Washington journal. Also live on American History tv on cspan3. I woke up at my home which was in eagle river. A suburb of anchorage. And it was all over the news. So by the time i got to work, i knew all about it. First reaction was disbelief. How could this happen . And the second reaction was just shock at the enormity of it. They spilled, i think, 11 million gallons of oil and covered, like, 11,000 square miles of ocean. Before it was done. The scale was inconceivable until it happened. Where r you working, what was your job there . I worked for the anchorage daily news, a reporter at the time primarily doing investigative work but also covering business so i had covered oil even before the spill. Can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska, how large was it during that time . The modern oil industry that we know today got its start in alaska in 1967 when there was a huge oil strike on the bay of the states north slope. The pipeline began operating in 1973 an
I am lily garcia. We represent 3 million passionate educators. What we have to say about the needs of Public School students and their families and communities should be important to elected officials, who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. That is why we have come here together on this special red day. Ead red for ed ed is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students. And the integrity of our professions. Red for ed is a movement that has spread across our great nation. We are marching this Movement Straight towards election 2020. We intend to stand up and be part of the democratic process that will choose the next president of the United States of america. [applause] we are doing something very different. We talk to a lot of candidates this time. The questions you are going to hear will come from our nea members, educators who have submitted their questions through our website on either video,
I am lily garcia. We represent 3 million passionate educators. What we have to say about the needs of Public School students and their families and communities should be important to elected officials, who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. That is why we have come here together on this special red day. Ead red for ed ed is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students. And the integrity of our professions. Red for ed is a movement that has spread across our great nation. We are marching this Movement Straight towards election 2020. We intend to stand up and be part of the democratic process that will choose the next president of the United States of america. [applause] we are doing something very different. We talk to a lot of candidates this time. The questions you are going to hear will come from our nea members, educators who have submitted their questions through our website on either video,
I am lily i am Lily Eskelson garcia, a sixthgrade teacher from utah. [cheers and applause] and president of the National Education associaton. We represent 3 million passionate educators. What we have to say about the needs of Public School students and their families and communities should be important to elected officials, who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. Our students have to live with. That is why we have come here together on this special red day. Ead red for ed ed is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students. And the integrity of our professions. Red for ed is a movement that has spread across our great nation. We are marching this Movement Straight towards election 2020. We intend to stand up and be part of the democratic process that will choose the next president of the United States of america. [applause] we are doing something very different. We talk to a lot of candidates thi
This is about two hours. Hola. You certainly know who i am. There are some very special guests backstage and we are livestreaming this all across the country. I will take a moment to introduce myself. I am a six great teacher from utah. E teacher from utah. [applause] coincidentally, president of this nations Largest Labor union, the National Educational [applause] represent over 3 million compassionate, caring professional educators. We have about 3 million in this room right now. What we have to say about the needs of Public School students and their families and their communities should be important to elected officials who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. That is why we have come here together on this very special red for ed day. Red for ed. It is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students and the integrity of our profession. Red for ed is a movement that has spread across our great nati