Alliance. Good afternoon. I am the executive director of the my brothers Keeper Alliance. Thank you all for joining us today. The killer of george floyd the killings of george floyd, breonna taylor, have left americans outraged. More than 1000 are killed in america and black people are three times more likely to be killed than white people. Together, we can work to refine redefine Public Safety so that it recognizes the dignity and humanity of every person. This town hall is part of a n ongoing mine brothers Keeper Alliance town hall series. My brothers keeper was launched in 2014 after the tragic killing of trayvon martin. The president launched it in the east room of the white house, everybody to do whatever they could in their power to make sure men of color knew that they matter and to reduce the systemic barriers that stand in their way to make sure every young person has every opportunity to reach their dreams. Today, the work of my brothers keeper continues at the Obama Foundati
More than 1000 are killed in america and black people arm our three times will likely to be killed. Together, we can work to refine Public Safety so that it recognizes the dignity of every person. Of atown hall is part brothers Keeper Alliance town hall series. It was launched in 2014 after the tragic killing of trayvon martin. The president launched it, calling on america and everybody to do whatever they could in their power to make sure men of color new that they matter and to reduce the systemic barriers that stand in their way to make sure every young person has every opportunity to reach their dreams. Today, the work of my brothers keeper continues at the Obama Foundation where we lead a network of more than 250 communities and a massive call to action to businesses, mayors, and other folks across the country. Where young boys and men of color are valued and have opportunity. We are excited to have president obama sharing his viewpoints today and gathering a panel of local and Na
Law clerk and its wonderful to be a unlikely but you also havo immediately start looking for your next job, which i was. I had a background in finance and i have cpas i thought i would be a perfect commercial litigator, or so i thought. I was anything with the chicago law firms, the large ones. To date myself for the Company Largest law from vince had about 230 partners in them for the chicago area, to show you how things changed. But i need litigation experience, i thought, and so i apply for the attorney generals honors program, and lo and behold they wanted a four year commitment. Well, when you are 27 years old, four years seems like a lifetime and i very much run my hands over that decision if i wanted to give four years of my life to Public Service. So here i am approximately 36 years later. But i guess what i want to say is that its gone by very quickly. Ive enjoyed it immensely and would not have traded it for any other opportunities in the world, professionally, showing you ho
we begin tonight with breaking news straight from capitol hill. we are getting word that the white house and house republicans are getting closer to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. one week before the u.s. runs out of money. what do we know right now about where the deal stands between kevin mccarthy, house republicans and the white house? i think we should caveat by saying nothing has been agreed upon yet. nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen progress over the last 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that s been something that has been really bedevilling the talks. they started floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as essentially a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which would be longer than what house republicans had proposed in their debt ceiling plan in the house. then instituting spending caps for two years. caps on federal spen
Friday, january 19th,2024, for information visit our website at student cam. Org. And now, a house panel looks at Violent Crime in washington d. C. , during their remarks, lawmakers talk about elements of prosecution and federal policies, and they hear from victims who share their experiences. The house judiciary subcommittee on crime hearing is about two hours, five minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. The judiciary committee, subcommittee on crime is called to order. We thank all of you for being here. Well begin with the pledge of allegiance offered by the gentleman from california, mr. Kylie. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, mr. Kylie and thank each of you. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome everyone to the hearing on Violent Crime in the district