robin? >> all right, stephanie, thank you. >>> joining us now live is the director of the national institutes of health, dr. francis collins. we always appreciate you giving us of your time, dr. collins. you said it will take two to three weeks until we have all the vital information about the new variant. what have you learned so far? >> well, we're collecting that information as rapidly as we can and much credit to our colleagues in south africa who have been totally transparent about this. we only learned about this one week ago from one of their sequencers and so we are quickly trying to figure out in south africa is this, in fact, more contagious than other variants? it does look like it's spreading quite quickly there. we don't know how that would play out in a country like ours where delta is already so dominant. would omicron be able to compete with delta? we don't know the answer to that. the big question, of course, for us as scientists is, will the vaccine protection that has work

when you put that up against, say, the interview he did with abc's robin roberts in which she treated everything he had to say as gospel instead of actively doing her job and maybe asking some hard questions. there wouldn't have been this media consensus that america is intract ibly racist. >> bill: downtown chicago 20 below who is outside going to a sandwich? the media isn't alone. kamala harris said smollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings i know. i'm praying for his quick recovery. an attempted modern dalyn muching. -- modern day lynching. that was on the 29th of january. hold your fire. take a breath. give it a minute. >> from very beginning as those newscasters were saying in the lead in the police were investigating it as a possible hate crime. what we now know is that from the very beginning, the police thought his story was full of holes and if you watch actually the body cam footage from one of the responding officers to jussie's apartment or hotel right after the alleged assault, you don't see someone who looks quite traumatized. you see someone who is really

robin for she woke her reports from the capsule tbilisi. this was because 2nd release 1st public appearance in georgia since his return from exile and the rest. the former president is accused of violently dispersing anti government protesters and rating and opposition tv channel, while in office. weakened by a 50 day, hunger strike successfully addressed the international community in english about his prison treatment is was cracked. ok again. we are forger. he human and degrading behavior, inflicted on personal and don't let me outside the court suck, has been his supporters listened to the proceedings on social media. they believe it's a show true. this is a disgrace or in the country for the invitation of the president and hamilton and for our ability to go forward as a society and pursue our year atlanta goals prospects of georgia joining the european union. look rather glad, graham. ah, when presidents are being prosecuted on political grounds, there was scuffles as police dispersed protesters who had blocked traffic 15 people were a

robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi. the united nations is urging the philippines government to withdraw travel restrictions on a nobel winning journalist, so she can accept her ward in no way. next month, maria reza is the 1st nobel laureate, from the philippines, she shed the prize rush, investigative journalist dmitri morocco, a move scene as an endorsement of free speech rights worldwide rest of support, to say, she's face setbacks and legal action for her scrutiny of the philippines government with her website rapidly. we are indeed very concerned about the travel restrictions placed on the government, philippines on murray arrest, preventing her from travelling in person to receive the nobel peace prize. we urge the government of the philippines to immediately withdraw any such restrictions and allow her to travel to our school. twitter a co founder jack dorsey has stepped down as c. e o. dorsey faced internal question to resign and survive to invest a bit to asked him last year. he'll be placed by the chief techno

robin foster walker has more enough from the capital tbilisi or supporters of the former president are protesting. it's quite chaotic here. the moment they managed to close both the lane, both roads in and out of the city. you could probably see behind the some of the support is on that road bridge and, and also right now somebody being stretch it away from the scene because really emotions running high here. people are very angry. those of course, he support the former president that he thing on standing trial at all. and those supposed to come out today in the crowd of several 1000 to show that support for him outside the court, where he's due to make an appearance today where he's been charged with abuses of power and full use of excessive force back in 2007, a long time ago. now, of course, that was then this is now because that guys really, it's basically been in prison since the 1st of october. and we were expecting to see him make an appearance in court the last few weeks. but he, on each occasion the authorities was saying, no, it's not safe for him to come out. we're worried a

robin gave a shoutout to snazzy's in southwest ohio,. berea. sarah mentioned sunset bistro, devoted to honoring our veterans, another community with a big state university in northwest ohio. heather wrote about let's eat cake in urbana. she said the owner is always doing something for the downtown business association and greater community. donna said i can't say enough about scott, the owner of salad crazy. scott goes above and beyond to make the city of avon lake, a city on lake erie east of lorraine, a great place to live and raise children. lauren said poka art does amazing digital printing and photography. she restores old photographs into digital paintings. tia said gem ni creations, a small city southeast of columbus, wonderful people who started selling out of their homes and during town events. they finally have their own shop. theresa mentioned chris fult signs company in lima, lima just swore in a new mayor, sharita smith and the mayor of dayton attended the swearing in. amber mentioned the copper penny salon. vicky mentioned the cha

robin, let's turn to this meeting the president is having with ceos at the white house now. these ceos are contending with the pandemic. there's historic inflation, a supply chain crisis at the same time, no quick fixes to any of this. what can they do in terms of actual deliverables here? >> this is optics. this is not some president in 1900 exorting j. pierpont morgan to come in and help. the oil market, which is so fungible, can you really rein in the saudis, you have sway over opec, you have sway over your own oil patch. i do feel for biden in that it kind of feels helpless. inflation is at a three-decade high, an intractable supply chain issue, we're 18 months removed from the onset, 19 months, of this pandemic. and you're wondering why you can't enjoy the fruits of a full economic comeback. it's really vexing. >> it's optics, but it's also resetting the narrative. look at the ceos he's got there today, mattel, etsy. walmart was able to hire 200,000 people in the last few months. they haven't had to price prices so much because a store the size and scale of walmart can

same as robin has moved from the capital. curtis stands parliamentary election report card international observer, say the country has potential, but needs improvement. main assessment is that yesterday's parliamentary elections were competitive. fundamental freedoms were generally respected during the campaign and the thought to displace the political will to ensure the clean elections. however, the strict enforcement of subsequent measures their 2 candidates campaigning with caution. most polling stations were well organized in the day was peaceful, but voter engagement was low. the next parliament will be less diverse and have fewer women. the significant vote counting problems, opposition, party, se, or signs of government fraud. the country security council, secretary blame crashes on technical glitches possibly hackers if the government cannot secure server said one opposition leader. how can it hope to secure the country? do you intend on carrying out more rallies? will you bring more protesters to the street or will you debate these results within the halls of government? the for

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robin clearly protest on going behind you there. just talk us through what the atmosphere is like in the ga capitol right now. light here outside tbilisi city cause its been feverish. and at times chaotic for about an hour earlier, both roads, the main, all 3 roads and i'm standing on the central reservation of both in and out of the city. the roads were closed off, causing traffic may hand and the security trying to clear the roads of opposition supported self because that could be narrow. escape being sprayed myself, i saw some arrests being made, but as you can see behind me, one of the roads still shot with hundreds of people gathered outside the court. i guess hoping to catch a glimpse of their former president, although it's likely that he would have been seen by the back door to the court hearing where his he's be making a statement early in which he said he did not recognize this comedy scenario that had been pre written in advance, but at least he had a chance finally to have his day in court because previous attempts to br

ok, robin forrester walker, their reports in lie for me to please safe. and i robin. thank you. still a hands on al jazeera schools in uganda said to me, you can see that there are fears. some students may notes, go back to class and explain why france, it's carnival time in senegal. entities on the streets of chicago despite antennae restrictions ah, getting going on your weather forecasts for monday, europe and africa. we're going to start in this part of europe right now. we do have some snow that peer and you straight through the l. a lot of activity for sicily, central and southern parts of italy over the other side of the adria addict sea and some snow over higher elevation, but also lower to the ground as well. very able is 6 degrees. we could see some mixing there, whether also through greece, though, i do think athens will stay dry, 20 degrees and what whether from the black sea right through the mediterranean, for turkey, but powerful winds blasting through the boss for a system. bull could see wind gusts of up to 90 kilometers per our other side of the mediterranean.

he is known for early investments and names you might recognize -- tesla, and tim: robin hood. tim:-- tim: it is great to be here, thank you. amanda: obviously you are a believer in crypto. you have made a broad portfolio of that's. what is -- of bets. what is the underpinning of that? is it this notion that fiat currencies will lose their place of dominance? what drives your eat those on crypto -- ethos on crypto? tim: i say bitcoin represents trust and freedom in a world that is starting to get less of both in the fiat world. fiat is less trusted because governments are just printing them willy-nilly to just build their own coffers. this is a great hedge against the inflation you were just talking about happening worldwide. for investors, i think holding onto bitcoin is probably a good place to be. there are only 21 million bitcoin out there, and they represent the freedom that allows us to use them anywhere. and the trust in that you are trusting in the software rather than trying to trust some bank or government entity. taylor: we see your bitcoin ties. we know where you st

charisma of a hollywood actor and you know if you see him in films you'll you know, my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from the movie a night at the museum and there of course, he is a man of action, but there's so many films about theodore roosevelt many of which include that rough rider image the cowboy on horseback storming up a san juan hill or something like that. so, yeah, absolutely and the charisma he knew roosevelt in his own lifetime the power of motion pictures and he tried to capture that essence in in many ways. and he was a man of the time it was such a period of change. absolutely. i mean the introduction of airplanes submarines motion pictures. in fact come in during his is time at the white house. so this is a remarkable period of changing he seems to be really the first modern president because he understands that capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to you know, extend american power throughout the world. so roosevelt is a revoluti

if you see him in films, my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from the movie "a night in the museum." but there's so many films about theodore roosevelt that include that rough rider image, the cowboy on horseback. so, yeah, absolutely. and the charisma, he knew -- roosevelt -- the power of motion pictures. and he tried to capture that essence in many ways. >> and he was a man of the tomb. it was such a period of change. >> the introduction of airplanes, submarines, motion pictures come in during his time at the white house. this is a remarkable period of change. and he seems to be the first modern president because he understands capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to extend american power throughout the world. roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house because he reshapes the office itself. >> we're going to take questions from people watching this. but, first, we have another special bit of insight from one of the brightest s

robin son-in-law was carrying it through the court packing case. he was the senate majority leader who literally worked himself to death and died before he could be appointed to the court. but roosevelt had turned on him and he was afraid that as a southerner, he wouldn't carry through his liberal agenda. so he left robinson in history. and robinson, i found out his best friend was bernard ba baruke. >> there's a college named after him, isn't you there? >> that's where i work. but it is strange the way things turned. the whole thing could have been settled long before it went down to defeat if the plan had -- it's been carried through. roosevelt was going to appoint robinson. he was going to have it his way or the highway. >> i have two more comments about the appointees. i want to flag felix frankfurter because he was, of course, brilliant. and in his career, i think, most closely to the judicial restraint model that court packing is about, that our policy in our country should by and large be made by our elected representatives and it's the supr

my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from "night at the museum." and there he is a man of action. many images include the rough rider image storming up a san juan hill or something like that. absolutely and the charisma, he knew, roosevelt knew the power of motion pictures and he tried to capture that essence in many ways. >> he was a man of the time. it was such a period of change. >> absolutely. the introduction of airplanes, submarines, motion pictures, in fact, and this is a remarkable period. he seems to be the first modern president, because he understands capturing the imagination is a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to get congress to do something or to extend american power throughout the world. roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house because he reshapes the office itself. >> well, we're going to take questions from -- i see them coming in from a lot of the people watching. but first we have another special bit of insite from one of the brightest stars that i know at the white house historical association. the histori

robin? >>> now to the thanksgiving travel rush. what you need to know if you're among the more than 50 million heading out. first to trevor ault with what to expect if you're hitting the road. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. aaa is expecting 48.3 million americans to drive somewhere this thanksgiving. that amount of travel would get pretty close to the numbers we saw prepandemic back in 2019. though, of course, we just heard from cecilia's report, americans who are driving this thanksgiving are going to be paying a lot more than they have in the past several years. despite those efforts from the biden administration, the gas price average for a gallon is about $3.40, about a buck and a quarter more than it was this time last year. if you are going to be driving this week, it's going to be quite difficult to avoid the traffic. so tomorrow through sunday your best times will be in the mornings, think before 11:00 a.m. or tomorrow night. you could go after 9:00 so long a

robin? >> alex, thank you. joining us now is matthew rude who was attending the parade with his family. matthew, our hearts go out to you and everybody there in waukesha. how are you doing this morning, matthew? >> i didn't get any sleep last night. i kept replaying what i witnessed, and what could have potentially happened to myself and my children, and just thinking about the families that were affected last night. their lives are forever changed. i just was replaying that over and over again last night. >> i can only imagine you doing that, and it's hard to imagine what you and so many others witnessed. can you please tell us what you saw yesterday? >> so just my two girls, harper and delilah, 5 and 2, took them there to have a wonderful experience. they were enjoying picking up the candy, seeing the floats. and just all of a sudden, i heard screams and chaos coming from my right, and that caught my attention. i looked over and i saw an suv coming towards us relatively quickly, and i knew

host: let's hear from robin chicago. caller: good morning. i just want to mention, the trial should not have taken place at all until the jury makeup was half white and half people of color. thank you. host: i always get that mame -- name wrong. very is in california. -- barry is in california. caller: if it was in a different state, he might have found guilty, especially in california. also, i want to say that if all this defunding the police thing didn't happen, if the public didn't feel they had to protect themselves, this probably wouldn't have ever happened. you've got these idiots that want to defund the law and don't want to have lost so they can riot. then you have public citizens that are going to go out and feel like they have to protect themselves. this kids dad had business there. he wanted to go help out. he's over there with a group of people that all had guns. he's walking with them. it looks like the protesters singled him out. it looks like the protesters got him away from the group. they started harassing him. he didn't shoo

so robin and her reminded of our top news stories, sedans, reinstated. prime minister abdullah handle g. it's promising a technocratic government reversing the country's military takeover. hon dog spoke exclusively to al jazeera after reaching a deal with the military chief abound. that would be elections within 18 months. and so you can assess the home and read him in the cold concept of the upcoming government is that it will be a technocrat. a government made up of sudanese qualified professionals who then about with one and a half years are left out of the transitional period. the whole, the upcoming government, according to me, should focus on very specific issues, chiefly to the completion of transition into a democracy. and it's related obligations like the convenience of the constitutional conference and holding the elections. you all know that the elections would require one full year at least, may drag on for one and a half years. i hope we can all agree on an independent government that can crites during the remaining time of the transitional period. where as government wou

robin, good to see you. we saw your names come up in the credit. thanks for joining us. so, how did franklin come to be a what sort of cultural impacted he have? >> so, frankly actually came to be -- actually his full name is franklin armstrong. but frankly team to be through an act of a light ship in 1968, -- a couple of weeks after the assassination of martin luther king, a white school teacher wrote a letter to charles schulz and said i think you need to have african american representation in your comic strip. and charles schulz brought her back and said, i would love to do that, but i want to make sure that the black community does not think that i'm condescending to them. so, he was very aware of a potential impact. she spoke to several of her friends who were black and they said, they thought it would be a great thing. wrote him back, told him that, and shortly thereafter, franklin was in the comic strip. actually, july that same year, from april to july. >> so, before we talk about the legacy of franklin. there is controversy around this iconic scene. here frankl

i get all my genes 22nd hand anyways, $285000000000.00 of a reverse robin hood. so what this is, lee? do you know what will happen if we don't give these state deductions? millionaires in high tech states are going to flee to the low tech states soon. south dakota will have people there and there is a refugee crisis that flooding the florida real estate market with contractors from hoboken. nothing unusual there. yeah, well florida is a colony of new jersey. i know that. but listen to democratic congressman from the garden state. josh got hymer. he's alarmed if we want to help and states like mine take care of good schools and good roads and great programs and things to help hard press families. we need to have people not leave our state and they're leaving our state right now because the taxes because the salt we got to reinstate salt. i've made it pretty clear. i'll get you one of these. no saw no dice. you've got to re reinstate it. you make way too much sense, you need a new party. jesus said, give all your money to the poor and you'll go to heaven. but god,

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robin and susan rosenbaum the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." tonight, the nation's eyes are fixed on kenosha, wisconsin after kyle rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. last august, rittenhouse using an ar-15 rifle and killed two people spark bid the police shooting of jacob blake. it set off arguments abouthe second amendment, vigilante killings and race. rittenhouse argued that he acted on self defense. on friday, he was acquitted of first degree intentional homicide and four other felony charges. here's that moment and a lawyer from rittenhouse speaking after the verdict. >> kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. as to the fifth count of the information, we the jury find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. >> we're thankful in more ways than one that the jury finally gotter that true story. yamiche: meanwhile, the family of one of the men killed said in a statement that the verdict "s

including the alarming actions by robin and the leaders of the wisconsin legislature. trying to hijack the election process. it's not a party it's a cult. and we have to be utterly alarmed at the direction that this is taking. we can't survive as a country without a viable two party system. without leaders willing to stand up to this set of violent responses, and kevin mccarthy is pathetic in that respect. we're in deep deep trouble. >> yeah. the weakness wafts off mccarthy. and always has. meadows floating that trump idea. which that's -- i thought it was a troll. it's a real thing out there. i think will probably pick up. almost certainly pick up steam. it's done a variety of reasons. one of them is put pressure on mccarthy. to say, do the full maga bit or you're out. >> and we know the strategy here. they made it overt. that what they're going to do is take control of the house. and of course if they do take control of the house, we'll see 500 -- it's going to be an attempt if the lose in 2024 to try and send the election to the house where they will almost certainl

individual stock options in particular have been taken up enthusiastically by the robin hood/reddit crowd who favor monthly expirations in things like the faang stocks. recently in electric vehicle names. they particularly favor call options. these are bets that would win when the underlying stocks rise. most include things like apple, tesla, lose ild, facebook, amazon right now these are the most active ones apple has seen a big increase in call volume, a favorite going into expiration this afternoon judging by the call volume and stock price, tesla's momentum is slowing a bit. open interest is smaller in puts, puts are bets the stock will decline alibaba stands out it is new on the list. there's a pile of puts that went in the money in the last couple of days as alibaba disappointed on earnings and has seen a 10% drop in price. kelly, it is quite remarkable to see this explosion in monthly options, particularly call options this year with the reddit/robinhood crowd >> what is the exact as we see more in options than stock themselves >> it is not quite right to say the options tail is wa

robin in alabama, independently. -- independent line. caller: i love this show. i have a couple of comments into question. the comments are one party, when one year. the republican be two-part -- the republic can be two parties, three parties. why can't we spend some of the money we have already signed into law and see if there is any left over and put it toward some of these things everybody is worried about? the children and stuff like that? my question is, pedro, how long were those stilettos that nancy hello seek -- nancy pelosi wore? host: i don't know. philip from taxes on the democrats line. -- texas on the democrats line. caller: mccarthy should know he will never be speaker. they love calling democrats socialists. the gop are the people sleeping with putin. but they love calling democrats socialists. let them return the money back to us. give the money back to us. they should return the money. they should turn it back to us. host: patricia in jacksonville, florida. caller: good morning. i want to say that i raised three girls by myself and i never got an

they would portray themselves as modern day robin hoods stealing from the rich to give to the poor. strange that it's really just the opposite. they talk about the wealthy paying their fair share and giving working families free programs, but the reality of the situation is far different from the picture they paint and the wealthiest americans stand to reap big benefits under this legislation. for example, democrats have included a provision that will allow millionaires and billionaires in blue states to pay less in federal taxes. as the headline notes, this handout comes with a big price tag. $285 billion in tax breaks for the wealthiest americans. it's more expensive than the clean energy and climate provisions in their bill, more expensive than paid family leave, more expensive than the combined cost of the child tax credit and home base services. and there's no denying that the beneficiaries of this alter expensive -- ultraexpensive provision are the wealthiest americans. according to the tax policy center, about 70% of the benefit goes to the top 5% of wage earners. 70% goes to

robin kelly of illinois, i inform the house that ms. kelly will vote yes on h.r. 5574. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? mrs. hayes: as the member designated by ms. wilson, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 5574. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lee of michigan, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lee will vote aye on h.r. 5574. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 369, the nays are 49. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: on h.r. 3730, the legislation to amend title 38 united states code to establish the department of veterans affairs advisory committee on united states' outlying areas and free

robin for astir walker al jazeera civilly the u. s. congress is being urged to take stronger measures to protect taiwan. an influential advisory body has released its annual report detailing the threat of chinese aggression. the report says congress should increase funding for tie one to purchase defense equipment from the u. s. and boost surveillance record washington's increasingly concerned about china's military build up. and it's pushed to develop nuclear capable missiles. the body of a man has been found in an exclusion zone around interrupting volcano when the spanish island of palmer believe the 72 year old died when the roof of this house collapsed. he was reported missing a week ago, a crime revere have volcano initially began erupting in september. since then, residents have been allowed to enter the zone to retrieve personal items. ah, right, so i have a quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera medic since saddam's at least 15 people had been shot dead by security forces during another protest against last month's

that's what we do for a living >> i own it for my trust i'm sticking with you, chuck chuck robins, chairman and ceo of cisco systems thank you for coming on "mad money. >> thanks, jim >> okay. back after the break >>> just chill out >> the chill man is in the house. >> the lightning round is coming up, when "mad money" returns >>> it is time it's time for a special edition of the lightning round [ indiscernible and then the lightning round is over are you ready, skedaddy. todd in florida. >> caller: how are you, jim? >> i am good how about you? >> caller: not too bad i'm hanging in there, buddy. i just called you, i own the csx stock. i would like to -- >> csx is good i will tell you that my charitable test owns it. we are doing a special game plan, and i tell you union pacific is a better company to own. i want to go right now to demarco in michigan. demarco. >> caller: what up, cramer boo-yah. >> boo-yah right back. >> caller: tell me what's going on with this canopy group. i've had it -- >> i think that it likes to go down i like stocks that go higher the core business is not good. i say

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robin? >>> back here at home president biden signing that bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill saying the message is america is moving again. let's go to our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega. cecilia, when will communities start to see the impact of the bill that was just signed? good morning. >> reporter: hi, robin. that is the big question right now. officials say some money will go immediately out to ports and airports and roads to start projects. this is a big one. the governor of new york says residents in that state won't have to see increases in fare hikes on the subway or cuts in services because they're expecting such a big windfall in this infrastructure cash. let me give you a sense of where the white house is focused. president biden is traveling to new hampshire today. he will be visiting a bridge that's been on a red list because it's in such horrible condition. you can see it there. tomorrow he's headed to detroit visiting gm's electric vehicle assembly pla

[applause] shout out to robin. she just gave you major love and pay it forward offered guaranteed cash transfers. every month so in the amount of $200 a month and why $200 a month, over 12 months is because they -- if the young person would have accumulated $2400 and so research told us that 50% of san francisco didn't have $400 to cover an emergency so this $2400 would have put the pay it forward participants ahead of san francisco who didn't have money for an emergency and so with that, the $200 per no, tell us, how did that contribute to your quality of life if at all? >> it contributed greatly. i still had a full-time job so i wasn't struggling for money but also we all know and emergencies come up and if you are me, when i was at work and you had to take the mandatory p.t.o. i'm like no, i want to keep my p.t.o. so it helped in that way. if an emergency came up for instant, one of my cars broke down and got stranded and because i was saving that money and putting that into a savings account i got a new car. no

and you specifically cited two books, robin deangelo's white fragility and ibram kendi's how to be an anti-racist. why those two books? >> guest: well, in art because those books -- in part because those books between them sold approximately 1.2 zillion copies -- the. [laughter] in the summer of 2020 in, you know, the period around the george floyd protests. but i think there is a sort of, they represent how a certain kind of progressive ideology on race catches out in practice in views on public policy, in views on sort of how we should deal with racism like kind of corporate anti-racist trainings that you hear so much about come often straight out of robin deangelo's work or other work like hers. a lot of the push is to, you know, sort of do away with or revise education and academic standards, i think, are connected to the argument in ibram kendi's work that, you know, those kind of programs are themselves effectively racist. they're sort of, you know, they aren't just sort of revealing differences, dlairting differences -- they're creating differences and so they need to be done a

paul: the real robin here politically for the administration real wages aft inflation rate. wages are going up and people are getting nice raises but a lot of it is wiped out by inflation. how big a problem is that? >> we've had this narrative throughout the entire wave of inflation going back to last year were a lot of democrats are saying some of the labor conditions right now are going to be positive for workers because a lot of businesses are shortstaffed, people hold out for raises getting raises on paper month over month and get we are seeing paychecks stretching nearly as far as they might have in ordinary circumstances, people really are noticing so it's already played out electorally, the elections we saw in virginia and new jersey with republicans over performing probably have a lot to do with people looking at their monthly expenses and realizing they are hurting in their bank accounts more than they used to and they know the reason is because the amount of spending we see from the biden administration going back this last year how emergency stimulus bills framed

american corporations would much rather construct diversity programs andhe training along the lines of robin d'angelo suggested white fragility then subjected to bernie's sanders style tax break there is a way for corporations to say we are progressives don't tax us. we have antiracist training programs to divide the left and those corporations working hand in hand to prevent the economic left from raising the corporate income tax rate too high. that is the most cynical reading is not the only thing going on that one of them definitely. >> as a fellow harvard alarm why does he allow himself to appear before yale what is that connection with the school? it was the only studio available in a new haven anytime we could do a video uplink interview is a good day so we have made progress to an actual studio with great audio hopefully next time in person do you have any connection? >> yes the texture would be even more disappointed to hear that not only have i keep my harvard background by appearing before the yale backdrop but even co- taught a couple of classes since returning to new haven. i did

the authorities robin blame for decades of mismanagement and corruption have failed to stop the economic collapse. it took 13 months of political bickering before they agreed on a new cabinet in september. but it hasn't been able to convene in the past months because of a new political crisis. there should tear blame government in action for what he called a manufactured crisis that ruined lives and condemned the majority of the population into poverty. the population is facing unprecedented challenges, impoverishment is widespread. i saw scenes in lebanon that i had not imagined i would ever see in the middle income country. the you and envoy didn't describe lebanon as a failed state, at least not yet. he did say it is headed in that direction with a government failing its population. that doesn't believe it will work. and the public's interest. santa hunter, l shahida, beirut, american pop star britney spears has been released from her father's control. after nearly 14 years. fans waiting outside the court cheered and cried. as the court's decision was confirmed, the singer has spent t