Donald trump is still refusing to concede and legal challenges to Voting Results in key states are still in play and the news is celebrations in azerbaijan has the government announces in now controls the city of shut in disputed nagornokarabakh. Welcome to the program we start in the u. S. Where president elect joe biden has declared it is time to heal a deeply divided america even as his predecessor still refuses to concede defeat in a bitterly fought president ial election biden vowed not to divide it but to unify and called on americans to give each other a chance reaching out to the 70000000 people who didnt vote for him his running mate kemah harris will be the 1st woman black american and american of asian the scent to serve as Vice President and she paid tribute to the women who paved the way for her victory donald trump meanwhile is threatening multiple lawsuits in an attempt to challenge the results but Election Officials in states across the country say there has been no evi
Mr. Chairman, my fellow americans my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. applause this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. Yet one cannot help but well reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted lid regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. Thats Hubert Humphrey accepting the 1968 democratic nomination for president. A chicagos comrade hilton hotel. The democrats had gathered for the convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey longtime minnesota senator and unsuccessful candidate for president in 1968 is the focus of this weeks contenders program. We are live from Minnesota History center. Mick caouette is the documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life. Just finished documentary last year. We are standing in the middle of an exhibit about the tumultuous year of 19
Sharp snapback connectivity. It is a phase four package necessary . I think it is. The economy can get by without it until the election. Will bringnistration forward fiscal stimulus plans. I think we can make it to there. It is necessary as long as we get it in the next 12 two quarters, i think the recovery will be ok. In the meantime things are a delay ing, and ongoing negotiations does not help things. I think it hurts confidence and slows down economic momentum and prevents a quicker recovery of the economy. Back and forthd among three parties. The president of the United States, the Senate Republicans come in nancy pelosi. Hard to know where we are going. How big thef packages, there is a sense of whether it needs to be targeted or general. Can we if it does not address broad state assistance . Michael i think getting anything is better than getting nothing, for sure. Even if it were targeted on specific sectors like airline and maybe Small Business, that is better than doing nothi
Orleans a few years ago and his argument was essentially that you know we are a melting pot as a city and we really celebrate that but we should not force our citizens to look up to have to look up at you know monuments of confederate soldiers whose goal was to uphold slavery and this is a thing certainly a traumatic experience for someone to see and someone especially someone of color will inevitably see that and wonder well am i actually in a place where i belong culturally does this place actually represent my values if its willing to you know have a monument that celebrates my ancestors and slave meds and i think that culturally and psychologically it is important to make sure that those kinds of monuments do not remain are going to those those that using money means came down after a Broad Community discussion correct sure because they would see this is well you know i have no attachment to confederate statues and monuments 0 i dont i simply dont i was born that outside boston mas
Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle the primary purpose of history is to understand the past as a guide to understanding the present and future history should not be goodness because a lot of history is painful and so how should we find the right balance is statue side the right hands. Across talking statue side im joined by my guest cleo both dari in new york she is founder of the company there have been salmon which teaches social Emotional Learning in schools as well as diversity and inclusion in companies and government. Agencies and in las vegas because i love pirates he is an assistant professor of africanamerican and African Diaspora studies at the university of nevada las vegas all right rostock rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want right now is appreciate greatly let me go to you in new york how does taking down statues and we can talk about which ones changed the condition of people of color in the United Stat