Live from noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern. Yesterday the Treasury Department discussed Economic Growth and Currency Exchange rates at a form hosted by the Jack Kemp Foundation. He is introduced by foundation president. The son of former congressman. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Joining us today. My name is jim kemp. We had been around for about nine years and we have a very International Audience today. Many people in the United States remember him mostly for being an nfl quarterback for 13 years for the Buffalo Bills and most of that time in the 1960s after he have a sufficient number of concussions he decided it was appropriate to run for the United States congress. In 1970 my dad was elected for Congress Just outside of buffalo new york. And serve in congress for 18 years. Until he ran for president in 1998. Unsuccessfully losing to George Hw Bush in the primary. They served for four years. And then he went into what he called the political wilderness. In the early 90s. And he was ver
And come into the city of l. A. And i think who wouldnt want to work at a mcdonalds for 15 an hour when another place is stuck at ten . And when the employer of a mcdonalds in los angeles can pick the very best, they will get the very best. Okay. Media or club members. Hi. My name is jordan. Im with the sherman press agency. Hi. So with the minimum wage at 15, do you encourage all cities, all states, even in the u. S. To raise to 15 or do you think that l. A. Is in a unique position with population, cost of living . I dont. I think that 15 is a good goal. I guess i would, but different years. I mean, 15 is a fine number to organize, but i think it would be great to raise the basement nationally. But were not seeing that happen in congress anytime soon. I hope it will and it has very strong bypartson support support from republicans and democrats. But i think different economies are different. The cost of living is different different places, and you need to indicator it towards what is
From republicans and democrats. But i think different economies are different. The cost of living is different different places, and you need to indicator it towards what is right for your own city. Well take one or two more and then well be done. Kevin forking with the associated press. How are you . Since you require a injury additional order for the detainer requests, what has the impact been and have you seen a decline in requests since then . No. Weve seen it be pretty constant and weve talked to i. C. E. Theyve asked, do you want to have a few crimes that are in a different category . Thats probably the new pep discussions and weve engaged dhs and some of our immigrant groups in los angeles to see whether thats something of a future. But we havent seen a decline or an increase. Its been pretty constant because thats something that weve had before. Obviously, the overall we had that policy in place long before we kind of made it official that informally we just we dont have the ti
Need . Well, first, i would like to thank the interactivity foundation, open Society Foundation and helping the Community Start a dialogue of dealing with the issues and challenges of moms in our community especially places in washington, d. C. Where 91 of the 15 to 17yearolds are raised by Single Parents most of them mothers. It is very hard. You have peer pressure. You have social media. You have a lot of these mothers living in poverty and theres no a lot of conditions theyre in. A lot of people expect something to fall out of the sky and we dont have a strategy to uplift this population of women. They have done a great job right, but we havent ended poverty in america and in d. C. A lot of the moms are being pushed out. A lot of anxiety kicking in. Even our younger girls now in d. C. , 30 of the lockups in Juvenile Court are young females. Most of them for violent crime. Thats because we havent dealt with the fact that hurt people hurt people and a lot of the parents are dealing wi
That night stood in front of his 87yearold aunt susie and said, you dont have to do this. We mean no harm to you. I introduced them to cynthia hern whose life motto was to be kinder than necessary. That is now my life motto. Every opportunity have, i mentioned the nine we lost and the three survivors. The emmanuel 12. Those 12 who took in someone that night who didnt look like them, didnt act like them, didnt sound like them. They didnt call the police. They didnt throw him out. Instead, they pulled up a chair and they prayed with him for an our. I mention them because i dont want to be just the families that know their love and compassion and greatness of these amazing people. I want the whole world to know them as my children and i do. The second thing that needed to happen was removing the Confederate Flag from our state house grounds. There are many honorable, decent people in our state who revere that flag. They are not racist. They are the same people who twice elected an african