economically. very good point. dr. james peterson, thanks so much for joining us tonight. still ahead, alexandra pelosi joins me with an exclusive report from the front lines of our immigration crisis. plus, mounting pressure for the white house to include females in the my brother s keeper initiative. women are adding their voices to the call with a new letter to the president. first, this georgetown professor makes his hip-hop debut. the lovely and talented artist lays down the beat next.
released, the white house rolled out the first action from the my brother s keeper initiative. a call for americans to step up and pledge to mentor young men of color in their communities. and we got an assurance straight from president obama that there will be more to come from my brother s keeper very soon. with this task force report we re now looking to implement. so you re going to see a rollout over the next several weeks or very specific commitments that have already been made. one of the big pushes we re going to make because of the timing is on summer jobs. and already we re seeing, i think, a much greater sense of urgency this summer about putting these young people in opportunities where they can learn the basic skills that they re going to need to get attached to the labor market. joining me now is one of the key people responsible for putting that report together for the president. jim sheldon, deputy secretary of education and executive director of the my brother s ke
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situation. are we all understanding that? right now there is no peer pressure. that has to change. fourth, the initiative has to get local business people to hire kids for summer jobs and internships. children must know about the work place and what is expected there. and, finally, the american law enforcement has to engage children at risk to convince them they are not the enemy. if those five things are part of the my brother s keeper initiative, i can guarantee you america will begin to turn the terrible situation around. but, if people continue not to make judgments about bad parents, disorderly children, chaos in the family unit, we continue to make excuses for all that, problem is only going to get worse. hopefully today the white house made the first step and i believe that american business, law enforcement and we, the people, will step up to help the kids at risk.ea i really believe that andth that s the memo. top story tonight. reaction.
that? right now there is no peer pressure. that has to change. fourth, the initiative has to get local business people to hire kids for summer jobs and internships. children must know about the work place and what is expected there. and, finally, the american law enforcement has to engage children at risk to convince them they are not the enemy. if those five things are part of the my brother s keeper initiative, i can guarantee you america will begin to turn the terrible situation around. but, if people continue not to make judgments about bad parents, disorderly children, chaos in the family unit, we continue to make excuses for all that, problem is only going to get worse. hopefully today the white house made the first step and i believe that american business, law enforcement and we, the people, will step up to help the kids at risk.ea i really believe that andth that s the memo. top story tonight. reaction. senior advisor valerie