Study on black america with the moynihan report. We will show you the report on reducing crime in the wake of violence in baltimore. The former Maryland Governor is on the panel and covers drug legalization and broken families. This is an hour and ten minutes. Morning. We can get started. Again, good morning, everyone. My name is jason riley. I am single fellow at the Manhattan Institute for policy research and i would like to welcome everyone to the symposium entitled prosspects for black america and moynihan report turns 50. If you are looking for a White America symposium you are in the wrong room. That would be any of the other rooms in the building. I will be brief with my remarks because we have excellent panelist lined up and i want to give them as much time as possible. I will get a chance to speak later on this man. I started working at the Manhattan Institute for policy research in february of this year. But the idea for this conference on race first occurred to me many years
World headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news, reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. The worst fears were confirmed amid the twisted scene of that derailed amtrak train in philadelphia. Cadaver dogs discovering the body of yet another victim bringing the death toll to eight. And tonight comes late word that the engineer at the controls of the speeding train has agreed to speak to the ntsb. Investigators also revealing data showing the train was accelerating shortly before it reached the fateful can curve, but unable to slow in time. Nbcs tom costello leads our coverage again tonight from the crash scene. Reporter from track level today, just a few feet from the wreckage of train 188, amtrak crews are using frontend loaders to lay down new sections of track. It was here this morning that cadaver dogs found an eighth and final victim. 45yearold Robert Gildersleeve of maryland. We believe that we have now accounted for all 243 individuals that we believe were on amtrak t
Is an unmitigating tragedy. A task where the police have to work to refine tactics to make sure they dont misperceive threats. The police have an obligation to treat everybody they encounter with courtesy and respect and that obligation and too often violated. The police develop rough attitudes on the street in part because of the behavior that they receive in trying to make arrest or investigate crimes. But that civilian behavior is no excuse for treating people rudely. Nevertheless, in new york city alone today 10,000 minority males are alive who would have been dead had homicideerates remained at the early 1990s level. And what saved those lives was a revolution in policing that began in 1994 and continued and spread throughout the country. The essential aspects of that revolution is an obsession with crime data, analyzing crime data on a daily if not hourly bases to try to figure out where crime patterns were emerging and accountability for police prestinct standers. It used to be
Could result and Mary Landrieu taking over the Energy Committee in the senate. That would set up a game of musical chairs. A likely is seen as successor to mr. Baucus as head of the finance committee. And Mary Landrieu could then take mr. Wydens spot. She comes from a state where oil and Gas Companies are asian employers. She voted for the keystone Xl Pipeline Oil and gas employers. Re major she voted for the keystone xl pipeline in a symbolic decision. President obama does not want to make a decision on the massive keystone xl pipeline. Not have to. He may House Democrats and other critics of the project, which has put traditional allies such as labor unions and vists arental acti hinting that the state might have to restart its environmental review. Ed bywould be motivat suspected conflicts of interests and could push a decision down the road for another few years, possibly until mr. Obama leaves office in 2017. That is the story in the Washington Times. Here is usa today, many canno
Safety. Disspare and anger following clashes last year. Tornados have struck the Southern United States killing 16 people. A war mentality ahead of a world cup and the crack down on guns and drones. Hello. It is a Bombing Campaign thats been as ruthless as its been destructive. A bbc team has seen the devastating attacks of bombardment first hand after gaining rare access of aleppo. Syrias largest city has been the scene of the escalated fighting. Its divided between rebels and government. Areas seen in purple are most hotly contested. Since september, aleppo Habitat Center of an air war by the syrians and government. These are weapons here causing devastate. Barrel bombs, crew devices, packed with explosives. Theyre literally tossed over the side of helicopters. They can destroy a quarter not just a specific target. An Opposition Group claims 700 civilians across a aleppo have been killed since february. Reporter in the last few minutes another barrel bomb perhaps two has been dropped