Dc today. President trump says stimulus negotiations are off until after the election leaving Many Americans struggling during the pandemic that has severely hurt the economy. This is the first big announcement from the president as he is back at the white house recovering from the coronavirus our washington dc correspondent Trevor Shirley joins us live now with the very latest on the president s condition driver. Hey good evening, so far the president s team of doctors says he is responding well to their treatment plan. But at this point is not quite out of the woods just yet in the meantime there is a growing number of people who have direct access to the president who are now under quarantine after possible exposure to covid19. 24 hours after leaving Walter Reed Medical Center President Trump remains at the white house today is doctors released an update which said the president feels no symptoms and his vital signs are stable but he remains under treatment. Doctors for Vice Preside
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To do a inquiry on it and starmer instead of using this time to read mobilize from below to ensure that this government never gets reelected again in order to continue bolstering and strengthening the very policies that continue to kill black people and to dehumanize them he uses it to condemn an action that is largely symbolic but important in light of the total annihilation peoples ability to dissent peoples ability to organize and a time which lets face it the most exploited and oppressed among. Disproportionately black communities are being blamed for the spike in infections that minutes the kobe pandemic so i think its deplorable that he has used this puppet for that in fairness against dharma now leading western europes apparently largest socialist movement because a. It was brought to that level by his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn in fairness to starr it is difficult for him arguably because he refused to prosecute the metropolitan police killers a joint child the ministers the bra
Pursuit of meaningful change both in the wake of george floyd step and in the midst of a larger legacy of Racial Injustice in this country. I want to thank you all for joining and i want to thank jean henning for her organizing the series. Let me introduce the moderator of todays roundtable repressor Christy Lopez. Professor lopez joined our faculty in january 2017 right after completing a federal investigation of the Chicago Police department will goodwill serving of the Department Just a Civil Rights Division she led that investigation and many others to examine patterns and practices of unconstitutional policing across the country including in new orleans, los angeles and ferguson. Since joining our faculty professor lopez has cofounded our Innovative Policing Program which is now launching a Prevention Program called abler active bystander ship for recently professor lopez has written up that somehow the Police Culture could have saved George Floyds life and what the funding of pol