Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone l
Of us are sheltering in place from home, im doing the same. If you are watching us from facebook, twitter, one of the axios websites, thank you for being with us. We have an Incredible Program honoring juneteenth. Incrediblem honoring juneteenth. I want to say thank you to our sponsor, bank of i want to say thank you to our sponsor, bank of america, for this event. If you are on twitter or or on r axios account. Check news on axios. Com. Joining us right now, i want to get right to it, the man who i am very excited to talk to and i hope you are excited to hear from, coming to us from ofhesda, maine, founder like in a timid television, Robert Johnsonblack entertainment television, Robert Johnson. How are you . Robert im doing well. How are you . Dion im also doing well. Thank you so much for being with us. Robert my pleasure. Dion juneteenth is a particularly apt holiday for africanamericans because it is not come with the signing of a resolution or speech. It celebrates the day in 1865
The right on Crime Organization. From your perspective of all policing,s working in what do you want washington no as they Debate Police reform . What do you think should happen . Guest first and foremost, dont to one million on a fewficers based different incidents. I think that is what is happening recently. Especially with the floyd incident. Anger and what happened at the floyd incident has generated talk and rhetoric that i think is harmful to the country and to the police arena. What happened to mr. Floyd was a murder. It happened to happen, just so happened that the guy that murdered him was a cop. Anyone think i talked to i did not talk to one cop, one Police Officer, one investigator, no one thought there was anything ok about mr. Floyds murder. I think those cops, especially the one that is on top of him should go to prison for the rest of his life. I personally said that i believe personally that his murder was a firstdegree murder, that he should be charged at the highest l
Slavery reparations, the protests and police reform. This event commemorated juneteenth, marking the end of slavery in 1865. Ma advisor valerie jarrett. Hey, everyone, thank you so much for joining us, and welcome to axios. Im coming to you from new york, new york, my home here, as most of us are sheltering in place from home, im doing the same. If you are watching us from facebook, twitter, one of the axios websites, thank you for being with us. We have an Incredible Program honoring juneteenth. I want to say thank you to our sponsor, bank of america, for this event. If you are on twitter or instagram, follow us with axios events or on the axios twitter axios account. Check news on axios. Com. Joining us right now, i want to get right to it, the man who i am very excited to talk to and i hope you are excited to hear from, coming to us from ofhesda, maine, founder like in a timid television, Robert Johnsonblack entertainment television, Robert Johnson. How are you . Robert im doing wel
Is empty. Hello we begin in the United States where the trumpet ministration held its 1st Coronavirus Task force briefing in almost 2 months the Vice President mike pence was a bit despite americas recording the spite america recording an all time high of virus infections around 40000 new cases were confirmed across the u. S. On thursday alan fisher has more. Cases after almost 2 months so we its back this moment in the coronavirus pandemic is different and faced with the surgeon cases across the country the white house Coronavirus Task force faces a renewed threat were in a much stronger place the truth is we did slow the spread of the current recent days have brought a Record Number of infections 16 states are seeing a rising number of cases and infection rates states like texas which had started to reopen no bringing back all distractions after a 145 percent rise in cases in just 14 days bars closed restaurants cutting capacity Public Gatherings Limited pistons meare calls it a cris