Ephemeral legislation. Yeah. That went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. Ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. Its still early. We have a couple hours ahead. Maybe we can find another one. Meanwhile, the Florida Governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third president ial bid. Well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. Is it desantis, is it December Desantis . Did he answer it . He did, and it was unrevealing. Huh. Republicans are still upset with Kevin Mccarthy over the Debt Ceiling Deal. Wah. One calling for a day of reckoning. Are you kidding me . It is a day of reckoning for the extremists, who thought that they were going to be able to hold, not only congress and Kevin Mccarthy and the president hostage, but also hold the United States economy hostage. They werent able to do it. These guys struck a deal, and struck a deal that passed overwhelmingly.
ephemeral legislation. yeah. that went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think it s the word of the week. ephemeral or malodorous, it s one of the two. it s still early. we have a couple hours ahead. maybe we can find another one. meanwhile, the florida governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trump s third presidential bid. we ll show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. is it desantis, is it december desantis? did he answer it? he did, and it was unrevealing. huh. republicans are still upset with kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling deal. wah. one calling for a day of reckoning. are you kidding me? it is a day of reckoning for the extremists, who thought that they were going to be able to hold, not only congress and kevin mccarthy and the president hostage, but also hold the united states economy hostage. they weren t able to do it. these guys struck a deal, and struck a
movement, if you will, for civil rights and social justice in the country. we focus on economics, so we have stood up re-entry programs to help stand up citizens. we started an effort to work on business growth and development, to help people become homeowners. but these numbers lag, the disparity that exists in the country, it is almost frozen in the sense of suspended animation. so while i m proud of the work, the challenge is tremendous. marc, first, congratulations. you ve been head of the urban league now longer than vernon jordan was, probably longer than whitney young was. yeah. to be mentioned with those names, it just says a lot about you and what you ve been able to accomplish. but let s talk about the that economic focus. the fact is, the gap between
you say, it just can t be. it s not just this case. we have talked about ferguson but if you re here in knenew orleans new york, it s not just ferguson. it s trayvon martin and others. so there is a pattern and there s a pattern that goes back a long time that happens to be a frequency now but people feel that they are disconnected from the justice system. and if this democracy has one institution that stabilizes society, it is the justice system. justice for all, justice is blind. and when you have a significant portion of the population that feels the system isn t working, you have a problem and we have a problem and let s acknowledge it. we certainly do. people are asking this bottom line question.
2015 be a year dedicated to jobs and justice. this effort must and will continue. secondly, a major march in washington next saturday. and wolf, there are a week from this saturday? a week from this saturday, yes, on the 13th. the important thing here, we have incidents in cleveland, ferguson, new york city, los angeles, california, beaver creek, ohio, a whole series of incidents where there has not been justice when a law officer has taken the life. and in one case, seriously injured a person of color. and this has shocked our consciousness. it should awake people towards the idea that the criminal justice system in the united states, particularly the state grand juries, are flawed and broken. and we ve got to work to change it. the other thing we announced is