Youre watching American History tv on cspan3. Elizabeth hinton, a professor at harvard university. I want to begin with something ago. Aid a while he said the kerner to a war on crime. Explain that. The kerner report itself was a response to the war on crime. New prioritynd of going on for two years. It basically involved unprecedented national investment. For the first time in u. S. History. This was a policy. Domestic policy. War on crime was a very important component to johnsons great society, but the kerner report identified the major problems that Police Department one countering and was much in line with the goals of johnsons police intervention, which was to improve relations between communities and Police Officers, and also make sure that Adequate Police force were in urban communities that were susceptible to urban disorder or rioting. In urban communities that were susceptible to urban disorder or rioting. The recommendations of the Kerner Commission that actually achieve le
Elizabeth hidden, professor at harvard university, of africanamerican studies. You said that the kerner report led to a war on crime. Explain. The kerner report is not responsible for the war on crime. Kernerhnson called the commission in 1967, he are he declared the war on crime. It involved a Real Investment in police Court Systems in prisons for the first time in u. S. History. This was part of domestic policy. War on crime was a very important component to johnsons great society, but the kerner report identified the major problems that Police Department one countering and was much in line with the goals of johnsons police intervention, which was to improve relations between communities and Police Officers, and also make sure that Adequate Police force were in urban communities that were susceptible to urban disorder or rioting. The recommendations of the Kerner Commission that actually achieve legislative implementations were not only reinforced not only focused on the policing asp
We have a cspan audience, Live Streaming soap wonderful to have everybody joining us for what they think wilwethink will be at conversation. Im excited about the people weve gathered and the ideas we are going to be discussing. Welcome to the committee for responsible budget for thostherf you who do not know if they Nonpartisan Organization the board of directors or people many of whom are with us today who have run all the bigbudget institutions in washington so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, the Budget Committees comes of a. To try to have a realistic understanding of the budget improvements are going to be needed to improve the fiscal situation in the country and to trick yo to have in a bipartisan way it kind of understanding of how hard it is to make these traces but there are so many reasons they are necessary to keep moving the ball forward. With that said i will say it is a rough time for the budget policy this country. Nobody should be under the impression
Weve gathered and the ideas we are going to be discussing. Welcome to the committee for responsible budget for thostherf you who do not know if they Nonpartisan Organization the board of directors or people many of whom are with us today who have run all the bigbudget institutions in washington so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, the Budget Committees comes of a. To try to have a realistic understanding of the budget improvements are going to be needed to improve the fiscal situation in the country and to trick yo to have in a bipartisan way it kind of understanding of how hard it is to make these traces but there are so many reasons they are necessary to keep moving the ball forward. With that said i will say it is a rough time for the budget policy this country. Nobody should be under the impression that the Fiscal Health of the country is good. It is not. Our debt relative to the economy is twice what its been on average. We are on track to bother us to be 10 trill
From doha also coming up new evidence of abuse. As a former u. S. Diplomat quits an Advisory Panel on the right. Brings his America First agenda to the World Economic forum in davos plus. Celebrations ensued on after a group of migrants kidnapped by smugglers and libya is rescued. A new military front opened by turkey in the syrian war could further complicate peace talks in vienna. For the past six days hes been attacking Kurdish Forces in the Northern Syrian region of afraid they want to push the fight says whos they say a terrorists out from the area and create a buffer zone on the border and the special envoy for syria says the ninth round of talks comes at a very critical time in the conflict a correspondent joins us live from vienna what are we hearing from the talks so far. Were actually hearing not very much what we do know is that the meeting between the u. N. Envoy to find the minister and the Syrian Government delegation is now over but we havent heard any comment at the end