As we have a virtual frontrow seat to listen in on a fascinating discussion between our friend, talmage boston, and former secretary of state, james baker iii. As you know, secretary baker was a powerhouse in washington, d. C. , in the beltway, and literally around the globe as he served as the United States secretary of state and also further served four United States president s over the course of three decades. Secretary baker was scheduled to be our capstone speaker at the 2020 vision for leadership conference. However, he and mrs. Baker contracted covid19. Im pleased to report that they now have covid19, the illness, in their rear view mirror. Today the secretary will be interviewed by talmage boston. Talmage in his own right is a highprofile persona in texas and across the nation. He is a leading trial lawyer. He is known in our profession as what we call a goto lawyer or a super lawyer. Talmage is also a historian, and he has a special focused interest on the qualities of leader
I have so many questions, selflessly selfishly curious to see how you understand it. The thing we are trying to understand is the message that you think this outcome of the election really means. Thewhat i mean by that is democrats have won the white house, but have lost 10 seats in the house, and we will see what happens in the senate. Im trying to understand whether we think this is an endorsement or a repudiation of the more progressive values that i know you have argued for or if its , something about centrism. Whats your take on what this means . Sen. Warren so look, joe biden and Kamala Harris won by more than 5 million votes. It was record turnout. They won by running on the most Progressive Agenda that a general election candidate has ever run on in the United States of america. And it wasnt just what happened with joe and kamala. Florida said were tired of waiting for the federal government and they went for 15 an hour minimum wage. Arizona said, were going to tax rich people
At can send us a text 202 7488003. If you do please include your name and where you are from, otherwise catch up on social cspanwj and on facebook. Happy thanksgiving to you and your family. You can start calling in now. One statistic down how americans are spending their thanksgiving. Only 27 plan to have the traditional thanksgiving meal with people outside of their household. The New York Times with a map trying to break down that data from a survey of some 150,000 americans. That map showing the share of people eating thanksgiving dinner with people outside their homes the darker the color shading. As the map illustrates there is a substantial regional variation with some people much more likely together with others. 14 ofs of vermont, only households will be celebrating with people outside their household. In parts of missouri, more than half of the residents plan to. We ask you this morning about thanksgiving 2020. What you celebrating, what are you thankful for, some responses a
Eight millimeter film. Of the assassination taken by abrahams upper abraham zapruder. Our guide is Martha Wagner murphy, who manages the staff that maintains the records. Martha the president john f. Kennedy assassination records collection was created because of the john f. Kennedy assassination records collections act of 1992. A short history. Since the time of the assassination, there have been numerous official investigations starting with the Warren Commission and then some congressional investigations. The Church Committee looked into it. The pike committee. And the House Select Committee on assassinations, of course. In the early 1990s, there was a movie that came out by oliver stone. At the end of the movie, he made a point of saying that all the records have been open and available. Oliver mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, my name is oliver stone. I assure you it is with pleasure and some pride i appear before the subcommittee today to urge the passage of house joint
Writer, and a commentator whose work is focused on how black americans have shaped the history of american democracy. Her most recent book, which just vanguard s called how black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all. Is fascinating. You have to get it. Jonesss with dr. Grandmother, susie jones. And i must admit i havent finished the book, but it has Amazing Stories of women who have really made a difference. And we look forward, dr. Jones, to hearing your story. So, let me just tell you a little bit about dr. Jones. She was born in Central Harlem and was originally trained as an attorney and was working on social justice issues after being trained in new york. The q a law school, she became a Public Interest lawyer and spent 10 years representing homeless people, people with mental illness, women living with aids. Awarded a4, she was fellowship on the future of the city of new york at Columbia University based on her lawyering work. And there, her career