Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
Peaceful way. And the majority of the protesters are very peaceful. They had the moral high ground no different than what happened when you had the terrorist attacks on the church in charleston. And members of that Community Even though they thought there would be looting and burning and vandalism and my cousin was one of those killed for no reason at all, the community kept the moral high ground and it galvanized the world. And so what youre seeing in places across the country are people who have the moral high ground but it has been hijacked. Theyre no different than the Law Enforcement officers that i consider to be their behavior to be no more than thugry the way george floyd was killed for no reason at all and others just stood around and did nothing as if it was something that they were accustomed to even though the cameras were rolling. You have to asked yourself what happens to these few bad apples that were causing the reaction in such a way to not show any humanity. Its also
Good morning, everyone, im scott mcgrew. Back when there used to be conferences occasionally i would be invited to speak at one about how Silicon Valley holds on to its power as Silicon Valley oftentypes by Silicon Valley people who want to build their own Silicon Valley in their own locations. It is difficult to replicate. You can have the people, have the buildings, but what you likely dont have a a lot of access to Venture Capital. 90 of the Venture Capital firms are here in northern california, most in menlo park on sand hill road. The personal relationships developed with Venture Capital are one of the things that fuel the success of Silicon Valley. Doing it in a far flung location is much more difficult, except the virus may be changing that. Later in the show, i will be talking with connie chan of andreason horowitz who says she has no problems doing deals over zoom. Right now i want to speak with amy of anthem Venture Capital, who has been doing just fine doing vc in new york c
A migrant camp in paris a day after the government introduced tough new immigration rules. In sports some of the biggest stars in athletics are to be excluded from its premier competition. A Major Overhaul of the Diamond League with many hard. Not. Welcome to the program as we go on a judge at the International Criminal Court Sentenced a former congolese rebel leader for war crimes and sexual slavery hes Bosco Ntaganda he was also known as the terminator he was convicted of 18 war crimes and crimes against humanity for the killings of civilians in the democratic republic of congo it happened in the northeast and the region between 2000 and. And 2003 he became the 1st person to be found guilty at the hague of sexual slavery is facing now a 30 year prison term for more on this lets bring in Katherine Sawyer joins us from goma in easton do you see the latest on the sentencing pretty much what the court was expected to hand catherine. The judges deal making that ruling so far what theyve d
Ultimatum from bolivias opposition that anger against the president spreads to rural areas. For mcconville is rebel leader has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the International Criminal court basco and 10 gander was convicted of 18 war crimes including murder rape and conscripting child soldiers the atrocities happened in the democratic republic of congos northeastern the tory region between 20022003 the ganders jail time is the longest handed down by the hague court to date well has the moment the judges read the sentencing. For conscripts think and analysts think children under the age of 15 years into an armed group and using them to participate actively in hostilities is a war crime for 18 years for rape of civilians is a crime against humanity and theres a war crime fent the atheist for a manager and that attempted murder as a crime against humanity and as a war crime said he is for prosecution as a crime against humanity said 2 years of imprisonment of more on this lets b