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Class one is in we cant say theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police and racism is a big part of that so this story begins with racism and racism thats practiced all the time mostly against black people but i think the reaction to it as you say they were both in was universal and i think the protests obviously were sparked by his chilling but i think they are sustained and growing because of anger about many things in this country people are suffering people are struggling it is something that is almost for bill need to talk about its not an issue in politics the Corporate Media doesnt say anything. About it we already had an economy that was not doing as well as we were told i wouldnt speak of jobs growth its low wage work its getting work its all its not anything that its not living wage were so people were already st
Horrific death of george lloyd which i think it was very i was very pleased that there was a universal virtually universal reaction to this this is this was an atrocity but that seems so long ago when we think of the of the riots and continued protests and the actions of the president here but the messages are always on race and i think thats misguided because at the end of the day this is a class issue it always is a class go ahead. You know in the in the u. S. Race determine what class one is in we can theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police and racism is a big part of that so this story begins with. Racism and racism thats practiced all the time mostly against black people but i think the reaction to it as you say they were both in was universal and i think the protests obviously were sparked by his killing but i th
[laughter] mark thank you for coming. Im mark loiselle, at George Mason University and we author the intelligence policy and National Security that has put on a number of these wonderful programs in the last few years. We will continue to do so. I am very flattered by this turnout. For those of you who dont know jarden George Mason University has a schar School Policy government that provides academic programs in fairfax and arlington, virginia and we have a number of degree programs primarily taught in arlington and Public Policy Public Administration interNational Security studies which has been ranked number two by u. S. News and world report nationally that we are very proud of and i think the Michael Hayden sent her center for Security Policy studies a number of other entities at the school are a very important component of the recognition we have received for being leaders in the field of security studies. Again thank you for being here. I look forward to a great event i want to
Sports. To missing a penalty from Manchester United and the u. S. Wainstein get their data in court as a judge decides their gender discrimination case will go to trial next year. We begin in syria where opposition activists say rebels have withdrawn from the strategically important town of hunch in Southern Province as follows days of fighting which saw them firing rockets into government territory the Syrian Government has told its forces which are backed by russia but the battle isnt over yet. The rebels also retreated from the town of malta coaches in hama and is the site of a Turkish Military observation post. In Southern Province is the main Population Center that used to be a place where 100000 syrians took shelter before the military escalation began in april towns in nearby and northern hama countryside have fallen to Government Forces rebel fighters would have risked being besieged if they didnt move further north but for the Syrian Government the big prize was getting contro