VOA – CONNECT
EPISODE # 203
AIR DATE: 12 03 2021
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Historical Sisters
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((Carolyn McCaskill
Second Black deaf woman to receive a PhD in history of Gallaudet University))
Currently, I’m the director of the Center for Black Deaf.
as monday. there s another showdown over conservative politics and higher education in washington. angela mccaskill, gallaudet university, was placed on leave after officials discovered she signed a petition at church to put the issue of same-sex marriage on the ballot in maryland. tony perkins says it s a perfect example of intolerance in the name of tolerance. he joins us today live. good morning. what do you make of this case and the fact she signed a petition that doesn t say whether you re for or against same-sex marriage but i want it on the ballot. it shows the hypocrisy in the academic world where they scream for tolerance but there s no tolerance for those who don t abide by the literal line of thinking. i want to read a statement from the president of the university to make sure we have them represented. he said i m sending this communication to indicate gallaudet university would like
board. i m shannon bream. america s news headquarters from the nation s capitol starts right now. the deadly consulate attack in benghazi is sure to be a featured topic in tomorrow s final presidential debate. surrogates from both sides are heating up saying their candidate will be the better commander in chief. john roberts is live in boca raton, florida, the site of the debate. reporter: good afternoon. i have never seen a series of debates in my political history that have been as important and moved the numbers like these ones have. tomorrow night, it will be for all the marbles. it is foreign policy, so a lot of topics, expected to come up, iran, china and libbia. the president will be under more pressure to fully explain the shifting positions that his administration took in the days, actually weeks, following that attack before declaring it an act of terrorism. the obama campaign says they are going to contrast the president s record on foreign policy in the past fou
mallwide evacuation. some businesses remained open, but anyone who left the mall when police arriv was not allowed back in. at this point, the task force indicated they re going to take the investigation from the arlington county police department. we ll be assisting in that matter. reporter: officials are quick to point out they re not calling this a terrorist attack. these photos from inside the mall from our friends at arlington now show you the scene of the crime. witnesses are telling investigators a man threw a 40- ounce beer bottle with a lit fuse and a liquid that smelled like gasoline into the food court from an upper floor. the liquid did not ignite or explode. during the course of the subject, similar bottles were found on the property matching the one that was dropped by the suspect. reporter: arlington police say what appeared to be three additional molotov cocktails were found in a bag on the second floor of the mall. again, within the last couple of hou