we re back with the roundtable. in honor of black history month we re asking each of our colleagues to tell us who their hero is in the african-american history books. yamiche. one of my mentors gwenn i fill, a prominent journalist. she men tord me and a picture of us together at the convention. she was one who worked for the washington post and new york times. before then working for nbc news and then going on to work for pbs. that s where she made her mark. she was the first african-american woman to moderate a vice presidential debate and she made history as being one of the two first female anchors along with judy woodruff. she passed away in november, 2016 which is really, really hard for me and a lot of journalists. she mentored a lot of women and someone i look up to and think about very, very often. it was your feeling about her that inspired me to do this whole thing, by the way.
policies that would leave immigrants literally on the other side of safety at our airports. and i would note here in the african-american history books, we are reminded of the great migration when african-americans fled kkk terrorism of the deep south for the relative freedom of the north, as refugees in their own country. the point being is that we are in midst it was a twitter age civil rights movement. so it is not a matter of one nomination or one executive order, it is a matter of a set of policies that literally run counter to american values. you oppose the education secretary nominee, betsy devos. she probably is going to be confirmed next week, as well, in a 50/50 vote. the tie will be broken by the vice president of the united states, president of the senate. she s probably going to be confirmed along with that very narrow margin. look at the machinations