nancy vaughn, the mayor of greensboro, north carolina.ormer president trump has said that he is losing his bid to shield the january 6 records and an appeals court. again, unable to shield january 6 records in an appeals court. we will continue to bring you those headlines as we get them. we will be back in a moment with final thoughts. this is bloomberg. ♪ romaine: we are a couple of minutes away from the end of the show. we talked about ev's and the money being poured into it. volkswagen making a big commitment. the ceo of gm talking about a potential electric chevy blazer. >> one of my favorite conversations was talking about the environmental impacts ev's are having, but the input costs and companies need to understand those environmental impacts as we get to the final product. >> it's not all environmentally friendly. with a big selloff, it could be expensive ahead. romaine: a couple of years ago, you wanted to buy an electric car, you had one option. now, all of the big automakers are in it and startups trying to ramp up production.

it is doctor player put at risk i think her relationship to a capitol class both in greensboro but ihink nationally in that moment it suggests what her institution out of dance for an abstract ways but how to use the literal space of the chapel on that campus to insist upon a different kind of social political configuration and many had been willing to risk or insist upon so there are moments of extraordinary courage despite the relationship to capitalism and philanthropy hbcus leaders move forward. >> we are running a little short on time, not terribly so but i want to work in this other question, i'm going to throw this out, i think it is a great segue from where you just left off. this next question from the audience, the word institution inherently suggests certain kind of organization and do the organizations, if black, have an inherent dilemma of trying to establish something black focused while navigating white space? >> i'm not sure but i guess many of the black institutions we've been talking about have been important, as everybody has kind of eliminated in creating spaces i

it is doctor player put at risk i think her relationship to a capitol class both in greensboro but ihink nationally in that moment it suggests what her institution out of dance for an abstract ways but how to use the literal space of the chapel on that campus to insist upon a different kind of social political configuration and many had been willing to risk or insist upon so there are moments of extraordinary courage despite the relationship to capitalism and philanthropy hbcus leaders move forward. >> we are running a little short on time, not terribly so but i want to work in this other question, i'm going to throw this out, i think it is a great segue from where you just left off. this next question from the audience, the word institution inherently suggests certain kind of organization and do the organizations, if black, have an inherent dilemma of trying to establish something black focused while navigating white space? >> i'm not sure but i guess many of the black institutions we've been talking about have been important, as everybody has kind of eliminated in creating spaces i

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in 2019 to mark the 40th anniversary of the greensboro massacre when 40 ku klux klansmen and americannazis opened fire on an anti-klan demonstration in greensboro, north carolina, killing five anti-racist activists in a span of 88 seconds, including her husband. >> five people were killed, including my husband, mike, and 10 people were injured. the police were nowhere to be found. amy: amy: the police departments complicity in the killings. dr. marty nathan said the greensboro massacre showed how white supremacist violence continues to threaten movements for social and economic justice. >> please stand for the rights of people to live and to live decently in a time of climate change, threat of nuclear war, and including economic disparity. we all have to be in the streets and we do not want to get shot. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. coming up, we talked to the nations amy littlefield about the christian legal army behind mississippi's abortion ban and anti-trans legislation around the country and more. sta

will be outside of greensboro -- it will be outside of greensboro, south carolina.ill be giving aid from the -- getting aid from the state to build in this specific area. the plant itself has a 1.3 billion dollars initial investment. we are expecting more investment over the coming decade. they're aiming to build capacity at the plant, enough to supply 1.2 million cars worth of batteries. we will see investment going forward. it will start production in 2025, it will start focusing initially on batteries for hybrid cars. then move more towards ev towards the end of the decade. shery: what does the investment tell us about the electric vacation strategy here -- electrification strategy here? >> it comes off at the back of a number of announcements from other automakers in the u.s.. this comes a month after president biden's challenge to the auto industry to make half of all vehicles that sell in 2030 zero omissions. -- admissions. -- emissions. toyota's investment is pretty small compared to what we are seeing from other major automakers. we have four and -- ford and

kinds of regulations and rules that san franciscans would like you can move to austin, charlotte, greensboro, north carolina and be among people who want to govern themselves the way you would like and we have that opportunity under federalism. but you do not have that once you've got a one-size-fits-all rules, from unelected people in the imperial city of washington, dc. host: tony's question maybe think of this passage. "political identity is a distant priority behind identifiers like parent, child, sibling, parishioner, neighborhood, even bass fishermen. too many of our citizens are political class and make political identity all-encompassing." what is the blueprint to fix that? guest: what i tried to get at is -- and we can talk about it here , there is a minority of americans for home their political identity is extremely important by their own report. my fear is that that is growing, that number is growing. once you get to a critical mass with those kinds of people on the left and the right, we are in trouble because there is an intolerance. they are more concerned with beating the oth

another real problem is, you live in the suburbs, greensboro, north carolina, but you are representedh people who live in rural areas that stretch to the western border of the state. those people have very different interests from you. they live in a different media market. they have different issues that they vote on. both your representation is diminished, but also your interest in the election, your interest in being engaged in communing with your fellow voters around the issues that you care about and sort of getting out and knocking on doors and doing whatever it is you might do to be engaged in the political process is diminished. it hurts the overall system at the end of the day. >> is this a matter that every state has to -- you and i talked about this last time. is it a matter every state has to figure out for itself and some do a better job than others? is there a fashion in which everybody can take this seriously and get behind federal legislation to prevent partisan gerrymandering from occurring? >> absolutely, everybody should care about partisan gerrymandering. the way d

outside of what's now roanoke, virginia and danville, virginia, greensboro, north carolina. there is a reason they are heading to some of these places. they know that there are stores of food and other provisions. so it did happen. i think it happened less than i expected i might find. >> okay. okay. and thank you very much, doug. and finally, dave bradley from the uk wants to know, "would you agree that lee's admonishment greatly reduced the amount of ex confederates becoming lawless guerillas? >> it is always hard. i think if i was a betting person i would say yes it did reduce. i think this is part of the reason that grant is so adamant that the paroles be upheld. and something i really dig into in the second half of the book, when many in john's cabinet are questioning whether they should be upheld. and grant is saying look, if we don't uphold them, then this could e devolve into something much worse. so i think grant, as much as lee, and grant's insistence upon upholding the terms of parole, even when others were questioning the extent to which they were in fact -- many

peter carmichael taught at western carolina university and the university of north carolina at greensborowest virginia university. his academic interests includes 19th century civil war re- construction, southern history public history, and cultural history. author and

peter carmichael taught at western carolina university and the university of north carolina at greensboro west virginia university. his academic interests includes 19th century civil war re- construction, southern history public history, and cultural history. author and editor and his most recent work, but more from the common soldier in 2018, and part of littlefield history of the civil war era. in his previous books included us generation young virginians and peace, war and reunion, and 2005, and william rj - from university of virginia press 1995 and in addition to his books is also published a number of articles, popular journals and speaks frequently to scholarly audiences pretty and in addition every june, professor peter carmichael teaches the conference which brings hundreds of attendees from across the country no good to special plug-in, i've attended and 2019 and the wonderful so peter carmichael ia particular a friend of public history the college student he worked in the national park service. fredericksburg and richmond national battlefield park and history inspired him to cr

peter carmichael taught at western carolina university and the university of north carolina at greensborowest virginia

and the university of north carolina at greensboro, west virginia university. his academic interest include reconstruction, southern history, public history and cultural history. he is author of several books. his most recent work, the war for the common soldier, published in 2018 as part of the littlefield history of the civil war era series. his previous books include the last generation, young virginians in peace, war, and union, through u.n.c. press in 2005. and leads young artillery assist. in addition to his books, he has also published a number of articles in scholarly and popular journals. he speaks frequently to general and scholarly audiences. in addition, every june, professor peter carmichael directs the civil war institute summer conference, drawing hundreds of attendees from across the country. i have attended in 2019 and it was wonderful. so make a plan to attend this event. doctor carmichael is also a friend of history. he works in the national park service at a bottom alex. and richmond battlefield park. he is involved in the brian hank interns

crystal joins us now along with greensboro fire department captain ken lilly thank you both for beingpened just before christmas. you lost your puppy, you lost your home, your kids are safe, and you do have at least a bit of a new start with the help of the fire department and many giving neighbors. how are you doing this morning? >> i'm actually blessed. i can't complain, like you said, i have so many people reaching out to me, started with mr. ken right here, but ever since then, it seems like when he opened that door, everyone else started to follow so i am blessed beyond measures, yes, i miss my dog so much, tremendously, but thankful that me and my kids and my family are still here, because it could have been so much different. we could have been in that house and not being able to get out so i'm just blessed. god is really working wonders. lawrence: you know, crystal, i am blessed just witnessing your resilience right here on national tv after experiencing so much tragedy. ken, thank you for your service. what made you get involved? >> well it was real easy. first of all, i want

track this through the afternoon, it starts to diminish through south carolina, once it's passed greensboroeline but after 6:00 p.m., we are looking at d.c. and new york getting strong winds. this is topline, north end of the front pulling through, it won't be until late tonight until we're out of the woods in boston and rhode island. this is a serious storm system, already historic. december is not known for severe weather but this is going down in the history books likely the most deadly and perhaps most damaging tornado outbreak we've ever seen in december. a lot to come on this but state heads up, if you get warnings tonight, take action. griff: quickly, amy, the amount of time the tornadoes may have spent on the ground part of the historic content. >> when you think about a tornado, it could be a rope tornado lasting no more than a minute or two on the ground. we have large wedge tornadoes likely what they saw, meaning a large path on the ground for a very long period of time. when using the damage, you can see it was a very large tornado and on the ground over several states, perhaps

and greensboro, north carolina and joins an industrywide push to electrify the fleet.rmaker will invest $1.3 million in the facility, which is set to start production in 2025. a company called prime planet energy and solution will join the partnership. -- is said to be considering several key executives for air india as it works to finalize a turnaround plan for the carrier. the group is looking at internal and external candidates for roles including ceo and cfo. it is in the process of taking over air india from the government after winning a bid in october to regain control of the airline. rishaad: let's check in with that trade data that we just got a half hour ago -- actually, about 25 minutes ago to be precise. this tells it all. it was the imports. 31.7% increase and we were looking for a 20.6% gain. we also saw the export have things moving better than anticipated. but, ultimately, but we do have is a trade balance, it did narrow. $71.7 billion there. in yuan terms, 26% up, those imports are way ahead of the estimates. seeing a little bit of a sudden move. when

next up is suzy on a republican line in greensboro, georgia.o ahead. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to make a comment about the heatedness between the two parties. back some years ago, i heard charles krauthammer, wonderful man, speak. and he made a statement that shook me to the bone and is still true today. he said, republicans look at democrats as being wrong. of course, that has to do with policy, being wrong. however, democrats look at the republicans as being evil. and that's what i continue to hear from the democrats. they have to do away with anybody that supports trump. they have got to do something with trump, do away. got to kill those people, is my viewpoint. >> do you think that, suzy -- do you think that started with president trump and you're talking about charles krauthammer's view, his view that democrats view republicans as evil, do you think that predates president trump? do you think the demonization of the view predates president trump? did they hate george w. bush as much? >> caller: no. >> tell me. >

. >> thomas, greensboro, north carolina. democrat. morning, you're next. >> caller: good morning. i am w calling to -- a disabled veteran. we respect the lives of the lost 80am years ago, but nobody is mentioning all the lives lost in vietnam, all the young men, 18, 19 years old are gone. we have been in war for over 20 years, so many years in war. we cannot prosper ifig we contie to fight wars. we havee to think about america. we have to determine that we have to fight for our rights here, and if we do, we will win. we can't keep dividing and we can't keep fighting race agains race in america. we're not together. we're divided. so we t have to come together a stop p this. we can't even protect our schools from killings. we can't pass bills to protect gun. laws. our youth are being destroyed in wars and in our own homeland. let's protect america. >> thomas, i wonder your feelings on the withdrawal from afghanistan and the end of that 20-year war? >> caller: same thing with vietnam. we left l, vietnam in the same situation. in vietnam,

lithium ion batteries for 200,000 all electric and hybrid vehicles, construction on the plant near greensboro of former business partner who died in 2013. the jurors in case ruled against the family's claim after week of deliberations. bitcoin's origins have always been a bit of a mystery. back in 2008 a person named nakimoto published a paper laying out framework for digital currency that would not be tied to any legal or sovereign authority. well, there's bitcoin. above 50,000 again this morning. those are some of your headlines headlines, back over to you. maria: executives butting heads with expect on energy transition calling for a more cautious approach. officials from exxon mobile and chevron blaming demand for renewables and lack of investment in fossil fuels for the recent shortages and the surge in prices. department energy secretary david turk is pushing back saying there's not alternative to stepping up and fixing the threat of climate change. joining me right now epa administrator andrew wheeler, andrew, good to have you. thank you very much for being here. we are talking about t

next is susie on our republican line in greensboro, georgia. caller: thank you for taking my call. just want to make a comment about the heatedness between the two parties. back some years ago, i heard charles krauthammer, a wonderful man, speak, and he made his statement that chilled me to the bone and still does today. he said republicans look at democrats as being wrong. of course, that has to do with policy, being wrong. however, democrats look at the republicans as being evil. and that is what i continue to hear from the democrats. they have to do away with anybody that supports trump. they have got to do something with trump, do away, got to kill those people is my viewpoint. host: do you think that started with president trump? you are talking about charles krauthammer's views, his view that democrats view republicans as evil. do you think that predates president trump? did they hate george w. bush as much? caller: no, i do not believe that. it came -- and it is still running today. and even my own family, who are democrats, there is nothing but hate from them when they even

kinds of regulations and rules that san franciscans would like you can move to austin, charlotte, greensbororth carolina and be among people who want to govern themselves the way you would like and we have that opportunity under federalism. but you do not have that once you've got a one-size-fits-all rules, from unelected people in the imperial city of washington, dc. host: tony's question maybe think of this passage. "political identity is a distant priority behind identifiers like parent, child, sibling, parishioner, neighborhood, even bass fishermen. too many of our citizens are political class and make political identity all-encompassing." what is the blueprint to fix that? guest: what i tried to get at is -- and we can talk about it here , there is a minority of americans for home their political identity is extremely important by their own report. my fear is that that is growing, that number is growing. once you get to a critical mass with those kinds of people on the left and the right, we are in trouble because there is an intolerance. they are more concerned with beating the other s