more formally, if we can. i d like everyone who can rise to rise and let s say the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, yi end end visible, with liberty and justice for all. i want you to know i m here because i work for you. yay! [ applause ] and i m not here to lecture at you. my hope is that we all learn something from each other tonight. there s some other people who work for you that i want to introduce to you. they re all people who work in the district, in the, in pennsylvania, in the 17th congressional district. and i want you to get to know who they are a little bit, in case you ever need to call upon them for help. starting with my district director, mr. bob morgan. [ applause ] now bob is also an economic development specialist. and when i first learned about what it is to be a member of congress, i learned that there are no more earmarks, and we ll talk about t
of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, yi end end visible, with liberty and justice for all. i want you to know i m here because i work for you. yay! [ applause ] and i m not here to lecture at you. my hope is that we all learn something from each other tonight. there s some other people who work for you that i want to introduce to you. they re all people who work in the district, in the, in pennsylvania, in the 17th congressional district. and i want you to get to know who they are a little bit, in case you ever need to call upon them for help. starting with my district director, mr. bob morgan. [ applause ] now bob is also an economic development specialist. and when i first learned about what it is to be a member of congress, i learned that there are no more earmarks, and we ll talk about that in a little bit, but what that means is you need economic development specialists to h
chelsea manning and edward up euro,arried courageous acts. they fulfilled the responsibility of some who takes citizenship seriously. that is, who believe people of the country ought to know something about amy: professor noam chomsky for the hour in a public conversation i had with him earlier this week in cambridge, massachusetts. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president trump is slated to announce his tax plan today. the plan proposes to slash the corporate tax rate from 35% to a mere 15%. the plan would also grant the 15% tax rate to companies known as s corporations, which include both small family businesses and massive corporations, such as hedge funds and real estate empires, such as trump s own companies. the washington post reports that some of the biggest winners of trump s proposed tax cuts would be construction and retail companies. the tax plan would sharply increase the n
to safety of our campus community members, their guests and the public. in that context we cannot ignore or deny what is a new reality. i asked the university to respond to the cancellation. a spokesman says he has not heard from ann coulter and that they do not want to have communication with her through the media. the berkley college republicans will be holding a press conference later this afternoon. reporting live in berkley, amy hole feed, abc 7 news. thanks for the update. in the south bay a woman is recovering from a brutal attack near the campus of san jose state university. this start as a jack in the box on east san carlos near south 4th street. police say a group of women attacked this victim. she was taken to the hospital with a pretty serious head wound. police say she is going to be okay. so far they haven t released any information on suspects or a possible motive. bart police are not taking chances after a flash mob take-over robbery on a train. this i
speaker series that would include coulter said things are gone sour between his group bridge usa and berkeley college republicans. it was an immediate divide between us and the conservative groups organizing this because while we wanted the facilitation of dialogue, they wanted provocation. i don t believe freedom of speech is a partisan issue. reporter: still both bridge usa and berkeley republicans say they welcome her visit in the future. if ann coulter is willing to come to u.c. berkeley the invitation is open. all eyes are on us. it will be all eyes on us again. reporter: melanie woodrow abc 7 news. they have had their share of violent protests reese lently and there is some concern there to be more trouble tomorrow. abc 7 news report irlaura anthony live on the berkeley campus with that part of the story. laura? reporter: hi, larry. u.c. officials here at the police department wrapped up a press conference. they told us they are preparing for whatever mi