At 8 45, the Washington Examiners Joseph Simonson talks about joe bidens relationship with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Good morning, it is friday, september 18, 2020. The house is set to meet in a pro forma session at noon today. The senate will convene on monday. We are with you for the next three hours on washington journal. Hearing from you on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Newly released data show that nearly one million americans file for firsttime jobless benefits last week. Our phone lines split up a bit differently this morning. If you are unemployed, 202 7488000. If you have senior hours reduced, 202 7488001. If you have recently returned to work, 202 7488002. The phone line for business owners, that number 202 7488003. You can also send us a text this morning. That number also 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, otherwise catch up with us on social media, on twitter, c spanwj. Very good friday morning
Employers through august have replaced 11 million jobs of the tournament 2 million 11 nine jobs of the 22 million jobs shed in march and april. Layoffs have remained persistent. There are still 30 million americans receiving some form of unemployment or aid. This chart from todays Washington Times showing the race from the beginning of the air, in the mid3. 5 in january and february, jumping up in march and then the april number, jumping up to 14. 7 . You can see it has been trickling down to 13. 3 in may, 11. 1 in june, 10. 2 in july, they. 4 in august. 8. 4 in august, and that is where we are now amid this Economic Situation the country. We are asking you to call in this morning to that is no how the coronavirus has impacted your life, your job. 2027488000 if youre unemployed. For Business Owners 2027488003. We will start with a line for Business Owners p what kind of business to run . Im in the finance industry. Issue] host did you apply for a ppp loan . I did not need to. Host john
John lewis. We will start by reading the story from the New York Times this morning. Rning. The New York Times reports it like this. Lewis,ntative john bloodied as selma and across the historic south, and who is carried a mantle of of moral authority into congress, died on friday. He was 80. This was confirmed by nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. Stagewis announced he had stageiotic cancer four pancreatic cancer. I have fought for human rights he nearly my entire life, said. Mr. Lewis was a valiant stalwart of the Civil Rights Movement. Later,an a halfcentury after the killing in may of george floyd, mr. Lewis welcomed the resulting demonstrations against Police Killing of black people and more broadly against systematic racism in all corners of society. It was very moving to see hundreds of thousands of people from all over america and around the world take to the streets, to speak up, to speak out, to get into what i call good inuble, mr. Lewis told cbs june. Dro
Up next on American History tv, historians discuss the effect of media and technology on politics. Topics include Silicon Valley, Artificial Intelligence and Cable Television. From purdue university, this is about 90 minutes from purdue university. So good morning and welcome to the Media Technology and state panel. This is part of a larger two day session called remaking american political history where were all talking about history and how its going to be taught and talked about and consumed over the years. This conference is sponsored by the department of history here at purdue university. It is organized by katie brunell. Thank you. And also by nicki hemmer and leah igor. Were thankful to all of them to get into this and discuss this whole issue of how history is going to be taught in the future. Were new in the brian lamb school of communication here and our goal is to help professors from across the country use the cspan archives which is now over 250,000 hours of american polit
Butterfield, director of the fred w Swift National library. It is my pleasure to welcome you back here. And the Ford Motor Company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have to begin the program, im you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not much said about it. As you might imagine. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As you can imagine, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of america. Full stop. That is the first s