Good afternoon in the news. A National Senate race takes place in alabama today. A little more than a month since one of the candidates was accused of molestic teenage girls in his 30s. And first, hundreds of people were evacuated from a septa train in Montgomery County this morning. After the train hit an unoccupied car on the tracks. No injuries were reported and the crash caused major delays for septa riders during the morning commute. Bob brooks is joining us from glen side with more. Reporter the big question mark is how did this car come to be on the tracks and what is what investigators are trying to get to the bottom of right now. From chopper 6 hd you knew the impact was bad but an up close look how fortunate it was no one was inside of the car. At 7 15 a. M. The septa train collided with the car between the stations. It was about 7 15 something around there i heard something and i didnt think much of it. This time of day with the commuter traffic its busy. That is mike he wor
I want to start her next panel. Welcome to the second panel of the day. This panel is entitled where are we now, Educational Opportunity and integration. Ur panelists will be gerard patterson, a scholar from the institute, commissioner of florida, a virginia secretary of education, and the president of the black alliance for Educational Options. He has a long history in education. Dr. Greg forster is the director oaken amia network at the center for transformational churches at Trinity International in a received. Freemanormally at the foundation for educational choice. He is the author of six books and the coauthor of three additional books. He received his phd with distinction at yale university. Founder ands the ceo of digital pioneers academy, which i learned was just recently . Yesterday a week ago yesterday . A week ago. Given a charter to open in washington, d. C. Senior adviser for Charter School policy at new leaders for new schools and the executive director for Charter Schoo
Getting live on cspan two. We have a Simple Program and after a few introductory remarks will going to have a brief video. A picture is worth a thousand words that will give you a couple of those. Through todays conversation about schools in liberia and then will turn it over to minister warner and hell get his keynote address. Following that we have a fantastic panel today with seth andrew from democracy builders, amy black from cultural and development and. [inaudible] from International Finance corporation. Ill introduce them in detail when the panel joins me up here. We will have about 45 minutes of q and a time with some opportunity for the audience to join as well. For those following on social media we have a for our event and its developing world charters. You can comment and send questions which ill be checking on during the q a time. The event, is being live streamed into the full video will be posted online after we conclude today event. Of course, we are here today to hear
[inaudible conversations] thank you for coming today. Im an Education Research fellow here at the American Enterprise institute. Id like to thank everyone who is joining us here today. Also those who are joining online stream and for our friends watching on cspan. Our event today, Charter Schools in the developing of the world with a keynote from Liberia Education minister. George k. Warner. We have a simple program. After a few introductory remarks, we are going to have a brief video. We are going to give you a couple of those. The root of todays conversations about schools in liberia. Then well turn it over to minister warner and hes going to get his keynote address. Following that, a fantastic panel today with scott andrew from democracy builders, any black firm results from development and Alessandro Favero from the International Finance corporation. I will introduce them in detail when the panel joins me appear. We will have about 45 minutes of q a time with opportunities for the
It was quite cold. They left me there for 12 hours in the condition. Today, in a democracy now global broadcast exclusive, we spend the hour with one of egypts most prominent dissidents, alaa abd elfattah, speaking in his first extended interview after nearly four months behind bars. An open internet and political activist, alaa has been at the forefront of the struggle for change in egypt for many years and has the distinction of having been actively persecuted for the past four successive rulers in egypt. He could be sent back to prison very soon. He talks about the future of egypt and the ongoing crackdown on activists. There are a couple of cases where citizens are given 14 years, 17 years, 11 years and so on. Frenzy. On a sentencing if it is a war on a whole generation. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The uns top climate body is warning human driven Climate Change is impacted every corner of the g