Us throughout the program tonight. His book is call, its been 85 since debs died. Why do we care about him . Debs is one of the labor leaders at a crucial time and a conflict between labor and capital, but more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing and important part of the american political culture. So is he interesting as a snapshot in time or do you think he has a lasting legacy, do you think . Like many thirdparty candidates he and his fellow socialists managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy ever since. So in that regard he is of his time, but he has also had a long impact on us, as well. We will have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of the five bids he made for the white house, are any particularly significant . Two for very different reasons. The 1912 bid represents the high watermark of socialism whe
Rotc program from the university of texas was 1981. Hes been serving his country long and very well, despite his youthful appearance, hes been at it for quite a while. We look forward to a rich conversation today at the end of which well be able to handle some of your questions if you wish to email us. I will transmit some of those questions to the general. But, first, were going to hear from him with some opening thoughts on the state of the guard and on its health and admiral and much appreciated help in responding to the covid crisis in the United States. That will not be our only topic. This will be an opportunity to think more broadly about the guard and its role in the nations force at this very difficult moment in our history with the return of Great Power Competition and other challenges around the globe. General, thank you again for joining us. Without further adieu, over to you, my friend. Michael, thank you. Thank you to brookings for having me on today to talk about the Nat
Under an hour left in the session. Lots coming up on todays show a big exclusive interview with bank of americas ceo. Well get a read on the Small Business relief program. He joins us live in about ten minutes time plus as retail bankruptcy concerns swirl, well speak with the president of sax fifth avenue about whether customers h actually return to stores when doors do reopen but first, lets focus on the big stories of the day. Mike is tracking the market pullback on this first day of may. Josh is covering apple diedra is watching amazons move and phil has the shocking tweet from elon musk that sent teslas shares tumbling. Mike the s p 500 down almost 3 today. About 3. 5, 4 from its highs just two days ago. Look at a chart. Just to map where we are down about 4 we had broken on a shortterm basis the uptrend from march i dont think anyones going to get too concerned about this unless it goes deeper than at least 2550 week and a day or so ago, last tuesday, we were down around 2730 so w
Lawsuit on a repealed new york handgun regulation. Speakers voiced their opposition to the nra, called for tougher gun laws and shared stories about the impact of gun violence. No more silence End Gun Violence no more silence End Gun Violence good morning, everybody. Hey. All right. Everybody get this party started. First thing, put your right hand up. Put your left hand up. Round of applause. All right. Were going to be loud all day long because, one, were in front of the Supreme Court, two, we got some haters here. So give we that one more time. Let me hear you. I love it. I love it. I love it. All right. My name is greg jackson. Im going to be your emcee for the day. First of all, big shoutout to march for our lives for picking us up. Give it up for march for our lives. I see moms demand action. Give it up for moms demand action. I see every town here. Give it up for every town. I see brady here. Where brady at . Were hearing numbers, were so proud. Im so proud of being here, having
Cspan radio app. We will take you to the house of a present ofs. Of representatives. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be delivered by chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks day. Iving us another during these cold, early, darkening days, we ask your upon those who labor in the nations capital. Members of the house and those of the senate to act carefully in the important work they do. Days of this session, may they continue to heed the voices of all their both those who voted for them and those who did not. The ll that is done within peoples house be for your glory. Honor and amen. The speaker the chair has examined the jo