A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Hello and welcome to rewind im come on sons of maria over the last 10 or so years here at aljazeera english weve built up an Incredible Library all of your winning documentaries and on rewind were taking another look at some of the best of them and seeing whats happened in the years since they were 1st shown this week were going back to 2012 and a remarkable film from africas oldest republic the west african country of liberia and its capital monrovia where less than half the population can read and write and 64 percent live below the poverty line so with many of those people cut off from normal news sources one man decided to tackle the problem using just a bit of chalk and a large blackboard called the daily toll his blackboard lists all the latest news in a simple language. Used by monrovias disadvantage poor from the witness se
Cspan. Org. New york Times Economics and tax reporter joins us now via zoom for the conversation about joe bidens campaign you series of economic plants. The first of which was released last week. The second came yesterday. He first explained the pitch that the Biden Campaign was making would these spending and Economic Investment plans. Thank you so much for having me. Its a pleasure to be here. Which will biden is trying to do is counter President Trump on the economy. President won election in part on the string of a very populous pitch for workers who feel left behind and in the current economy and in particular, biden making lots of appeals to the industrial midwest about manufacturing. The first part of joe bidens new plan that he put out last week its called build better back or build back better. It is an alliteration. A little like a little laugh love of the economy. What the vice, the former Vice President wants to do with that plan is to promote much more of a by american et
Over here in the front row is a big bouquet of white flowers. Its in the place where john usually sat in the front row of a section that many of the members of the congressional ack caucus held forth, conspired sometimes, plotted, and made progress for the American People. Its appropriate that we have those flowers there. Where john sat. For so many years. John meacham who is writing a book on john lewis told us yesterday on a caucus call that when john was born he was born into a garden. He loved to be in the garden. He loved to be with the chicks, as we know, little chickens. And he loved to see things grow. Loved to see things grow. And he lived his life in that way. He loved to see progress grow, he loved to see love and peace grow. He loved to see ideas grow. And he loved to see a more Perfect Union grow. Many of our colleagues will have many things to say this evening and because of the because its the personal order i dont have my usual one minute which is endless so ill be brie
That reads i demand and expect a full investigation and further expect that racist anti muslim or mensing comments expressed by any current officer will be met with termination. Police chief responded saying while i have no control over what former employees post online, i can voice my outrage after hearing about the comments made online. Any current employee involved with bigoted activity online will be investigated and held accountable to the fullest extent of my power. The San Jose Police Officers Association said tonight that it has zero tolerance for such behavior. The president announced that he will take swift action, including expelling members from the union. The news that i read today about members of our union and former members of our union, participating in an online ring of hate, makes me sick. Reporter tonight the Santa Clara County District Attorney said that what we read sickened him and no one who expresses these racist comments should ever wear a badge. The office wi
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