amy: we will speak to bishop william barber of the poor peoples campaign. then we will look at why trump and other speakers at the rnc never said the word abortion. we will talk to amy littlefield, abortion access correspondent at the nation. and we will speak about the recent killings of two black men here in milwaukee, samuel sharpe and d'vontaye mitchell. a major march was held yesterday. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org. this is war, peace and the presidency: breaking with convention. we are broadcasting from milwaukee, wisconsin. i'm amy goodman. donald trump took to the stage to close out the republican national convention here in milwaukee last night. in the longest ever speech recorded at a party convention, trump formally accepted the republican nomination. as in previous campaign addresses, trump promised to “launch the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” and “drill, baby, drill.” we'll have more from the rnc after headlines. meanwhile on the democratic side, several outlets are repo

host: we are joined now by zoom by bishop william barber, president of the breach founding director athe center for public theology at yale. we call him reverend, he's an author. his latest book is entitled reverend, what got you interested in writing about white poverty in america? guest: first of all, thank you for having me. my editor, harsh world, we have been writing this book: our lives. as we look at the reality of poverty in america now, one third of america is unified by the reality of poverty and low wages. you are talking about 140,000,004 and low-wage persons in this country. you are talking about 58%, 68% of african-americans, 26 million. but then you talk about 30% of white brothers and sisters, over 66 million are poor and low-wage , all the way from economic ruin. oftentimes what we see in the way we judge policy is mythology guiding the conversation rather than the truth. that poverty is not that big of an issue. if you look at the wit -- the way that measures politics is to look at is a better way and a measurement that must be used. policy as a black issue, often we

. >> we are joined now he assumed by bishop william barber. he's president of preparers of the breach confounded drake of the center for public policy and public theology at yale. we call him reverend. he's an author and his latest book is entitled white become how exposing myths about race and class can reconstruct american democracy. reverend barber, what got you interested in writing about white poverty in america? >> guest: first of all thanknk you so much for having me. my editor, we've covered writing this book all our lives, but as a look at the reality of poverty in america now, over a third of americans are unified by the readily of poverty and low wages. you're talking about 149-point and low-wage persons in this country. you are talking about over -- 68, 28 namath and you talk about 30% of white voters was over 66 million who are poor and are low-wage, $500 away from economic ruin. and oftentimes what we see in a way we address is mythology getting our conversation rather than the truth. one of thehe mythologies that poverty is not

joining me now is bishop william barber, director of the yale center for public theology and public policye's campaign and author of white poverty, how exposing myths about race and class can deconstruct american democracy. good to see you. we are talking a lot about the supreme court today, but i wanted you to come on to reflect about the fact that it took congress to enforce the 15th amendment and the civil rights act, the brown v board decision with the civil rights act. >> it only happened 60 years ago and the question is, with the ruling yesterday by the supreme court, could the president ignore all of it? we talk about ignoring labor laws. we talk about ignoring laws that protect people based on sex and national origin and unequal application of voting requirements and segregation in schools and labor laws. originally they wanted the march on washington, which was about this act, wanted living wages as part of it and housing discrimination. some of those things were added and we have the fair housing law, but could some of these things be undone? this is serious business and what peo

host: coming up, we will have william barber, cochair of poor people's campaign.irst, on this anniversary of the signing of the americans for it is -- with disabilities act, we wanted to show you this moment from jennifer weston of virginia, using the ai generated program to find her voice, she cannot speak, delivering a speech on the floor using the ai . here's a portion of that. >> the very first constituent meeting that i took was with lobbyists, a group of families who had young children complex medical needs and disabilities. i invited one of them to be my guest at the state of the union in 2020 two highlight how important it was to fight back against these efforts of undermining the aca. the fight for disability rights has become personal. my battle with psp has robbed me of my ability to use my full voice and move around in the ways i use to. rather than striding confidently onto the house floor to vote, i greatly accept rides from across the avenue, rely on a walker and in all likelihood i will appear on the house floor for votes in a wheelchair. i can no

raising the federal minimum wage, a huge and important thing the civil rights leaders like the ship william barber have been calling on him to do. so he came out and he gave an agenda. i thought that was important. and also, going on the attack against trump. he called trump hooten's puppy. he called him a convicted criminal. he quoted the judge in calling not just sexual assault, he raped e. jean carroll . he went bankrupt trying to run a casino. didn't know you can do that. and when he got protested he responded by allowing the protest happen, sobering up, taking a moment, and touting his deal to end the war between hamas and the israelis. this was well done. i can't say anything other than that is the joe biden who i think democrats who might be nervous needed to see, and for democrats who doubted him, that was the come at me, bro, joe biden. can't go anywhere. >> we will see, the future remains unwritten. i think he is dead set on not going anywhere. no, he was, to me, that was also the most comprehensive thesis of the campaign. since the state of the union, that was like what is the campaign?

william barber. oh, oh, yeah. and the reason being is because they are able to tie the intersection between economic plight and race in this country and part of the solution, as we set forth, is that there has to be a conversation about economics because, you know, there's a lot of commonalities between being poor and white in this country and poor and black in this country. and if you don't have access to health care in west and you ain't got access to health care and you black in south carolina, you're going to have many of the same problems in trying to figure out if there is a way to have that conversation asian amongst each other. so maybe, just maybe, we can work together. one of the solutions we talk about and that's so interesting, you bring that up because. if dr. king and robert were had would have lived. they were assassinated, what, six weeks apart. and if both of them had lived past six weeks. yeah, about six weeks apart. if they had lived they would have dealt with not just issues of civil rights, th

kamala harris and the white house cochair of the poor people's campaign william barber discusses hisew book on poverty in the united states the latest news in the 2024 presidential race. c-span's "washington journal" join the conversation alive at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning on c-span, see spend our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. ♪ officials from the defense treasury and commerce department testified on the use of export controls and national security during a hearing before the senate banking committee. what is a cyclist strengthening supply-chain challenges posed by china the importance of reauthorizing the defense production act which expires in september of next year. this is about 90 minutes. capable chinese military. for too long, our government was willfully blind to the threat china posed. multinational corporations, eager to move jobs wherever they can pay lower wages. they lobbied this body and presidents of both parties filters for trade relations with china. we did nothing to stop it, and now we are paying the price. we can't make the kinds of mistake

the co-author is bishop william barber, president of, coach of the poor people's campaign confiding director of the center for public policy and public theology at yale and really do appreciate your time. >> guest: thank you so much and god bless you. thank you for your audience. >> the senate established in for the final week of work before a month-long summer recess. at 5:30 p.m. eastern a confirmation vote on a judge to serve on u.s. tax court for a 15 year term. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal spirit, thank you for the continuous blessings of your handiwork. from the first blush of dawn to the wonders of the starry heavens, we're daily made aware of your creative might. lord, bless our senators to see the wonder of your presence on capitol hill. in the hands of the many workers who enable them to do their work, give our lawmakers the wisdom to catch a glimpse of the unity and cooperation you desire for them. make our legislat

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kamala harris and the white house cochair of the poor people's campaign william barber discusses his book on poverty in the united states the latest news in the 2024 presidential race. c-span's "washington journal" join the conversation alive at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning on c-span, see spend our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. ♪ officials from the defense treasury and commerce