To provide adequate resources to professionals on the ground. We must also continue pressing for comprehensive Immigration Reform so that our system will not be so overwhelmed in times like these. I yield the obama told reporters he urged perry to press texas lawmakers and the u. S. Congress to support the whitehouses funding request. The president rejected criticism saying he didnt visit the border saying quote this isnt a theater. This is a problem. The head of the ncaa is questioned about the treatment of College Athletes and the profits generated from sports. That is next. Then a look at the Russia Ukraine conflict. And later a ceremony for a former swiss diplomat who is awarded the congressional gold medal for his humanitarian efforts during world war ii. Tune in for the harlem book fair this weekend. Live coverage starts this weekend saturday morning. Mark emmert testified about College Athletes and academics and he is joined by Taylor Branch and two formal College Football playe
Ea about the past of the news. The troubles for this country faced. I will add one more thing. Those troubles have their seeds in georgia. Atlanta, georgia. Im a structural engineer. Iname to the United States 1969. 45 years. I got my masters degree in 1971. With one mission in life, degrees are not important. Money is not important. Positions, not important. Citizenship, i am right now citizen of two countries. The United States and iraq. Neverne in citizenship, subordinate your country to a pocket book. Once you do that you violate rule one. Here,hen i came to speak me im nottold supposed to carry those documents in my hands. Im going to give those documents to those gentlemen. They will see the horrible things going on. Respectful. Be very could you this is a q a session. Would you put the question to our panel . Id be glad to. If somebody told you that some of the major media in this nation kept the American People in the dark about major events, and this question is addressed to a
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They settled down and probably organized a local unit of the union club, a philadelphiabased prounion prolink and policy organization. They then began to register other freedmen to vote. By mid1867 and local clients been decided that enough of this and the clan decided to going to intimidate these two men, and the blacks by hooding up and writing for the black part of town and kind of showing them who was in charge. Thomas and brooks were veterans. They fought in the war they had not won in battle and they were not going to run now. Like a lot of former soldiers they were mustered out with their guns. They organize the local townspeople and they hunkered down behind windows, in barrels, and watering troughs and the 15 klansmen come riding through town, they just opened fire. And for the vigilantes, a scattered leaving behind this kind of pile of goods and roads and guns in the middle of the street. To go out and clacks the guns and adds them to the arsenal. There are two points to dest
Of circumstances. The National Press club expressed its position on reporters covering the unrest were detained by Police Officers before being released. Other reports backed up by video taken during the disturbances show some Television Crews were hampered by authorities from doing their professional duties. This is all unacceptable, and we urge the police and other authorities in ferguson to let the journalists carry out their professional mission to report the news in an unfettered manner. To do otherwise is a violation of the freedom of press enshrined in the First Amendment of our bill of rights. Also, unacceptable, very much, also unacceptable is the threat the prison being faced by james risen because of his work as a professional journalist. This morning a petition signed by more than 100,000 persons was delivered to the department of justice declaring we support james risen because we support a free press. Those petitioners significantly include 20 Pulitzer Prize winners who d