Washington and we the people. Im going to get right into the idea of revolution. You say in the book america has been through divisive. Before, some worse than the ones were iwe are in today with the hindsight of history can see them as Inflection Points, the transitional period between the old system that is broken down and a new one so largely. Are we in an Inflection Point . Guest absolutely. We are in the middle. The best example is in 2016 in the republican primaries there was a real civil war that the Establishment Republicans represented by jeb bush and others didnt get the nomination, didnt get the support of the American People. It was the revolutionary donald trump. The democrats are going through the same thing right now they are having a civil war in their party but is it going to be the traditional democrats, is it going to be some outsider, is it going to be a socialist but that is indicative of the fact washington doesnt work. It hasnt kept up with the country and i gues
Confronting the challenges of a new day in her new address chancellor also stresses the need to tackle climate change. Im anthony held welcome to the show has welcomed the 20 twentieths with a fireworks display at the Brandenburg Gate thousands of bird lynas and tourists gathered to welcome the new year and the new decade crowds as youre about to see stretched for 1. 5 kilometers to watch the official display. Thousands of unofficial file words are also locking up the city as we speak and tens of thousands gathering at that iconic venue welcome in the new. Other magic cities across the globe have been putting on a spectacular show to welcome in the new year as well. You zealand was one of the 1st to see in the new decade with a firework extravaganza in auckland shortly afterwards taiwans one of the one tower in taipei was lit up in front of cheering crowds. North korea also put on a show 1000 people gathering in pyongyang to see the new year. In g bios well worlds tallest building the
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Shortly before midnight, tens of thousands of members of the United Auto Workers went on strike at General Motors. Facilities in nine states have shut down after contract talks broke down. Its the unions First National strike in more than a decade. Negotiations are supposed to start up again later on this morning. And Laura Podesta is here in new york. Do we know how far apart the two sides are right now . Repter ell,ccording to the unions Vice President , they are very far apart on a deal for a new fouryear contract. Thats why the decision to strike was made. Its not an easy decision either because during this time gm workers will make a strike wage of just 250 a week. [ cheers ] General Motors workers across the country walked off the job at midnight. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike after contract negotiations failed. We are standi
Interview first on cbs this morning. And the age ofaquarius, a rare visit to an underwater lab where scientists studying Climate Change can work for weeks at a time. Its monday, september 16th, 2019. He is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Secretary pompeos made clear that the Iranian Regime is responsible for this attack on our Global Energy supply, and were not going to stand for that. The president says the u. S. Is locked and loaded following an attack on saudi arabia. The attack on the beating heart of saudi arabias oil production, pitting the Worlds Largest Petroleum Processing plant, has made oil prices soar. Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers went on strike at General Motors. After contract talks broke down. The New York Times reports it has uncovered a new Sexual Assault claim against Justice Brett kavanaugh. Impeachment is something you can look at, but youve got to get the documents. Two decks collapsing on top of each other in wildwood, new jersey, s
President bolsonaros approach to fighting the fires in the amazon is not his only policy under scrutiny. He has made little secret of his uncompromising stance on crime saying this month that criminals will die in the streets like cockroaches. Statistics suggest that drug seizures are up and homicides down. But Campaign Groups say a consequence has been people dying at the hands of the police. Notjust in the crossfire, but they say in direct attacks. Hugo bachega reports from rio. Shouting. Another desperate mother in rio, another body lying on the ground. The blame again falls on the police. Jean rodrigo was a popular jujitsu coach. He was arriving at the project where he gave free classes to youngsters when he was killed by a shot to the head. Translation you think a lot of things. Was it because he was black, was at the entrance to a favela . He was a law abiding citizen. So why did they shoot him . This is alemao, where jean rodrigo died in may. Its one of rios largest favelas. Pla