview that leaders of the future have a responsibility to have a vision and to see that for without a, vision, the people perish. So make us, lord, instruments of pride and, that all prejudice macys, where there is darkness, let us bring light. Ande there is despair, hope life. Where there is confusion, clarity. Where there is hatred, charity. Help us desire list to be ,nderstood then to understand and with this vision, to renew the spirit of our land. Amen. Cadets, take
National standards and significant training. You should be accredited to be a police officer. Any profession that allows you to use lethal force, there should be very significant training. Rep. Clyburn nobody is going to defund the police. We can restructure the Police Forces restructure, reimagine policing. That is what we are going to do. The fact of the matter is the police have a role to play. What we have got to do is make sure that that role is one that meets the times. One that responds to these communities that they operate in. I did not grow up in fear of police, even in a segregated environment. We never feared the police. Now, i do a sudden, fear the police. Young blacks fear the police. Why . Because we have built in a is responding, once again, to brown v. Board of education and Everything Else with it. When i was growing up, we did not have black policemen. I remember when the first black i wouldnt say defund, deconstruct our police. Washington journal cspans washington j
Anytime, unfiltered, at cspan. Org coronavirus. Political a Senior Analyst for third way, which is what . It is that think tank based in washington dc. Advance modern, ambitious ideas to move the country forward. If you could put this week into perspective as a country in terms of our politics. It has been a to mulches week, to say the least. That spans our politics, our economy, and the everyday lives of americans. Our economy two weeks ago was humming along in terms of the Overall National indicators. Now we may be headed into a potential recession nationally and globally. Looking back two weeks, in our politics, we thought the democratic nominee might be Bernie Sanders but now it is all but certain that joe biden will be leading the party forward. Host in terms of the impact on this country, we have had past crises, whether 9 11 or pearl harbor. This is one of those that is directly impacting every american one way or another. Guest absolutely. We see it Touching Every Community Acr
Susan steve inskeep, your book is entitled imperfect union how john and Jesse Fremont helped cause the civil war. Why did you believe the story of a 19thcentury power couple would have resonance today . Steve it is a story leading up to the civil war when the nation was very clearly divided into two political camps. We live in a politically divided time, although i dont want to imply we are headed for civil war. I dont know what we are headed toward, but there is resonance in the way we have red and blue states today. There were northern and Southern States than that were fundamentally divided over this giant issue of slavery. There are other things. The 1840s and 1850s was a time of enormous technological change. Cities east of the mississippi were connected and there was National Conversation which becomes part of the story i tell. It turns out these communication devices that were designed to bring people closest together drove them farther apart. They were horrified by what people