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And i will try to contain my enthusiasm until i get to the end of the introductions. The four most powerful africanamerican women in politics share the story of their friendship and how it has changed politics in america, the lives of black women in american politics are remarkably absent from the shelfs of bookstores and libraries. For colored girls who have considered politics is a sweeping view of American History from the vantage points of 4 women who have lived and worked behind the scenes ...

On the platform. For eight minutes passengers had to endure this man threatening, yelling. Waving that box cutter around. Slashing a woman in the hand. He came into contact and cut a woman an adult woman on the train on the left hand. Its not a life threatening injury. She was treated and released. I would be very fearful of my life. In that situation. Bart riders reacted. Thats not cool. That will make anybody panic. Theyre stuck. You cant go anywhere. I feel for the people on the train. It mus...

To get to a point where its ratcheted down significantly. I think it will be better every year. I think everybody gets better every year and every event. We learn a lot from each other but the risk is significant. Reporter a tenyear plan so more blackouts to come. The ceo and other officials apologized but defended them saying there were no catastrophic wildfires started. They work swiftly to cover wires in high fire threat areas, to underground wires, to trim back trees and strengthen the websi...

Furniture. Reporter he does have hope for more financial assistance. I went to an attorney and we filed a claim against pg e. I believe there will be 28 billion available in bankruptcy court. Reporter includes a fund for Northern California wildfire victims. It applies to a wide range of people. Not just those who lost their homes. Who were not able to stay in the apartment for weeks on end. If they had to hire hotel stays. It wasnt compensated by fema. Reporter an attorney with legal aid of Son...

Last weeks black alts put millions in the dark. Blackouts. The utility is laying out a plan to do better. Reporter they were taken to task by the cpuc for not having that plan in place already. When they pulled the plug last week. Inside the California Public Utilities Commission this afternoon heat from commissioners and its handling of the Public Safety power shut off. You said we need to get there. We need to get there now. Not at the end of the year. How many counties have we talked to since...

Selling nba products. A stark warning from beijing, stay out of chinas sovereignty. Keep your mouth shut. Theres action on the trade front. The u. S. Has blacklisted 28 companies which are accused of helping in the repression of uighur muslims in western china. The Foreign Ministry there is considering retaliation. High level talks resume in washington this week, now with a more threatening backdrop. Its another day when the market reacts to headlines. Investors clearly worried again about china...

Coverage on cspan. Org or listen live with the cspan radio app. And we are joined by the founder and the executive chair of space trust is here to talk to us about the role of commercial companies in public and private space flight. Good morning. Good morning. First of all, tell us what space trust is, and describe what it does. It is a nonprofit from the u. K. , and i engage governments and World Leaders for them to understand that in the era of the new space or the privatization of space which...

Joy for amazon after poorly profit falls for the first time in more than two years. Shery mike pence sends messages of support to hong kong protesters. Check of theuick markets. Australia has open. Sophie . Sophie we are headed for mixed start with aussie stocks nudging higher by. 1 . Set 45th day of gains. Looking for the 6700 level. Those companies have reported with more due today. We are watching Samsung Electronics on the vice chairmans retrials for his bribery case. The south korean govern...

Are here in the room and all of you watching at home at cspan book tv, we are delight today start the third day of this years fourth day celebration, today we will do 32 events, i hope you are all staying all day. [laughter] we couldnt be more delighted, thank you for making more time in the morning and check out schedule and come back for more things tomorrow, we will star today, how we win, shes in conversation with hannah and i will send you over to them. [applause] okay, what have i dont . A...

As you all know education doesnt always grab headlines and that is certainly the case this time around two and that being said, there are consequential issues and big policy ideas that are being talked about as part of these campaign and to help us make sense of whats going on we have a group of panelist with us today already, arne duncan served as secretary of education from 2009 to 2015. I believe he was the ninth secretary and the department history. Hes a managing partner and a nonresidency ...