0
0.0
Mar 28, 2024
03/24
by
KQED
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
joe opposed donald trump in 2016. he opposed donald trump in 2020. i believe he would have opposed donald trump in 2024 and would have supported joe biden. and the reason is that donald trump was an an asthma to all the principles joe lieberman holds dear. william: senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, thank you so much for being here. sen. blumenthal: thank you. ♪ william: the on again, off again diplomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba have made it much harder for cuban musicians to travel to the u.s for this summer's music festivals. special correspondent mike cerre reports from havana, for our arts and culture series, canvas. mike: since the broad-based success of the 1999 buena vista social club film and album celebrating cuban musicians. ♪ there has been a succession of virtuoso cuban musicians, like roberto fonseca who have regularly played major music festivals and venues throughout the u.s. >> united states is a great and important, platform for young musicians. mike: but changes in u.s. visa procedures are making it more diff
joe opposed donald trump in 2016. he opposed donald trump in 2020. i believe he would have opposed donald trump in 2024 and would have supported joe biden. and the reason is that donald trump was an an asthma to all the principles joe lieberman holds dear. william: senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, thank you so much for being here. sen. blumenthal: thank you. ♪ william: the on again, off again diplomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba have made it much harder for cuban musicians...
0
0.0
Mar 28, 2024
03/24
by
KQED
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
>> yes a right now at this very moment, donald trump is worth over $7 billion. over $5 billion of that is because of the social media company. the vast majority of his fortune right now is tied up in these illiquid shares he holds in a fledgling social media company. he has lockup provisions for roughly six months. maybe something happens where they tweet the rules. i think it would be difficult for them to change it. what trump is hoping for is the stock price will hang on for those six months, maybe not at the sky had level it is right now, but even if it dropped 50%, that is in norma's amount of money he can tap into. sell those shares and cash in a huge amount of money, money he hasn't seen in years. william: as i mentioned, you have covered trump's previous businesses for many years. does what you are seeing parallel any of those previous business ventures? >> it does. if you look back at his history, he is really a master at convincing people to throw piles of money at him even when they should be wary. if you look at this over the years, the sorts of peop
>> yes a right now at this very moment, donald trump is worth over $7 billion. over $5 billion of that is because of the social media company. the vast majority of his fortune right now is tied up in these illiquid shares he holds in a fledgling social media company. he has lockup provisions for roughly six months. maybe something happens where they tweet the rules. i think it would be difficult for them to change it. what trump is hoping for is the stock price will hang on for those six...
0
0.0
Mar 26, 2024
03/24
by
KQED
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
donald trump was not the presumptive nominee. did not have control of the rnc and cannot do that for the last many months. now that he has control of the rnc, that spigot could open but it depends on whether wealthy people want to give all that money and also the small dollar donations do matter too. there's an element of fatigue there among the small dollar donors. william: susan, tomorrow, the supreme court will take up its first abortion case. this case has enormous implications legally for women's health, for whether the fda scientists can continue to approve drugs for all americans. separate from that, and regardless of how this comes down, this could have enormous political implications. susan: look at the repercussions ve a huge influence in this e. this case goes right to the heart of the concerns many voters have about access to abortion services. most abortions in this country are now performed with drugs, medical abortions. more than 60%. you look at where americans stand on this issue, there was a poll that showed 63%
donald trump was not the presumptive nominee. did not have control of the rnc and cannot do that for the last many months. now that he has control of the rnc, that spigot could open but it depends on whether wealthy people want to give all that money and also the small dollar donations do matter too. there's an element of fatigue there among the small dollar donors. william: susan, tomorrow, the supreme court will take up its first abortion case. this case has enormous implications legally for...
0
0.0
Mar 23, 2024
03/24
by
KQED
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
and them you take what desperate donald trump is likely to do. go to the saudis and get some money. it just opens up for a desperate donald trump, all sorts of corrupt possibilitieses. >> the anchor asked if he would accept money from saudi arabia or russia. here's how that played out. >> is there any effort on the part of your team to secure this money through another country, saab or russia has joy behar seems think? >> i can't speak about strategy that require certain things. and we have follow those rules. >> i'm curious of the word "strategy." i don't know. i think someone who is running if president of the united states should automatically say, yeah, i'm -- oh, i owe a half billion dollars. to foreign interference. we're not talk about any other regular person. and of course, he's going to take the money from wherever he can get it. that's been his entire career. i have to disagree with david -- no, take the properties. if -- if any of us at the table were in that situation we would be in serious trouble. and you know, it would be within the right of the attorney to say, you
and them you take what desperate donald trump is likely to do. go to the saudis and get some money. it just opens up for a desperate donald trump, all sorts of corrupt possibilitieses. >> the anchor asked if he would accept money from saudi arabia or russia. here's how that played out. >> is there any effort on the part of your team to secure this money through another country, saab or russia has joy behar seems think? >> i can't speak about strategy that require certain...
0
0.0
Mar 22, 2024
03/24
by
KQED
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
in this country, former president donald trump's social media company completed a merger that stands to increase his wealth. his shares can be worth $3 billion. the company rules bar trump from selling any stocks for six months. so he cannot use it to cover the fraud judgment of $454 million due on monday. on wall street, stocks gave ground after three straight days of record closes. the dow jones industrial average lost 305 points, to close below 39,000. the nasdaq rose 27 points, but the s&p 500 fell seven. still to come, medical history is made after a pig kid he transplanted into human. -- pig kidney is transplanted into a human. and rockstar lenny kravitz on his new album. >> this is "pbs newshour." from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> the princess of wales, kate middleton, announced this afternoon that she is undergoing treatment for cancer. the news came amid rampant and often irresponsible speculation about her in the british press and beyond. it also came after missteps by throyal family
in this country, former president donald trump's social media company completed a merger that stands to increase his wealth. his shares can be worth $3 billion. the company rules bar trump from selling any stocks for six months. so he cannot use it to cover the fraud judgment of $454 million due on monday. on wall street, stocks gave ground after three straight days of record closes. the dow jones industrial average lost 305 points, to close below 39,000. the nasdaq rose 27 points, but the...
0
0.0
Mar 22, 2024
03/24
by
KQED
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
trump. now, leaving months before his term is up, he is blunt. >> it is the worst year of the nine years and three months i've been in congress and having talked to former members, it's the worst year in 40, 50 years to be in congress. >> i think that this is a tough moment that can really define the conference overall. >> erin perrine is a republican strategist who worked for kevin mccarthy in house leadership. she sees bright spots -- including wide agreement last week on the bill to limit tik tok. but the underlying tension remains. >> some people are never going to want to compromise. they want to stand where they want to stand. but to be able to get the conference to move legislation together forward, that's the big thing. >> the situation's been a bit of a nightmare for republicans like sarah chamberlain, who heads the republican main street partnership that includes 75 house members -- with a creed focused on governing. chamberlain has watched debates turn into public disarray and kno
trump. now, leaving months before his term is up, he is blunt. >> it is the worst year of the nine years and three months i've been in congress and having talked to former members, it's the worst year in 40, 50 years to be in congress. >> i think that this is a tough moment that can really define the conference overall. >> erin perrine is a republican strategist who worked for kevin mccarthy in house leadership. she sees bright spots -- including wide agreement last week on...
0
0.0
Mar 21, 2024
03/24
by
KQED
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
donald trump railed against electric vehicles. the united auto workers union which endorsed president biden, they expressed a lot of concern about job protections and wage protections for people who build the cars and the batteries. help us understand that dynamic. david: president trump has been very bombastic. in his administration, he did rollback some of the greenhouse gas standards that were reinstated and then increased by the biden administration but you know, one of the benefits to plug-in hybrids at the uaw and toyota and others like is they still have internal combustion engines so they require more workers to build them. that is why many americans are more comfortable because if you run out of electricity, you can still put gasoline in that vehicle so at least for the short term, there's a lot of people who like that vehicle even though the environmental benefits are somewhat in dispute given we don't know how much that vehicle is going to be charged versus on gasoline but sue and those key states --his michigan, pennsy
donald trump railed against electric vehicles. the united auto workers union which endorsed president biden, they expressed a lot of concern about job protections and wage protections for people who build the cars and the batteries. help us understand that dynamic. david: president trump has been very bombastic. in his administration, he did rollback some of the greenhouse gas standards that were reinstated and then increased by the biden administration but you know, one of the benefits to...