President who made the last appointment. That really touched me because i believe that when a president makes an appointment, the whole Political Landscape of the court changes. He is going to pick someone that shares similar viewpoints. Another thing that he said was that justice is relative. He said his job is not to define justice, that is our representatives jobs, and ultimately, our job. Because we elect the representatives. That was my high point. We are going to get some more involved in this. One of the things about the media, and i am sure you have observed this, the media sets the agenda. You tune on your television, you watch television and watched the news cast and the media tells you what is the most important thing. This morning, we are going to turn it on you and im going to pick somebody and ask you to tell us what you want to hear from this group so you can set the agenda. Somebody in the room that wants to set the agenda of this discussion, put your hand up. [laughter
Youth program. Students come together to experience leadership in this nations capital. What did you want to add . It is sponsored by the hearst foundation. Two delegates from each state are chosen to represent the states at the capital. Over 5000 alumni are in this country and they have become stars in law, politics. I am from maryland. What was the high point of the week for you . Seeing the president of the United States yesterday. To see him as an individual and a person was an incredible experience and just being in the room with the president was surreal. What is the first thing you thought of that you did not know you are about to think of when you saw this man standing in front of you . I was telling myself to keep my composure and keep it cool. Seeing him approach on the red carpet in the white house was so surreal and i started tearing up. It was actually quite embarrassing. Just being able to experience Something Like that that so many youth across the country are not able t
Called each other and gone to each others homes and woken each other up and rushed down to the mosque to see if they could help, by the time the alert was raised there was nothing anybody could do. Members of the congregation stood on the sidewalk and wa watched their house of worship burn to the ground. It was a total loss. When the fire was put out they prayed together. Saturday morning a few dozen members of the congregation held their first prayers of the day outside on the curb across the street from the burned out shell of their mosque. That fire started late friday night. Started just a few hours after the new president signed his executive order banning people from seven predominantly muslim countries from coming to the United States. That was friday night into saturday. On sunday, of course, there was the horrific mass shooting at another mosque in quebec city in canada. Six people were killed in the quebec city attack. Eight more people were wounded. Canadian police have a su
Each others homes and woken each other up and rushed down to the mosque to see if they could help, by the time the alert was raised there was nothing anybody could do. Members of the congregation stood on the sidewalk and watched their house of worship burn to the ground. It was a total loss. When the fire was put out they prayed together. Saturday morning a few dozen members of the congregation held their first prayers of the day outside on the curb across the street from the burned out shell of their mosque. That fire started late friday night. Started just a few hours after the new president signed his executive order banning people from seven predominantly muslim countries from coming to the United States. That was friday night into saturday. On sunday, of course, there was the horrific mass shooting at another mosque in quebec city in canada. Six people were killed in the quebec city attack. Eight more people were wounded. Canadian police have a suspect in custody in that attack u
By the time the Fire Department got there and was pouring water on the flames, by the time members of the congregation called each other and gone to each others homes and woken each other up and rushed down to the mosque to see if they could help, by the time the alert was raised there was nothing anybody could do. Members of the congregation stood on the sidewalk and watched their house of worship burn to the ground. It was a total loss. When the fire was put out they prayed together. Saturday morning a few dozen members of the congregation held their first prayers of the day outside on the curb across the street from the burned out shell of their mosque. That fire started late friday night. Started just a few hours after the new president signed his executive order banning people from seven predominantly muslim countries from coming to the United States. That was friday night into saturday. On sunday, of course, there was the horrific mass shooting at another mosque in quebec city in