Good morning, everyone. Welcome back. I am beverly kirk. We are continuing our discussion this morning about strengthening democracy with a look at trust in institutions, in each other, and what the latest data have to say about all of this. To put it into perspective, i am joined by filmmaker ken burns and Pew Research Center president mike dimmick. Thank you for being here. Lets jump in with the first question. What is the overall state of american confidence in democracy. I understand you have some new numbers to share with us. Ken thank you. We dont want to get too gloomy but we do care about the facts and the facts are right now america is in kind of a gloomy place. Almost kind of surprisingly so. If you had told me two years ago we would be worried about an economy that was too hot, which wasnt even a phrase we were talking about, that we would be where we are with our covid rates, not necessarily done do ne but feeling better, addressing climate, global competitiveness, that we
Good morning, everyone. Welcome back. I am beverly kirk. We are continuing our discussion this morning about strengthening democracy with a look at trust in institutions, in each other, and what the latest data have to say about all of this. To put it into perspective, i am joined by filmmaker ken burns and Pew Research Center president mike dimmick. Thank you for being here. Lets jump in with the first question. What is the overall state of american confidence in democracy. I understand you have some new numbers to share with us. Ken thank you. We dont want to get too gloomy but we do care about the facts and the facts are right now america is in kind of a gloomy place. Almost kind of surprisingly so. If you had told me two years ago we would be worried about an economy that was too hot, which wasnt even a phrase we were talking about, that we would be where we are with our covid rates, not necessarily done do ne but feeling better, addressing climate, global competitiveness, that we
Good morning, everyone. Welcome back. I am beverly kirk. We are continuing our discussion this morning about strengthening democracy with a look at trust in institutions, in each other, and what the latest data have to say about all of this. To put it into perspective, i am joined by filmmaker ken burns and Pew Research Center president mike dimmick. Thank you for being here. Lets jump in with the first question. What is the overall state of american confidence in democracy. I understand you have some new numbers to share with us. Ken thank you. We dont want to get too gloomy but we do care about the facts and the facts are right now america is in kind of a gloomy place. Almost kind of surprisingly so. If you had told me two years ago we would be worried about an economy that was too hot, which wasnt even a phrase we were talking about, that we would be where we are with our covid rates, not necessarily done do ne but feeling better, addressing climate, global competitiveness, that we
Do you support the president s efforts to engage with cuba . If you support those efforts, the phone number is 202 7488000. If you oppose those efforts, 202 7488001. A special line for cubanamericans, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on social media on twitter and facebook. A very good monday morning to you and we begin talking about the president s historic trip to cuba. Here are some of the front pages. Wall street journal. Andomatic relations begin there is a picture of the president in the streets of havana. The front page of the washington times. Front page of the new york times, the headline as obama arrives, cuba tightens grip on dissent. Stopdent obamas first after arriving was the embassy where he made brief remarks to the staff at the newly opened embassy. Here are some of his remarks. Hello, everybody. As the ambassadors stated, it has been nearly 90 years since a u. S. President stepped foot in cuba. It is wonderful to be here. Back in 1928, president coolidge bat