Good evening, alex. Good evening. Okay. What would it look like if a republican president took office and then immediately set about replacing all the Career Officials with rightwing ideologues seeking to upend the way the federal Government Works . There has recently been a lot of speculation about just that kind of scenario. But we dont actually have to imagine because Something Like that has happened before. In july of 1981, here is the headline. Reagan, reversing many u. S. Policies. The New York Times reported the Reagan Administration has quietly set about accomplishing a sweeping reversal of policy and practice in the way the government deals with illness and individual citizens. Key cabinet and regulatory posts, the Reagan Administration, the reagan transformation amounts to a resolution of attitude involving the appointment of officials, who had in previous administrations my have been ruled out over concerns of lack of Conflict Of Interest or open hostility to the mission of
Were going to continue our breaking news live coverage of this. I wanted to amplify for you what andrea was just telling you about the Wadirector Comey former Director Comey found out about this, the New York Times account of this is just stunning. He was addressing a group of fbi employees in los angeles when the television in the background flashed the news that he had been fired. In response, mr. Comey laughed. He said he thought it was a fairly funny prank. And then his staff started securing around in the background, told mr. Comey that he should step into a nearby office. Mr. Comey stopped addressing the group. He proceeded to shake hands with the employees he had been speaking to and he stepped into a side office where he confirmed that he had been fired. At that point, he had not heard from the white house. Shortly after that, rachel,
after all of that, its been on television, a letter from the president was delivered to the fbis headquarters just 7 blocks from the white house,
news about inflation and the gdp, the employment situation really hasn t been dismal for most americans. except that is, for blackmon. according to a new report for the center of american progress, they re experiencing consistent gaps in employment opportunity. i want to break it down, we have michael harriot, along with dorian warren who is co-president of community change and co-chair of that economic security process. i want to kick it up to you. black men continue to experience these unemployment gaps, especially older and disabled black man. black unemployment is high, 16%, in february this year unemployment rate hovers at more than twice that, as white men. it s what we already know,
in the words of bill belichick, gone to cincinnati. here is kamala harris this morning. i don t have any personal feelings about this, this is about let s get the job done and talk with families who say i can t afford to do the basic things that i need to do as a responsible adult like care for my children, care for my older parents or afford to get life-saving medication like insulin. how do you do it without senator manchin is this. you don t give up. and joining me now who is familiar with strategizing from inside and outside. he was president biden s first political director and currently from the center of american progress. appreciate you spending time