Security numbers. Guess what . Dozens of states objected, including the republican secretary of state in mississippi who told the commission they should go jump in the gulf of mexico. I have an even better idea. I think they should go jump in lake superior. This is a beautiful lake, one of our best great lakes, but it is a little colder this time of year, even in the summer. I think they would enjoy it. I asked my fellow citizens, this fourth of july week to find a body of water nearest you and go tell the commission jump in a lake. President trump will be heading for europe next weekend for a series of meetings with world leaders. For whattop in poland is being called the three cs summit which includes leaders from central europe, balkan states and the balkans. Then he will head to germany for the g 20 summit where he is expected to have his first facetoface meeting with russian president vladimir putin. Other leaders include chancellor chart chancellor Angela Merkel of turkey. Tonight, an interview with conservative author david harlots, looking at the history of the communist party. He talks about human nature and what he calls the list the of a perfectvision world. If you have this vision of heaven on earth, that can be achieved if you get rid of the oppressors. Want to take on the means of production, institutes and social justice. Outlaw the pronouns he and she, whatever it is. This visionre it to wanting. Ture, it is the reason america is wanting is because like every society, it is a reflection of who we are and since we are in a christian the firsthis is what 18 chapters of genesis are about. The root cause of social problems is us. Andere given the paradise if you are not religious, treat it as a parable. We were given paradise, much better than socialism or social justice because there was no death, no pain, no suffering. Trees,uit fell from the youin order to enjoy this, had to for go the knowledge of good and evil and really, the knowledge of evil. Prone to beings are evil where the corruption is within us. Once you understand that, you are a conservative. Can see the entire interview with David Horowitz on the history of the communist party in his views on socialism, conservatism and liberalism tonight at 8 00 eastern here on cspan. This week, during the july 4 recess in prime time on cspan, technologydebate on and privacy and whether Tech Companies should be required to disclose customer data. Some suggest we ought to build a technology and backdoor in order to allow Law Enforcement access to data. The problem is you cannot build a backdoor that works only for the u. S. Government, good guys, or other people with good motives. If you build it for them, the encryption will be weekend for everyone. Justicena Supreme Court quinn bullock. The most important and injuring decision a president will ever make is who to appoint to the United StatesSupreme Court and judiciary. Hillary clinton talking about women in politics. Women are often the first to spot conflict on the horizon when theirr way and insight and information is leads toit often consequences that might have been averted. Every average citizens do not fully understand the complex forces that have increased their economic woes. Createc insecurity conditions that are breeding grounds, breeding grounds for racial and ethnic tensions. This week on cspan. The mayors of Charlotte North Carolina and gary, indiana took part in a Panel Discussion on the role of k12 afterSchool Programs. The Panel Focused on how these programs can impair students for the future workforce. This was part of a National Afterschool summit hosted by the Arnold Schwarzenegger institute for state and Global Policy at the institute of at the university of southern california. [applause] i was going to lead everyone in a stretch because in my secret life when im not doing this, and when im not being a mother, i am a spin and structure spin instructor. Before we get started, i just wanted to say that ive had the honor of working with all of you in this room that afterschool is such a special place and it makes such a difference in the lives of the kids and the families and communities we serve. Its a huge Ripple Effect and the reason we have been able to save this program and expand this program is because of all of you. The tremendous leadership and voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger down to some of the people who are not represented in this room, our staff lines every day, creating the dreams. So i just wanted to thank you all. Give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] , have such an amazing array of talent. Preparing focus on our kids for the workforce and tying back to the creativity and entrepreneurial drive, how do we get our kids to really see themselves with the jobs of the future, the jobs we need here in america . It will be how we make america great. There has been a lot of attention on her military homeland security, growing our defense, but to have a strong military, we need strong people in that military. Militaryy provides not only training for our kids, but a great career path and career opportunity. Thewhat are some of recruiting challenges our military is facing and what role can afterschool play in conquering this challenges . At afterSchool Programs, if you run into people who dont believe making the investment in use is the right thing to do, let me offer you a slightly different lens. , ages 17 to 25, 71 of them cannot qualify to join the military. 71 . They go into three large buckets obesity, not completing high school, or having a criminal record. From the earlier panelists and Research Many of you have Access Programs torschool the very root causes that create those barriers. That is just meeting the minimums. As we talk to that, about the changes that exist in our workforce today, it is an increasingly complex world that the military needs to operate in. So we need use coming in with higherend skills to go to the technology and to go to that complex work lace. AfterSchool Programs offer that opportunity for access the complex workplace. It is really the ability to dream, to have access, and to see themselves in that workplace and then the possibility, and in a path to that possibility. If we dont make the investment, we are already experiencing difficulty recruiting in the military. Think about all the other segments affected first responders, Law Enforcement, our trades. Is a wide reaching impact, but it just so happens the military has data we can apply. This goes far beyond the military. This goes yard our nation and is a National Security imperative. Thank you. [applause] clapp, please. As we think about other sectors, obviously, hightech is one of the most exciting and challenging areas and is one of the places where our country is excelling. You, what dosk afterSchool Programs do to encourage students to learn about and prepare for jobs in the hightech world . Be onst, its an honor to such a distinguished panel and to be joined with everyone here. When you look at our industry, Internet Companies, these are very high skilled, hightech jobs and probably all 50 states for our countries, we have a shortfall in the United States graduating with education in the stem field in particular, for computer coding and engineers, i believe next year, shortfall will be about a quarter of a million of u. S. Based students graduated with the skills they need to work for Internet Companies and highTech Companies. Those jobs have to come from somewhere and by getting kids involved early, particularly in middle school, to show them a path forward. Opportunity to work with the afterschool allstars and bring some kids around to visit some of our Companies Like twitter, facebook, amazon and others. When you see these middle school kids walk around the companies and talk to the engineers and learn how they got there, they get to see a path forward. They say wait a minute, if i study math and science and stay to high school and college, i can go to a place like this and have a high paying job and it sets the bar in a way maybe they would not have thought of otherwise. Maybe they would not not it was possible to work in these innovative Tech Companies. Part of it is selfish reasons. We want to have students grow up , learn anded states have a diverse and educated workforce that we are able to get domestically and we want to instill that and part of it is starting in middle school, and part of it is being afterSchool Programs because those three hours afterschool have a huge impact on their lives and we want to be part of that. Excellent. Thank you. [applause] comes to afterschool, we all do our homework on research and data matter. I think is the stories and the kids that drive us but having the research and ada behind it really helps us make the case. Mayor roberts, i would like to ask you about charlottes task force and the report on economic mobility for children, what you looked in there and what you found and what are the implications for afterschool . That is why i have my show and tell here. I have a copy of the task force right here. We had a coming together of our city, our county, our Business Leaders, our nonprofit leaders around the opportunity gap that exists in charlotte and many of our major cities. We were spurred by a report that came out done by harvard in berkeley that looks at generational poverty and the ability of folks born in poverty to move out of poverty within a generation. Ofrlotte ranks the lowest the 15 metropolitan areas. We dont like being last in anything, but that did bring us the political will, and the governor talked about ringing democrats and republicans together, we focused our community on changing that statistic. In this report they looked at so many things and it took two years. They wanted to have a blueprint for implementation and a scorecard, a way to make sure things were being implemented that were recommended. Changeare going to generational poverty, you have to focus on the young people. The three areas we looked at were early childhood, college and Career Readiness, and Family Structure and support. , alll three of those areas three of those areas play a role. If you are going to change the opportunity gap, we were very conscious to look at our childrenbarriers that born in a tough neighborhood with concentrations of poverty some of the systemic racial barriers in our community because of the way we developed and because of racial segregation that was actually written into law and in charlotte, we discovered that. If you look at the wording of the afterschool component, expand access to programming that activates career awareness and preparation and connect more students to opportunities. There is a conscious awareness that afterSchool Programs do that connecting you do not time to do this in a seven hour school day. You connect that learning to what does it actually look like in a career. We have great things going on in charlotte. We need to help fund them better and coordinate them better. They are things Like Technology is missing. We have Technology Jobs that go unfilled. We try to find workers from other places. We have talent right there in charlotte. We have a group called Hip Hop University that students with technology through hiphop. It is fun. It is creative. All of that video and editing, that is technical. There is a lot that goes on there that kids are really good at learning. That is a way into a possible career. Whether it is media, technology, i. T. , software development. These are the kinds of things that we have to come together as a community to help implement and support. We are working with some of the area is mrs. To support that, to see that technology need. Microsoft has stepped up. We have other software companies, the largest bank in the country, bank of america has been a supporter. We need to continue to focus. What is interesting, as mayor, i actually have no technical responsibility for the schools. We have a school board funded by the state and county. The city focuses on infrastructure. I also get in front of a lot of people. I can be a convener. I know that our workforce is not going to survive or be a grow and thrive without focusing on kids. And on families and that support that after schools provide. That link to creativity, Career Readiness and awareness. I have talked a lot as mayor about how we bring people together to support our schools. The other thing i love about afterSchool Programs, they are very nimble, adaptive, creative, responsive. The schools have so much curriculum, challenge, and so much policy challenge, but the after School Programs can fill in the gaps thickly. More quickly. We have helped mobilize the private and nonprofit sectors to fill in those gaps. Like the need for technology training, how can we remember and respond to 21st century challenges that will change every year. 20 years ago you didnt have social media managers for companies, now every company has one. Theyre going to be more jobs in robotics and things coming to the floor that we, as adults, cannot even foresee. We have to help our kids be open to planning for and give them those critical connections. [applause] i want to get back to the value of partnerships, but first, britney. We had a really wonderful discussion about your Afterschool Program. When we talk about pursuing your dreams, you didnt think you could pursue a career in our growing up. How did your Afterschool Program, gold crown, convinced and help you to follow your dreams . Britney i joined when i was 11 years old. I was a lonely kid in middle school. I didnt know anybody. My brother was in that program. I went after school and i found what i loved. I didnt realize i loved art until i wanted to go to college. I went to Community College and didnt know what i wanted to do. I was like, forensic science. That was not what i was passionate about. It was art. My coordinators help to mean get to that point to where i was like, i can do this. I can be a freelance illustrator no matter how hard and competitive it is. I can do it as long as i believe in myself. I know you talk to me a lot about how it was almost a family, your Afterschool Program. They definitely are. What do you think you would be doing now if you didnt have the fortune to get a gold crown. Britney who knows . I dont even know. For those of you who do want to know, stop by later and make sure to see some of the postcards and art. As matt said, it is spectacular. I have been talking to her about hiring her myself when the conference is over. Britney i have stuff. Take it. Works mayor mayor, do you see the multiple ways that afterSchool Programs can impact the students, families, and communities. Why are you a champion for these programs . I am a champion because of the multiple ways that afterSchool Programs help and how they ultimately help the community. In gary, we are different from charlotte and other cities, we are literally rebuilding a community that has been hit by financial disasters, as a result of a reduction in industry. When you are rebuilding the community, while there is a time that you focus on adults, the primary focus has to be on the children. It is to provide opportunities for them and to really set a high bar. Typically, for us, our parents set the bar. I can remember in the seventh grade coming home and having my first report card of middle school 4 as and 2 bs. I was satisfied that my dad looked at me and said, what about those 2 bs . From then on that was my focus, not to have the bs. Except in physics, where i would be glad with that. That is another conversation. I have an Afterschool Program for you. Mayor i still need it. The point is our children dont always now have those expectations. It is not that our parents dont love them, or they dont want to set those expectations, but there so busy trying to provide food, clothing, shelter. They have their own set of challenges. In the afterSchool Programs we can set expectation. We can provide additional exposure. We can provide opportunities to see things that you dont necessarily see on television. Are children watch an inordinate amount of television today. They watch many of the same things, videos, reality television. There is nothing wrong, governor, with reality tv, in context. They dont always see positive things on reality tv. If we can widen those horizons, and tap into, the mayor talked about the Hip Hop University, into their passions. Our boys and girls club they are developing a recording studio. We know that everybody has a rap career in their future. Ok, maybe it is not rapping, but it might be producing, it might be serving as a sound engineer. There are so many opportunities. A videographer. We really want to tap into that passion. We also want to raise the bar. Maybe it is not employment, but maybe it is becoming a food entrepreneur to deal with food deserts. We are doing all of those things that are afterSchool Programs in gary. Awesome. [applause] when you talk about this, in my 12 years and working with in the field, it is longer because i started when i was in college. My 12 years here, we have really seen an explosion of Stem Learning in afterschool. It has been externally. Extraordinary. If you go to this program, they have a thoughtful stem program to get kids excited about science, math, and engineering so their school work becomes alive and they can be ready for these jobs. Mayor and one of our organizations they have a civic organization. We have stem scouting for boys maybe it is not employment, but maybe it is becoming a food entrepreneur to deal with food deserts. We are doing all of those things and girls. [applause] speaking of stem, i wanted to focus on partnerships. Partnerships are essential to everything we do. One thing we dont talk about a lot is when you look at 21st Century Community learning centers, a federally funded program for before and afterschool and summer, the average program has six partners working together to bring resources to our kids. One voice that we all are always searching for and we really need that is incredibly powerful is the business voice. Michael, what advice do you have for all of us . Had we get more Business Leaders like you and your companies to speak out about the power of afterschool . Michael great question. I am amazed kids are on tv, they need to be on apps and on the computer. I dont know what theyre watching television for, that is terrible. I think part of it is the business community. Certainly from Internet Companies, theyre working very hard to increase the diversity in their companies and make sure that we have the workforce we need so these companies can grow here in the unit states and healthy United States and help the economy and great more jobs. The jobs are there, they will be here as the industry grows. A part of it, as i was struck by the conversation earlier with governors worsening or governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about giving the latter to students and showing them the path from middle school to high school to college onto a career in whatever they are passionate about, hopefully this some field and working for an internet company. The same thing is true for the corporate side, if they are investing in the schools in their community, many are, and making sure that they are having their engineers volunteer in creating opportunity where kids can come and visit the campuses and visit the companies and see and be and get inspired, that is the path. That is something that our companies are doing increasingly. We would like to see it happen in a broader section of Technology Companies and companies in the economy to invest in the community, start young with middle school kids. The involved with the afterSchool Programs. One day the kids at the Afterschool Program in gary, indiana, or charlotte, north carolina, might be the founder of the next great company. They might be an engineer at facebook or twitter, or snapchat here in southern california. That is what it is all about. Our companies are doing it, but we would like to see more. Mayor roberts, i will turn to you. You mentioned some of the business partnerships. Who are you working with in charlotte next . Mayor we have a number of initiatives underway that are correlating with our Task Force Report. One of the initiatives i started, since i became mayor was called charlotte next. It is funded entirely by our Corporate Partners. One of the things i learned in dealing with city budgets is there is never enough. All of your colleagues on a Student City Council are struggling for the same dollars. I got impatient and i said i will single out the private sector and do it. I tell you, the case you can make with employers when they see the pipeline of talent and they recognize there are gaps. There are gaps in content, gaps geographically, diversity, social economic status, gender gaps, racial gaps. They really want to partner to change that workforce for them as well. With charlotte next, we started to look around and say, parents do not know what opportunities are out there and they dont know what is low cost or no cost because the other barrier is having to pay for some of these amazing things. My kids did karate inquire and ballet and all of these things, but i was able to pay for that. A lot of parents cannot. They also have transportation challenges. The first thing we notice is we dont have an intermediary, we do now, we didnt have an intermediary that would help parents connect with the information. That would help be a locator, a source so they know where their programs, what is the content, what is the adult, student ratio, some of the basic things they needed to know to connect the things already there. Charlotte next is going to start with that locator and be that repository for all of these new programs springing up now that we have our Task Force Report that tells everyone, yes, you could do an Afterschool Program, and yes, it will make a huge difference in economic moat letting economic mobility. The next thing they will do is help provide mini grants because we have a number of folks realizing they need productive afterSchool Programs in challenge neighborhoods. They need seed money so we will have mini grants. Finally we work in professional development. A lot of folks try to connect the youth in technology did not grow up with technology, including me. We are all immigrants in the world of technology. If you can get twentysomethings teaching these courses, but you need the ability to build on the talent you have in the community and also train talent that is there. That is the third part of what charlotte next is going to do. We went to Corporate Partners who we know cared about education. We are a banking town so we have a number of banks involved. Where also the home for duke energy. We also have microsoft, ibm, a number of folks, software Companies LikeAvid Exchange and others that are working with our Financial Sector because they are coming up with Payment Processing and software that is tailored to the clients. All of these companies have a desire to connect that workforce , even starting in middle school. Charlotte next is starting with those middle school students. We talked about productive things for kids to do to keep them off the streets, our Police Officers are trying to connect their programs to middle school. If you start to lose a child aged well, it is hard to get them back at 15 or 16. You have to reach into the middle schools. The police program, keeping the kids from having that first jail experience so they do not repeat an offense so they stay out of that school to prison pipeline. The police chief is on board. It is a win, win, win. I feel for the folks who said it was hard to find funding because people are not as interested in kids. I had some pushback. I said as mayor, i care about kids and i want the schools to succeed. I got pushback, stay in your lane. I hate lanes. Breakout of them. Mayor that is what charlotte next is all about. Any funders out there who want to help me make this thing grow, see me afterwards. I am glad you brought up Law Enforcement, that is an incredibly strong ally and partner. Mayor freeman wilson, i wanted to ask come in gary, who are your partners . Mayor wilson gary we have a number of partners. To of premier programs are run by an extension of the City Life Program they had mentoring for boys as well as the foodbased program that i talked about, the urban farm program, which is run by a cdc called Faith Community partners. The ywca is a key partner. The scouts, girls and boy scouts have incorporated their programming into afterSchool Programs because that is important. Our boys and girls club are a key partner. The city came together with the business community, you mentioned duke energy, we also have our energy partner. They led an effort to invest 5 million into a renovation of one of our School Buildings for the boys and girls club. One of the premier boys and girls clubs in the state. That has been a Key Partnership for us. Of course the city is a partner. We understand the importance of the city through the development, provision of our that has been a Key Partnership agriculture department. The feeding program and other, even the summer programs. For summer feeding programs and the state is our newest partner. In fact i was on a call today were the state is coming in. Excellent. All the leveraging which is what makes these programs possible. Admiral, in addition to your esteemed career in the military, you now work with an Afterschool Program and opened military Institute Charter school, what are some of the most impactful things you have seen . Why are you doing your work there . Admiral let me talk broadly first about military partners. For the military to be strong, we need all sectors of the economy to be strong. The military has a very large civilian component. It as part of its workforce. To get its work done, if i look at the coast guard come apart of the department of homeland security, it is the only military peace, everyone elses civilian. To get the job done, Law Enforcement is a very big part of. Partner. We need all of the sectors to be healthy which is why in addition to the military program, mission readiness, which is over 600 retired military leaders is the network that allows us to leverage nationally and within the state to help work all of the afterSchool Programs in the investment in youth so we have a healthy economy. I came from a family that strongly believed in education. I have four children out on their own now, think of this. Thank goodness. I want for other children what my children experienced. They are now in the jobs they dreamed about. One of whom is a teacher as a matter of fact. When i have never to an 80 to go on at Oakland Military Institute which is six12 grade. It is similar to the demographics you heard from ms. Garcia about the l. A. School district. It is part of the Oakland Unified School district, even though it is a charter school. We have about 700 children. 80 who are in the statefunded Afterschool Program in addition to the clubs that we have. We have a waiting list of over 100 kids waiting to get into the after school program. We have funded that through a series of partnerships. I think, like many of the commerce a had here, it is about talking to as our superintendent for morgan said, it is about listening to the children. What did they want, what are their dreams . How do we remove the barriers to allow them to realize those dreams . If they are able to do that, they will remain in school. Many of the dollars we spend in other sectors like juvenile delinquency and other things, they will be in gauged in school. Engaged in school. When we look at our youth, it is about allowing them to come through the system, whether it is k12, kfour years, two years of college, credential programs, whatever it is they dream about, to come out the other end and be contribute in members of society and part of the workforce that we need in this nation for this nation to remain the premier nation of this. Nation it is. [applause] britney, an addition to being an illustrator, one of the things i mentioned earlier is what really makes her feel special are the people on the front lines. You go back and you mentor at the very Afterschool Program you attended. Can you share with us one of the more rewarding experiences you have had . Britney i do it because i am giving back to the program that gave me so much. I wouldnt be here without that program. I wouldnt be doing illustration. I wouldnt be here with all of you. I would not be advocating for afterSchool Programs. Who knows where i would be. I go back because they did so much for me. I was one of those kids and i want to see them succeed. The people there are care about those kids and want them to succeed. I want that for those kids as well. [applause] i know we are starting to get short on time. I wanted to give each of you a chance to give advice to all of us. We have several hundred people from all over the country. All of us are strong advocates for afterschool. From where you are sitting, what would your advice be for us. Particularly for all of you, brittany, as a student, how do we get more of you to support these kids . Went we start with you why from where you are sitting, what dont we start with you . Collect one thing that strikes me when i think about the opportunity Task Force Report is the conversation about supporting our youth and recognizing the barrier they have, by where they grew up, their Family Structure, things they have no control over. If we are going to succeed as a country, if we are going to end generational poverty, if we are going to give people a ladder up , we have to focus on kids, even from birth to the career. We have to recognize that it is not just the moral and the right thing to do, but it is part of our survival. If we are going to compete and survive as a country. If we are going to be able to overcome obstacles like Climate Change and Racial Injustice and so many things that we need the whole team together, confronting. Every child has a spark in them. Every mind is amazing. We dont know what it takes to unlock that mind. We dont have time during the curriculum day with all of the stress of reading, which is incredibly important, but the afterSchool Programs unlock those minds. We need every child to have access to that amazing latter to that amazing spark of inspiration. We should not be excluding kids because of where they were born, what race they are, what gender. From any of these opportunities for a career. This report talks about the need for every child to have a life navigator. It is deeper than a mentor. It is a life navigator. The parents cannot always do that. Parents have a lot of stuff. Kids are not always listening to their parents. We all know that. I have two of them. If you dont have that safety net of all of those inspiring adults, those role models who are, whether it is sports, arts, academics, or robotics, they need those life navigators who really deeply care. That is what afterSchool Programs unlock. That is the opportunity. That is the step up they can give each and every child. Each and every child in charlotte and every city in this country deserves no less. [applause] mayor my advice would be that we need to understand the importance of having all hands on deck as we look to really grow, support, and protect the survival, quite frankly, of afterSchool Programs. What do i mean about by that . There is something that someone in every community from 880 can do to really bring a message home of how important these programs are. Whether you are talking about students like britney and little kids, who really benefit from the programs that we are all supporting. Were all fighting for. Whether you are talking about grandparents at home his grandchildren have the benefit of or who understand that if young people are involved in these programs, they are not breaking windows in the neighborhoods. They are not engaged in other activity that we would rather not see them do. We have to give everybody a task. Write a letter to the president. Write a letter to the members of congress. Show them, demonstrate to them how important these programs are. Lets increase the enrollment in programs particularly in the communities like ours that need them the most. There is something that we all can do. This is not a spectator sport. So often people are willing to talk about how terrible it is or the president to try and balance the budget on the backs of children. Yes, it is terrible. What are we going to do about it . The last thing that i would say is, there is always common ground. I am not going to sit here, and i dont think any of you all believe that the president does not understand the importance of supporting young people. What we have to do is help him to help congress, to help those who make these decisions find out how they can do both. It is not either or. It is both and. [applause] lets come up with a way to help them find that win so we all win. [applause] thank you. Just a shout out to all of the panelists. What are the most powerful voices . Who are the most powerful voices when they come to you. I think we have seen a lot of them today. I dont know if there was one voice we could bring. Is there one . Is it really this is that everybody . It is the collective. It is the strength of the collective. I think it is the synergy of everybody finding me finding the win, win, win together and taking credit for it. We all want credit. We should. Of course for me being in washington, i have to say that one of the most powerful voices that we see are the kids. Brittany, that is why i am so happy you are here. As someone who was a student in an afterschool. As someone who has mentored in afterSchool Programs. What can we do, what should we do . Britney let them play. Let them discover what their passionate about. I never would have discovered britney let them play. Let them discover what their passionate about. I never would have discovered illustration had i not been in that program. Let them play. Let them discover. After school does what schools cannot do. That is discover what theyre passionate about and learn things besides like academics, which is important. But i feel like all of the things that have helped me in my career and me as a illustrator and living life, i learned in afterschool. I did not learn them in school. [applause] admiral admiral i would say, our nation has built just been built on onto partnership and innovation. Lead to make sure those opportunities are out there for every child. This is an investment in our future. We cannot back off. We have to stay in the forefront and find the winwin. There are many paths to success, and that is what we need to teach our children. That is what we need to reinforce with our elected officials. [applause] jumping along with things said, Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly has a powerful platform and has been able model for so many. Every Single Person on this panel and watching at home has the same ability to influence people in their own network. That is one of the things the internet has brought. Each of us has our own social networks, friends, families, that we can take to. By doing that you can magnify your voice. We can all reach the 60 million or more people that the governor is able to, but in our own community. Do not just yell at the television. Right to your member of congress. I spent 12 years working on the hill, trust me, if you call your member of congress and you are from their community, they listen. If you write, they listen. If you never do, they cannot read your mind. That is the funny thing about tv, you can you lead it all day, they cant hear you. The only way is to engage in the process. Listen to what everyone has said. I hope everybody today could get on twitter and facebook because your voices are heard and the matter. I think everyone for what they do thank everyone for what they do. I want to thank all of the panelists. Thank you for coming here. To all of you, and dont get angry at the tv and tweet, but do tweet. Tweets that we are sending today, they will make a difference. We can use our voices in every venue. Social media, tv cameras are here. Particularly person to person, just like the afterSchool Programs to build support. I have said this to some of you before, but i think that after School Programs are facing one of the greatest challenges we have ever seen. I think an attack on the afterschool budget is bigger than an attack on federal funding. An attack on whether or not there is evidence these programs work is in attack on everything we do in our states. The good news is, we have a lot of retention. 83 of americans, that is not republican, that is not democrats, that is 83 of voters across every demographic line oppose cuts to afterschool. [applause] so now, while we have this opportunity, and while we have this incredible summit at a spectacular time that we wish we were not facing these cuts, is a time to shine a light on all of the extremely things you are doing. Extraordinary things youre doing. Not just to make the case for after, but take it to the next level. Thank you. [applause] this week during the july 4 recess in primetime on cspan, tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, author david horwitz. All, communism, socialism, and the social justice movement, progressivism, they are all modeled on christianity. World is a fall in place, would never use that. It is a place of injustice. Tuesday, a debate on technology and privacy and whether Tech Companies should be required to disclose customer data. Some suggest we ought to build it back door to allow Law Enforcement access to data and you cannot build a act or that works only for the u. S. Government, good guys, or other people with good motives. If you build it for them, it will be weaker for everyone. Wednesday, arizona Supreme Court justice the most important and enduring decision a president will ever make is who to appoint to the United StatesSupreme Court and the federal judiciary. [applause] thursday, Hillary Clinton talking about women in politics. Hillary clinton women are often the first spot, conflict on the horizon coming their way. Insight and information is ignored, it often leads to consequences that might have been averted. Friday, Harvard University sociologist and offer author every citizen do not fully understand the complex forces that increases their economic woes. Economic insecurities create conditions that are breeding grounds. Breeding counts breeding grounds for racial and ethnic tension. This week at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Tonight on the communicators. The things that i change being firstabout and foremost in our mind when it comes to policy and my interest is, when it comes to serving them, that has not changed. Feeling democrat on the commission, talks about how the fcc is changing under Republican Leadership in what she sees as the major issues ahead. She is interviewed by Senior Editor lynn. When we go into a direction that might be more whole, i we need to ask ourselves will consumers be protected . Under the current paradigm i have seen teed up, what im backng in terms of moving to the days of old, i do not see where the consumer benefits will derive. Watch tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan two. During the fourth of july congressional break, members are in their home districts and illinois congresswoman cheri has been learning about challenges with National Security. And representative evan jenkins. S is is in his state i am up in Braxton County and had the honor of cutting the ribbon on a new communitybased clinic for our veterans. I know it is a little outside the congressional district, but many of my constituents from pocahontas county, webster county, they come to this facility because it is much closer to home than other v. A. Facilities. As an appropriate or and someone who serves on the veterans care ofration, taking is my absolute priority, using the power of the first to hold the v. A. Accountable but making sure our veterans get the care they deserve, the care they have fought for. It is an honor to represent west the third congressional district, and now our incredible heroes, our veterans. We cut the ribbon on the facility bringing health care closer to home. Louisiana senator bill cassidy held a town hall meeting last week with constituents in baton rouge and joining him more state and federal officials answering questions. Senator cassidy answered questions about the Health Care Law replacement bill in the senate. This is about two hours. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] we will talk about many things but i want to address the ongoing need some have on issues regarding recovery from the great floods of 2016