Chairman of the board of the naacp. Interim president , ceo and to the late elsy and bates, i bring you grievance. To our mayor, the city manager bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to the sixth Anniversary Committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families, we welcome you to this 60 Educational Forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. We thank you for being here and hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a moment and say that naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. A terrible time in our history. I remind you this was way before the march on washington. Its way before in 1964 civil rights act. Its way before the 1965 Voting Rights act. These young people wanted to do to get an education. Thats all theyre aspiring to do. But our system, at that time said you will not be able to go to school based upon a decision by
Oh, my god melissa the deadliest terror attack in new york city, since 9 11, leaving at least eight people dead, 11 injured. A suspected terrorist plowing a truck through a bike lane, ramming into a bus carrying small children all in the shadow of the World Trade Center. Right now, fbi agents and Police Officials searching for evidence in paterson, new jersey, where the suspect lives. The investigation is still in its early stages as we learn more about the suspect and possible connections to isis. Plus the delay in our nations capitol. Republican leaders are hashing out lastminute details on the gop plan to revamp the tax code. The big reveal is expected tomorrow. Among our guests this hour, former arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee, jason lewis a member of House Budget Committee, David Stockman, former budget director under president rage again and mubin shaikh. Former radical jihadist. David nicole, happened before, terror attacks, the markets are doing well. Absolutely. There are two
Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents call 2027488002. Regis on social media on reach us on social media, on twitter cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. More on the new report from bloomberg news. It says that americans are officially freaking out. For those lying awake at night worrying about health care, the economy, and the overall feeling of divide between you and your neighbors, at least one source of comfort, your neighbors may be lying awake to the two thirds report beingor 62 stressed out about the future of the nation according to the American Psychological Association Survey in august and released on wednesday. The worry about the state of the union tops longstanding stressors such as money, work, and cuts across political proclivities. We are talking to you and getting your thoughts. Let us know if you are feeling stressed out about the future of the country. Here to tell us more about the evans, the ceo of the American Psychological association. He i
Puerto rico for about a year and a half. The debt crisis, the public alsoh issue, the grid, and their consideration of statehood, independence, voting. So, basically, i have been developing our puerto rico beat for two years. And of course, when Hurricane Irma and maria a hit, it was no question. I was going to go down and see what happened. So, yeah. Host ok, and you describe the situation in puerto rico as in environmental catastrophe. How much does this have to do with situations before the landfall of hurricanes irma and murray at, and how much is due to the storms . Guest the important thing to understand about mariko, infrastructure, debt, those things were crippling the island the storms. People were saying, any storm would bring the great down. Any storm would cause problems with debris and trash. There is justfor trash. The roads are already bad in the mountains and hospitals were already closing. Mostly depends on diesel fuel for its energy and anything that could disrupt sup
Nyu alumni as well as the faculty and General Community as well. It is a pleasure to be hosting tonight. Welcome back to nyu it is a pleasure to have you here. We will have time later for questions and answers and a book signing. I want to start the evening i giving a brief introduction. Very active since graduating so i dont need to cover everything that i will leave it up to him to fill in the gaps. Currently a senio senior fellowd director of the Development Center for global studies, policy, excuse me. He is a commentator and broadcaster who wishes he could be a writer, and i think you are, so i very much enjoy your writing. Among other things, hes the Muslim Leadership Initiative at the institute and has appeared on Major Networks and the essays and reviews have been published at the washington post, the times, cnn, the guardian, foreignpolicy. Author of a novel published by penguin in 2006 and tonight event is the launch of his new book out to b how to be a musd american story. P