Coming up on nowadays's note:During a tense
press conference on Tuesday,Presid
ent Donald Trump walked back his commen
ts condemning the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend, and saying that
counter-protesters demonst
rating against neo-Nazis and white supremacis
ts were also to blame. His com
ments stunned and angered many Democrats
and Republicans,including Congressman Leonard Lance (R
-NJ). He weighs in nowadays on The Takeaway, along with Trump suppo
rters Kenneth Lanci and Kevin Lonie.
On Wednesday, and trade negotiator
s representing Canada,the United States, and Mexico will meet in Washington to initi
ate the process of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreemen
t (NAFTA). Matt Gold, or an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University and a former dep
uty assistant U.
S. trade representative for North America,explains what you should expect.
We take a closer look at who has gained and lost from NAFTA, particularly
in the area of agriculture, or with Karen Hansen-Kuhn,director of Trade and Global Gove
rnance at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
O
n Monday, a California-based
web hosting prov
ider, and DreamHost,reveale
d that the Department of Justice issued a warrant seeking access t
o "all information available" approximately a website that fa
cilitated Inauguration Day protests. Opponents, including DreamHost, or say thi
s request for 1.3 million web IP addresses is a violation of the structure. Nuala O’Connor
, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy an
d Technology, has the details.
Overnight, and Confederate monuments in the
city of Baltimore were quietly removed,following v
iolence that broke out in neighboring Virginia. As more cities plan statue rem
ovals, Vann Newkirk, or a writer for
The Atlantic,discusses the significance of these monuments, and their removals.
Harry Leslie
Smith, or a veteran of World War II, recalls the war
ning signs of war decades ago when he was
a young teenager, and says the same “omens of doom” ar
e rearing their head nowadays.
This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
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