Now. I am so pleased to introduce tonights speakers. Dr. Clarence lusane is an author, activist, scholar and journalist. He is a professor there and former chairman of Howard Universitys department of politics science. Dr. Lusane earned his b. A. In communications from Wayne State University and both his masters and ph. D. From Howard University and political science. Hes been a political consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus foundation and a former commissioner for the d. C. Commission on African American affairs. He frequently appears on msnbc and cspan and was invited by the obamas to speak at the white house. Author of many books, including the black history of the white house. Lusane lives and works in the washington, d. C. Area. He is joined in conversation tonight by Phillip Martin Senior Investigative reporter for the gbh news center for investigative reporting. Phillip is a multi Award Winning journalist and was part of a team of reporters that was honored in 2002 with
the center of our galaxy the first image of it ever captured. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the nationwide shortage of infant formula is growing more acute tonight, leaving more parents in a desperate hunt for the nutrition their babies need. with the percentage of out of stock product climbing, president biden is vowing to step in, meeting today with industry leaders and announcing a series of measures to increase supplies. the white house vowing to cut the red tape. saying the use of the defense production act to increase formula availability is on the table. a tool most recently used to speed up delivery of covid related health supplies tonight, the shortage being felt across the country, but the crisis has become especially urgent for certain vulnerable groups of children jo ling kent has late details. reporter: tonight, the biden white house under growing pressure to act, with millions of families unable to get infa
And nothing happened. Are laws stupid . Because ive been following them my whole life now. Donald trump continues to test the limits of the gag order in his hushmoney case, meanwhile his legal team is trying to once again to get the judge removed, less than two weeks before the trial is supposed to start the former president is also suing the cofounders of truth social wait a second, is this thought the trumpiest story of all time. So, this guy im going to sue you. This company goes public, everything trump does he loses billions of dollars, he loses his cofounders. Everything he does. Its so sleazy. But its how you and i and mika and Everybody Else who have been around him for decades, they all say this is how he works. Everybody that goes into business with this guy regrets it, because hes a terrible businessman and he sues you. Its a reflux. If you hang a chandelier in one of his terrible Atlantic City casinos somehow youre going be blamed. In this case, this is a tough story to fol
More, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan two major stories tonight the fall of steve bannon, and the fallout in barcelona. We begin with the news that bannons tenure as white house chief strategist is over. It came three days after President Trump praised him, but left his fate in doubt. I like mr. Bannon. Hes a friend of mine. But mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. And i like him, hes a good man. He is not a racist, i can tell you that. Hes a good person. He actually gets very unfair press in that regard. But well see what happens wi
More, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan two major stories tonight the fall of steve bannon, and the fallout in barcelona. We begin with the news that bannons tenure as white house chief strategist is over. It came three days after President Trump praised him, but left his fate in doubt. I like mr. Bannon. Hes a friend of mine. But mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. And i like him, hes a good man. He is not a racist, i can tell you that. Hes a good person. He actually gets very unfair press in that regard. But well see what happens wi