it s part of the pressure that helped to create that type of change. what would have become of my mother and those other protesters of a local journalist wasn t there telling the story? and now is no different. but thankfully, my mother s story was told she got to complete her degree of delta state and continued on the florida a and m and got another degree and then for the last 45 years, has worked at a historically black colleges and educator and administrator and . one of those many black colleges, they need a little bit more funny. you got a 20 on your joke. that down to one of the black colleges, uh to my mom, i say thank you for everything you ve done for me and for helping countless students in birmingham have the opportunity to see a college degree. and to see an opportunity to grow, you know? my mother s journey may not have even begun, if not for brave journalists who chose to chronicle history and real time. and i don t know how to ever repay my mom for what she s
it s part of the pressure that helped to create that type of change. what would have become of my mother and those other protesters of a local journalist wasn t there telling the story? and now is no different. but thankfully, my mother s story was told she got to complete her degree of delta state and continued on the florida a and m and got another degree and then for the last 45 years, has worked at a historically black colleges and educator and administrator and . one of those many black colleges, they need a little bit more funny. you got a 20 on your joke. setting that down to one of the black colleges. uh to my mom. i said, thank you for everything you ve done for me and for helping countless students in birmingham have the opportunity to see a college degree. and to see an opportunity to grow, you know? my mother s journey may not have even begun, if not for brave journalists who chose to chronicle history and real time. and i don t know how to ever repay my mom for w
hear about the multimillion dollar executives reducing their salaries within these organizations. now, how do we fix this? i don t know. i m a comedian. i was just up there. it s not my job to have the solution that s on y all. but local local reporting it s very important. my mother is here tonight. i know she s furious right now because i m trying to put on camera but my mother was amongst a group of black student protesters fighting for equality in the sixties that delta state university and. that was a dangerous time. but those types of incidents were covered by local reporters and some of the shame that came from the national embarrassment of treating people inhumanely.
cutting budgets, but you never hear about the multimillion dollar executives reducing their salaries within these organizations. now, how do we fix this? i don t know. i m a comedian. i was just up there. it s not my job to have the solution that s on y all. but local local reporting it s very important. my mother is here tonight. i know she s furious right now because i m trying to put on camera, but my mother was amongst a group of black student protesters fighting for equality in the sixties that delta state university and. that was a dangerous time. but those types of incidents were covered by local reporters and some of the shame that came from the national embarrassment of treating people inhumanely.
acting like former president trump in that you are treating people inhumanely. when you look at in that regard, when i talk to officials they really see this as in some ways, it s the optics of this that make it harder for him to then go in with the political power that s needed to really push things along. for him to have a lot of power because of the fact that the senate is just so tight. i really think that this is some ways weighing on them. but i should tell you when i talk to white house officials, they do say that the president should not be counted out. this is sort of the middle part of this. that the president still has a very good confidence in the fact that he can pull off some of his kids and items, including this infrastructure bill. great appreciation for our starting line on this monday night, as we begin a new work week. philip rucker, michelle, doctor celine gounder. our thanks to three of you for starting us off. coming up for us, is it possible that government b