Laura anthony. Hanging out with the fans today. Laura, tough assignment there. Reporter this is the Biggest Party ive seen for the as outside of the coliseum in the many years ive been covering the as. Are you excited . Yeah reporter these guys started showing up at 11 00 this morning. They are expecting more than 52,000 people to pack the coliseum tonight. Lets talk to some of the fans. This is ricky, right . Ricky from richmond. Hello. Ricky from richmond. You have a moniker for the series. Were lucky enough to be able to say that this is our quest for ten. If we get this, this will be our tenth World Championship for the oakland athletics. Not many teams can say that. No other teams in the bay ar area. They the the house will be super loud. Lets go as reporter that was ricky from richmond. Lets check out these guys. Where are you from . Were from vacaville, california. Im a. J. Youre here with a bunch of friends. Whats this like to be here . This is a huge game. This is a Good Oppor
Driving his ford fiesta into cyclist and Police Outside parliament. Cyclists. The conservative leadership candidates Boris Johnson and jeremy huntare candidates Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt are due to take their place in their final hustings before one of them becomes the countrys next Prime Minister. We can take you to the scene live at the excel centre which is in east london. The audience are eagerly awaiting this final hustings. We are told by the conservative press office that there are around 2500 people in the audience. So this is a big gathering of this last hustings. The format is that Boris Johnson of this last hustings. The format is that borisjohnson will of this last hustings. The format is that Boris Johnson will appear first, followed by jeremy that Boris Johnson will appear first, followed byjeremy hunt, and each candidate is expected to speak and take questions for 45 minutes. There is a video and introduction first, but proceedings proper should get under way at abou
United states and the causes of homelessness. Thank you for being with us this morning. Glad to be here. First, tell us exactly what the National Alliance to end homelessness is. What do you do . Were a National Organization and we look at data and evidence to figure out the solutions to homelessness. Then we work with congress and the administration to get support, good policy for the solutions and we work with communities to implement the solutions. Where do you get your funding . How did it come about and how are you funded . The organization started in the early 80s when homelessness first started to emerge in the country. Its a bipartisan nonpartisan organization, and we get our funding from foundations, corporations, individuals and contracts for technical assistance, and we have conferences and so forth also. So what exactly is the current state of homelessness in the United States . Is it Getting Better . Is it getting worse . Whats going on right now . So there are about 550,0
Edwards live on sunday from noon until 2 pm eastern. And watch live coverage of the 2019 National Book festival on saturday, august 31st on c span 2. We are back with our spotlight on magazine segment and we are talking to adam harris about his article, the education deserts of Rural America. Good morning. First of all, what made you focus on this particular issue . At the aspen idea festival that is hosted by the atlantic, essentially, remarked on how Educational Opportunities are not the same for people in room layer, as they are in urban cities and that comes back to this research that come out that essentially show how the gap has grown between urban environments and rural environments. So what you see is that in rural environments have a closing of the gap of people who have High School Degrees. Essentially you are about as likely to have a degree in Rural America as you are in urban america. The grab has gone. Has gone from 15 to 19 and it is a small increase. But, the gap for pe
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