I know you dont believe it [laughter] pete will and rachel are arguing again. [laughter] rachel no, were not. Pete shes taking credit for something well talk about later. Imaive degraw, soldier. I didnt know he had a song called soldier. Im going to have to check it out. Beautiful sunset sunrise, excuse me. Rachel wheres that at . Pete south carolina. That looks like south carolina, doesnt it . Oh, there the he is. Hes going out on the dock. Has no idea that rachel hes on fox friends. Pete lets hope he keeps it rachel doesnt take his clothes off. [laughter] pete keep it pg, buddy. Rachel oh, boy. Pete welcome to fox friends. 7 00 eastern time hour. Its also eastern time in texas, i guess thats true. Rachel are you thinking about rome . Pete i do think about rome, what it would have been like, you know . The roman soldiers that were there at the crucifixion. Its all very they were there at so many confluences. Rachel yeah. Do you think about rome . Will not as a often as this meme would
Everyone quiet but you all got quite all by yourself with no direction. My name is jason botel with the department of education. I want to welcome you and thank you very much for coming to the k12 education summit. We appreciate you all being here and looking forward to a great conversation. In just a moment secretary devos oh, but before she does just what wanted to say couple housekeeping things. We have bottled water and coffee in the back seat can feel free to partake. And there are restrooms at the ends of the holes. If you do leave the building you can come back in but you have to go through security again, so just wanted to warn you about that. Those of you who will be participating in the conversation, you have microphones in front of you, you do need to turn the von when youre about to talk. Theres a button that says talk. The red light will come on which will tell you microphone is active. When youre not speaking please turn it off. We would appreciate that and you would prob
There is water and coffee in the back so feel free to partake. The restrooms at the end of the hall. If you leave the building you can come back in but you will have to go through security. Those of you who will be participating in the conversation, you have microphones in front of you. You do need to turn them on when you are about to talk. I think theres a button that says talk. Turn it on, the red light will come on which will tell you the microphone is active. Were not speaking, please turn it off. We would appreciate that and you probably prefer we dont hear any private conversations as well. Those were speaking, we appreciate you being here. We ask that you keep your arm remarks to about ten minutes but i will be sitting with the secretary and try not to be obnoxious but i may waive or give you an indication if youre getting close to the ten minutes and asked that you wrap up quickly when that happens. We are looking forward to a great conversation talking about innovation in k12
A single shred of evidence that might support the inflammatory flames heard on the floor of the u. S. Senate used to block a u. N. Treaty. A treaty meant to improve the lives of millions of disabled people around the world. Hundreds of millions. The treaty is called the United Nations conventions on the rights of persons with disabilities. It was modeled on the americans with disabilities act. The treaty was meant to encourage other countries to be more like the u. S. On the issue of equal rights for the disabled. Also disabled americans who visit or live in other countries could potentially benefit from the u. N. Treaty. 125 countries ratified it. But on tuesday, 38 u. S. Republican senators voted against it. There names are right there. Some of them flipflopped at the last minute. Some had signaled support for the treaty and then indicated theyd vote for it only to vote against it. One of the measures cosponsored, jerry mirrand, actually voted against it. So the guy who cosponsored i
Encourage other countries to be more like the u. S. On the issue of equal rights for the disabled. Also disabled americans or vets who visit or live in other countries could potentially benefit from the treaty. 125 countries ratified the treaty but on tuesday, 38 u. S. Republicans, senators, voted against it. Their names right there on the right of the screen. Some of them flipflopped at the last minute, some senators had actually signaled support for the treaty, then indicated that they would vote for it only to vote against it. One of the actual measures cosponsors of it, he actually voted against it. One of the cosponsors. Amazing. He voted against the bill he had cosponsored. We asked him to come on the program yesterday, today as well. He declined. A former senator got involved on this as well, rick santorum, whose 4yearold daughter bella is disabled. He was one of the treatys strongest opponents. Heres what he said last month. This is a direct assault on us and our family to hand