Not including the workshop from yesterday. When i think about why the work is so important and who are the people we are serving, these are the young people to keep in mind. Barely one most them they are the ones most impacted by the issue. All of the bios are in the folder and i encourage you to read them. They are doing amazing and dope work at young ages. Many of them cannot vote yet but they are doing the work. I would encourage everyone to use the hashtag. The young people throughout the forefront of the issue and they are leading the charge across the nation. I am super excited to be here today. I havent had the opportunity to join over the last two days but from the tweets and instagram pictures that i saw it was not only informative but an opportunity for all to share best practices and think about how we move Forward Together as a nation and prevent young people are losing their lives too early. This will be my fourth time attending the conference. I joined the philadelphia de
[applause] thank you so much attorney general lynch. We appreciate those tremendous words of support and we are grateful for your commitment and leadership. I am pleased to introduce another one of the administrations leaders in the national forum. Under the direction of arnie duncan, the department of education has been one of the justice departments closest allies in reducing violence and expanding opportunities for our young people. Secretary duncan has made the full range of his departments resources and funding and staffing and expertise available to support this coalition. We are especially grateful for his leadership in addressing the pipeline, promoting School Discipline and providing Educational Services to use and correctional facilities. Secretary duncan has put the department of education front and center in making sure that our kids are given the support and education and guidance that they need to get on the right path. I am so delighted that he could join us today. Pleas
Last your life. How is that. Just be snitch. Last your life this map wouldnt even tell us his real name even after 5 people drove by a front yard gathering on 5th street last night. Opened fire and hit poll being a 7yearold boy. Little boy was laying on the grass right there. Reporter where hit. He was hit i think in his leg and stomach. He said he had a shot in his hand. Reporter polk friend family didnt even witness for answer ambulance. They spent a day by the boys bedside at the hospital what Vallejo Police search for clue and culprit. Was he a target . We have no reason to believe avenues target. Reporter who was the target. That we dont know yet. Reporter what police know that they are dealing with another crime in vallejo that is the 96 percentile of dangerous American Cities per cap take and this crime is particularly galling. Its bad. That is terrible. Vallejo. Pinkas an innocent 7yearold boy can fall in a hail of bullets. Young people they dont value life any more. Reporter a
Anne, john and your wife dana congratulations and thank you and thank your families for your willingness to continue serving our great country. And again i want to thank the general and admiral for their accomplishments. General mille and admiral richardson are wellpositioned to build on that progress. I look forward to working with them and other d. O. D. Senior leaders as we drive change, build the force of the future and help the president with Real Solutions for the National Security challenges we face. Thank you. This weekend the cspan cities tours partnered with comcast to learn about ft. Laurderdale, florida. This was cultural tourism. When they would set up their villages along the way, the buses would stop because here was a tourist attraction. The seminoles camping by the road. So when they came into the Tourist Attractions they were getting food, a weekly allotment of food and they were also getting the rental of sewing machines where they could rent and use them when they l
Childrens center. Welcome all of to you viewpoint. Mr. Flowers, lets start with you. Theres been much talk about baltimores poverty rate 25 , unemployment 8. 4 nearly doubled the national average. Among africanamerican youth an Unemployment Rate over 16 . How do things get to this point . How to they get to be so bad in baltimore . Its very complex. Its hard to explain in details. The reality is theres break down in health and barriers, whether transportation unemployment education, we work very hard with food access and Food Security its all just very challenging. How it got there is anyones explanation but reality is that what we try to do is just search for solutions. Weve kind of done that over the years, what we do with our programming. Dee, how would you answer that question . Im not really from ball im someone new to the aemplt theto the area. First time i drove through looking at schools, i tried to offer free teachers bringing in my teachers programs all the materials and i wa