Good morning and welcome, everyone. Good morning and welcome, everyone. The subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. Were happy that youre here. I know that a kwoerm is president and i want to ask that unanimous kent that miss haze of pennsylvania be able to participate with understand that their question also come after all committee hems. We are hearing testimony on engines of economic mobility, the Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically black colleges and universities and minorityserving institutions in preparing students for success. Pursuant to Committee Rules 7 c Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today we will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities hbcus. Hispanic serving institutions an
Closed. The clock is ticking, the diplomates are trying to remain upbeat about agreement over Irans Nuclear program and major world powers in tehran have until midnight local time to strike a deal of talks in vienna, 12 hours from now and al jazeera is at those talks in vienna and is now live and jonah where are we right now . Reporter well, adrian let me give you the latest information i have, this is not information we can independently verify but carried by both the major News Agencies, reuters and quoting a source close to negotiation and it says this, that there is, they feel, no longer time to reach a full and comprehensive agreement at these talks, the minister the source says are now talking about the possibility of adjourning here in vienna a so called stop the clock option and simply walking away from these talks and reconvening and a future date possibly in december it is said at a venue to be decided possibly arman it is said where a number of meetings prior to this a have
Seen the media that is. Theyre lined up to hear what the verdict will be. As soon as the decision is made, the ripple affect will be very quick, and well going down to west florissant avenue, and gauge the sense there, but right now the situation is pretty tense but wal calm at this point. Sebastian, i had dante barry, executive director of the million hoodies organization. And he asked a pretty provocative question. He asked, would an indictment even mean justice for ferguson . Hes alluding to issues beyond Michael Brown, and more generally speaking the way africanamericans are policed in that community. I see you nodding your head, and i can see you know what im alluding to hear. You hear this all the time. This is much bigger than Michael Brown. This is about a system where people in the Community Say there is racial profiling, the Police Department is every day involved in lowlevel harassment against young black males who were arrested in very high numbers. Certainly an indictment
And judo, the philippines are showing off their skills. The clock is ticking but diplomates trying to remain confident about an agreement over Irans Nuclear program and major world powers and tie ran have until midnight local time to strike a deal with talks in vienna and its one of the most controversial issues for the west and the last couple years the diplomacy has been nonstop. Looking back two years ago to may 2012 negotiates fell apart and increased sanctions against iran and fell 40 and they agreed iran could enrich uranium to 20 and u. S. President barack obama spoken the phone to the new president and it was the first call between the two leaders of the country since 1979. Talks finally led to a breakthrough, a deal that would temporarily freeze the Nuclear Program and the next was a comprehensive accord, between july and november 2014 that has not been easy, july deadline passed and Nuclear Negotiations are hours away from another deadline. And jena hall is there and where ar
Burkina faso, where many are asking for freedom of speech. Mondays deadline to reach a deal has been extended. Talks in vienna will continue until july 1st. Iran is being asked to slow its Nuclear Development in exchange for economic sanctions being lifted. We have been monitoring the talks, there is a deadline set for 23 hours gmt for today. Halfway through the day they announced that they are not going to hit that deadline. Theyre giving up, and theyre going to extend it. Reporter thats right, barely an hour since the end of the session of all the foreign ministers, the p5 1, and its all over. It looks pretty lonely and quiet as we speak. The talks have ended without any formal agreement at all, no political statement as had been hoped for. Thats the most likely possibility. No Framework Agreement. Certainly no deal inside. The French Foreign minister is gone. Thwe have been told there is an extension until the end of june, the 1st of july with a predeadline with the 1s of march to w