Part of its freedom and progress conference in washington, d. C. [applause] good morning, everyone. I am the president of the foundation and i wanto welcome you to the 2023 editn of the conferce. I thought we would lead with a speech. It is a speech we have all heard, especially in clips. So many amazing elements of that speech resonate with us today. It will become clear why i waed for us to watch that address. There is lot to think about that relates to what we are trying to accomplish over the next two days. Why do we call this the freedom and progress conference . We call it freedom and progress inspired by a speech Frederick Douglass gave in 1870. He was asked by a bunch of newly freed slaves, what should we do . Should we only vote for republicans . Should we feel free to vote for democrats when we want to . Frederick douglass said, look, you should vote your conscience but because that is what we fought for. We fought for people to be able to vote for whichever party they want t
Im francine lacqua. It is all about the fed and what heard from the minutes yesterday. The europe 600 started and they are unchanged. The minute showing the policymakers wont rush to raise rates. This is a picture for gold. 1,229. We wanted to show you japanese yen, advancing to a 17 months high. Brent crude 39. 8. We had some stockpiles in the u. S. Yesterday. Oil. A note on the goldilocks number for oil is 35. Dutch voters have rejected a treaty between the European Union and ukraine by a margin of 221. The result of the referendum has exposed the extent of anti e. U. Sentiments. Britain decides to leave the European Union the outcomes are potentially unknown according to jamie dimon. He says even in the best case scenario, there would be years of uncertainty. A brazilian congressional report has recommended that impeachment proceedings against president rousseff move forward. The report found evidence she used illegal financing. Seff says the charges are baseless and her supporters
A texas freeway in an apparent case of road rage. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone thank you for joining us. The last u. S. Special Operations Forces are now out of yemen. The evacuation involved about 100 members. Last month the u. S. Embassy was closed who took over the strategic city but is seen as strategically important because it lies just south of the capitol of were also hearing of an apparent threat by a group claiming affiliation by isis. It called for attacks on american soldiers on u. S. Soil. More on that in just a moment. The United Nations is also raising concerns over the deteriorating concerns in yemen, coming up in about one hour from now eastern time the Security Council is holding a meeting to discuss concerns. So this meeting apparently came at the request of yemens president , what is he hoping will come out of this . Hes hoping for some dramatic action from the u. N. Security council, which im not sure hes going to get. This is a beleaguered presid
Undercover agents back. Fifa president sepp blatter once considered untouchable has announced hes stepping down. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. We start with breaking news on the way the nsa conducts surveillance. Moments ago, the Senate Passed the house version of the usa freedom act. The bill is now headed to president obamas desk and will probably be signed tonight. Now, the bill puts the mass collection of telephone data in the hands of phone Companies Instead of the government. The irony here is the republicans love the work of the private sector. Theyre going to get a chance to do it. It brings major reforms to the way the government conducts surveillance. The freedom act also brings transparency to the mostly secret fisa court. Some in the senate arent so happy with this version of the bill. But they voted for it. It passed by a number of 6732. The senate killed a number of amendments to the freedom act before todays final vote. These amendments ca
The other candidates . I can only tell you about why im in this fight. I see an america that works better and better and better for a thinner and thinner slice at the top. Always good to see the young kids getting involved there. We begin the hour with tonights highstakes debate right here in the fox theater behind us in detroit. Ten candidates in focus this evening. Pete buttigieg, beto orourke, amy klobuchar, Steve Bullock, tim ryan, John Hickenlooper, john delaney, marianne williamson. Warren and sanders each need the others votes to grow but dont expect a Sanders Warren brawl tonight. What they share is that democrats need to toss moderation out the window and go big with liberal policy ideas. That Common Ground could make them allies for tonights sparring. On both sides of sanders and warren are more moderate candidates who argue the country cant afford and general election voters wont support a democratic nominee pushing things like medicare for all, the Green New Deal and Free C