Remarks in just a moment from ron dermer, the israeli ambassador to the u. S. He is one of the speakers at the Antidefamation Leagues annual leadership summit. Follow that a panel on the agenda and the 2016 collective. This is live here in washington, d. C. [applause] welcome back. How our workshops . So it seems that earlier today we slide atlanta and i want to apologize. We would like to both recognize the regional Board Chairperson from atlanta and the National Civil rights chair. Thank you. [applause] we are seeing a lot of great reads and posts from social media. Please keep at it. Dont forget these are social networking sites to share your discussions with friends and family. And please use the hashtag adls somewhat. Thank you. Adl summit and hashtag might adl story. So welcome back to the National Leadership summit at Antidefamation League. The nations premier civil rights and human relations agency. For more than a century we have worked to fulfill our dual mission of fighting
Israel and the jewish people. We are grateful to be with us today. Mr. Ambassador it is great to have at our podium please join me to welcome him. [applause] bone appetit. I hear the clinking of the plates. It is the pleasure to have an opportunity to speak at this conference that brings in leaders from across the country and it gives me on behalf of israel and said to think jonathan. Where is he . It still gives me the opportunity. [laughter] and the many others who work day after day, to fight the definition of the jewish people and the jewish state has embassador my mission is to regain since israels interest in washington and strengthen the relationship between israel and america. The sheer that has included focusing on ways to combat the aggression and terror working and efforts between the israelis and palestinians into opposed him in the International Arena with the memorandum of understanding with military assistance to israel that i hope we can conclude soon. But today i want
I guess the one point that i would make is in 2012, 60 of ae residents voted to become u. S. State. They are u. S. Citizens and have the rights and obligations of all other citizens, except they do not vote for president. That is no different than the people here in the district of columbia. They do fight in the military and the members of congress to care about them, the same with the care about other u. S. Citizens. Host coming up, Daniel Lipman for politico will join us. Blank will be on to talk about the delays and long lines , and thet security impact on the travel season. In dan duluth will talk about president obama becoming the third u. S. President to the is toto visit the anon visit vietnam. Be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 00 eastern sunday morning. Join the discussion. This sunday night vanity fair columnist and slate magazine founder talks about his new book old age, a beginners guide on living with parkinsons disease. Brain disease. That is a nonsensical ques
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And they continue to demand prosecutors file charges against the officers who killed brown and garner. Eric garners own daughter made this demand thursday. Erica garner also tried to keep her fathers story alive by putting her own self in the same spot where her father began to die on that sidewalk there in Staten Island where police, you have seen the video, placed had imin that choke hold. She says shes overwhelmed and thankful for the nationwide response to her fathers death. Everybody feels and thinks the same way im thinking. Im not crazy. They think in the same way im thinking and its a good thing. Let me bring in evan perez who has been all over this. We have seen eric holder in atlanta, cleveland and now today hes in chicago. All taking part in this roundtable wanting police and wanting communities to have a dialogue. Thats right, brooke. These meetings hes been having, hes got a couple more. Hes got philadelphia, oakland coming up. These are all about putting more pressure on