they had another constitutional change. they knew we needed to put gender equality into our constitution. and so these women among them alice paul wrote the equal rights amendment. and first introduced in congress in 1923 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the sen he cana falls convention, the first women rights convention in our country and introduced in the house by daniel anthony, nephew of the great sufficient fra gift leader, susan b. anthony to honor her work like the like elizabeth katey stanton. we honor these women as constitution makers. what verbal praise alone is not enough. we must also carry out their wishes because now, a full 100 years later, the equal rights amendment is still not part of the u.s. constitution. i thank jackie spir and all the women and like-minded men in this congress that voted to move the equal rights movement forward. 85% of u.s. states have constitutions that guarantee equality for women and girls. these constitutional guarantees
Member of the black Student Union at n. Y. U. I just wanted to point that out. cheers every single one of them. Everybody. And there will be a quiz after the show. laughter rap erp j jadakiss is joining un panel tonight. Were all still reeling from the situation in paris, and last we heard, there may be a connection to the syrian refugee crisis. A passport was found near the body of one suicide bomber. One of these attackers had a syrian passport. A syrian passport, possibly a fake was found near the body of one of the attackers. Larry so a maybe fake syrian passport was found, and its possible one of the nine attackers used the chaotic migration process to make his way to paris. Okay. Now, theres a medical term for how the u. S. Has responded to this news. Let me just check the dictionary. Ill tell you right here. Its right here. Syrian refugee oh, here it is. bleep . At least 30 governors now say they oppose plans to bring Syrian Refugees into their states over security concerns. Lar
After months of pressure from activist, president obama is ready to move to fix what everyone agrees is the nations broken immigration system. The president announced today that he will unveil his longawaited executive order during an address from the white house tomorrow night. Mike viqueira joins us live from washington. Mike, what is the president expected to say when he speaks tomorrow night . Reporter well, tony, its not so much the reform of the comprehensive variety. What the president can do does not have the force of law. It is inherentsly temporary, lasting only sloningsz another president comes along and decides whether or not that individual wants to continue these policies. What we believe and whats reported to be under consideration is deferring deportation. Remember back in 2012, president obama deferred deportations for the socalled dreamers, the young people who came to this country with their parents or otherwise through no choice of their own. The president deferring
On the kurdish capitol. The key stone pipeline failed to pass the senate by a single vote. The future of the oil project. Right now, more than 225 million americans are braving the coldest november morning in 40 years. It is the result of a bitter arctic chill sweeping the country. Western new york is making up, just buried with six feet of snow. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Even for a city that is used to lots of snow, this one for the record books. Major highways are shut down near buffalo and a lot of people cant get out of their homes. Five have died as a result of storms. The nag guard has gone called out. While not a blaze, this lake effect snow is aggressive. Yeah, it certainly is. The snow in buffalo has been falling at an incredible rate of four to fiveinch it is an hour at times, creating near whiteout conditions. Fast and furious, a wall of lake effect snow pounding western new york in a matter of hours. In buffalo, the extrem
The way. After pressure from activists, president obama is ready to fix what everybody agrees is the nations broken immigration system, announcing he will unveil his executive order during an address from the white house tomorrow night. Mike viqueira joins us from the white house. What is the president expected to say . This is something the white house and the president have been talking about for months now since House Speaker john boehner informed him in a private setting that he would not be able to advance or unable to advance immigration reform. It was the summer of 2013 when it passed the is not with bipartisan support. The president said he was going to take these executive actions, going around congress essentially and try to do something about the 11 million individuals who are in this country illegally and living in the shadows. The president wants to bring them out of the shadows, but postponed that action initially for the end of the summer wednesday before the election, n