Nine, on a rainy thursday morning. I am playing demi lovato for you because demi lovato has been announced as the person who will sing the National Anthem at the super bowl. We are in that time of year, nfc championship game, afc championship game and then the super bowl and all of us nine her fans are a little bit excited. I think we are going to be talking about the niners a little bit. I think it is more than just niner fans. I think people cast an eye on football, are in it and excited. It rallies the entire bay area. Yes. Absolutely. Giants were in the runs early on. A lot of talk about the weather up there, we will check in with steve and a little bit. Looking at the calendar right now, three days until that nfc championship game. 49ers fans are making that game day plan. Some people are lucky enough to have tickets, that is amazing. For others it is going to be house Party Central come sunday afternoon. Yes the cheapest tickets right now to get into levis stadium is about 115. M
Has succeeded in combining his roles as religious leader with his abilities as a very Creative Television producer. Welcome father Ellwood Kieser. Bob newhart i always called him bud. How did he get the name ellwood . Narrator when father ellwood bud kieser arrived in los angeles for his first assignment as a Catholic Priest, it was still the golden age of hollywood. Ellwood bud kieser the normal parish priest, he has his parishioners. Well, my parishioners were the people in show business. Marion ross huge big man. Big white hair, handsome, huge, and lovely. Narrator little did father bud realize that he was starting an adventure in which he would produce an Emmy Awardwinning show featuring the biggest celebrities martin sheen it wasnt like any of the other television shows. It was a moral theme but it was nondenominational. Narrator create one of the most prestigious awards in hollywood bud and we run the humanitas prize and we challenge people to love in this industry and they respo
So for me accountability isnt just numbers, its not just a transparency. Is not information. We cant label the problem. Problem. We have to do something about it. This is stepping in when children need something better. We need to be held accountable. That to me is what a true accountability is. The issue of adequate and equitable funding is a big issue for this overrides community, for the urban league. I the opportunity to serve on the commission that looked at the issue. Paint a picture of where we are when it comes to the lack of equitable funding. What does it really mean . Once the picture . What do you see from where you sit . Its devastating. We us of article as a nation, marc. Folks a note on the k12 side federal money is like eight to 12 , half the money comes from states and 40 at the local level. Look across the nation, i go back to my home in chicago, we got less than half the money each year than wealthier suburbs four or five miles north of us along lake michigan. Think
Hell to work. Thanks a lot. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] up, arne duncan on the federal role in the u. S. Education system. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Sharpton this is the 2015 National Urban league conference. It is my honor to be able to preside over the session. This is what i deem to be of great importance, to identify the core of the next generation of leaders. We always have to be prepared to pass the torch, but who in our , fortitude, ability intelligence, and commitment to move the platform and agendas most important to all of our communities to the next level . It is a conversation we are having . Do you agree . We will start this discussion at todays opening, but it wont in today. Leaders in the fight for justice, education and jobs, economic equality, political parity, they are not a dime a dozen. It takes a certain strength to lead. It takes integrity
Advancement. That is the most ridiculous thing of ever heard. The last thing is Freedom Schools. They have been creating Freedom Schools through churches. Sunday to be called school in some places. We have all these churches. Who here is a pastor . Stand up. [laughter] do you have a Freedom School . You can start one beginning tomorrow. Do you have a Freedom School . Do you have a Freedom School . You had a Freedom School for 20 years . Stand back up i asked you to sit down. Yall see him . Me. At him, dont look at go meet with him. You can start tomorrow. Next question. [applause] told yall, i i got a plane to catch. Proud member of the urban league and metropolitan st. Louis. Equality and immigration in st. Louis we are starting to have Municipal Court reform that addresses Africanamerican Community specifically. Some other keyy issues, specific issues, that you can share with individuals in this room that will be direct action . I think the theme for Karen Freeman wilson i would say