Can president of the National Union of students and cofounder of students not suspect me about here joins me now by skype from laden in the netherlands thank you so much for coming on malea so as i said here stamina and Boris Johnson the Prime Minister condemning those who brought down that monument celebrating a slave trader in bristol what did you make of it i think so you. Choose to use air time at a time when the government has effectively waged war continues to wait for brown and black bodies through its cut to the National Health service through systematic rejection oppression exploitation of communities of color have led to the astronomical debt that we have seen amongst those communities and event forced the. Choir on it and start instead of using this time to read mobilize from below to ensure that this government never gets reelected again in order to. To continue bolstering and strengthening the very policies that continue to kill black people and to dehumanize them he uses
This is not a 3rd world country no one should have to live like that. For example that someone lives right there. Next to somewhere where a dead body could be in this house right now. You can drive and i dont know any weekend. And if you drive around enough i think i think you will see yellow tape at some point. And we all know what the yellow tape means when it became obvious when the yellow cape come out that means a family body is day. 20. 1 you know. We need to be able to have people come out a separate. Positive thing good to come here after the next os like i said. Baltimore has a problem with killing murder. It has a problem with drug abuse it has a problem with gangs some of the poverty areas in the city have not changed for decades particularly where the riots were in the madama area that has been a poverty stricken area for generations. And its not changing it needs to change wed like it to change so far we have not broken that cycle of poverty and crime and really desperatio
President ial library, down in the stacks. We are in the most secure area in our facility. This is the vaults. More thanere we keep 1600 documents written by Abraham Lincoln as well as many of the pieces he owned, objects he owned that he and directed with during his lifetime. I want to show you some books that we have in our collection that were very special to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln whenraham he was elected president in 1860, its not as if he was entirely unknown. He was a four term member of the legislature. He had served a term in congress. He was one of the most prominent politicians from the state of illinois. In large part, that popularity was due to his very successful debates against stephen a douglas, sitting senator on the democratic side in 1858. Abraham lincoln challenged him in illinois for that senate seat. They debated. Onee hourlong public debate several different occasions during that campaign season. Two years later, the same two individuals square off against each
Event was hosted by the National History center. Welcome to this ongoing series hosted by the National History center. We bring perspective to Current Issues and try to provide historical content that can help to inform policymakers and deal with difficult issues. I would like to start first before introduce this mornings topic and speakers, to think the Carnegie Mellon foundation for funding our program. I would also like to thank the office of congressman Gerry Connolly for arranging meeting space. Above all, i thank, congressmann physics from the 11th the district a phd in physics from the 11th district of illinois. And his communication director for their help in organizing the briefing. As always, thanks to amanda perry for organizing the briefings, she is our assistant director. Some of you may remember a cover from the new yorker that came out just a few weeks ago. I will show you an example. It shows robots going about their daily work, coffee and their lunch pails. The rest of
Permission to do this, and i did not inform Mitch Mcconnell. I took to the floor of the United States senate and to be power that comes from being a senator representing one of the great states in this nation to force a debate on an issue that i felt strongly about and they feel strongly about for many years. The issue is not dead, though. Senate republican leader Mitch Mcconnell says lawmakers will vote on keystone next year when of course there will be more republicans in the chamber. Meanwhile, senators blocked an attempt to put limits on the nsas ability to collect phone records. It would force spy agencies to only obtain records of proof by a court order records approved by a court order. According to people familiar with the matter, president obama will issue a reprieve for undocumented immigrants whose children were born in the u. S. That is part of a plan to prevent up to 5 Million People from being deported. Russiasise from president vladimir putin. He plans to go for a crackd