[applause] all right, everybody. Thank you, phil. I want to thank you all for being here this afternoon and i welcome all of you to Georgetown University. We are gathered and behind me is hawkins hall. [applause] there. T which we are here to dedicate this afternoon, along with and along with ann marie beechcraft hall, just a short from here. I wish to offer a special welcome to our community who are present this afternoon, some traveling a great distance to be here for this day which includes this dedication, our energy of remembrance, contrition and hope which concluded just a few months ago, and some special gatherings and presentations into the afternoon and this evening. I welcome all of you, especially the members of the hawkins family and all of the extended members of your family. We are grateful and honored by your presence and by the efforts of so many around the nation to share in the events with us, online and in new orleans and baton rouge. We want to thank you all. [appla
While we wait for this event with Health Secretary Sylvia Burwell to get under way, well show you some of todays white house briefing. Good afternoon, everybody. I to not have any announcements at the top, so we can go straight to questions. Could you say what role the white house played, if any, in terry carter ordering the pentagon to stop recruitment recoupment of the enlistment bonuses sought from some guard members . Mr. Earnest as you know, the president makes the fair treatment of our Service Members a top priority. Officials at the department of defense and as i alluded to yesterday, the president has been pleased to see in the last 24 hours the department of defense make some specific commitments to ensuring that our Service Members are treated fairly. When a promise is made to our men and women in uniform, we should keep it. Certainly thats the view of the president. And we certainly want to avoid a situation where Service Members are punished because of nefarious or fraudule
Politician. I think we are in for a bumpy ride, no matter who wins. Host thank you so much for joining us. Stay tuned on cspan, we will be giving you live coverage of the campaign. Bill clinton will be making a 1 30in columbus, ohio at eastern. Later on this evening, donald campaigning in phoenix. Also, tomorrow, on washington journal you can look for john fortier. He will be discussing campaign 2016. We will also speak in phoenix. Also, tomorrow, on washington journal you can look for john fortier. He will be discussing campaign 2016. We will also speak with chains and deborah fallows speaking about u. S. Migrant communities. Ann coulteroulter will discuss the election. Fear back here tomorrow. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] coming up this morning on cspan, health and Human Services secretary Sylvia Burwell weeks about the
Professor brown was a champion of the africanAmerican History of washington, d. C. Its a real thrill for me to be able to honor her work and life in this forum. It was touching and moving to hear your recollections of your grandmother. I cant tell you how happy it that me to hear from you she would approve of and appreciate the work we are doing at georgetown. Thats free much the best introduction ive ever gotten. [laughter] in my life. I really appreciate that. I would also like to thank the National Archives for hosting us. And for all of you for being here in person or perhaps watching remotely, through the magic of youtube or maybe later on on cspan. I just really appreciate your interest in history. Teaching it seems like and learning about history is an uphill battle. We are so focused on the present , we look forward to the future and few of us stop to reflect on the past and where we come from and how it shakes shapes where we are today. History, to think about its impact on ou
It hasnt. Yet the camera continues to issue tickets. I think the county should refund the issue issued since the standard have changed. Chris a lot of ticket. This is one of the county east most profitable. In the past 14 months it has issued 4,600 tickets for nearly 350,000. I have a concern they were delays making the change because they didnt want to disrupt the ticket, the flow of tickets from the camera. The iteam contacted montgomery c transportation and the Police Department. But no one would go on camera to discuss this camera. We got an email. They said, the current timing meets the federal guidelines. The county executive office added avoiding a ticket is simple. Do not enter the intersection when the light has turned red. The Police Department department stated, even though the intersection is within the state and federal until the timing can be adjusted. But peggy says it is not enough. This absolutely should be voided. No way on the planet this is fair. Chris as far as the