Talk about Police Brutality and profiling. April. Next question mr. President. [laughter] mr. President i need to find out from you. April ryan how did a selfdescribed workingclass black girl from baltimore get to ask for us president s questions i get called out by every one of them. This is your life and 23 years later and i was out there working and they recognized my work and said we may have a position open and i said okay i thought it was for the dc bureau chief i did not know was for the white house. I even got folded washington and anchored on the weekends but never in my wildest dreams would i imagine i would be questioning for american president s and they call me by name. E. T i did the work. I started local. Being baltimore. I love baltimore city. It was about 36 miles away south and so lets try this. I thought i would be there may be only stay two or three years and i have been here 23. I just started out being a reporter and i realized coming in washington power was havin
House Police Fatality and police profiling. April, mr. President , two questions, one energy and outside of the economy. Thank you, mr. President , last question i guess. [laughter] mr. President i need to find out from you. April ryan, how did the selfdescribed workingclass black girl from baltimore get to ask for u. S. Questions and get called out by everyone of them. I thought this was your life almost, a young april with bill clinton in 23 years later it makes you wonder, how do they get there, i was doing a lot of work, selling my seed when the harvest came up, i was out there working with American Radio Network recognized my work, they said look we may have a position open and i said okay and i thought it was for d. C. Bureau chief, they never told me it was the white house, mind you i had done local and washington and i anchored the weekends at w cop but never in my wildest dream what i imagine that i would be questioning for american president s and they called me by name, at l
Of the trump white house. Mr. President , for many years civil rights leaders have called for white house help or Police Brutality and police profiling. April. [inaudible] april, go ahead. Thank you, mr. President. Last question. [inaudible] yes. This is going to be a bad question, but thats okay. Go ahead. Mr. President , i need to find out from you, you said something april ryan, how did a selfdescribed workingclass black girl from baltimore get to ask for u. S. President s questions and get called out by every one of them. How did you get there . This is your life almost. This young green april with bill clinton and now 23 years later, it makes you wonder. How did i get there . I was doing a lot of work. I was filling my seat. I waswo out there working and Radio Network recognized my work. They said, look, we may have a position open. I said, okay. I thought it was for d. C. Bureau chief. I never thought it was for the white house. Mind you, i had done local governance. I had even d
And also youth ambassador. So, its just really fun, and you get to learn leadership, you get to experience like being part of the team. And my favorite part is that you get your word out into the public, like you could speak for what you believe in. Damian the name of your team is the tobacco free trailblazers. Graciela yes. Damian why that, why that name . Graciela so, actually my friend anna recommended it to me. And its so tobaccofree because im antitobacco. Trailblazers because, like, i want the trail to like blaze, you know . So, like i want to, like, make the path like clear, like yeah, i just want to blaze the path. Damian brandy, i would imagine that you have to stay on top of your game to keep up with your daughter. Brandy navarro i do. Damian shes so bright and intelligent. Brandy i do. Graciela thank you. Damian tell us about why this is important to the family, having her as an ambassador. Brandy for us, its important to be able to see the youth be able to vocalize themselv
Is my distinct privilege to be the first Maryland Governor to begin a state of the state address buying saying madam speaker. Just put in the applause applause mister president , up laughs , members of the General Assembly, and distinguished guests, it speaks to the greatness and diversity of our state and to the. The progress that we have made together that a young lawyer from Baltimore City, an African American leader from Baltimore County and a republican businessman from Prince George are all here before this General Assembly having been chosen to lead our great state at the dawn of this new decade. This is possible because of those who came before us, selfless leaders like George Washington who resigned as commander of the continental forces just a few steps down the hall in our old senate chamber, Frances Scott key who in the future of a fledgling nation was in doubt penned the words that continue to inspire us today, and trail blazers like Harriet Tuchman and frederick douglas,