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some made their way through the narrow alleys of an arab neighbourhood, waving flags and chanting slogans. the palestinian red cross said more than 70 people were injured in clashes. now on bbc news stephen sackur is in washington with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington. i m stephen sackur. the received political wisdom here is that economic issues pretty much decide elections, and that may be true in this midterm election year because of a dramatic spike in the cost of living. and yet, there is a sense here that right now, values and culture are at the centre of the political argument. my guest today is danica roem, a democrat and the first transgender person to take a seat in a state legislature. what does her story tell us about america s culture wars? danica roem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s good to see you. it s great to have you on the show. now, when you won your election back in 2017 to become a state legislator in virginia. mm hm. .. ....
Behind, either. but. equality is constituent service. ..is it possible to be both at the same time? again, it s about the debate inside your own party, the democratic party. well, according to my constituents, it is, when they ve elected me three times. but what about people again, i m going to quote you somebody else, who is respected in the party david shor, a very successful pollster, a consultant who, apparently, is close tojoe biden. now, he says, we, the democrats, are on the cusp of falling into a decade of powerlessness because we are failing to win over non college educated voters, especially white ones who, over years, have defected to the trump style republican party . well, you know, just a couple of weeks ago, in my role as executive director of emerge virginia where i m working to recruit and train democratic women to run for office i drove four hours south west to blacksburg, specifically so i could talk to a lot of democratic women who live in the sixth and ....
Was extending his thoughts and prayers to those who died at that tragedy but also supported background checks like ronald reagan. right. also supported a ban on assault-style weapons and you live in the state of virginia. two governors, the last two governors elected have supported gun safety legislation. why can t congress at least pass a ban on bump stocks that most americans support and also support background checks that 95% of americans support? joe, that s a question that s really about the shame of this body. it is i was governor in that shooting at virginia tech. president bush and i traveled to blacksburg together to comfort families who lost their loved ones. students and faculty members. the shooting at virginia tech occurred because of a flaw in the background record check ....
politics now dirty from a fraud trial. he walks free and is now seeking redemption. i don t think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks there s still some good things i can do. this morning what s next for john edwards. graduation scare. a bear on the loose in bakersfield. this 120-pound bear startling students and stopping the ceremony. plus we have a champion of the 2012 national spelling bee. queen bee. spelling ace. 14-year-old girl from san diego capturing the national title with the word guetapens. what does it mean? i m not going to tell you right now. newsroom starts right now. good morning. happy friday to you. let s get straight to the jobs report. not such great news because it is shaping up to be another brutal day on wall street. stock futures point to a huge negative open after disappointing news on the job market. just 69,000 jobs were created last month missing expectations of more than twice that number. the unemployment rate, ....
That the man who fired the shots yesterday killing a campus policeman and then himself was not a student. now, law enforcement sources tell us that this man was in the nearby community of radford, virginia, on wednesday night where he committed a carjacking, drove the car he stole to this area, to blacksburg, ditched the car, took a shuttle bus to the campus and then walked up and with a handgun for reasons that police still have no idea why shot and killed the campus policeman deriek crouse who had been on the force for four years leaving behind his wife and five children. the motive is still completely unclear. now, the police say they know who the man was, but they re not releasing his name. they say that the medical examiner has to confirm his identity and then they ll tell the next of kin. now, a couple other things, chris. they say that the police officer s video in his patrol car captured the shooting, and you can see the image of the gunman on that tape, and they say that match ....