National television. Its not fun, not that i know from experience but that means when we get to the q and a portion of the event we would like to hear your question so if you would please step up to this microphone so we can make sure it gets picked up on our inhouse reporting so cspan can hear your question and griff can answer it better which is why we are listen to the book the master plan, my journey from life in prison to a life of purpose. Wilsons inspiring memoir begins where too many life stories end. At age 18 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Once locked up wilson decided to use the time productively. He made an ongoing to do list, his master plan and set to work reading, learning linkages, working out and drying up business plans. By his mid 30s he had the confidence to petition a judge to reduce his sentence. Wilson who grew up in dc now lives in baltimore where he has become the social entrepreneur he always dreamed of being. Here t
University and authority are constitutional democratic theory in u. S. Political culture and a few other things. He has written a very thoughtful book on how to deal with so many of todays most difficult legal issues by essentially pursuing a second best solution. The title of his book is practical equality which in itself is an intriguing words. The idealistic equality of the more pragmatic were grounded practical equality. The tempering of the idea with the real reflex the argument which is basically this, the other time when serious systemic and inequality persist in American Society and continue to face legal challenges, whether involving voting restrictions, gender discrimination, racial profiling and other wrongs. We should recognize Going Forward absolute equality may not be always the best strategy while it would be great, if all minorities and women, immigrants and others enjoyed the equality promised, that the u. S. Constitution courts do tend to shy away from sweeping ruling
And match approach for covid Booster Shots as early as this week. As debates continue over which shots offer the best protection. This is the biggest news for Johnson Johnson recipients. Later, moderates and progressives are headed to the white house today to meet with President Biden separately, amid a flurry of new talks inside the democratic caucus, as it continues to struggle over the size, scope, and urgency of the biden agenda. Welcome to meet the press daily, im chuck todd. We have another example of the republican partys willingness to overlook the former president s ongoing attacks on our democracy. This weekend, the former president publicly called for the 2020 Election Results to be decertified in arizona and for him to be declared the winner. He said if that doesnt happen, there should be a new election. He is saying this on a constant daily basis, by the way. If social media existed, youd probably hear about it more. There has been virtually no reaction to Republican Leade
meanwhile, nbc news has obtained an internal u.s. postal service document which reveals plans to remove 671 high volume mail processing machines from postal facilities across the country. the agency told nbc news in a statement that these are simply part of normal business adjustments. of course this is all happening amid escalating fears that the president and the postmaster general, louis dejoy, a trump donor and political ally, are political sizing the agency to help trump win the election or at a minimum, to sow doubt about the results if he loses. president trump has acknowledged he is blocking funding to the post office in an attempt to halt mail-in voting. he does not pretend it s something else. two sources confirmed to nbc news that dejoy met with the president in the oval office last week which means president trump misled reporters two days ago when he claimed he hadn t spoken to dejoy. how often do presidents and postmaster generals have one-on-ones in the oval of
welcome to thursday. it s meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. right now our country is facing two historic crises. one is the greatest public health emergency in a century, and the other threatens the health of our democracy. as president trump continues his dangerous and delusional fight to overturn the results of a free and fair election. we re going to have much more on that emergency in a few minutes but we begin with the public health emergency. an fda advisory committee is holding a meeting to decide whether to recommend the authorization of pfizer s covid vaccine on an emergency basis. if the panel gives the green light, the fda could announce that emergency use authorization as early as tomorrow. and while help is hopefully on the way, the vaccine is sadly too late for far too many people. coronavirus has killed more than 290,000 americans, including more than 3,000 people yesterday. 3,000. this number shatters the previous single day coronavirus death toll. and i