Of the person, the president , the people feel neither the democrats nor republicans that it is all part of the same old traditional package, that there needs to be change in america and that the change does not emanate from the programs and plans of either party, americans have gotten to the point where they are willing to make that change outside of the regular twoparty structure. How do you think we got to that point . You have been involved in politics for a long time. What got us to that point . How did the parties get disconnected from the people . A combination of factors. The partiesy bee not been able to dispensers on the local and state levels. Many of the district local offices are no longer in the communities across this nation. It seems to me people became disinterested as a result of cumulative experiences in this country that turned them off. , korea gate, the national scandals that came about. Situation pertaining to the iran contra. People are fed up. They have got to
Shirley chisholm, how do you explain this incredible president ial year . We have gotten to a point in American History where the American People feel a kind of alienation and cynicism from conditional politics. The people feel that the democrats nor republicans that it is all part of the same old traditional package, that there needs to be change in america and that if the change does not emanate from the programs and plans of either party, americans have gotten to the point where they are willing to make that change outside of the regular twoparty structure. But how do you think we got to that point . I ask you because you have been involved in politics for a long time. What got us to that point . How did the parties get disconnected from the people . I think there is a combination of factors. First of all, the parties have not been able to be dispensers on the local and state levels. Particularly on those levels. Many of the district local offices are no longer in the communities ac
Also at the Atlanta History Center website. As at least and i are talking some of your weapon questions and you can use the q and a feature at the top of your screen and i will try to integrate as many of them as i am allowed. We will be broadcasting excerpts of this interview friday so you will hear me do what we call a real id to keep consistent sound while we are going and im so excited to speak with lisa who got first her first journalism job at cnn after interning at cnns new york and dc bureaus as a teenager. She reported for the new york times, place, msnbc and other outlets and is author of two previous books, radio shangrila and Raymond Jones about the man who made the mcdonalds portion and the woman who gave it all away so lisa, thank you for being with us. Im excited to talk about this book. Thank you, i used the Atlanta History Center for research so im excited to be virtually with the constituency now. Glad to have you and i think its difficult for some of the people who a
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Sal castaneda. Im gasia mikaelian. We want to get back to the news that we have been reported for the last two and a half hours. A firefighters with injured trying to put out these large flames. We got an update to San Francisco fire. Six commercial buildings here. The smoke could be seen across the bay in emeryville in oakland. Lets get to alley that joins us with the latest. Reporter the fire broke out around 6 30 this morning, 5 alarm fire. It is now 75 contained. That means forward progress has stopped. Six commercial buildings impacted by this. This is a live picture from the scene right now. You can see this is adjacent to highway 101. This is the central freeway and this is the Industrial Area of the city. But were told that nearby, there is about 14th street, there are some residences that have been evacuated as a precaution the good news is that the forward progress of this fire has been spreading. They have it under control. This is after they had 160 firefighters, 60 trucks