We are pleased to be with you here today at Eastern High School. We have a wonderful guest speaker. Many times, leaders have a very uncommon vision and uncommon commitment to excellence, convictions. I think we will hear all of that this morning. We are in for a very special treat. This program, the students and leaders program, is a wonderful opportunity to bring leaders back to the classroom to show young people the values of public service, the importance of leadership, and to give people an opportunity to become more involved in government and more aware of the issues that face our society. Comcast,ur partner at it is one of the very special ways we are able to do that every day. Cablees our audiences on a chance to see their government firsthand, whether it is from the floor of the house of representatives, the senate, or special debates about public policy. It is a wonderful way, and a gift to the cable industry, to see how our Government Works and how we can all be better citize
Mallory factor. Prof. Factor todays topic is cultural conservatism and the religious right. Our discussion will center on the genesis of the pro family grassroots movement. Our speaker will share with you never before shared details about the ordinary people that sparked culture shifting events and a movement that led to the rise of the religious right and the nomination of Ronald Reagan. Youre going to hear about the role of bringing people from across denominational lines to fight the equal rights amendment. That fight led to the formation of a voting bloc that remains an unstoppable Political Force and has become the base of todays Republican Party. But enough hearing from me. Id like to introduce now our guest lecturer, Phyllis Schlafly. Shes been called the godmother of the modern conservative movement. Shes been a conservative leader since 1964 when she selfpublished her best selling book a choice, not an echo. Shes been a leader of the pro Family Movement since 1972 when she sta
Its sunday, july 26. Well get to those scene nz js just a moment, but first we want to get to your weekend forecast. Good morning, lisa. Good morning. Waking up to fog and milder temperatures out there. Mainly the mid to upper 50s. You can see the fog. The sun was up at 6 08. 57 downtown. 62 oakland, san jose 59. As we look at emoryville, clouds in santa rosa, concord and livermore with the wind at 15 miles an hour. Clouds giving way to sunshine in the city with an afternoon sea breeze, but as we go through the noon hour, were already in the 80s inland towards 90 by the afternoon. Upper 70s around the bay. The fog comes back tonight. We do have some minor change for the week ahead with cooling and warming in the 7day outlook. Ill have it for you, coming up. Liz . Lisa, thank you. It started in downtown oakland to lake merritt. We have a birds eye view of demonstrators marching in support of black lives matter in portland. You can see protesters holding up peace signs as they walk aroun
People that were gathered i saw people from all different backgrounds, people from all different parts of this nation that came to honor an American Hero as he made his final journey across this bridge. And you know, back in march, john lewis was here and he gave some parting advice to the next generation to get in good trouble. To get in the way. And so many people that came out here today say they want to continue on his legacy. They wanted to come here to say goodbye and let him know that we got it from here, george. Thomas, one of the last of his generation. George, the greatest generation of civil rights leaders, were losing them one by we lost reverend lowery in march. In the past days we lost c. T. Vivian. John lewis believed that this new generation could take on the torch and get the job done, continue to push forward. We shall see, george. And byron pitts, it comes at a time when america as i said is so divided and is trying to figure out where the fights are for this new gen
Host our guest reporter is cat zakrzewski of the Washington Post. Mr. Spalter, if you could begin by reminding us what u. S. Telecom is and who you represent. Guest thank you very much, peter. It is great to be here paid ira present the future of connectivity. The members of the u. S. Telecom are the innovators and Technology Company that deliver the networks of the future to all americans. We have Large National providers like at t and verizon and a wonderful regional providers like consolidated frontier and windstream and Alaska Communications but we also represent a number of our smallest providers serving a Rural Communities across the country and around us as well its one of the most innovative Global Technology and prizes like cisco and ericsson and they are also a part of our effort to raise the bar when it comes to this Important Technology which is broadband. Host give us a snapshot, if you would, mr. Spalter of the last couple of months for your Member Companies. Guest i thin