Indiana. Also the cato institutes ian vasquez looks at the future of u. S. cuban relations in a trump administration. Postfidel castro. And Boston University assistant professor linda spraug martinez looks at a new report looking at the safety of young people of color and what impact the lack of access to overall support and opportunity has on them. Cspans washington journal. Live beginning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern saturday morning. Join the discussion. At a pentagon briefing today, Afghanistan Military Operations Commander general John Nicholson wrapped up 2016s military operations and counterterror efforts in the country. This is about an hour. Folks, weve got about 45 minutes and ten minutes of opening comments. Ill be calling questions for general nicholson. Sir, all yours. Thanks, jeff. Good morning, everyone. Great to be back with you all again. Want to thank you for covering our mission in afghanistan. What id like to do this time since my last update in september is review 2016 an
Finishing up here at the National Press club. You can see this on our website cspan. Org. Going to a conversation with World Bank President jim yong kim. Hell be talking about preventing the next pandemic. This is happening at center for strategic and International Studies here in washington. Should start in just a moment. Good morning and welcome to csis. Welcome to those who are joining us online and those who are coming in via cspan and else where. Its an honor to be here today to welcome dr. Jim yong kim president of the world bank to speak on how to better prepare ourselves for future out breaks in this era of the new normal of recurrent out bakreaks weve se. Im the Senior Vice President here at csis. Just a few minutes of opening remarks. Dr. Kim has been president of the bank since 2012. And in that time has used his leadership quite strategically to bring about many changes internally and externally. Hes positioned the bank to be a lead player, a key player in pandemics, in sup
Extraordinary life. Its as if Marian Wright edelman has this forrest gump life. She was in these places, in extraordinary places, and every page you turn of your life story is like, she was there, too . I guess im not even sure where to start. South carolina, your parents are very hardworking, your mom is an organizer, but even when you were a kid in school in south carolina, you end up crossing paths with langston hughes. Well, ive always felt so lucky to have been born who i was, where i was, with the parents i had. And at the time, i was born in the convergence of great people and great historical events. And so i wouldnt have been anybody else, even though it has not always been an easy life. And in south carolina, in my little, rural, segregated town, the outside world was not very friendly and not very supportive of black children. They told me basically in a segregated small town in the 40s and the 50s that, as a black girl, i wasnt worth very much. Hinojosa and you would hear t
Trump,favored donald 202 7488002. All others, the line is 202 7488003. Go ahead and start dialing now. You can also find us on social media. Send us a tweet. You can find us on facebook. Rubio trump and marco went after each other on friday. The Washington Post is calling this an allout brawl. Here is the story from this morning. They emerged friday as the principal antagonists and an all out brawl for the future of the Republican Party. An establishment opposition to the front runner candidacy began to crumble with a highprofile endorsement by Chris Christie. During what it was hectic inconsequential days of the Campaign Rubio dramatically escalated a verbal assault on the real estate mogul, granting him a con artist attending a hijack the party. He attracted a wave of endorsements. Trump responded with namecalling. The wall street journal includes these comments from both marco rubio and donald trump. A little bit on their spat. Christie embraces trump. Marco rubio can never make it.
And in the department of defense, when people are still in uniform, were focused on this. Letting people know that its not a weakness, its a strength for you to seek out help when you are suffering from severe depression or other, you know, challenges like that. With respect to young people, you know, id be interested this is one where i think id really like to hear from all of you. Because this is a story i hear too often. When i was at standing rock, i mean, it was just the number of stories that i heard was heartbreaking. And we can provide more resources, and we are doing so, ive asked sali and others to really focus on how do we prevent suicide a, addiction, provide more Mental Health services and counseling, but i think id love to hear from you guys who are in it. What you think would make the biggest difference. What you think would be most helpful. Since you asked it, why dont you i feel like its very taboo to speak about it in native american communities, especially the older