His parents own a medical device , andny in Santa Barbara after graduating from ucla, he works for, Smith Ed Whitfield to for one year before moving back now he istrict and making a second run for congress. He ran in 2014 but did not make it out of the primary. An expensive race. How much will be spent by the candidates and outside money . At 5. 5 now, it is million, one point finally dollars in outside spending. I expect that to go up. I do not know how much it will go up by, but i expect because Santa Barbara is cheap compared to los angeles and the bay area, that easily you can see another 1 million coming in outside money before election day is over and but campaigns are now are sitting on about 200,000 and 500,000 for carbinol, so it will get more expensive before election day. Money spent on advertising. Here is some of the ads now on the air. We will begin with carbajal and follow it with justin for me. Agree onongress cannot a budget, they shut down the government and keep thei
Thank you all very much. [applause] president obama focused his remarks on the president ial election this fall and called on americans to get out and vote. President obama hello cbc. I love you also. I want to thank the cbc foundation, chairman butterfield , members of the congressional black caucus, the whole cbc family. Good to be with the conscious of congress. I also want to congratulate tonights honorees beginning , a founding wrangle member of the cbc, and outstanding Public Servant who as we just talked about will we will be riding off into the sunset together. Fudge. Ntative Marcia Robert smith. Family, andmmanuel your trailblazer award recipient, my friend, a champion for change, secretary Hillary Clinton. There is an extra spring in my step tonight. Guys,ot know about you but i am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over. Mean, i still, north korea isil, north korea, climate things none of those weighed on my mind like the validity of my birth certificate. And to thi
Lebanon is a country of 4 Million People that has absorbed 1. 1 million. By now, probably 1. 2 5 million syrians. The equivalent in the United States would be over the course of nine years they absorbed 80 million refugees. Turkey is a country of about 75 million. They have absorbed the largest number of refugees. That represents a smaller proportion of turkeys large population. Small country like lebanon or jordan, and all of these are countries in the developing world. It bears mentioning that worldwide, refugees are housed 86 of all refugees are hosted by countries in the global south. Thatemographic meeting of is very different than it would be for the United States or for the European Union or for larger, wealthier countries to absorb similar numbers. I think that illustrate some of the things were been talking about. I just saw an article saying the United States is now up to Something Like 8000 syrian refugees. In 1975, the u. S. Took in 150,000 vietnamese refugees. The space to
Been certainly there has a lot of reporting, and ive heard stories from people who lived in forprofit nursing yes, where, in fact, similar dynamics emerge. The vast understaffing of workers and the use of trainedned practically nurses and assistance being asked to do things that theres something not equipped to do. The People Living in those facilities are suffering significantly as the caller described. Not so different, similar kinds of profit pressures are at play, and similar suffering emerges, as a result. Host you can read his reporting, some of his articles at the we are back live at the annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Dinner in washington. Come, Hillary Clinton and words from president obama. Representative five was selected by Hillary Clinton to serve as the permanent chair for the 2016 Democratic National convention. Black caucusonal is honored to present the award for women who have excelled in providing extraordinary contributions. , for her leadership in two d
The panel is framed around what kind of pesksa what kind of progress blacks have made since the Civil Rights Movement and the enduring challenges and inequality that face africanamericans in the 21st century. The organizers have formulated two major questions for us to talk about. The first is, what historical and contemporary factors continue to make racial equality a contested and elusive concept in the 21st century and second, what kinds of knowledge can we mobilize to face the specific challenges of racial inequity. We have two or three dynamic speakers today and id like to introduce you to them before opening our conversation. Joining us is sara griffin, the william b at columbia and has also served as the director of the institute for research in africanamerican studies. Her most recent book is forth coming in september, harlem nocturne. Women. Politics during world war ii. Our second panelist is camille joseph, the founding direct oroff the center for race and and the author of