[applause] good morning and welcome to the center for American Progress. My name is carla martin. Im the the Vice President for policy. It is my honor to welcome to this exciting event. Our lineup today is a real testament to the importance of this issue to this administration and to president obama. Nearly one in three americans has some type of criminal record that creates barriers to employment, housing and many other pathways to opportunity. Some americans with criminal records are even barred from casting a ballot which denies the right to participate in our democracy after they have paid their debt to our society. The impact of these barriers goes beyond those previous convicted of a crime. Criminal records are a family sentence. In fact, they have found that nearly half americans children now have a parent with a criminal record. Study after study has shown that the barriers associated with the parents criminal record can severely limit the childs opportunities and lead to worse
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Help the suspect, he shot at them. One was hit. A fragment hit him in the chest. Reporter the police shot and killed him when he turned the gun on them. I dont know what the outcome would have been if i went with him. Reporter she never gave him the chance. Now she has the chance to hear her son calling for her. He could have shot me. Reporter how good does it feel to hear him calling out, mom . Oh god. [ crying ] i dont know what i would do if he was actually in the car with me. Reporter witnesses say a car seat in the cadillac so they were worried that a kid might have still been in the suv. But alexander, the 2yearold was asleep at home. Mom is so grateful, tonight she will be home with hm, as well. Amazing story. Thank you, ryan. Bystanders captured the moments after the cap on their cell phones. You can see that raw video at kpix. Com. The wipers got a workout this morning. Heres what the commute looked like in Mountain View. This was the first weather system to bring rain to all
7 news has more from the larkspur ferry listeneding to explain whats behind this the then,000 commuters affected by this strike thats the number of people who use the ferry on daily basis. Golden gate transit buses will be available. But those buses will be on highway 101 and on the bridge along with thousands of cars. The reason they are going on strike is because of the contract dispute between the bridge district and coalition of labor union which include the ferry captains. District offering work ears 3 percent Salary Increase over three years. But is asking them to contribute more towards the health care. Round after round of negotiations have not resolved tonight a fair contract for our workers. We try to strike a balance between our rate payers bus and for ri fare and employee. Fliers were left on the ferry boat letting people know that the larkspur sausalito and the Ferry Building terminal will not be operating tomorrow from 4 30 in the morning to then in the evening. Bad news