Years ago. It was then that Irena Webster and Barbara Spencer dunn joined with the woman who became my first boss at the aspca. They had the vision to get right to support the works the Parks Service was doing to protect the africanamerican experience. Sadly, irena passed away at the start of this year, and i wanted to take a moment to talk about the preservation of the history to achieve black Voting Rights to remember my boss, my friend, and the true pioneer in the long and ongoing process to make conservation and preservation organizations like npca more inclusive. For our panel today, people will understand that it is wideranging, multifaceted and current. Its still going on. What we want to do with this panel of experts and people who are my friends, folks that i admire, is to get their insights on this issue, but maybe in more specific and direct ways. We have one person, Josephine Bolling mccall, who actually lived through the struggle for Voting Rights. Well hear from josephine
Ill win. Well, good afternoon. Thank you all for your patience. As weve been trying to get some of these kinks worked out. Um, welcome to the rosa parks. My name is donna beisel. I am the interim director of the museum and we are honored to have all of you here today as we the 67th anniversary of mrs. Parks arrest on the evening of december 1st, 1955, her brave act of that quiet, deliberate, defiant, no in the face of the unfair and unjust practice of jim crow segregation sparked what would become the montgomery bus boycott and the civil rights. As we commemorate courage of mrs. Parks and so many other men and women of the movement, we are honored to have with us today, h. H. H h leonards sorry, author of rosa beyond the bus life lessons and leadership and zoom. Dr. Ladonna boyd with publisher r h. Boyd. We also want to thank our moderator for today ms. Also, Martin Weiler with the Troy University library. And we also would like to welcome our distinguished guests here in the front row
greetings, you are watching simone. this is, it y all. we are in the home stretch. only three days away from the 2022 midterm elections. candidates, they are making their final pitch to the voters. the heavy hitters are tearing up the trail. we re gonna take you to pennsylvania where president biden and former president barack obama s stumping for democratic candidates this evening. plus, i spent 48 hours in the state that is gonna prove crucial this election. i am talking about wisconsin. and i caught up with the incumbent democratic governor tony ebert. we are on his campaign bus tour across the state. and we talked about why his is one of the most consequential races in this country. and i also hit the home of the 2021 nba champions, the waukee bucks. this election season, the forum is also an early voting site. i spoke to the bucks president about that, and to start wesley matthews about his efforts to clinch young people that their votes matter. i am symone sanders-tow
Good morning. Im pat lawson news. We start on capitol hill where we are keeping a close eye on republican efforts in the house to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. Procedural votes and the date related to the bill is happening right now. The final vote is expected to begin about 1 30. Todays vote comes after weeks of negotiations by Republican Leaders to get a majority of their members to back that bill. And its a sign that leaders have the numbers to pass it. Weve broken down the key changes to the plan. So here are four things to know about it. It aims to protect people with preexisting conditions. Yesterday house members added the measure to get more lawmakers on board. Itll cost 8 billion. States would be able to opt out of the requirement that ensurers cover benefits like maternity care, Mental Health care, and hospitalizations. States that do opt out could charge people with preexisting conditions much more. Those folks would go into high Risk Insurance pools. And the b
Hi, everyone this story has been all over today. Probably your and social media feed is definitely on cable news and here on fox5 were talking about the victory on a Key Campaign Promise the First Step Towards repealing the Affordable Care act moves forward. Thats right. As you can see from the rundown over there on the side of your screen this of course is the hottest story tonight at 6 30 we mention everyone has been talking about it. Welcome to the beginning of the end of obamacare. [applause] make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. Make no mistake about it. All right and with that the white house claimed a huge victory today. House republicans passed that healthcare law theyve been fighting for to pass for the past seven years. You cant argue this is a massive win for President Trump because he campaigned on repealing the Affordable Care act and key republicans made their way to the white house to celebrate their win. Now we should point the house passed it to