Made it his mission to expand opportunity for people in his hometown of new orleans and across louisiana. As mayor, he has worked tirelessly to make his cities , and to attract new business and investment. s words reaffirmed a simple, undeniable fact, that any attempt to emphasize the lost cause of the confederacy is a decision to embrace a culture that systematically is stripped of innocent men, women, and children. How could an africanamerican Family Living in new orleans explained to their daughter why a statue of robert e lee stood atop their city . When i heard that, i had to say at the time, i thought what incredible leadership but honestly, also why did it take until 2017 until we heard that . That we have the mayor here to talk about that. We all know that there are no good answers to the questions he person who tries to gloss over that monstrous evil of slavery is simply perpetuating the same a good made it possible in the first place. I am really excited to have this discussi
Good morning everyone. It is my great honor to welcome you to the center for American Progress. We are really excited to have special guest today. This is 61st mayor of new orleans. Mitch landrieu. During his 30 year career in public service, mayor landrieu made his mission to expand opportunity for people in his hometown of new orleans and across louisiana. As mayor hes worked tirelessly to make his city safer, move to revitalize neighborhoods and attractses new business. His many initiatives is big reason new orleans is one of the Fastest Growing cities. Of course, last month, mayor landrieu garnered National Attention for a power speech that explain why he fought to remove monuments. Many praise mayor landrieu for passion he displayed that day. That i have to say, i was particularly impressed by mayor landrieus speech for another reason. I was deeply moved by the unflinching honesty he used to confront a surely shameful period in american period. His words reaffirmed undenialable fa
8 million customers and counting in the mid Atlantic Region without power tonight. Two feet of snow in parts of maryland and West Virginia. The stock markets will be open for business tomorrow after being closed for the past two days. President obama will be looking at the devastation with dpgoverr Chris Christy in new jersey. Lets get to todd gross tonight who is tracking the storm over the new york east. Reporter you may not believe this. Sandy wont quit. If you look right here, there is a new belt of showers and thunderstorms that have formed. Gusty storms that are affecting that wart of the country. Even the North Eastern United States on the coast line is in part of the storm. Right in through chicago coming in through the great lakes that is where the winds are funneling in from the north. Same winds edge of the storm that moved in on the coast line. That is number two. And three of course, we have a lot of air play in through here. Lets zero in on West Virginia. It is not only s
Opportunity to stand up and fight for the values that we know to be absolutely absolutely fundamental to american democracy. Ms. Brawner representative elect, thank you very much for talking to cspan. Rep. Elect jayapal thank you so much. General jack bergman. You are here for orientation week. How has it been going . Great meeting all of the staffers who will be doing all the organizational work. Talk about your military career. When did you begin it and talk about moving through the ranks . I joined thean marine corps through an officer flightte program, did training and flew helicopters in vietnam and then got out from active duty, but i stayed in the reserves. While i was a reservist for the 1880s and 1990s, i flew airplanes for Northwest Airlines and started a couple of Small Businesses in the medical equipment arena. Byoved up through the ranks just doing what good marines and other Service People do, taking on tough missions and getting them done. You were commander of the marin
Voting. The sheriffs records over 50 years in Law Enforcement hes been a dedicated public servant. Im not here with any kinds of political agenda. Reporter now i also want to point out federal prosecutors also told the judge today they are looking at filing potential obstruction of Justice Charges against the sheriff. In addition to all that arpaio will start paying these legal fees out of his own pocket. Un would out about 50 million in taxpayer money for arpaio to defend himself in court. In phoenix dennis welch cbs 5 news. Sheriff arpaio issued a statement saying in part its clear that the corrupt Obama Justice department is trying to influence my reelection as sheriff of Maricopa County. I will fight this case to the nail because i know these charges are rubbish. In the end i am confident i there are a lot of questions. One big question is whether this will even make it to trial. S. Reporter legal experts tell us they doubt the sheriff would take a plea deal. But what a trial would