racial discrimination. the president said he s directing his department of education to light the way, so on the subject of what happens next, let us ask the head of that department. united states education secretary miguel cardona, who joins us now. mr. secretary, thank you very much for being here. i know how you feel about this decision, that you said it takes our country backward, the president, though, in trying to look forward as we head into a new era says he wants you, as the department of education to light the way, find new areas. how is that going to look? how is it going to work? thank you for having me. first of all, my message to the students and families who are listening to this decision and worrying, we re going to keep fighting you. as the president said, this is not the last word and we have a plan on trying to make sure we continue to promote rich diversity on our campuses. we know that makes learning better, and everyone wins when they re learning in a
gun legislation in three decades, just a week after a gunman killed seven people in highland park. this legislation is real progress, but more has to be done. those families in highland park, on july 4th a parade became a killing field. the white house being urged to do more on guns as democrats are also calling for more federal action on abortion rights. yeah, there s more that needs to be done. and i know the president knows that. president biden is facing challenging political headwinds as he s hemorrhaging support in his own party ahead of the midterm elections. elections matter. a new poll shows 64% of democrats want a different candidate in the 2024 presidential race and only 26% believe that biden should be renominated. biden is already the oldest president in american history and 33% of democrats who were surveyed voiced concerns about his age. he intends to run. and if he does, i am tend to run with him. so there you go. among all voters, biden s job
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Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. So President Biden vowed to be the most pro Union President in history. He certainly tried to exemplify that today in the Battleground State of michigan where well see former President Trump later today. Hes now the first sitting president to join a strike picket line. Youve earned more than what youre getting paid now. That, the enemy, isnt some foreign country miles away. Its right here in our own area. Its corporate greed. Corporate greed. The president talking about in michigan just a short time ago. We have reached out to all three of the big automakers, the ceos of all of those three big Car Companies. General motors did put out a statement. They declined. Theyre not going to speak publicly at this time about the president s decision to join the picket line this afternoon. G. M. s statement said this its focus is not on politics but bargaining in good face. The president made the short hourlong flight from the white house to michigan today in