Catholic organizations. Read more at thehill. Com. Next up, lawmakers education advocates, students and former Education Department officials talk about race and education, including improving urban School Systems, desegregation and Minority Access to Higher Education. Its from the Congressional Black Caucus foundation from last month. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher. Increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. I am Melanie Roussel newman, the chief Public Engagement and Communications Strategist for the naacp Legal Defense fund, the organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so, i want to give a little bit of hello . Oh. Sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am i have been with the Leal Defense Fund since march of this year but worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time.
Rush hour train crash. They are still having a hard time get to go all the mangled wreckage tonight were learning more about the engineer behind the controls when that train crashed. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. The engineer is 29 year new Jersey Transit veteran. Hes out of the hospital tonight and talking with investigators and we now know 34yearold Fabiola Bittar de kroon was the woman who died while she was waiting for the train. More than 100 others are injured though many of them are out of the hospital tonight. The train did not have positive train control. In fact, no nj transit trains have it. The Transit Agency has until december of 218 to install it on all of its trains. The investigation into the deadly tragedy is only just beginning. Ntsb says theres work to do before its investigators can get a close look at the crash scene. Chris oconnell is live in hoboken, new jersey torque night. Chris . Reporter iain, lucy, federal investigators have arrived on scene he
Philadelphia only 63 degrees. As we look at the temperatures north and west, upper 50s. 64 right now in atlantic city. So the bottom line if youre stepping outdoors, grab a jacket and also keep the umbrella handy. Temperatures will be in the low 60s and we also have the cloud cover and cool temperatures. First pitch is going to be kind of damp and dreary with that mist and temperatures in the low 60s. Well time out more rain for the weekend coming up. All right, scott, thank you. You can stay one step ahead of Mother Nature with fox 29 weather app. You can get the extended forecast and live radar sent right to your phone. New details tonight about the Police Involved killing of a man in cobbs creek. Tonight questions about the Police Response when they went after a dangerous suspect. Police fired more than a hundred shots at one man and this Evening Commission are in richard ross is addressing the issue after questions from fox 29. Our Dave Schratwieser joining us live now from Police
May move on these bills . Guest i think congress may move very quickly. I would be surprised i hate to put a prediction out there because it is low in congress, but i would think maybe even by the end of this year we may see some reforms passed. Particularly because the chairs of the house and Judiciary Committee now have bills, are willing to be on board, have hearings, and move things. Up until that point, it is like, if they dont have hearings, we cant get bills to pass. None of this is going to move until the chairs of the Judiciary Committee, on board. Now, i think we will see some movement by the end of the year. Host Julie Stewart of families against mandatory minimums. It is our regular your money segment. This week, we will take a look Charter Schools. Richard kahlenberg of the Century Foundation joins us next for that discussion as the washington journal continues. Tonight on cspans new series, landmark cases, in 1830, dred scott was in slave to dr. John emerson. During his a
It happened after they say, a female student, a new member of a sorority was rushed to the hospital. She had had too much to drink. It happens all over the place. Its really scary. I mean, i dont know, as a Sorority Member myself i get nervous for the new members or anyone that is ever in those positions. Reporter the university told telling us it happened as part of a rush event on tuesday night. The student listed in critical condition. It prompted duke to hold an emergency meeting this evening. The chapter president s of the sororities, and the executive board coming together with university officials. It was closed to the media. I am not entirely surprised. Reporter Devon Buckley is a graduate student at duke. She tells me some Sorority Girls live below her, and she has seen what can happen when alcohol is involved there was a girl collapsed there, and she was dressed only in a broad and underpants, lying on her face with her arms back like this. Meeting, duke issued a statement sa