If she was here today, someone asked earlier, do you think she could have imagined this day . And dr. Janetta cole said sure, she could imagine this day, but she would probably imagine it for someone else. But then dr. Black said, but she would claim it because she knew to claim it. So we really want to take a moment to just say how incredible it is that we are here to celebrate the fact that a woman whose parents were enslaved has replaced a confederate general in the National Statuary hall. [applause] you know, we all get so frustrated and think, oh my goodness, is there any progress ever to be made . And today gives us a sense of hope and a sense of promise. Included in this audience are the people who provide hope and promise. There are students from bassoon cookman from Bethune Cookman university. [applause] i see our sisters from the National Council of negro women. [applause] and i especially want to introduce to you the John Robert Lewis scholars who are here. They had just sta
Asked earlier, do you think she could have imagined this day . And dr. Janetta cole said sure, she could imagine this day, but she would probably imagine it for someone else. But then dr. Black said, but she would claim it because she knew to claim it. So we really want to take a moment to just say how incredible it is that we are here to celebrate the fact that a woman whose parents were enslaved has replaced a confederate general in the National Statuary hall. [applause] you know, we all get so frustrated and think, oh my goodness, is there any progress ever to be made . And today gives us a sense of hope and a sense of promise. Included in this audience are the people who provide hope and promise. There are students from bassoon cookman from Bethune Cookman university. [applause] i see our sisters from the National Council of negro women. [applause] and i especially want to introduce to you the John Robert Lewis scholars who are here. They had just started. [applause] and they are d
Access to documents after providing them to the committee. A harsh rebuke from senator Dianne Fienstein, saying the c. I. A. Was spying on employees investigating the agencies. Fire destroys an apartment complex under construction in San Francisco. Fire investigators are investigating what caused an entire city block to be consumed by flames. Good morning, welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Ukraines interim Prime Minister will meet with president obama at the white house on the agenda discussing solutions to russias military intervention in crimea. The leaders will discuss support for the new government and its fragile economy. The u. S. Offered 1 billion to the u. S. , and the European Union pledging 15 billion. We have Team Coverage of the benefits of the crisis. Jennifer glasse is in sevastopol, but phil ittner is in kiev. How do ukranians in kiev view the meeting at the white house today . Well, they want an awful lot from washington. First and foremost more internatio
Centers for terrorists. But first, the World Health Organization calls the ebola crisis quote, unquestionably the most severe acute Public Health emergency in modern times. And growing concerns in the u. S. Reflect that assessment. Safety procedures are under review after a nurse identified as nina pham became infected. An Aid Organization says she has received a transfusion from ebola survivor kent brantley. But pham wore protective gear while treating Thomas Eric Duncan before he died last wednesday. There had to have been some breach in protocol for pham to have become ill. It angered some people and then he later clarified his remarks. Some interpreted that as finding fault with the hospital or the Health Care Worker. And im sorry if that was the impression given. That was certainly not my intention. People on the front lines are really protecting all of us. The enemy here is a virus. Ebola. Its not a person. Its not a country. Its not a place. Its not a hobblspital. Its a virus. N
Im dr. Kelsey mcneely and some day you might be calling me an energy farmer. Energy lives here. Hi, everybody, good to have you with me. Im Thomas Roberts in new york and heres whats happening this hour. Most polls beginning to close in france in the historic election there and its been a contentious president ial election. We have the centrist candidate macron facing Marine Le Pen. Polls remain open, nbcs matt bradley is in paris. Lets talk about the turnout and the influence of fridays election hack, as well as the bad weather today, especially in paris. Reporter well, the weather isnt all that bad, thomas, as you can see, its not raining. Its been raining all weekend, but now its not so bad and ive got some nice views here. But the fact is that the turnout here, this entire race has been dogged by a lot of suspicions that the turnout would be very low because of voter dissatisfaction with all of the candidates. It was the same thing two weeks ago during the initial Runoff Election t