Talked about a recent Police Shooting and a president ial his president ial campaign. Good morning. Thank you. Thank you, reverend jackson for your leadership. Thank you for the work of the Rainbow Push Coalition and, yes, thank you for this morning, an opportunity certainly for me to become better educated not only about the challenges but about the extraordinary capacities of minority contractors in this area that reflect on the challenges and capacities for minority enterprise across the country. It is educational, it will inform my work going toward and im grateful for it. Im delighted to be in the city, a traili lightfoot, blazer and inspiration and congratulate her on joining the community of u. S. Mayors. [applause] im honored to be in the presence with James Clyburn who has a kind of biblical favor on him, because at the fish fry he hosted they did not run out of , fish even after feeding literally thousands of Democratic Candidates for president , so congratulations to you. [a
Ago, they did not run out of after feeding literally thousands of Democratic Candidates for president. Congratulations to you. If you leave this hotel and take Lakeshore Drive down to stony island and across to the indiana toll road, after about an hour and a half, you will come to my hometown, south bend. Our midwestern city and between the factories and the fields on the bend of the saint joe river. Divers from day one, south bend saw an industrial heyday that lasted into the 1960s, and then like so many cities of the socalled rust belt, we experienced the crushing decline as auto factories left. I ran forhe year mayor, the press said we were one of americas 10 dying cities. I ran for mayor saying that the old economy would not come back, but we would if we had the courage to reimagine our future. Report to you that now, south bend is back. Our city is growing. More people moving in then we have seen in a generation. Thousands of new jobs. Millions in investment. We are a good city,
Of Lori Lightfoot come a trailblazer and an inspiration and congratulate her on joining the community of u. S. Mayors. [applause] im honored to be in the presence with james clyburn, who clearly has the kind of biblical favor upon him. At the fish fry he hosted a few days ago, they did not run out feedingeven after literally thousands of Democratic Candidates for president. Congratulations to you. [applause] if you leave this hotel and pick up Lakeshore Drive and take it down stony island to the sky way and the cross to the indiana toll road, after an hour and a half, you will come to my hometown, south bend. Our midwestern city in between the factories on the fields on the bend of the saint joe river. Diverse from day one, self bandsaw an industrial heyday 1960s and into the then, like so many cities of the socalled rust belt, we experienced crushing decline as the auto factories left. By 2011, the year iran for mayor, the National Press said we were one of americas dying cities. I ra
Storytelling for all. Invited to a very special celebration. 100 years in the making. Building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. This is abc7 news. President ial plans. President biden will begin a trip to israel tomorrow. Good evening. Im ammodytes. And im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. Tomorrow it will be ten days since hamas launched an attack on israel. Israeli Authorities Say at least 1400 people have died and 3400 others have been injured in israel, according to the Gaza Ministry of health, nearly 2800 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes from israel, with roughly 10,000 more injured. In gaza, the blockade of supplies into gaza continues, according to a spokeswoman for the United Nations relief and works agency. The pentagon has placed about 2000 american troops on a heightened state of readiness to possibly deploy to the middle east. Their purpose would be to serve as a deterrent and as we mentioned, President Biden will travel to israel. Hell le
Requires the vpd to comply with all 45 recommendations, as well as additional reforms related to bias, use of force searches, seizures and arrests. It also adds accountable equity components, including an oversight and reform evaluator who will assess if vpd is complying with the agreement. Interim police chief jason to addressed concerns regarding staffing shortages. Its going to be a challenge and explain why. Vpd missed the mark in the prior agreement. What we learned in hindsight was a lot of these reforms had to be completed. At the same time, initially when we started our our efforts, we were working at chronologically the previous mou was entered into days after Vallejo Police officer shot and killed Sean Monterrosa from the back seat of an Unmarked Police vehicle. His sister michelle says shes pleased with the announcement because there was a time when we didnt hear anything from anyone. Monterrosas sisters have been advocating on his behalf for the past three years. All our pl