Country, and he felt that he needed to respond in a way that i think took a lot of courage. For him to basically say that we have a situation where a young man is basically convicted of his own murder, that someone can hunt you down and then say, im afraid and kill you. He made it clear that Trayvon Martin had rights as well. And he made it clear as well that africanamerican men, for history, for a very long time, have had to deal with this problem. You know, as i talk to people inside the white house, there was a sense that he wanted to provide context for this debate. And i think its important for people who may have missed the comments to hear a little bit more from the president on friday, again, comparing himself to Trayvon Martin. I want to show a portion of that. When Trayvon Martin was first shot, i said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is, Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the Africanamerican Community,
Volunteers and the director of Government Relations for the San Francisco Unified School District in the 90s. She was one of the first advocates for and facilitators for s use of technology in San Francisco and san jose and became a successful business woman running a Retail Business and will be remembered as a fierce advocate for womans rights and a leader of the San Francisco chapter of the national womans political caucus and however, the thing that all who knew her will remember most about her is her passion for her family and friends. She was married for 49 years, to jay, b hunt and had two children, david and deborah and two grand sons who i had the pleasure of meeting. If you visit the website and built and maintained by her daughter you will be amazed by the depth and the friends that they share for the decades, she was born in connecticut and earned degrees. And she was the person most responsible for turning the San Francisco School Volunteers from a small, volunteer organiza
The not so smooth criminal arrived at the San Francisco court in a stolen car and was promptly arrested by police once again. We appreciate you joining us today. Thank you so much. Have a great day. Fox friends starts now. Bye. Good morning everyone. It is thursday, thec first of may, 2014. Im anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. We begin with a fox news alert. Torrential rains soaking the country. One sink hole the size of a city block and more water on the day. We have tips you need to survive a flash flood. Tension in the white house has the administration scrambeling emails linking the white house to a benghazi coverup. Why did it take a court case for you to release this . I can say this again and again, this document was not about tkpwepbgz. Not about benghazi . Then why was the email titled benghazi, mr. Carney. Russiac pushing back on sanctions saying that bear on a trampoline is now your own only ticket to space. Wow. Shepherd must be happy. Mornings, according to every
Congresswoman marcia fudge. Author and pbs host tavis smiley, former chairman of the rnc, michael steele, and harvard law professor, charles ogletree. Plus, the remarkable financial collapse of a major american city. Detroit files for bankruptcy. Whats next for its residents including thousands of City Employees and retirees. And what does it say about the plight of americas cities in this fragile economic recovery . Well hear from the current and former governors of the state. The man now in office, republican rick snyder and his predecessor, democrat jennifer granholm. Plus insights and analysis from david brooks of the New York Times and Nbcs Chuck Todd. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press with david gregory. Good sunday morning. A week after the not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman, justice for trayvon rallies held outside federal buildings yesterday in 100 u. S. Cities including new york, here in washington
Now after today ill be the former side kick to gretchen carlson. No way. I know youre going to be fantastic. We have so much news to get to today. Looking forward to it. He me as well. Thank you so much, governor. Breaking right now. Torontos rehabilitated cracksmoking mayor may be spending his last day in charge. Mayor rob ford reportedly dropping his bid for mayor in next months election. Apparently not for the reasons you may think. Trace gallagher live with mosh on that. Ill till, gretchen. We thought the News Conference was going to be the top of the hour, but we still have not gotten a signal. It might be at mount sinai hospital where rob ford is being treated for a mass in his stomach or it might be at city hall where his brother doug ford might make a statement. Now, heres the reason. You might want to get a score card because we have some Musical Chairs going on in the toronto mayors race. We have just learned an hour ago that rob ford has pulled out of the race because he was