Washington journal begins live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspan. For the past 23 years, cspan has brought more than 60 middle and High School Teachers here in washington, d. C. For the summer to learn more about our nations government and how the process works. Also learning how they can use the cspan Video Library in the classroom. We welcome this years fellows, bill kamps and sunshine cavalluzzi. Let me begin with, how do you engage High School Students in government . Its a challenge because our political discourse places so much emphasis on stem. Kids understand why that side matters but they dont always come in as to why the humanities is important. Its our challenge to start with relevance and to contextualize. What are we doing it for . What are our responsibilities to do it well and thats where resources like the library are incredibly important because we can see in realtime how these things are playing out and why they matter. I think the beginning cell is al
How do you engage High School Students in government . Sunshine so many focus on s. T. E. M. , and i like to explain and explore why that matters. You are going to be a voter forever, you will be a juror forever, and it is helpful to know notably why it is impactful now but why it will continue to e. I need to give you tools to help you for the rest of your life. It is helpful to do that if you know not just whats happening now. We know with twitter and social media, the Attention Span of this generation can be small. Of your secrets, bill kamps . Bill their story doesnt begin right now because when they are born, so wait a minute, it is not only started in vain with me, but if i contribute, in that way, allowing them to seek perspective of others through social media and through video, it gives them the chance to really think ok, this is how i see the world, but why do i see the world this way . How can i maybe expand that by taking in other peoples perspectives . Host do you think th
Island. A lot of people, jeff, are on the move and trying to get somewhere. How are things where you are . Do you hear me okay . I can tell you are on the line with us. How are things where you are . Geoff are you talking to me . Connell we had him, then we lost him. Florida braces for the storm. You are with us, right, scott in jeff, tell us about the evacuations. I know they have already begun. Are there any issues coming up . How are things going . We did it systematically. Monroe county went first and dade second. We are asked if people refuse to vac wait will they be arrested or forced out much their homes. Nobody is going to get arrested and we wont force anybody from their homes. The wind speeds consistently at 45 miles an hour, we wont be dispatching firefighters or Police Officers and we wont be answering calls. Well put our folks in danger of any more than they are already. At 45 miles an hour its not safe for them to drive. They could get injured. If you dont want to be a vi
Address the deals serious flaws. We cannot and will not make this certification. Well not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror and the very real threat of Irans Nuclear breakdown. In the event we are not able to reach a solution working with congress and our allies, then the agreement will can terminated. Lou well be taking up the president s effort to fiction the motion he inherited. Hes going to halt billions of dollars in subsidies to Insurance Companies. The move meant to put pressure on congress to repeal the disastrous law. We are taking a different route than we had hoped. Congress forgot what their plejts were. So we are going a different route. But in the end it will be just as effective and maybe it will even be better. Lou well take up what has been a week of Decisive Action by the president. Firefighters in Northern California battling another round of low humidity and high winds as they battle 17 wildfires raging throughout wine c
Address the deals serious flaws. We cannot and will not make this certification. Well not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror and the very real threat of Irans Nuclear breakdown. In the event we are not able to reach a solution working with congress and our allies, then the agreement will can terminated. Lou well be taking up the president s effort to fiction the motion he inherited. Hes going to halt billions of dollars in subsidies to Insurance Companies. The move meant to put pressure on congress to repeal the disastrous law. We are taking a different route than we had hoped. Congress forgot what their plejts were. So we are going a different route. But in the end it will be just as effective and maybe it will even be better. Lou well take up what has been a week of Decisive Action by the president. Firefighters in Northern California battling another round of low humidity and high winds as they battle 17 wildfires raging throughout wine c