Loss, departments and agencies that carry out the policies. It was not always the case. Trumane 1952 president wanted to bring into the white house both the republican and democratic essential nominees to meet with his cabinet and white house staff members, he met with a partisan divide. He had wanted them to come in because he found when he came into office, he was unprepared. He came in january of 1945. Roosevelt died in april, and truman knew nothing of the atomic bomb. Seared by that experience, he wanted to bring people in so they would understand what was ahead of them. Adelaide stephenson accepted, but general eisenhower turned down trumans invitation, in large part because he said he was running against the administrations programs and from the public would be coming into the white house when he was running against it. Truman was very upset. He sent a handwritten note, which she would sometimes do because he could slip by staff, and they would not see it and stop him. So he had
Are being restricted due to barriers we have in place. We also have dedicated plans to implement when we have demonstrations at trump plaza. We have identified locations that are within sight and sound of the entrance of trump tower, and we will establish protest areas at those locations. Small groups of protesters will be allowed to be on the sidewalks so that traffic will not be impeded on fifth avenue. However, when larger numbers of protesters we may have to shut down traffic on fifth avenue. We saw that occur late saturday when we had over 20,000 protesters in front of trump tower. So far, we have closed fifth avenue on three occasions in the last 10 days due to demonstrations. When this occurs, we bring in more Police Officers from other parts of the city to assist us. We closed fifth avenue for safety concerns. For the safety of the demonstrators as well as the safety of motorists. The field commander at the scene makes that call. I made that call last week. We will always choos
Are being restricted due to barriers we have in place. We also have dedicated plans to implement when we have demonstrations at trump plaza. We have identified locations that are within sight and sound of the entrance of trump tower, and we will establish protest areas at those locations. Small groups of protesters will be allowed to be on the sidewalks so that traffic will not be impeded on fifth avenue. However, when larger numbers of protesters we may have to shut down traffic on fifth avenue. We saw that occur late saturday when we had over 20,000 protesters in front of trump tower. So far, we have closed fifth avenue on three occasions in the last 10 days due to demonstrations. When this occurs, we bring in more Police Officers from other parts of the city to assist us. We closed fifth avenue for safety concerns. For the safety of the demonstrators as well as the safety of motorists. The field commander at the scene makes that call. I made that call last week. We will always choos
Remarks in just a moment from ron dermer, the israeli ambassador to the u. S. He is one of the speakers at the Antidefamation Leagues annual leadership summit. Follow that a panel on the agenda and the 2016 collective. This is live here in washington, d. C. [applause] welcome back. How our workshops . So it seems that earlier today we slide atlanta and i want to apologize. We would like to both recognize the regional Board Chairperson from atlanta and the National Civil rights chair. Thank you. [applause] we are seeing a lot of great reads and posts from social media. Please keep at it. Dont forget these are social networking sites to share your discussions with friends and family. And please use the hashtag adls somewhat. Thank you. Adl summit and hashtag might adl story. So welcome back to the National Leadership summit at Antidefamation League. The nations premier civil rights and human relations agency. For more than a century we have worked to fulfill our dual mission of fighting
Administrations guidance to Public Schools over allowing transgender students access to bathrooms and other facilities. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. 202 7488002s,. You can post on our facebook or twitter pages as well. This guidance came out last friday. It was a joint letter by the Education Department and Justice Department. It says that as a condition of receiving federal funds a school agrees they will not exclude separate deny benefits to or otherwise treated differently on the basis of sex any person in its Educational Programs unless expressly authorized to do so under title ix. The letter also gave specific guidance when it came to the use of restrooms and locker rooms. Heres some of that section from the letter which you can find online at the Justice Department and education to urban. A school must allow transgender students access to facilities consistent with their gender. Themchool may not require to use bathrooms inconsistent with their gender. A scho