New yorkers against gun violence is trying to change that through legislative advocacy and education, with a particular focus on young people in communities prone to gun violence. Here today is leah gunn barrett, executive director of new yorkers against gun violence, the organizations education director, as well shaina harrison. Thank you, all, for being with us this afternoon. We appreciate it. Of course, youre doing wonderful work here, and what we really think is particularly interesting is that you have taken your program into the schools. Tell us about that. Well, we figure that its not just enough to do the policy work, which is very important, clearly, but its also educating young people who are living with gun violence on a daytoday basis about the problem and to let them know that there is something they can do about it. They can become advocates and activists in their community. They cant change where they live, but they can change how they respond to whats happening around
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Ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated at our seats as the participants and the press depart for the groundbreaking ceremony. Thank you. Tonight, American History tv looks at the life of native americans. Spanish mission in florida that aimed to convert native americans to christianity. All tonight on cspan three. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] former president s george w. Bush and bill clinton joined forces to launch the Leadership Scholars Program. It is a partnership between the president ial centers of was, of bush, clinton, george h w bush, and lbj. This is an hour and five minutes. This is about 30 minutes. [applause] before i have a chance to ask you questions, i have a letter that arrived from walkers point. September 8th, 2014. I am delighted to send greeting to those gathered in washington, d. C. For the launch
So right now, millions on lookout for Severe Weather in the threat zone places like houston, memphis and detroit. The system is packing heavy hail, rain and possible tornadoes. And it comes after a weekend of wild weather in texas. Several reported twisters, one ef3 left a person dead. Flooding up to 11 inches of rain. The National Guard using boats and choppers to rescue people. And in iowa, a twisters direct hit. There goes the school. There goes the school wow, a tornado blasting a high school. Over 100 people were inside. Outside, this is what the damage looked like. Now, to south dakota. A town leveled. Homes wiped away. A church destroyed. 130mileperhour tornado weather leaving people without power and water. Surreal, absolutely surreal. When i see sections of it you dont ever think this will happen to you. And in eads, colorado, a wild sight, a twister tangled in a rainbow. But in denver, winter is still winning, up to 3 inches of snow there. And yes, indeed, it is may. Well, th
Other proposals. We will begin there this morning after the white house yesterday and democrats marked equal payday, hoping to make it a political issue in 2014. We turn to women only this morning. If its an issue for you politically or personally, we divide the lines by party. Republican women, 202 5853880. Republican women, 202 5853881. Democratic women, 202 5853880. You can also email us. Women only this morning 30 want to hear your story and get your thoughts. President obama yesterday at the white house marking equal payday. We will show you what you had to say yesterday at the white house. Democrats also talking about it up on capitol hill. And republicans responding. Here is roll calls headline. Democrats and republicans using women as ponds in payday. The Senate Republicans pushed back again tuesday against the notion the gop is waging a war on women. Gop leaders accusing democrats of using women as ponds to score political points. They will say whether they bring their own leg