Political grab for votes. Were asking our viewers what you think. Those who have been convicted of a felony should lose the right to vote for life . At what point should the right to vote be restored. 2027488001. Democrats 2027488000. 2027488002. And special line for convicted felons. 2027488003. You can all catch up with us on media on twitter at cspan, on facebook and facebook. Com cspan. Very good Tuesday Morning to you. In this country nearly 6 million american citizens are unable to criminal se of past convictions. Yesterday the governor of irginia sought to do something about it in a ceremony at the virginia civil rights memorial talked about his renewed push to restore Voting Rights for some convicted felons. A bit of what he had to say. Today we are here to talk about an issue of justice. The restoration of civil rights. This is an issue that i have about for many, many years. I personally believe in the of Second Chances and dignity and worth of every single human being. Exten
Thursday. A weather alert day. Weve been talking about it for a couple of days. Moderate to briefly heavy rain will really slow down your morning commute. It means well put out postings on our storm team 4 page. More alerts on our washington app as well. Theres the moderate rain south and west, but those Little Pockets of moderate rain are only about an hour to an hour and a half to the capital beltway. Well Start Talking about when this actually comes to an end which may be later than we thought. Thats coming up in ten minutes. For now, it is traffic time. Heres melissa. Good morning. We still have this problem at the top of the beltway at georgia avenue. We went yellow. I spoke to police. Just the left lane is getting by that accident. A warning for you there. Could get a little nasty if it doesnt get out of the way in the next couple of minutes. No problems northbound or southbound. Right now amelia segal in storm team 4. You can see the wet roads and wipers working here this mornin
Rebuild, its always your prerogative to destroy. But i do think we ought to be paying attention to how that issue gets resolve ised because resolved because people will be brokering for power positions in the process of rebuilding, and its a new way to establish dominance. And perhaps through the ngoization of the area to undermine popular struggles for political selfdetermination. In the corner over here. And then well come back. Thank you very much for being here. I wanted to explore a little bit your discussion of working in solidarity with palestinians and, in fact, other oppressed peoples. From where you stand. As a, um, half jewish women with a palestinianamerican daughter who lived in palestine for several years but now living here in the United States, how does one do that with integrity . Because, you know, as someone whos an activist, as a writer, im also aware of this concept and have, in fact, been told, well, you must work in your community. What does that mean to you . Ho
Committee we rely on is something called nancy which is the National Counselor for local portability and they have made a recommendation for the contract for the entity that will provide that particular service. That is an item that got a lot of press over the last few weeks and that is one of the items on the agenda. You probably guessed i will talk about that as much other than to say we have a recommendation and we will vote on that at the march meeting are there concerns this would go a foreign head quartered company ericson . These are some of the things that have been looked out by not just the fcc, but you probably know there are a number of eyes on this particular item. You know rest assured all of the protocols and input we would have to consider those things have been done and we will have the capacity ability to make a decision based on all of that that has been cleared. That part has been done and we will be able to make a clean decision in a couple weeks. And one last ques
Codes people need to find a chair here in the room or go to the overflow room in room 408 so if we could fill in the empty seats approval for the minutes of the march 17. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor, say i. Opposed . The is have it. Item 5 directors please be advised no closed session at the end of today is agenda item 6 unfinished. Excuse me. Ladies and gentlemen, please okay. Go ahead. Item 6 introduction of new business by Board Members. Approved. Thank you just hearing from the Disability Community a few others around the communities have advised concerns about the private counterpart shuttles on charge i do not and thank yous some Movement Based name those contribute to people getting around town, however there are concerns about the lack of accessibility for people in wheelchairs and guide dogs perhaps get a report on what necessary deal with mta at all whether they use our stops to comply with concern laws would be really good for us to know. Director reiskin can you