On june 19th, 1865, union soldiers informed slaves in galveston, texas, that they were free. They were among the last ones to get the news. This was two months after the confederacy had surrendered and more than two years after the emancipation proclamation. Juneteenth is a reminder that our history is full of both progress and pain, progress usually takes a long time but its time does come. I will have more to say about this later in the hour. On Thursday President biden signed into law a new federal holiday recognizing juneteenth. He emphasized the importance of confronting the difficult moments in our history. Great nations dont ignore their most painful moments. Great nations dont ignore their most painful moments. They dont ignore them, they embrace them. The house voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill. 14 republican members voted against it. The Senate Bill passed by june unanimous consent, meaning if someone objects, it passes without having a formal vote. Republican Ron Joh
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committee. a letter isn t by his attorney reveals a treasure drove of documents detailing the inner workings of the trump white house in the run-up to the deadly insurrection. it includes discussions about alternate electors on the same day that president bidenways declared the winner of the 2020 election. those documents were provided to the committee by meadows include, quote, a november 7th 2020 email discussing the appointment of all the mat slates of electors as parts of a direct and similarly attack after the election, a january 5th, 2021 emailrd ring a 38-page power point briefing entitled election fraud, foreign interference, and options for january 6th that was to be provided on the hill. among others, a january 5th 2021 email about having the national guard on stand by. it is in light of those documents being in the hands of the january 6th committee and the disgraced expresident s rage over revelations about his shall we say sickness in mark meadows new tell-all bo
investments, climate investments. it will be the largest clean energy investment in u.s. history with resilient investments and incentives for small businesses to avoid fossil fuels. another transformation program is this. it is the $400 billion going toward child care. if they managed to get this bill passed that could put us on par with other developed countries. let s give you a sense of how much america spends on child care. norway is at the top of this list. that s norway. 29, $30,000 per child and iceland and finland come in next. denmark, they spend $20,000 per child. before this bill, the united states spends $500 per child per annum. that s what the problem is. there s a lot of good in this bill. a lot of popular programs got cut, as well including paid family leefr, free community college and expanded corning for dental, vision and prescription drug and the aarp furious about that last one. this is the opportunity cost. america is missing a rare chance to catch up
elon musk has clinched a deal to buy twitter for $41; billion cash, in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform, populated by millions of users and global leaders, to the world s richest person. it is a seminal moment for the 16 year old company, which emerged as one of the world s most influential public squares, and now faces a string of challenges. the deal represents a near 40% premium to the closing price, the day before musk disclosed he had bought a more than 9% stake. even so, the offer is well below the $70 range where twitter was trading last year. joining me now is daniel ives, managing director, equity research. daniel, is this a good dealfor the company, for twitter? for twitter investors, the company, for twitter? igrr twitter investors, they are p°ppin9 twitter investors, they are popping champagne, because without musk, this is a stock probably less than $30. twitter has been behind the eight ball, thatis has been behind the eight