Actor, and is a spokesman for General Electric, and how these experiences influenced his life in public office. This 90 minute event is part of a Congress Posted by the Young Americans foundation. Start this panel, we have a special video clip we will be showing. In celebration of our time for choosing, event this weekend. Youngans Foundation Americas foundation released clips contrasting reagans vision of america with that of president obama. This one is featuring the subject of entitlements. It is a fitting piece for what we are experiencing in america, and for all of our videos, you. Org. O to yaf we have not massively extended the welfare state. Foodstamp use has surged. Towe asked so many people pass the effect. Thatcher once said the problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other peoples money. They are going to solve all the problems of human misery through government and government planning. Is hardly anybody who will defend this program. The government has made livi
The washington journal continues. Host paul butler. Law professor, former prosecutor, as somebody who has been arrested, what is your take on ferguson . Guest im tired of this happening over and over again. It is not just ferguson. It is staten island. It is that 51yearold grandmother who was beaten by the cops. Hit her 10 times. All of these unarmed africanamericans being brutalized by police. I think it is important to have a conversation about race and to put it in a larger context, in which african lives just dont seem to be valued. Host that is larger context . Guest it is not just criminal justice. It is civil justice. It is not just africanamericans. It is people of color. It is important to talk about race. White americans who are disenfranchised. The Lgbt Community has issues with the Justice System. But it is important to realize that africanamericans it is the classic american dilemma. There was a lot of hope when barack obama was elected. I dont think anyone thought that it
They had beautiful skin. I noticed another trend. This is much more disturbing. The students were not prepared for what i was attempting to teach them. They had come to the classroom less and less prepared. There were these moments in the classroom they would look at me and i would think the same thing they were. Part of me as a christian, i felt the lord was impressing on me. These are your children. If they are going to love me with their mind, it is your responsibility make sure that they are successful. That is the spirit and the heart of what raising the standards is about. That is the initiative were here to talk about. We believe it is raising the standards as one of a initiative that can help not just those students but those of the coming today and tomorrow. If we fastforward 15 years, a collective minority will be larger than the white population in classrooms today. This is the first time in u. S. History. We have seen some progress among hispanic students in terms of high s
To discuss race in america, we have a special number for you to dial. Host finally, our fourth line this morning has been set aside for st. Louis area residents. 2025853883. Host we are going to begin this morning with the editorial from the st. Louis post dispatch this morning. Ferguson we earned this. St. Louis earned this moment by not paying attention to immunities dominated by s, becoming then oxygen that fed the flame of protests and concentrated poverty. In the first editorial that this page wrote on the Michael Brown case, we noted that the likelihood of conviction in the low. Is extremely that remains true. It is the simple reality of most police shootings. But there can be an important conviction, the conviction of. E city to change here is the Huffington Post se vote this morning, Huffington Post cut Huffington Post this morning. Showing support for Darren Wilson and other Police Officers. , according to him, got exactly what he deserved. Arnold traveled to the event in. T.
Im matt lauer. This latest conflict is now a week old. The president has decided to take a steep step. Hes sending in the secretary of state. Shes on a plane headed to israel in an attempt to push the ceasefire talks along. Well get a live report on all of it in just a moment. Also ahead, more on the Severe Weather front that is pummeling the Pacific Northwest. It turned deadly overnight. Were going to have more on that story as well. Then shes been called a reallife Sleeping Beauty but this is no fairy tale. Its a serious condition. A 17yearold girl who suffers from a rare disorder. It causes her to sleep, sometimes for months on end. Well talk to her and her doctor about that. And we have a very excited crowd out on the plaza. Kesha is here for a live performance, part of an unbelievable thanksgiving week of concerts outside. And well get to that in our 8 30 half hour. But we begin on this Tuesday Morning with the violence in the middle east and the breaking news overnight that secre