You pull them together in this book with a larger argument about the failures of liberalism. I thought it might make sense for you to. [inaudible] reading a little bit from that introduction. Oh, sure. Absolutely. The emphasis in essays in this book were written in response to the Anglo American delusions that climaxed in brexit, the election of donald trump and, finally, a calamitous response to the covid19 outbreak. These range from the 19th century dream of imperial liberalism long championed by the colonists in which capital, goods, jobs and people freely circulate through the proclamation of an American Century of free trade and modernization, the attempt by american cold warriors to seduce [inaudible] away from communist revolution and into the gradual u. S. Alternative or consumer capitalism of democracy to the catastrophic humanitarian wars and demagoguic explosions of our times. Wrote in 1957 at the height of the cold war are the fanatics of western civilization who regard the
More about what happened. You can find the latest developments on our homepage of ktvu. Com. California could top 300,000 total cases when new numbers come out tomorrow. As of yesterday there were another 7000 new cases of the coronavirus statewide and 149 more people died. Thats the highest number yet. The death toll is more than 6700. In the bay area more than 32,000 cases have been reported. Thats an increase of about 1000. And 636 people have died, with 11 more deaths reported. Health Officials Say fraternities and sororities are to blame for a jump in the number of coronavirus cases at uc berkeley. The university is urging students to change their behavior, or plans to return to campus could change. Ktvus greatly joins us now. The parties have led to instances of secondary spreads and small household and gatherings. Reporter thats the biggest concern. The students would go to these parties, get infected with covid19 and spread it to their homes and communities. The university is s
And as we go through the day, check out concord and fairfield, 96 degrees for our high, 87 in san jose and around the bay warming up to 80 in oakland, 72 in San Francisco and mild along the coast at 67 degrees with plenty of sunshine. I will have the full forecast coming up. If you are going out the door, hitting the roadways, 580 is stacked up through the alatoona pass right around mount house and grant line, and we have a crash on westbound 580 at grant line road. It is to the shoulder. When anything happens in this area, it slows things down. The are extending beyond north grand. I will have a live look at conditions at the bay bridge. We just got some new unemployment numbers in, edging down slightly over the past week, 1. 3 Million People have filed for new unemployment claims. That was the current level of people getting Unemployment Benefits at about 18. 1 million. It seems to be plateauing at that level but it is historically high. We will keeping our eye on that and how it wil
Expecting record turnout after this memorial day scene and myrtle beach welcoming tourists despite being linked to multiple outbreaks as a South Carolina doctor says theyre facing a category 6 hurricane of illness. The mayor joins us live. Flyovers and fireworks. President Trump Holding his fourth of July Celebration at mt. Rushmore expecting thousands but not requiring social distancing or masks. Insisting the crisis is being handled as testing trouble grows, the labs now saying they cant keep up with demand. Under arrest. Jeffrey epsteins exgirlfriend and alleged coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell waking up behind bars accused of helping him recruit, groom and sexually abuse teenage girls. Now the lawyer representing more than 50 of epsteins alleged victims joins us live first on gma. Breaking overnight, the new charge filed in the case of missing ft. Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen. The gruesome discovery as her family demands justice. Caught on camera, the terrifying bison encounter in Y
This morning, the disturbing charges she faces. In some cases maxwell participated in the abuse and how epsteins accusers are reacting to the news, including an interview with a woman who says maxwell recruited her. Breaking overnight, under pressure, the Washington Redskins facing pressure to rebrand, including from fedex, the sponsor whose name is on its field, and nike pulls redskins merchandise from its website. Whats the teams next move . Remembering an icon. Good morning. This is today in new york. Well celebrate the life of broadcasting legend hugh downs, televisions most familiar face for six decades, including his time here on today. All that, plus a fourth like no other. From new ways of celebrating to how the weather is going to be, americas plans to mark Independence Day in this new normal, today, friday, july 3rd, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning. Welcome to tod