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today's america well just as that i'm now joined by joseph a professor i'll give back at the university of texas austin * and the author all the storage and the shield their revolution or realize it. and mark your new york professor joseph it's good to talk to you thank you very much which i. haven't and congratulations on the your book which was released just last month from my commercial point of view i guess you wish for more release day but as an american citizen as a goal or how do you feel about what's happening around. well i think i take great hope and inspiration in the fact that so many people have gone to the streets to demonstrate most of the protests in over 100 cities actually have been peaceful you know the media is focused on the violence and there's been a huge amount of white protesters alongside of latin x. and asian and indigenous so it's not just black people protesting racial justice so i think it's a great generational opportunity for the united states of america to finally get rid of white supremacy and institutional racism inequality we've seen racial disparities because of cod

college athletes are getting sick from cova 1000 at a pretty high rate just to day the university of texas austin said that 13 student athletes tested positive for corona virus and 10 more had to self quarantine because they came in contact with them there are other schools like clinton that have had about 6 other schools reporting one or 2 but you still are having them come back and play sports football is a contact sport by the way for anybody watching so you are. not going to be able to have social distance so this is a concern because this is showing ok we need to put a product on the field come september we need to make money because the schools how will also i'm athletic i will say that but is it worth it at the risk of these kids potentially getting sick because of their showing in florida they're getting very sick and you know what these kids are obviously you know top of one of their fleets of the most holy that can be doesn't mean the absence of the dangers of coalwood but if they get sick with that they go home you know to visit the family over thanksgiving or the family comes to see t

would like to thank penial joseph, from the university of texas, austin. k you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: coming up, we are going to go back to our original question, what do you think is the role of the military during civil unrest. you see the number on the screen. we will be right back. ♪ >> sunday night on q hyundai, peggy wallace kennedy, daughter andormer alabama governor candidate, george wallace, talked about her father's controversial career area inspiring her to write her recent book. >> back in 1996, we took our ,oungest son, nine at the time to the martin luther king museum historical site in atlanta. we went to his church and his grave and over to the museum. we were going through the exhibit and we came to the exhibit of alabama. and it showed the bombed out church, the bridge, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham. and george wallace standing in a schoolhouse store. andmy son looked up at me he said he was so sad, why did popeye do those things to other do those things to other people? it broke my heart. i said that

>> joining me now, is a professor of the director of study of race and democracy at the university of texas-austin and author of "the sword and the shield." revolutionary lives of malcolm x and martin luther king jr. professor joseph, you wrote a piece in "the boston globe" that says a moment like this is a moment that you want to see be a spark for progress and change. how can that come to fruition in your mind? >> i think that this is a national racial crisis, chuck. but i think it's a crisis that has more to do than with just the criminal justice system. we have a generational opportunity to transform not just racism and white supremacy in the criminal justice system, but the way in which the criminal justice system serves as a gateway, the panoramic systems of oppression, whether we are talking about housing, whether we are talking about public schools, whether we are talking about racial segregation in public schools and neighborhoods. topics that we refuse to talk about. in addition to wealth and inequality, and in addition to unemployment and in addition to so many black and brown young wom

joseph, the founding director of the center for the study of race and democracy at the university of texas, austin. and kristin clark, the executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law. professor joseph, let me begin with you because i want us to consider with president kennedy on this very day in 1963 in what turned out to be the last year of his life addressing the issues that are before us today that the president of the united states failed to address in your state of texas today. it's an indication of how long we have been at this and how much ground we have not covered in the progress we wish we had made. >> absolutely, lawrence. i think it's a great comparison between what happened on june 11th, 1963 and today because i have argued and i have written before that that's president kennedy's finest moment. and i think as time proceeds, he's going to get more credit for that speech. but the revolution that he talked about in 1963 was similar to what we have experienced in the last two weeks. i'd say what we have experienced in the last two weeks has more white involveme

the nation to benefit from the headstart program he went on to earn a scholarship at the university of texas austin where he would graduate with degrees in government, speech communication and lobby for pursuing a successful career as an attorneyyst and investment banker. for the past three decades, mr. walker has been one of our nations for most philanthropic executives. 's serving as chief operating officer as the largest development corporation vice president of the rockefeller foundation, cofounder and chair of thehe us impact investment alliance and for the past seven years as president of the ford foundation. he oversees an endowment of $13,000,000,000.600 million of annual grant money. he is dedicated to tackling the most difficult issues in the world and among the most committed supporters of residents of new orleans after hurricane katrina and led the way to building a more just and financially sustainable future for the city of detroit and as president of the ford foundation contributing to the empowerment of tens of millions of americans across the country including here in the south in

of flattening the curb, we cve, we can go bac normalizing. it is better to prevent a forest fire than to contain and stop one. >> you have a major university in your city, the university of texas. austin, one of the biggest campuses of the country, more than 50,000 students. should they reopen for in person instruction in the fall? it appears they have not made a decision yet, plan to make one soon. what do you think they should do? should they reopen and allow students to come back to class? >> i have real concerns about students gathering again. the answer to that question is absolutely not, if they can ensure that the students are going to mask and social distance. we're finding right now that our numbers are going up as is they are all over the country. especially in that younger population. folks that feel that they're bulletproof, though i just saw the two 17-year-olds died in florida, a day or two ago, so they're not bulletproof. but they have to wear masks because they can carry the virus and infect other people, even if they don't feel like they have it themselves, even if they're asymptomatic. so i have concerns about it. and absolutely not if they can't get the students to

university of austin, texas professor will discuss george floyd's death and the public protest. saturdayn journal live morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join us with your calls, text messages, and tweets. new yorkr today, governor andrew cuomo spoke about protests in his estate following the at

the university of texas austin will talk about george floyd's death and the public protest.atch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> next week, the house and senate will hold hearings on the federal of his aunts to the coronavirus and law enforcement accountability on tuesday at 3:30 p.m. secretary of labor eugene scalia testifies before the senate finance committee on the c.a.r.e.s. act and the role of unemployment insurance during the pandemic. then, the house judiciary committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability. also live on c-span three, the secretary of the treasury, steve mnuchin, testifies before the senate small business committee on the implementation of title i of the c.a.r.e.s. act. watch next week live tuesday and wednesday on c-span and c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> democratic presidential candidate joe biden spoke about the u.s. economy at delaware s

. >> we are joined by peniel joseph of the university of texas at austin. peniel joseph. good morning. i was about to read to our viewers a column you have call thehere you george floyd death a moment of generational opportunity. what youxplain to us mean by generational opportunity here? guest: these protests we are at longrovide, finally, last, this generational opportunity to confront and have a plan to end institutional racism in all facets of our society, to defeat white to institutionalize black dignity and citizenship, and to finally achieve our country. this is about more than the criminal justice system. it needs to be transformed from top to bottom in the united states, but the justice system is a gateway to panoramic systems of oppression connected to welfare, education, housing, employment, childcare, health care, segregation, inequality in neighborhoods, inequality in our tax policy, homelessness, mental health and physical health. -- whate so hopeful is hopeful about this moment is the number of people who have come out peacefully, the large numbers of white

eastern lectures in history, a university of texas at austin professor teaches an online class about president ronald reagan and the end of the cold war. >> thank you all for tuning in. we are here with the tattooed historian. my great friend. a little bit in before we dive into the topic which is hygiene and nutrition. tell us a little bit about who you are, what you bring to the history table. i think you bring a unique perspective and some great ideas. >> thank you. , started out as a historian and i went on to work alongside the u.s. army corps of engineers as a historian and archivist. that, i beganinto a facebook page. i used it as a way to showcase some of the archival things. i was enjoying that process. we were going through the archives and we were trying to find out what was inside of them. this blew up. i was not expecting that. i was expecting to maybe get 100 people to follow along. facebook.g on, it built up more and more. i went full-time with this project in april of 2018. i have been doing it full-time for two years now. i wanted to give a platform to historians. i d

peniel joseph is a professor at the university of texas at austin, examining issues of race, society and american politics. w. fitzhugh brundage is a professor of history at the university of north carolina- chapel hill. and arielle hudson was one of six students who petitioned the university of mississippi to relote a confederate statue on campus. we welcomell of you to the newshour. thank you so much for joining us. arielle hudson, to you first. why was it so important to you and the others to get this statue, this monument down? >> it was important because of the rich racial history that is at the university of mississippi. i think because of its close ties to the confederacy specifically during that time, most of the enrolled students saw in the war on the confederate side. so the univerity of mississippi's history is not new in terms of the white supremacy and the oppression that it has played now, and so once it came to... there are a lot of things that actually unfolded as fenway park as us decided we wanted to write a resolution to get the statue relocated. but i think the cam

university of austin, texas professor will discuss george floyd's death and the public protest. saturdayn journal live morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join us with your calls, text messages, and tweets. new yorkr today, governor andrew cuomo spoke about protests in his estate following the death of george floyd. this was about half an hour. governor cuomo: good morning, thank you for being here. to my right is new york city police. to my left is melissa derosa. to her left is the budget director. it is another long and ugly night in the united states of america. last night, as it was in new york state. day 97 of the coronavirus crisis, day 12 of the civil unrest dealing with the aftermath of mr. floyd's murder, and this is a dangerous combination, colliding crises, compounding each other. but, our job is to address what is presented, and this is the reality presented, and this is what we will deal with. on the coronavirus situation, there is a lot to learn from what we just went through, and i believe it is a transformative situation for society, and something that we can really l

us now, the founding director of the center for the study of race and democracy at the university of texas at austin. he's the author of the sword and the shield, the revolutionary lives of malcolm x and martin luther king jr. professor, glad to have you here. thank you for joining us. you said something very interesting about juneteenth. you said in african-american communities that celebrate it, it represents the birth of a new american freedom that is still obviously tragically incomplete, but it provides us a springboard to have the conversation and a policy impact around racial slavery and the world that black labor actually built in the united states. so it is both a celebration and a commemoration and a reminder that the work that was marked on this date in 1865 is not done. >> yeah, absolutely right. i think that we are at a watershed moment in american history, ali, and we can't turn back. we have to seize this generational opportunity to end systemic racism. and i think that the juneteenth celebrations here are really remarkable because this starts in texas, which is now my home state and

he went on to were a scholarship at the university of texas at austin, where he would graduate with degrees in government, speech communication, and law, before pursuing a successful career as an attorney and an investment banker. for the past three decades, mr. walker has been one of our nation's foremost philanthropic executives. he has served as chief operating officer of harlem's largest development corporation. vice president of the rockefeller foundation, co-founder and chair of the u.s. impact investing alliance, and for the past seven years as president of the ford foundation, where he overcease an endowment of $13 billion and $600 million in annual grant making. he is dedicated to tackling the most difficult issues in the world. he was among the most committed supporters of residents in new orleans after hurricane katrina. he led the way toward building a more just and financially sustainable future for the city of detroit. and as president of the ford foundation, he is contributing to the economic empowerment of tens of millions of americans across the country, including here in t

taught online because of the coronavirus pandemic and university of texas at austin provided the video. dr. suri: ok, let's go to our first slide if we could. we have ronald reagan, and we talked about the disruptions of the 1960's, the social changes in the towards 1970's suburbanization. we talked about nixon and carter and the desire so many americans silence, tot, for escape the disruption, to escape the conflicts. ronald reagan coming into office in the early 1980's, elected in november 1980, represented what time magazine is saying here, a fresh start. a positive disposition. his hero was franklin roosevelt. ronald reagan was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. i will talk about that more and a couple of minutes. he saw and roosevelt a figure who helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored a sense of can do spirit in america. that is what reagan was all about. he came of age not just in the shadow of the great depression and the cold war but also the vietnam war, the di

then university of texas at austin's peniel joseph talks about george floyd's death. washington journal is next. ♪ good morning and welcome to "washington journal." president trump's decision to order a show of force following peaceful protest and some looting has opened up fractures between the commander and chief and his troops. the defense secretary broken publicly with the white house and has threatened to use the insurrection act and retired military leaders are speaking out, warning against the use of the military against their fellow american citizens. what do you think the role of the military is during civil unrest in the united states? we are opening up special lines.

at university of texas boston talks about george floyd 's death and -- austin talks about george floyd'seath and public protest. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. texas governor greg abbott updates reporters on preparations for tropical storm crystal ball while his state continued to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. the governor addressed the death texan,ge floyd, a native who died in the custody of minneapolis police officers.

the university of texas. joining us from austin. professor, thank you for taking the time. >> thank you for having me. >> there's talk after george floyd's death somehow we have reached a tipping point in the country. it will be different this time. and it is different. i wonder if it's because of simple facts like the pandemic. people being stuck at home and watch the news and had to see the video. nine minutes pinned to the sidewalk. before there was floyd there was taylor. shot in lieu ville. and georgia. ahmaud arbery. shot while jogging while black. there has been a string of events. people being forced to watch it and being made aware. >> there's a few different things happening. it's a crisis that's connected to long standing history of racism and white supremacy in the united states. certainly the covid-19 the combination of the covid-19 pandemic and the racial disparity that hit the african-american community being diagnosed at high rates dying at higher rates. being more vulnerable. and nursing homes and employees. being m

frombrams received her jd yale law school, university of texas in austin, and her b.a. magna cum laude from spelman and college. ms. abrams has another commitment at noon, so we have to stick to our time limits . ms. abrams, thank you, and you are recognized for five minutes. ms. abrams: thank you, chairman raskin, andchairman ranking member johnson the members of the committee. i come before you today as a voting rights advocate and founder of verified action an american deeply concerned of the challenges facing our democracy particular in the era of covid-19. furthermore, i would do a disservice to millions of americans if we did not acknowledge the anger and anguish that we put together our demands for justice and the right to choose our leaders and through them the policies that govern us through the profound power of right to vote across the nation we face a public health crisis, economic disaster disaster, continue distrust in the justice system in a coordinated assault on access to democracy. congressional action has been vital to respond to the pandemic but the

at university of texas boston talks about george floyd 's death and -- austin talks about george floyd's death and public protest. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. texas governor greg abbott updates reporters on preparations for tropical storm crystal ball while his state continued to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. the governor addressed the death texan,ge floyd, a native who died in the custody of minneapolis police officers. this is 25 minutes. gov. abbott: first i want to thank everybody for being here. -- everythingk the people around me have been working on so very much. the chief, who has been one of the leaders in responding to covid-19. we have the general who has done document is job in helping texas respond to covid-19 and to instill a sense of safety and security in our communities to allow peaceful protests to occur. i want to point out in particular the director who has been involved across the entire state over the past week, making sure that our communities are as safe as possible. also, all of these people behind

about the exact same type of bookshop in austin, texas, that has already been investigated that is operating in exactly the same way where you have professors from nearby universities. and in the video, they are

of protests today. you are looking at austin, texas where a number of protests are under way. there have been protests at university will keep an eye on protests today. we'll head to los angeles and see how those protests are going. we're watching demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia. charlottesville, virginia. when you shop with wayfair, you spend less and get way more. so you can bring your vision to life and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams. spend less, get way more. shop everything home at wayfair today. >>> this is one of many protests in los angeles. across the city they have been marching in the streets today. one week after the national guard deployed there. jacob is in l.a.'s boil heights neighborhood which is east of downtown. what's the atmosphere on the ground right now? >> reporter: it's a beautiful thing. you can see twodowntown in the distance. this will be a car caravan through los angeles in support of black lives matter and protesting against the sheriff's department. beautiful ford galaxy. is this your first car caravan in support of black lives matter

of color in the universities. is that typical around the country? >> you know, it is typical, but i will mention, because this came up earlier in the hearing, i am coming to you from austin, texas, and the university of texas has a very interesting model in which they take the top -- i think the top 10% of students from every high school in the state and guarantee them admission at the university of texas. the highws you to find achieving students in every high school even if that high school is in a disadvantaged area. i feel like that model could be used more widely as an alternative to affirmative action. >> thank you for having this, mr. chairman. >> thank you. next, gentlemen from california. >> thank you mama mr. chairman. i thank you for this very important hearing on how covid-19 has increased racial inequities in the country. the shift to distance learning has exposed the educational inequities many students of color have been facing for decades as states open up and grapple with depleted budgets. it is the role of the federal government to ensure equity in every sector. many colleges like the university of california system, private school such as harvard university,

meanwhile in the state of texas, thousands gathering at a university in austin.e capital in austin. ainsley? ainsley: and then in los angeles, around 20,000 reportedly joining protests in hollywood. let's bring in chris wallace, the anchor of "fox news sunday" and author of a brand new book that comes out tomorrow, it's called countdown 1945. there is a picture of it. the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and 116 days that changed the world. good morning to you, chris. >> hey, guys. great to be with you. ainsley: we always welcome you on our show. the protests are continuing. good news is most of them were peaceful over the weekend. so what happens next for this movement? >> well, you know, that's the big question, ainsley. because we have seen this story before, you know, it doesn't happen often, but there are cases of unwarranted police force that result either in beatings or even in death. you know, we saw it with rodney king. we saw it with eric garner. and then we see protests and sometimes the protests turn violent and demands for reform and nothing mu

million and as of of today, there's been more than 115,000 deaths according to johns hopkins university. texas has seen a spike in covid-19 hospitalizations, mostly in the houston and austinas and hospital officials in arizona this week were urged to activate emergency plans to cope with a surge in covid-19 opinions. new york has recently seen a dramatic decrease in coronavirus fatal a atities and hospitaliza. new york leads the nation in covid-19 fatalities. governor andrew cuomo announced the western new york region is expected to enter phase three of reopening on tuesday which allows restaurants, food services and hotels to reopen with accommodations. governor cuomo still warning that lifts on of restrictions could all change. >> what makes this determination? it's what we do. it is our behavior, nothing more, nothing less. while all the numbers are good, those numbers can change in a week. they can change in a week. you get undisciplined, you'll see those numbers change in a week and once they change, you can't change them back that quickly. >> reporter: there's also mounting concern over coronavirus flair-ups in other countries like china and south korea and the impa

about the exact same type of bookshop in austin, texas, that has already been investigated that is operating in exactly the same way where you have professors from nearby universities. and in the video, they are talking about in portland who will train recruits there, and what is extraordinary is there is a very organized process where they have to be vetted, it takes a long time. you have an entire syllabus, there is a certain number of lessons that you have to attend. you have to be taught in different things. most importantly, have to know how to conceal your identity and one of the greatest deceptions of this movement or organization, whatever you want to call it is that there is no organization to it. because as dan will tell you, that's how they stay one step ahead a law enforcement all the time. that's how they avoid accountability so they will change their names, proliferate the numbers of groups, but if you have any doubt about how organized they are, take a look at what's been circulating on a number of their web sites. this is digital security for activists, and they put it out, this is the civil liberties defense center which tells you how to encrypt yo

austin. dr. vin gupta at the university of washington's department of health metrics sciences, you just heard the mayor, you've got governor of like minds, governor abbott in texas and governor ducey of arizona, and the president leading the way. >> good morning, andrea. the time for measured leadership is long past us. i appreciate mayor adler encouraging his citizens to essentially wear a mask in public. but andrea, you and i have been having this conversation for months. i'm seeing the lived reality in the icu, as are my colleagues. the time for feckless leadership is over. we need to mandate masks in every geo across the country. every single zip code, you need to wear a mask, otherwise you're going to get fined. that's what we did with indoor smoking. we thought, we'll encourage people not to smoke indoors. it turns out we didn't make headway on that issue until we said, you're going to get fined if you don't obey the law. surge capacity in houston, in seattle we have an outbreak in yakima, it's not just beds, it's the nurses, the respiratory therapists, the docs, to staff these facilities. in new york they didn't have enough dialysis, and covid impacts the