sort of thing to come across the day here right now steven pressley business news i'll be back at the top. of the. up to. the printers. and defeated me back. from my good to get back more on our for. our for part of. a move. over. there because of it is there's. something jenny's telling. a dramatic twist in the case of jailed auto executive carlos ghosn the former chairman of one of the world's most powerful car makers nissan red no has fled house arrest in japan where he was heading toward trial for financial misconduct says he fled to quote escape injustice. also on the show can electric vehicle. electrify africa will take a look at a pilot project in rwanda and the challenges carmakers face on the continent. and kenya has too much team a better harvest has driven prices down leaving growers scrambling to find alternatives. welcome to business africa i'm stephen beard same berlin it's good to have you with us the saga of carlos go the auto executive turned jail inmate has taken another twist the former nissan renaud chairman has fled japan where he faced trial on charges of underre

>> please join me in welcoming to the stage, ayana pressley. [applause] [cheering] [applause] >> oh my goodness, stop it! [applause] [cheering] >> thank you. wow. good morning, family! [applause] good morning,y, church? it is so good to be in massachusetts, in boston. it is so good to be home. [applause] you know, i can't think of anyplace place i would rather be than heree out 2019, with you today in community. in a matter of hours, we will close the chapter on 2019 and begin a new year and a new decade. reflection,me for reset.ection, renewal, every morning, my husband conan and i, set our intentions for the day in reset by reading affirmation, book called the joshuant's devotional by tabious. the pages have become well-worn because we have revisited them many times. the affirmation we have revisited the most is entitled, a gentle battle. i will paraphrase it. awaken every morning, we to a gentle battle. as soldiers in what direction we will march. how scheller minds be focused? -- how shall our minds be focused? with weariness and indifferen

. >> please join me in welcoming to the stage, ayana pressley. [applause] [cheering] [applause]

. >> i recognize congresswoman pressley for five minutes. >> thank you for your continued commitment to this issue, it is critical that we have both the vaping in big vaping, i work to end, this isn't always been an issue of racial justice. last week, my home state of massachusetts became the first in the nation to place a permanent ban on flavored e-cigarettes and mental cigarette products. this is important, because if we are blaming flavors, we must ban all flavors, which includes it meant, and mental. do not do so would be discriminatory and, sentimental and particular has imposed a unique and deadly burden on the black community. we must clamp down on the production of mental products and not the individual possession of it, because there are real intergenerational dramatic consequences of broken windows policing that has historically over criminalized black and brown communities. something i called for in my people just this resolution, we must be attuned to both public health and public safety to ensure that there are no more eric garner's. four year, big tobacco companies dis

warren was introduced by congresswoman ayanna pressley.esents the 7th congressional district here in massachusetts. she is also a member of the so-called progressive squad. and she was very well received by the crowd coming to hear warren in boston today. senator warren in her seat she asked voters to try and imagine what she sees as the possibilities for a better america. she asked supporters to have the courage to help her fight for it. and send her to the white house in 2020. the speech, comes on the same day that there is an fec deadline, fourth quarter fundraising deadline. right now senator elizabeth warren is expected to fall short of what she pulled in last time by about 20%. she says though she is not worried about that at all. listen here. >i decided from the beginning i was going to build a grassroots movement. i'm deeply grateful to all of the people who have made contributions. it looks like we are closing in on about a million people who have pitched in two bucks, five bucks, 25 bucks. they are giving money. they are giving t

pressley: madam speaker, i rise today to protect our democracy. today, we take a stand against corruption and abuses of power. what we are doing here today is not only patriotic, it is uniquely american. america is a story of ordinary people confronting abuses of power with the steadfast pursuit of justice. throughout our history, the oppressed have been relegated to the margins by the powerful, and each time we have fought back. deliberate in our approach, clear-eyed. each generation has fought for the preservation of our democracy, and that is what brings us to the house floor today. efficient and effective in the pursuit of our truth. congress has done its due diligence. today, we send a clear message, we are not tolerate abuses of power from the president of the united states of america. the future of this nation rests in our hands. it is with a heavy heart but a resolved one, and because i believe our democracy is worth fighting for, i will vote to impeach donald j. trump, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. the speaker pro tempore: the

pressley. >> madam speaker, i rise to protect our democracy. today we take a stand against corruption and abuses of power. what we're doing hear today is not only patriotic, it's uniquely american. america is a story of ordinary people confronting abuses of power with a steadfast pursuit of justice. throughout our history, the oppressed have been relegated to the margins by the powerful and each time we have fought back. deliberate in our approach, clear eye. each generation has fought for the preservation of our democracy and that is what brings us to the house floor today. efficient and effective in the pursuit of our true. congress has done its due diligence. today we send a clear message. we will not tolerate abuses of power from the president of the united states of america. the future of this nation rests in our hands. it is with a heavy heart but a resolved one and because i believe our democracy is worth fighting for i will vote to impeach donald trump and urge my colleagues to do the same. >> i think my chairman hears us. when you have

now i will recognize congresswoman pressley for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to say associate myself with the impassioned detroit tell it like it is comments of congresswoman tlaib a moment ago and completely disassociate myself with the comments offered by my colleague across the aisle. i find that have that dual experience often on this committee of comparable pride of honoring the words of our late chairman and being an efficient and effective pursuit of the truth and simultaneous shame with all of the efforts to obstruct the work of this committee to get to the truth. but since the what's and desire expressed earlier to center the science, i'd like to ask some line of questioning in line with that. it is reported that johnson & johnson talc tested positive for asbestos as far back as 1957 in 1958. yet on whether locations lots of tested samples in the same battle of johnson & johnson talc-based powder and come to different conclusions. as congresswoman tlaib mentioned in her impassioned testimony or statement, johnson & johnson commission its own st

. >> i recognize congresswoman pressley for five minutes. >> thank you for your continued commitment to this issue, it is critical that we have both the vaping in big vaping, i work to end, this isn't always been an issue of racial justice. last week, my home state of massachusetts became the first in the nation to place a permanent ban on flavored e-cigarettes and mental cigarette products. this is important, because if we are blaming flavors, we must ban all flavors, which includes it meant, and mental. do not do so would be discriminatory and, sentimental and particular has imposed a unique and deadly burden on the black community. we must clamp down on the production of mental products and not the individual possession of it, because there are real intergenerational dramatic consequences of broken windows policing that has historically over criminalized black and brown communities. something i called for in my people just this resolution, we must be attuned to both public health and public safety to ensure that there are no more eric garner's. four year, big tobacco companies dis

pressley, the first woman to represent the congress.he and congress tlaib introduced legislation to ban recognition technology in public housing. that's a big deal. congresswoman ilhan omar out of minnesota introduced no shame for kids who could not afford public lunch. she introduced that legislation. across the board and congress come ocasio-alexander cortez, she introduced the bill to work in the government. certainly not the only but i think they stay true and consistent and even as the media overlooked them and show them to elevate other people around impeachment conversation. these women were persistent and kept true in serving the people. i will forever shout them out for that. >> we just named between leticia james and the squad, the democratic party, one of its failures over the past 50 years is not elevated women and women of color to statewide position whether it is senator or governor. think of the fact that had she won in georgia, the first black woman governor. i predict that of those women, half or more of them will be in

there was an issue where she was basically having pressley speak on her behalf but it was also aboutadership in that moment. even after that moment there was a viral campaign against her basically saying, why should we support her if she is only going to support black women. it was a very interesting change in the dynamic of how it all of a sudden became, well, let's not support black women. why should we do that? and that's the key to this. the reason that we're supporting black women or the reason these accounts are pretending to be black women is because we already know the data point says that over 90% of black women will vote for democrats. and so now we have to focus on getting black people to do only one thing. not vote for the democrats. >> can you name one of those five campaigns? >> we put up from the report that there's a conversation about reparations that has to do with it. there's a criminal justice conversation. there's -- >> so reparations, immigration and -- sorry. reparations, immigration and anything that has to do with the criminal justice system. so the reason th

and my colleague ayana pressley and i and bonnie watson coleman have introduced a piece of legislation called push out act because we -- there's an epidemic, a crisis in our schools where young black women and young women of color in general are facing harsher punitive punishments for asserting themselves into classroom discussions or showing up with hair that might not be deemed appropriate by the mainstream culture. and we're saying our young girls deserve safety and opportunity to thrive in their schools as everyone else does. and we are going to make sure that there are guidelines for schools to follow and there is an incentive for them to do the right thing. >> let's hope we get a senate eventually that will take up legislation like that should it pass the house. ilhan omar, it's always a pleasure. thank you so much for being here. >>> more "a.m. joy" after the break. 1 in 5 people you meet wear dentures. yeah. that many! but right now, is not the time to talk about it. so when you're ready, search 'my denture care'. poligrip and polident. fixed. fresh. and just between us. ♪ do y

pressley: thank you for your leadership on this and so many social justice issues. appreciate you organizing this special order hour. i hope in some way it assures the american people that we have not lost sight of them and that this congress continues to lead and to legislate on those issues of care, concern, and consequence to the american people. i know this is the number one constituent call that my district office receives and i'm not alone in that. housing first is not just an approach to ending homelessness. it is a fundamental truth that should guide everything we do in these chambers. when we speak our our -- speak of our priorties and speak of the important work we hope to do here, housing must come first. housing is the foundation of everything and therefore must be foundational to everything that we seek to accomplish here as a body. housing is a critical determiner of health and wealth and must be the foundation of our fight for greater justice for all. i'd also like to reiterate some of the points made earlier regarding our young people learning. earli

congresswoman pressley is recognized. >> thank you, madame chair, for holding this critically important hearing and your leadership on blafl of working families across our country. and i want to thank ms. delauro. it is simply appalling that the united states continues to be one of only two industrialized nations in the world without any form of paid family leave. it is shameful and this reality continues to place undue burdens on families already struggling to make ends meet. household disproportionately led by women already struggling to get by while stages are stagnant and racial and gender pay gaps persist. at some point virtually every person, every working person, because hardship does not discriminate, will need to take time away from a job to fulfill caregiving responsibilities, to recover from a serious injury or disruptive life event. while i was a caregiver to my mother in the final throes of her leukemia battle, making decisions by the hour about how to extend her life while doing my best to center her dignity throughout that process, battling cancer while also battling bill