Trailer and three cars upper loop between connecticut and georgia avenue. Just cleared a few minutes ago. Backups remain and thats what you see on the right side of the screen. They stretch and erin is coming in a couple minutes. And standing water from last nights storms impacting commute. Specifically if you come into town from 295. Melanie alnwick is on scene for us now. Mel, good morning. Good morning. Also just echoing what you said as we were drive around suburbs as well one of the things you will com across tree limbs and storm debris yes standing water in some parts too. Good news here is vdot arrived and so brighter signage here letting folks back here know what is going on. You can see now driving through here trying to see how deep it is and whether cars would be able to make it through and im guessing im not sure exactly the point of that and i need to try to get there and clear that drain. It looks like it doesnt come up above and traffic impacts this morning and fox5 view
How dohow do we think about a statewide agenda that addresses this vision we have with anti blackness, White Supremacy no longer prevalent issues, but in the meantime and in between time you some real things that makes peoples lives better and save peoples lives. Grab some water. So i kindi kind of have three different ideas and ways to think about that. Number one is defensiveness. And we have seen a consolidation of power on the right, legislation that we have to combat in be defensive around. Secondly, reforms, incremental reforms moving us in the right direction. This consolidates Corporate Power and power on the right. How do we make sure there are forms we make are moving toward our vision of the world that we want to see. Lastly, how we think about transformation, pass and introduce and frame the work we are doing in a way that is transformative and grasps at the root of the problem we are seeing in facing. So in terms of defensiveness, thinking about how we combat what has happ
Prevalent issues, but in the meantime and in between time you some real things that makes peoples lives better and save peoples lives. Grab some water. So i kindi kind of have three different ideas and ways to think about that. Number one is defensiveness. And we have seen a consolidation of power on the right, legislation that we have to combat in be defensive around. Secondly, reforms, incremental reforms moving us in the right direction. This consolidates Corporate Power and power on the right. How do we make sure there are forms we make are moving toward our vision of the world that we want to see. Lastly, how we think about transformation, pass and introduce and frame the work we are doing in a way that is transformative and grasps at the root of the problem we are seeing in facing. So in terms of defensiveness, thinking about how we combat what has happened, therehappened, there are four main areas. Fighting the facts against preemption laws. Across the country. There is so much
Marbre it is a huge honor to be here. Thank you for having me here. It is a huge pleasure and honor to be here. Talk a bit about the work that we have been doing. Of place ofstate state legislatures. Racial profiling, body cameras, a lot of action at the state level. Reflect the aspirations of Freedom Fighters and folks on the ground impacted educationhat limit and enforce state violence against them. I think it is a time to think about the system, transforming it, and so much of that has to happen at the state level. I will speak briefly. That we are inside of, criminal justice or educational system, are not just in need of tweaks. They are broken because the roots are rotten. The criminal Justice System came out of slavery. Dante spoke to this a bit. Its not just that practices are broken, the purpose of policing and criminal justice in this country. Not ourmacy is system supports White Supremacy and basic ways. What hashink about to happen, its not that we have to tweet these system
His visit, the continued practice of caste violence. We was equipped Ruth Manorama, winner of the 2006 right livelihood award. Ledinuation of the practice to ever present violations of human rights. Despite legal prohibitions, the itution amy all of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama and russian president Vladimir Putin held their first formal meeting in two years last night in new york. During the 90minute meeting, the president s agreed that their armed forces should hold talks to avoid coming into conflict in syria where fighting has killed over 200,000 people and displaced millions. In recent weeks russia has , reached a new intelligencesharing agreement with iraq, iran and syria in the , fight against isil and built up forces inside syria to support president Bashar Alassad. The United States, meanwhile, has called for the ouster of syrian president Bashar Alassad. Well have more on the m