Who the heck am i . Im a man raised by two incredible parents who have seen the worst of america. They were civil rights activist who have seen violence and determination but we are who we are as a country because we came together and understood together and work together. The older i got, the more difficult the stories of childhood work. By the time he was older, beach balls were falling from the sky. Let me tell you when a tsunami hit my time. I honored my father and my mother. My dad was my mom was a single mom. My father would tell me dont people i was poor. I was just poe. Po. My father would tell me he is who he is because of a conspiracy of love. People were not related to him they didnt look like him or pray for him willing to fight for him. My fathers mom was in a community that took him in and no college in my Family History but i told him you will go to college, he will go to school and he couldnt afford it. It was our turn to put a collection plate around. He commanded ther
Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question for you are you concerned that the worlds economy is more fragile than anyone is admitting lets get to the bottom line. You can always find doomsday predictions telling you that the dollar is on the verge of collapse or the Global Financial system is in serious danger but how much of it is true lets look at this clock this is a live shot of the u. S. National debt clock in new york its not 100 percent accurate but it gives you a good estimate of the American National deficit right now earlier this year it pushed well beyond 20 trillion dollars its 22. 00 trillion dollars now but what does that mean for the United States and for the world is the sky about to fall what do we really need to be worried about and what trend should we be paying attention to fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers to these questions sandra to v. T. Is c. E. O. Of the Global Consultancy Firm beyond global and shes author of super hubs how the
It is no small task to be up here. We would like to welcome our panelists. Starting with dan from oxford house, state coordinator from oklahoma. [applause] Curtis Taylor, oxford house alumni from North Carolina. Michael, oxford house alumni, outreach in florida. [applause] jason wilson, oxford house resident and reentry coordinator, North Carolina. Jesse. What did i say . Jesse. And ann cleveland, oxford house alumni. [applause] over three quarters of oxford house population has done some jail or prison time. In america today, approximately 60 of those in jail or prisons are addicted to alcohol or drugs. Each year, thousands of those incarcerated reenter society. However, within one year of reentry, about half of those individuals will commit another crime and head to conviction and reentry into incarceration. The experience of those who enter oxford house following incarceration is usually longterm recovery in crime free recovery and crime free behavior. In some states, oxford house h
In institute survey, more than one third of americans cannot name a single First Amendment right. 46 percent cannot even identify freedom of speech is one of those rights. Some 10 percent of College Graduates think that judge judy is a Supreme Court justice. I think all of us in this room are troubled about this state of affairs. The opening of the Learning Center marks the important milestone. The justice for all court and the Community Civic Education Initiative of the court of the Second Circuit. In this beautiful space, young people get to experience a world beyond the classroom walls to give them the tools to pursue the truth by learning research skill. It allows them to Work Together on group project. It helps to know that they have a role in building a better country. The judicial conference. One of the positions of the committee was to increase public understanding of the courts. We commissioned a study through the judicial center. Highlighted work that was being done. I became
Rendon. That video showing the wild gun battle chase and crash that left the suspect dead in a number of deputies injured. Our Crime Reporter henry lee, live at the Santa Rosa Police department with the latest. Henry yeah. Authorities say deputies involved in this rolling confrontation are very lucky that they were not more seriously hurt by gunfire. But one deputy was critically hurt when he was hit by a second deputys car after Authorities Say a gunman with an ak 47 style rifle opens fire at a Sonoma County sheriffs car, deputies confront the suspect. We see hands. The suspect responds with more gunfire, even as other deputies converge on him near santa rosa. Just after midnight on march 4th. Got one subject in the car moving around a lot. Shots fired. Deputy then returns fire. And what would be the first of several exchanges of gunfire during a harrowing confrontation . It all began when the suspect brandished the rifle at a nightclub at the corner of stony point and todd road, wher