Proposed requirement beforehanding graduates in chicago their high school diplomas. Introductions under way. Welcome to the National Press club. The place where news happens. My name is andrea. Im part of the breaking newsdesk at Bloomberg News and im Vice President of the National Press club. Before we get started, id like to remind everyone again please in our audience to please silence your telephones. Our viewing and listening audience, feel free to also follow along on twitter using the hash tag press club. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware in our audience today are members of the general public. So any applause or reaction that you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. Now id like to introduce our head table. Please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. Head table participants stand up when i say your name. We have jamal abdul alim, senior staff writer of diverse issues and Higher Education. We have jer
Welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. My name is andrea edney. Im part of the breaking news desk at Bloomberg News and im Vice President of the National Press club. Before we get started i would like to remind everyone again, please, to in our inhouse audience to please silence cellphones if you havent already. For our viewing and listening audience follow along on twitter using the pressclub. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware in our audience today are members of the general public. Any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. Now, i would like to introduce our head table. Please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. Head table participants, please stand up when i say your name. We have jamaal abdul allen, senior staff writer at diverse issues in Higher Education. We have jerry weller, former u. S. Representative from illinoiss 11th district and president of t
Welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. My name is andrea edney. Im part of the breaking news desk at Bloomberg News and im Vice President of the National Press club. Before we get started i would like to remind everyone again, please, to in our inhouse audience to please silence cellphones if you havent already. For our viewing and listening audience follow along on twitter using the pressclub. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware in our audience today are members of the general public. Any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. Now, i would like to introduce our head table. Please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. Head table participants, please stand up when i say your name. We have jamaal abdul allen, senior staff writer at diverse issues in Higher Education. We have jerry weller, former u. S. Representative from illinoiss 11th district and president of t
Urbandale high school. Then about two miles and 20 minutes later south of the Merle Hay Mall with a different officer. At a briefing following the capture, police said greene became a person of interest very quickly. It was somebody who was known to Law Enforcement. Th e leads we started developing at the scene pointed us in his direction more leads came in an detectives determined he was somebody we wanted to talk to. Police say the suspect fired multiple times at each officer apparently giving he gravel road just off i80 about 35 miles west of the shooting. Urbandale authorities, who searched the home where greene lived today, said theyd had run ins with the suspect before including just a few weeks ago at the High School Football field. Greene was in the stands displaying a Confederate Flag when he was escorted out. My son called me to have me pick him up early from the football game. It apparently involved a Confederate Flag and he wouldnt police say they arent sure if that inciden
Crosswalk on boulder highway. But didnt make it to the other side in time. Im christine maddela. Im john huck. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg went to the site of the crash today. And recreated the walk. Cyndi what did you find out. In december the Nevada Department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason. Those changes are behind schedule. Its the deadliest stretch of roadway in the valley. Nats last year on boulder highway. 12 pedestrians. 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. Wednesday night. A similiar story. A man walking across the road just after 11. Was hit and killed. I spoke to the nevada Highway Patrol in december about for a number of years thats tony illia with ndot. And he went on to tell me ndot wwould be making changes. Including. Installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. Ndot said the project would take six to eight months to complete. And eight months later its not completed. Nats