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
I was doing a lot of work. Sewing my seeds and the harvest came up. I was out there working and American Radio Networks recognized my work. They said, we may have a position open and i said okay. I thought it was for a dc bureau chief. Mind you, i had done local government. I even dabbled in washington. I anchored the weekends at wtop. But never in my wildest dreams would i imagine id be questioning american president s and they would call me by name. Well, at least three. But i did the work. And i started out local. Local being baltimore. My home, my love, being baltimore city. I came south and said lets try this. I thought id be there actually, i didnt want to stay when i first got here. I thought id stay for 23 years. Ive been here for 23. I started out being a reporter and i realized coming in what power was. Washington power was having a president call your name. The people who kept telling me i needed to have a president call me by name meaning the first president i covered, wher