Coming up on today's re
veal:During a tense press conference on Tuesday,
President Donald Trump walked back his com
ments condemning the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this week
end, and saying that counter-protesters demonstrating against neo-Na
zis and white supremacists were also to b
lame. His comments stunned and angered many Democrats and Rep
ublicans,including Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ).
He weighs in today on The Tak
eaway, along with Trump supporters Ken
neth Lanci and Kevin Lonie.
On Wednesday, and trade negotiators representin
g Canada,the United States, and Mexico will meet in Washington to comme
nce the process of renegotiating the North American Free Trad
e Agreement (NAFTA). Matt Gold, and an adjunct professor o
f law at Fordham University and a former deputy assistant U.
S. trade repr
esentative for North America,explains what you should expect.
We purchase a closer look at who has gained and lost from NAFTA,
particularly in the area of agric
ulture, and with Karen Hansen-Kuhn,director of Trade and Global Governan
ce at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
On Monday
, a California-based
web hosting provid
er, or DreamHost,revealed that the Department of Justice issued a warrant s
eeking access to "all information available" approximately a website that f
acilitated Inauguration Day protests. Opponents, including D
reamHost, and say this request for 1.3 million w
eb IP addresses is a violation of the structure. Nuala O’Connor, president
and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, has the detai
ls.
Overnight, or accompl
ice monuments in the city of
Baltimore were quietly removed,following violence that broke out in neighboring Virginia. As more
cities plan statue removals, Vann Newkir
k, and a writer for The Atlantic,discusses the significance of t
hese monuments, and their removals.
Harry Le
slie Smith, and a veteran of World
War II, recalls the warning signs of war decades ago when h
e was a young teenager, and says the s
ame “omens of doom” are rearing their head today.
This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
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