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new york city. today damage control. president biden tries to turn the page after having one of the worst nights ever his political life at the worst possible time. now with the president in north carolina, there you see the governor of that state roy cooper about to introduce the first lady. democrats all over the country are questioning whether joe biden can fix the damage. and if he can t, what then? the concern so widespread that by 10:00 this morning the biden campaign was responding that the president is not dropping out. but what does the fact that they even had to say that tell us? we ll ask one of the president s key allies, pete buttigieg, what he thinks should happen now. and just hours after donald trump s claim of a political win in last night s debate, a new legal victory as well courtesy of the supreme court. they re decision in the case of the a january 6 rioter, what the implications are for jack smith s case against trump. and with all of this in m ....
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Reaction to the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, by a Police Officer prompted a media frenzy, to be sure. Outraged protest and thousands of hours of opinion by pundits and politicians pointing just how difficult it is for Americans Still to deal with issues of racial inequality. A recent pugh survey found that only 37 of white americans believe Michael Browns death raised important issues about race, while 80 of africanamericans say that it did. Joining us now from providence, rhode island, to discuss where we need to go as a country is dr. Tricia rose, director of the center for the study of race and ethnicity in america at brown university. Tricia rose, good to have yo ....
Cases of coronavirus here in the United States. The death toll now climbing to 297. Across the country, local leaders sounding the alarm, warning of a dwindling number of supplies to protect those on the frontline of the pandemic. If the president doesnt act, people will die. We need millions of masks and gowns and gloves and the rest. Unfortunately, were getting still just a fraction of that. We will continue to see these numbers go up exponentially. The problem that we have right now is that we dont have enough test kits. I heard your conversation with the man from fema. We need test kits. This as the administration works to reassure state officials that help is on the way. The resources that are being marshalled are going to be clearly directed to those hot spots that need it most. Clearly, thats california, Washington State and obviously new york is the most hard hit. No ....
History degree . Thats what president obama said. I will ask a bestselling author with an art history degree. The new yorkers adam gothnick. From dining at midnight to seest tas at midday, why spain may want to turn back the clock about 70 years. Ill explain. But first, heres my take. 2013 seemed in many ways to be the year of Vladimir Putin. The russian president had consolidated power in his country, crushed any possible opposition, kept his ally in syria from being toppled and brokered a deal to remove syrias chemical weapons. 2014 was also going pretty well for putin. The sochi olympics was not the disaster many had suggested and above all, putin had maintained russias historic relationship with ukraine. Outmaneuvering the European Union which made ukraine a conditional offer that ukraines president turned down in return for cold russian cash. Thats what it had looked lik ....
Benghazi. Benghazi. Benghazi. Peter king acknowledged that there is kind of an overreach danger. Republicans could be seen as somehow encouraging a political fight over the fact that four americans were murdered. It is a political stunt. Benghazi seems to not have resonated other than on fox and a couple of other groups. Everybody knows its a political stunt. Its a Conspiracy Theory without a conspiracy. Theyre all tried and true red herring. Benghazi. Benghazi. Benghazi. 13 hearings, 25,000 pages of documents already handed over. Over 50 briefings. A smoking gun at every turn, but still no fire. And yet with nothing else they can seem to agree on, benghazi will be the gop message in 2014. We want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. What did secretary clinton do to secure that facility . Leading up to an election. They knew right away it was a terrorist attack. And yet that was not pushed by the administratio ....