A 1000000 people displaced and at least 10 dead. And a commanding lead for the ivory coast president in an early Election Results dont rest continues as the opposition so the vote was neither free nor fat. Loss clinging to hope in turkey 2 days after the earthquake the search for survivors continues. Hello donald trump and his democratic opponent joe biden have embarked on the final 48 hours of campaigning to be the next president of the United States targeting 8 states on sunday ahead of tuesdays poll but will the 93000000 voters have already returned their ballots early President Trump has been campaigning in michigan where he won by less than one percentage point in 2016 bidens lead in the opinion polls has stayed relatively steady recent months but trump remains confident. Think the baidu in china wins when we win america with. One of the 16 michigan voters to fire this corrupt political establishment the new elected an outsider as your president who is finally putting america 1st.
Basically a country where 30 or 40 or 5060 percent of people are in the middle. And what government to get something done. And we aint doing it. David and doesnt mean that we wont. We have come from very hard and baffling times. Very pessimistic to times. David inappropriate behavior times as far as leadership. Bullying come through the mall. Im very we do come through them. These difficult times. These dark dark sky times. When you come through, were better for having done it read people talk about that was a simpler time back then. No it wasnt. There was a simpler time. Things have never been so bad are so dark. So for voting. Yes they have. And if you dont understand that, he dont understand the reality of our story. Like to point out the influenza epidemic with my parents and your parents probably went through pretty 1918 and 1919. 500,000 americans died of the disease. A disease that they they didnt know where it came from, didnt know if it would ever go away at all how to cure it
I was about to say how special this night is that you all beat me to it which is great. Welcome. I am the executive director of the Jfk Library Foundation and on behalf of our colleagues in the library we are thrilled you could be here all forms are great but tonight it is a treat because its also the beginning of the centennial weekend and we planned this months ago we literally thought would be the best pair a speaker and moderator we could get for this historic time . This is we have and we are thrilled they are both here. [applause] first a few brief announcements first the underwriters and sponsors including our media is spent on sponsors and for the centennial. We are kicking off the centennial about what were doing over the next few days but over the next few days there are opportunities from seeing a new exhibit with 100 items with those that have never been seen publicly before opening tomorrow. Doing a peace corps day we have an astronaut here as part of the attribute to nasa
Jobs report and the satisfaction. To be honest, 5 00, 6 00, 7 00 was extraordinary and there was a sense of maybe things will be calm or by 10 00 p. M. Calmer. Francine i know it is just ordinary for a foreigner to see the scenes on the street. The focus now is on what this means for the prospect of President Trump being reelected and what it means for social equality going forward. I know we have a lot to talk about and we will talk about that shortly. Havens, a huge risk on the markets. Be didlian issue, the bg quite well this morning. We need a news briefing from new york city with our first word news. Good morning. Thousands of people took to the streets again across america to protest police brutality. Less violent. Be unrest over the killing of george floyd, a black man in custody. The pentagon is distancing itself from President Trump morning that he will use active duty military to clampdown on protest. He said it would be better to rely on the National Guard for more enforceme
Next on American History tv, u. S. Commission on civil rights hosts a program entitled lessons of the reconstruction period. Historics eric historians eric foner and Thavolia Glymph discuss the changes brought about by reconstruction, the backlash against these changes, involving historical views about the era and challenges former slaves faced and their descendents have continued to face since then. We will return now to the next iteration of the commissioner speaker series. This is titled lessons of the reconstruction period for todays civil rights debates. I think the vice chair and the commissioner for suggesting this month possible speaker topic this months speaker topic and coordinating the appearances of the professors today. Is a Professor Emeritus of history at columbia university. He is the author of over 20 books, which have won numerous awards, including pulitzer, lincoln, New York Historical society prizes. I will just show his most recent book, which i happen to have here