Next presenter is not new to the National Urban league. He is always with us at our conference. He is a friend of the National Urban league. He is a friend of mine. He is one of the most important voices on civil rights and social justice in this nation, in these times. Say, as we always say, the civil rights leadership of the 21st century finds common ground, works together, does not engage in petty bickering, turf battles, in the barrel mine says. The barrel mindsets. We are unified interactive find solutions. To welcome back to the National Urban league the reverend al sharpton. [applause] reverend sharpton thank you and certainly to all in the National Urban league, i am very happy to be at another conference of the National Urban league and certainly my friend and moreague, no one has done and no one has worked harder to correct the ills that we face in this country than Mark Morreale has in his over a decade as the president of this organization. Me be very clear to you as we gat
Caller i wanted to make a couple of statements about the states rights. And that is sending things back to the states. Wo points. One the civil war philosophy of denying people their rights, primarily african americans. In Michigan State government has taken over the Emergency Managers School Systems have become resegregated under the uise of School Choice. According to marketplace programming, nationwide only 25 of the welfare money goes to the individuals needing it. And in michigan only 12 is returned to the people. Host we only have a few seconds left. I want to give jonathan a chance to respond. Guest theres a lot of good points i dont have a particular response to. Im a supporter of welfare reform. Its 20 years old and example of a reform that went well. The number of people on welfare slaverping. The number of people on jobs grew. It is not true that most money in welfare does not go to welfare recipients. It does. Host Jonathan Roush contributing editor to the atlantic and seni
Came early in may. And where they found mr. Baileys property. 75 acres. Behind this gate. Video surveillance the sign says. A police dog it warns. Well, in there, when they did a search warrant, we are told that a. T. F. Investigators found essentially a bunker loaded with guns. And ammunition. Much of that illegal. They also found what is believed to be an illegal casino with slot machines. A gaming enterprise. Poker rooms. Additionally they found some alleged child pornography. And mr. Bailey is charged with possession of that child pornography with producing child pornography and possession of that machine gun. This is why the a. T. F. Says they take it so seriously. The machine gun and the type of ammunition, the explosive ammunition shipped a. T. F. Takes the offenses seriously. It was important for us to find out who was responsible for trying to ship the things illegally to make sure the person was held accountable. Brad well, when we come back at 5 00, we will tell you more abo
Discovered rahami in that stoop, saying his beard in fact looked fami familiar. Police got here immediately and witnesses heard the gunfire. This entire stretch of elizabeth hour, you can see, remains a very active crime scene. Its dangerous, its scary. Reporter a dramatic and frightening chain of events as Ahmad Khan Rahami went down with a fight. He awoke from a sound sleep to shoot at two Linden Police officers in the heart of linden. Its crazy. Reporter police in new york and new jersey consider the bombings scare in seaside park and chelsea, manhattan, an act of terror. Reportedly his fingerprints were found on a homemade bomb in new york. Out of nowhere i heard gunshots, pop, pop, pop. Reporter elizabeth avenue soon became swarmed with police and fbi, some armed with machine guns. So close to home. Reporter a witness shared this high School Photograph of rahami. He says he knew the man and his family from the chicken restaurant they owned in elizabeth. The home above the business
Sara theis recommends any thursday night shoppers stay in if they can. If you dont have to drive, i wouldnt. The temperatures look like theyll warm up. The road will be in much better condition. Around lunchtime on friday would be a better time to be driving. Alyx if you do head out early this morning, public works officials advise you to drive carefully because they cant be at every trouble spot at once. We do have new pictures coming into the newsroom of the thanksgiving ice storm. This one from a viewer in lake city. That is some serious ice on that tree branch. Heres another one of the ice on a power line. A beautiful shot. And heres ice accumulating on the ground. Remember, you can always send us just upload them to the ulocal tab of our website, at kcci. Com, or email them to us at, news kcci. Com. As always, you can count on kcci to keep you in the know during the Winter Weather season. Watch live radar and get weatherrelated closing alerts, our kcci mobile app. Holiday shopping