Community leaders of america. This is about 15 minutes. [applause] on the National Vice president of finance for a family career and community they does of america. Its a great honor for me and the rest of the youth representative organizations to be here celebrating the innovations in career Technical Education. Current Technical Education has influenced my life and my high school career. I entered into two pathways, culinary arts in business management. They went beyond teaching me to Technical Skills but also, indeed taught life skills. How to make a hollandaise sauce creme brulee, computer programming. But i was given the foundations i needed to determine my career interests and prepare me for managing and expecting life challenges. April last year i was selected as a taxes National Officer candidate, a huge honor and a great achievement. I was involved in a major traffic crash when a distracted driver hit our School Vehicle head on. I suffered critical injuries including a traumat
Here is the divide. The republicans, of course support School Choice and a number of items. Thats important. You cant support a School Choice option and leave the Public Schools untapped. You need to make sure states have the right to republicanun run schools the way they should. There shouldnt be a regulatory hurdle that stifles programs. We strangle, i think unfortunately too innovation innovation. And lastly, if the parents, both democrats and republicans, are telling you they want options, be open to options. This will be a challenge for democrats. With over 130 million being invested between 1990 and 2014 from nea and aft into democratic candidates. They have a very fine line to walk because thats a Public School constituency. Money coming from public unions. And yet some of your people are saying we want something elgs. That should be a National Conversation but ultimately supported at the state level. Id say state first, National Conversation but let the states do what they need
Differences between the two countries. Yesterday, presence of candidates campaigned in New Hampshire and iowa. For a question today in the first 45 minutes take a look at 2016, we want to take a look at social issues, especially in 2016, and if you think they will be a factor, invite of the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. Here is how you can let us know your thoughts on social issues. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. For independents 202 7458002 202 7458002,. You can post on our twitter page , cspanwj. You can also post on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. On the front page of the New York Times it takes a look at technology and campaigning specifically selfies. Yesterday, a popular day to be campaigning, especially as 2016 comes about. The folks at gallup did a recent poll, looking at americans and their attitudes towards various types of social issues. You can find on their website. It shows a little bit how thin
Three men and a woman believed to be members of the puerto rican nationalist gang in november 1950 its up to the assassination of president truman opened fire from the visitors gallery of the house of representatives. Five congressmen were hit. Clifford davis of tennessee, Kenneth Roberts of alabama on it george allen of maryland, Robert Bentley at michigan who was seriously injured. The gun wielders of the able to station of having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in americas history. It was one of the most violent acts that happened in there were debates right after that that you cannot let this happen again. We need to wall off the visitors gallery with bulletproof glass so this could never happen again. The more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said it was a bad idea. This is the peoples house, and the people cannot be walled off from what is going on there. The Capital Building is a symbol. That makes it a target. Dimension the british building
How Political Parties have used the memory of lincoln. Let me introduce our next speaker. Michael kauffman is one of the leading historians of the lincoln assassination. He is author of american brutus John Wilkes Booth and lincoln conspiracies, which was named by the New York Times and the Washington Post as one of the best nonfiction books of 2004. There are copies of the paperback version on the Registration Table that you can purchase after our program is concluded. His other works include in the footsteps of an assassin and a modern edition of memoirs of a lincoln conspirator. His bus tours of the John Wilkes Booth escape route have been popular for many years. He has lectured throughout the country, appeared on Many Television documentaries. Civil war historian william c. Davis, jack davis, once wrote no one has studied booth longer or in more depth than michael w. Kauffman, a wellknown voice of reason in the field of assassination studies. Today, Michael Kauffman will talk to us