The record will show that on october 27th, 1947, a subcommittee of the house on American Activities Committee met with the chairman, dishonorable Parnell Thomas presiding. The house on American Activities Committee is in session. Let yourself go. You, sir, are not even subpoenaed to testify here. Yeah, im going to speak anyway. Very well, mr. Dreyfuss. My name is Richard Dreyfuss. And im a child of the blacklist. I was not my parents were not in show business but they were the victims of the blacklist nonetheless. I lived on 218 street in bay side, queens and every house on that block was lived in by a communist or a socialist. And if you have not fought hitler twice and not gone to the Abraham Lincoln brigade, you better have a dam good reason. When i was a young boy i turned to my mom and i said im the luckiest kid in the world and she said why . I said because im white, jewish and american. And she said its time you came into the meetings. And when i was about 10, i turned to a frie
Hundreds of schools are failing to impr| for the force was with the hundreds of schools are failing to impr| forgecfi; force was with the iii from f; we will tram fz, we will be reviews from critics, and we will be talking to them shortly. Good morning. Its wednesday 13th december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theres been a huge political upset in the united states, where the republicans have been defeated in a Us Senate Election in alabama for the first time in 25 years. Its a major blow for President Trump who had supported the republican candidate, roy moore. During his campaign, mr moore eight women came forward to say he had been accused of Sexual Assault. One claim this had happened since she was 1a. His rival doug jones will now become the first democrat to represent the state in the us senate since 1992. The democrat victory narrows the republicans majority in the upper house to 51 19, making it harder for President Trump to get his legislative programme th
Q a. Discussionit next, a of federal employees and how they relate to President Trumps decision to maintain control of his Business Operations while in office. Speakers include the former director of the office of government ethics, New York University brendans institute in washington, d. C. Hosting this 90minute event. Center in washington, d. C. , hosting this event. I am with the Brennan Center for justice. The cohosts ofk this event this afternoon and for being such a great partner to the Brennan Center for justice. On behalf of the Brennan Center, we are pleased you have joined us for what we know is an exciting conversation on president ial ethics law, and this is a particularly good time to have this discussion. The Brennan Center, for those of you who do not know, seeks to improve our broken systems of justice and democracy, and we like to use advocacy, research, and strategic negotiations to do just that. We work on what we think are very cutting edge issues, such as voting ri
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