acorn sounds ominous. now critical race theory, the new ominous boogeyman word. straw man, nothing there. they're using it to stoke outrage in schools across the country even though, as i said, it is not even taught to kids. a school board meeting in virginia, erupting in chaos last night over critical race theory, which the superintendent says they don't even teach. >> shame on you! shame on you! >> fall for it. the people pushing it should be ashamed of them sselves because they're exploiting the lack of information. you're being exploited. it's not being taught to your kids, i'm sorry. that's the truth. it a cynical gain. they take one grain of truth in school districts more and more diverse doing a long over due reset of how they teach history and they blow up that grain of truth with lies about critical race theory. praying on parents fears that the world is changing around them. that's all it is. fear. they want to -- they're praying on your fear. co-opting you, ex plploiting th fear and division and that's

the brexiteers will argue from little acorns _ of brexit?years since the referendum? does time not fly when you're having fun? ., , ,., does time not fly when you're having fun? ., , ., , fun? time does! the same arguments over money — fun? time does! the same arguments over money and _ fun? time does! the same arguments over money and principal. _ fun? time does! the same arguments over money and principal. i _ fun? time does! the same arguments over money and principal. i am - fun? time does! the same arguments over money and principal. i am not i over money and principal. i am not sure it is true people people will just be putting their heads in their hands. i am sure quite a lot of people will be celebrating. i think it has been, apart from the last year, there have been quite a lot of successes, and definitely all the fear mongering from the remain campaign has not particular come to pass. covid disrupts everything, but, yeah, five years! i cannot believe it!— but, yeah, five years! i cannot believe it! ., , ., believe it! right, now he

acorn. sounds ominous. now, critical-race theory. the new, ominous, boogieman word. straw man. nothing there. they are using it to stoke outrage in schools across the country, even though, as i said, it is not even taught to kids. a school-board meeting in virginia erupting in chaos, last night, over critical-race theory. which the superintendent says they don't even teach. >> shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! >> sh -- again, falling for it. and the people who are pushing it should be ashamed of themselves. because they are exploiting the lack of information that people have. they are exploit -- you're being exploited. it's not being taught to your kids, i'm sorry. that's the truth. it is such a cynical game. they take one, little grain of truth. school districts in the country. that's becoming more and more diverse. doing a long-overdue reset of how they teach history. and they blow up that grain of truth, with lies about critical-race theory. preying on parents' fears that the world is changing around them. that's all it is. fear. they want to -- they --

we did a survey with acorns on lgbt-owned businesses and there were some interesting findings in thered by the proprietor most of them have not made a succession plan. many of them are carrying large levels of personal debt. is that different from non-lgbt business owners? what's different here if you -- >> no. one thing that i really want everybody to understand is that money does not have a sexuality, money does not have a race, money does not have a religion sonormally, when you are running a business, the same things that plague any business applies to everybody so i understand that this is a problem with lgbtq plus community, but it's really a problem for everybody, ty. and so it's important you that do have a succession plan. if something happens to you, who's going to replace you and you need to start planning for that right now even in my own company with the new company i just started, secure save, there is a succession plan in place but it's hard to do because who's going to do it it's just something you have to do >> it was the reason i asked we do the survey and here are th

it was acorn. remember that for a while? acorn, acorn. the new, black panthers. the new, black panthers. and then, it was oh, antifa, antifa, antifa. whether it's barack obama or hillary clinton, whatever, it's got to be a boogieman so now critical-race theory is the new boogieman. don't fall for the okeydoke. it's so transparent, but people do fall for it, as we know. since there was an insurrection on capitol hill from people who were coopted by the big lie. and so, now, critical-race theory is the big lie, right? but tonight, there is exciting news about america. okay? let's -- let's -- the good news. and a nation coming to grips with its past and the horrors of slavery, juneteenth is now a national holiday. juneteenth national independence day, to be exact. forever, going forward. america commemorates june 19th, 1865, as the end of slavery in the united states. the current president of the united states, joe biden, signing the bill into law in a remarkable and historic ceremony at the white house. america taking a giant step forward in acknowledging the horro

democratic caller acorn. caller: i hear the smart guys spitting out all of these numbers and everything. did these guys do anything wrong? host: jesse eisinger? guest: it is a good point. i do not mean to be spitting out numbers, i hope i am trying to explain relevant numbers to understand what our system is. the main point of our story is that this is entirely legal. and if you are only -- and if you're only present to understand society is whether somebody violated current law or not, then you can say that there is nothing wrong here. but if you want to understand the system that we have and the choices that we have and what the results of the choices that we have are, that is what our article is attempting to lay out, which is, this is the system we have, which allows for the richest man in the world to pay zero in federal income taxes in two recent years to allow the second richest man in the world, elon musk to pay zero in federal income taxes in 2018. to allow george soros and michael bloomberg and carl

democratic caller acorn. -- democratic caller. caller: i think we ought to do -- the rivers overflowed in the midwest and down south, created a pipeline for water to be piped all over the united states during the job season would be beneficial for the western states, missouri floods in the spring, send that water -- develop a good pipeline to the west. that is my statement. host: congressman? guest: thank you. i think those are the comments -- common sense ideas that we ought to be discussing as we talk about how to make our infrastructure resilient, green, and thoughtful about being the best stewards of our natural resources possible as a member of the committee on natural resources, water is a topic that we are constantly conversing and thinking about. the water shortages in the southwest and in many western states, i think our pleading with us to think about what kind of things we can do to best -- to be the best stewards and think about potentially in the future water refugees if we do not make the best use of our natural reso

. >> reporter: cnbc, acorn and the national gay and lesbian chamber of commerce recently surveyed small business owners from the lgbtq plus community. while many said they were seeing ongoing tightness in the labor market, many said they're expecting a full recovery for their small business in 2022 which is great news. i'm kate rogers, cnbc business news. >>> millions of people now scrolling through zillow every day even if they have no intention of buying anything. >>> that's me. i'm her. that's always what i'm doing. look at that patio. can i afford it? probably not. san francisco, beautiful cloud cover. the reason i'm saying it's beautiful, this is what's helping keep us cool around here. mother nature's ac. we'll talk about that and what to expect for your monday forecast. stay with us. featuring fresh artisan bread, layered with tender seasoned steak, sautéed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and smothered with melty american cheese. the new cheese steak melt, now at togo's. how far would you go for a togo? did you know that geico's whole 15 minutes thing... that came from me. really

without that being small that taken, how do those mighty, oak grove, from tiny acorns diplomatically? well, it depends very much on the readiness to develop of friendly personal relations . these existed between mister gorbachev and chancellor code existed equally between john harmon, his form and is not. you know, if you model you and attempting to develop an atmosphere or possibly even, you know, the things help like telling stories. clicking the joke. this is a basic principle in dealing with this can be 70 competence. mister l. but thank you very much for your time. that was frank l. a former senior diplomat from germany. thing to us from bon much appreciate your time. but the relationship that we're seeing between moscow and washington is about as low as its being. well, there's a lot of talk since the cold war since the room, which was just talking about really how we got to the situation is a many faceted or is we can have a look at some of the ways we got here right now. the united states and russia made great progress and building a new relationship. today, our relationship i

the question is how far did the acorn fall from the tree? joe biden has been using black people his entire career. lying for decades claiming he was a teenager worked to desegregate restaurants and movies theaters. zero evidence he did that and said he tried to visit nelson mandela and that never that happened. the only time democrats care about black people is during election time. they never address fatherless or the horrible education kids are getting k-thru-12. hopefully this might cause black voters to wake up and stop pulling the lever for the democratic party. >> sean: leo? >> lack democrats wake up. if there was eric trump or donald trump, would have sharpton on 24/7. you would have riots and protesting in the streets. you would have black lives matter. you would have antifa if it was eric trump or donald trump jr. where is dinosaur maxine waters or the democrats complaining? hunter biden is not a role model. he is a criminal and he gets a pass because his dad is president. hunter biden has done nothing to benefit to help america. he

mary has served on the board of advisors of bloomberg government and was a director of acorn media a distributor of high-end british drama. he is twice served as a juror for the pulitzer prize mary the father of three children lives with his wife susan in splits his time between langley, washington and washington dc bob. welcome to history happy hour. thank you colleen. thank you so very much and thank you all of you for being here today. it's a pleasure for me to be with you. i'm not really with you. however, and i have to say it's a little bit weird for me not to be able to see you as i talk to you. it occurs to me that if i try to say something funny, i won't have any idea whether i succeeded or not because i can't hear whether there's any kind of a reaction. but i do want to say that i would love to have a drink with all of you, but i'm on the west coast, which means it's a little too early for me to and buy well, but wait a minute. i i'm connected to the east coast via zoom. and so i guess maybe i can sort of think of myself as being on the east coast so i will have a drink with

. >>> cnbc and acorn partnered with the national lgbtq chamber of commerce to take the e entrepreneurs looked at their finances it addressed topics from emergency savings to business plans to post covid confidence ei kate rogers has more >> reporter: good morning. we surveyed 2,300 lgbtq enterprises on a number of topics first up, we asked about the equality act a bill to protect lgbt people from discrimination in housing and education and health care and more prbz president biden called on congress to pass the bill for people we also asked about the discrimination nearly 60% of owners did not believe their sexual orientation would cost a contract with a new client 80% said they did not believe they were denied goods or services due to sexual orientation or gender identity three quarters of the lgbtq owners said they are expecting a full recovery for the business in 2022 and beyond 40% said government stimulus would be a key factor most important in helping them recover. we will have more on this important topic coming up in "squawk box" in the 7:00 a.m. hour tune in to that. back to y

owners like so many others say they're having hard time hiring workers from a new survey, cnbc and acornse chamber of commerce 42% say it's because many employees are not interested in returning to work with existing unemployment benefits and 35% said the employees found different jobs we focus on two women who survived covid and more. >> 13 years ago i transitioned >> reporter: ceo of one of the largest franchisees in pollo loco. >> it was confusing for children and spouse >> reporter: mendelsohn took her struggle and helped others dealing with gender identity issues. >> wonderful for the employees, came with low self-esteem, working in true gender identity, miracles happened in their lives. >> reporter: president of brigadier construction services, she and her wife parents of six. >> proud to be lgbtq owner there aren't very many of us, especially, i don't know of any other construction company, man or woman-owned who is lgbtq. >> reporter: thompson is also a disabled veteran but last year covid her biggest challenge. >> all jobs but one shut down. >> reporter: business is back but find

. >>> cnbc and acorn partnered with the national lgbt chamber of commerce to take the pulse financiallyd business finances, as well as the obstacles they face kate rogers is here with more. kate >> hey, sara we polled more than 2,300 adults from certified lgbt business enterprises on a variety of different topics we asked owners about the equality act, a bill that would protect lgbt from discrimination in housing, education, health care, public accommodations and more president biden has called on congress to pass that act. more than one-third of owners said that they did not believe the act would ensure better credit absn access for their businesses we also asked them about discrimination nearly 60% of owners said they did not believe their sexual orientation or gender identity would cost new client. up next we also asked about goods and services nearly 80% said they did not believe they were ever denied goods or services due to sexual orientation or gender identity three quarters of lgbtq business owners are expecting a full recovery in 2022 which is good news back over to you. >> tha

remember the acorn panic? it grew more intense around the cult of donald trump, and qanon with its expectation of a moment of cataclysm. the dam shall be punished and exiled, the sage selling inherit the earth. delusion believing in the reality has become a unified litmus test around the 2020 election for the republican party. that delusion, that light, whichever, is a sustained assault on american democratic legitimacy on all fronts, being engineered in part by the discredited loser who was exiled to mar-a-lago whose contributions and thoughts are so lame, so boring, so basic, it shut down a block because no one would read it. why would they? trump ordered his team tuesday to put the block out of its misery, advisers say. in the same way that cult members might follow a self-described profit, the people inside the movement are true believers. that's where we are right now, except the movement is one of two of america's political parties. one half of the viable political coalitions we have. according to multip

>> eating acorns out in the woods. look how happy everyone looks. including juice.e right. i loved your story and i loved your reporting tonight as well. that's it for us. tonight from new york, i'm shannon bream and we'll see you back here on the five tomorrow. still fresh... unstopables in-wash scent booster. downy unstopables. (vo) i am living with cll and i am living longer. thanks to imbruvica. imbruvica is a prescription medicine for adults with cll or chronic lymphocytic leukemia. it will not work for everyone. imbruvica is the #1 prescribed oral therapy for cll, and it's proven to help people live longer. imbruvica is not chemotherapy. imbruvica can cause serious side effects, which may lead to death. bleeding problems are common and may increase with blood thinners. serious infections with symptoms like fevers, chills, weakness or confusion and severe decrease in blood counts can happen. heart rhythm problems and heart failure may occur especially in people with increased risk of heart disease, infection, or past heart rhythm problems. new or worsening high

like an acorn caught up in a storm -- for the branch where it was born. you can only hold me back for so long. my time will come. despite the difficulties and disappointments, my determination remains undaunted. though the waters of my tomorrows are deep and uncharted, the boy januaries of my -- boy januaries of my character -- [inaudible] my time will come. though you wrap me in chains and sprayed me with chemical flames and did all of the things you did to add to my pain, my circumstances will change. i believe this with the depth of my being, that as long as this world continues to spin, it cannot end til it's been a joy with by end. remember this day because things will always be this way -- won't always be this way. my time will come. my time will come. against all conceivable odds, my time will come. >> wow. [applause] >> thank you. >> when did you write that? >> i wrote that poem in 2011 or '12 after the court, after the united states supreme court overturned all juveniles' life sentences, and i went for resentencing, and they gave me 65 years in p

remember, the acorn panic? and it grew even more intense, of course, around the cult of donald trump and the subsidiary cult of qanon. and the damned shall be punished and exiled and the saved shall inherit the earth. the big delusion, believing in the alternate reality, has now become the unifying litma test around the 2020 election for the republican party. that delusion, that lie, whichever it is, is a sustained assault on american-democratic legitimacy on all frontals. it is being engineered in part by the discredited loser, whose thoughts are so lame, so boring, so basic, that he shut down his blog after less than a month because no one would read it. of course, why would they? trump ordered his team, tuesday, to put the blog out of its misery, advisers said. and yet, in the same way that, say, cult members might follow a self-described profit who seems like an obvious crank to outsiders. the people inside the movement are true believers. and that's where we are, right now. except, the movement is one of t

democratic caller acorn.ler: i hear the smart guys spitting out all of these numbers and everything. did these guys do anything wrong? host: jesse eisinger? guest: it is a good point. i do not mean to be spitting out numbers, i hope i am trying to explain relevant numbers to understand what our system is. the main point of our story is that this is entirely legal. and if you are only -- and if you're only present to understand society is whether somebody violated current law or not, then you can say that there is nothing wrong here. but if you want to understand the system that we have and the choices that we have and what the results of the choices that we have are, that is what our article is attempting to lay out, which is, this is the system we have, which allows for the richest man in the world to pay zero in federal income taxes in two recent years to allow the second richest man in the world, elon musk to pay zero in federal income taxes in 2018. to allow george soros and michael bloomberg and carl --

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these are pigs that eat sort of lots of acorns, chestnuts and most healthiest pigs on the planet and weekend, michael. >> i might just try that. >> sounds delicious. you have a favorite dish so far, gordon? >> really tough question. honestly, iceland is unique. and it's a country that literally in many ways is self-supported and i think it's incredible. winters are brutal so i would say out there it's got to be deer. amazing deer, casserole, and pretty healthy as well, probably no fat. >> what does fermented shark taste like? >> i can't say that live, george, unfortunately but let's put it this way. it didn't take long to come out. >> and scene. >> glad i asked. gordon ramsay, thanks for joining us. "gordon ramsay: uncharted" is on national geographic. stream the next day on disney plus. >>> when we come i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't reme

this was the tree that the native people calm for the ac accordions that had a high food value the acornsnated the property it was named camp mather the first director it was named after him tuesday morning away amongst the pine the giant sequoia is the giants inventories first name if our title is camp means there's going to be dirt and bugs and so long as you can get past that part this place it pretty awesome i see i see. >> with a little taste of freedom from the city life you can soak up the country life with swimming and volley ball and swimming and horseback riding there you go buddy. >> we do offer and really good amount of programming and give a sample p of san francisco rec and park department has to offer hopefully we've been here 90 years my camp name is falcon i'm a recession he leader i've been leading the bill clinton and anarchy and have had sometimes arts and crafts a lot of our guests have been coming for many years and have almost glutin up, up here he activity or children activity or parent activity here at camp mather you are experiencing as a family without having to

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democratic caller acorn. -- democratic caller.ler: i think we ought to do -- the rivers overflowed in the midwest and down south, created a pipeline for water to be piped all over the united states during the job season would be beneficial for the western states, missouri floods in the spring, send that water -- develop a good pipeline to the west. that is my statement. host: congressman? guest: thank you. i think those are the comments -- common sense ideas that we ought to be discussing as we talk about how to make our infrastructure resilient, green, and thoughtful about being the best stewards of our natural resources possible as a member of the committee on natural resources, water is a topic that we are constantly conversing and thinking about. the water shortages in the southwest and in many western states, i think our pleading with us to think about what kind of things we can do to best -- to be the best stewards and think about potentially in the future water refugees if we do not make the best use of our natural resource

we have a tree that is called a swamp white oak that produces acorns the size of pecans.rees don't require fertilizer. they have to be cross pollinated , that means you can't grow a single tree and get a fruit off of it. that tree is looking like it's going to be probably definitely across the sun belt, because we can't grow corn or soybeans down here because of the jet stream moves north during the summer months. like they can in iowa or nebraska. the sunbelt, we have to put water, and that's another issue. i think we are going to have to look for a different crop, and it is probably going to be the swamp guaido, those of the same trees they pent -- planted at the 9/11 memorial. host: lewis from georgia, thank you for the call. caller: -- chloe: thanks for the call. i think the things you brought up around the scarcity of water is an important point i would like to pick up on. animal agriculture is one of the greatest drivers of water usage and water quality which is becoming an increasingly scarce resource in a climate with natural disasters happening more often than th

what are you -- are ace of the medic acorn. -- a symptomatic. the nih cannot pivot one dime of that in the first six months to answer any of those questions. you had a vacuum of knowledge and political opinions filled that vacuum. host: one place or we saw rapid research and develop mental was in developing of vaccines in this country. widely distributed, is that one place where there was now slowness, not rigidity, the concern that you have? guest: it makes you wonder, why can't we move that quickly to address cancer and heart disease and other problems. if you look at the average time and development to fda approval, it is about 10 years. if you look at the funding cycle of the nih, my research, it is about a year until you get the money. we have to move quicker in science. it is time to use mrna technology for other diseases that was developed in the 1990's, apply for the first time in covid, but how about an mrna vaccine for hiv now at certain types of cancer and malaria and we addressed other major health problems with this sort of speed we