I want the start out my talk with two quotes. Um, theyre both from the prologue of my book, and ill give a little explanation for them, um, but they introduce why i decided to write book. So the first quote is in my own prose from the prologue. We still hold certain truths about africanamericans to be selfevident; that the phrase 19th Century Black americans refers to enslaved people. That the, that new york state before the civil war denotes a place of freedom, that blacks in this new york city designates harlem, that the black community posits a classless and culturally unified society, that a black elite did not exist until well into the 20th century. The lives of my new york forebearers belies such assumptions. They were born free at a time when slavery was still legal in new york state. They lived in racialtymixed neighborhoods, first in Lower Manhattan and then after the civil war in brooklyn at a time when harlem was a mere village. They were part of new yorks small but Signific
That statement from north korea. Reporter only a series of statements released through north korean state media which criticized pretty harsh terms we havent heard in some time both the u. S. And south korea accusing them both of military provocations during these joint military exercises, annual exercises that are under way right now and saying that the u. S. Better think twice if it wants to continue with this and still have a north korea u. S. Summit in singapore next month. Take a look at this excerpt from the statement. If they try to push us into the corner and force only unilateral Nuclear Abandonment we will no longer be interested in that kind of talks and will have to reconsider whether we will accept the upcoming north korea u. S. Summit and thats from a senior diplomat in north korea. Now, analysts are mixed here. They dont know whether this is a bargaining tactic or this could be the signal of an end to this kind of period of warmer relations, but we do have to point out t
Terms to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. We are learning more about the deal breakers for both sides, more on that in just a moment. I want to go to abby philips at the white house here. This is quite a mark a truly remarkable change in tone by the president , directly attacking ford. Kavanaughs accuser. What happened . Reporter thats right. This is a big shift from where he was at the beginning of this week. When he was focusing his remarks on Brett Kavanaugh being a good person, someone he stand by, declining to directly attack his accuser. That has all changed. In the last 24 hours, President Trump has launched a new line of attack questioning why Christine Blaseyford didnt come back 36 years ago, according to this alleged incident and report it to the fbi . President trumps aides have been releefbd the past several days he hasnt gone too far. Now he is doing what many had hoped he would restrain from doing. This is in part what we seen in the last several days is a s
Jesus you got a friend in jesus youve got a friend youve got a friend youve got a friend in jesus [ applause ] tell it that neighbor you got a friend. At this time coming to give remarks and reflectens, the one and only tyler perry. He will be followed by matriarch of hollywood, that industry, the one and only cicely tyson. Then followed by mr. Clief davis, chief executive officer of sony music. Lets these three and then we will have the choir. God bless you everybody. To the family, i just want to say, my prayer my prayer for you is that god will allow you to grieve in waves, not that it would come crashing on you all at once in like a tsunami. Like in waves it was the only thing got me through my mothers death. So i could focused and move on and get through. My prayer is it comes in waves. Its going to come. You cant it work i tried that you cant drink it away. You got to let it come. And my prayer is that it comes in gentle waves for you onto your soul. My mother died in 2009. And i
Here changed or the president once again taken their strategy and thrown it out the window . Cnns Abbey Philips is at the white house. This is a big shift who all the conversation around this was how the president was uncharacteristically quiet and restrained. Not anymore. Reporter not anymore, all week white house aides have been wondering whether the president would finally do this. They had hoped and were surprised he had been restrained in praising kavanaugh, avoiding or directly criticizing or 81 mining his accuser. Now thats all changed. President trump began signaling this last night in an interview, he questioned why the fbi wasnt called 36 years ago. Now this morning in those tweets you mentioned earlier the president is both questioning why this wasnt reported earlier, also likening it to sort of a left wing attack on his nominee. He says the radical left lawyers want the fbi to get involved now. Why didnt someone call them 36 years ago . Those radical left lawyers are presum