Much. I want to begin by thanking your chair, kathleen. Congratulating her not only on her degree but her work of many years to enable more young peope to go to college. President snyder, thank you for welcoming me here and for your service. And for doing it with such remarkable energy. I want to thank congresswoman maxine waters. And her husband, ambassador sidney williams. Maxine for her service and devotion to this district and her longtime friendship to hillary and me which means more than i can say. There are a lot of proud parents in this audience. People who are in public service. I do want to know that the senator from wyoming and his family are here because his daughter is also in the graduating class. At least two of your alumni are very important parts of your administration. I want to acknowledge the former secretary of defense, rudy deleon, and a man who is not here, tony quellen, who served in the commission for people with disabilities. I am here in two capacities. Not j
Skulduggery. He u. S. Is a diverse nation this is one of the many things makes us great, despite the legacy of the genocide of the native people and slavery. The Census Bureau and not spike lee says five years and now, why children will be a minority. By 2049, white folks will be outnumbered by nonwhites. This is happening, people. Here and now. It is time to start embracing. And no matter how one might wish it to be otherwise, we are not making America Great again by going ,ack to eisenhower, jim crow and leave it to beaver. [applause] it having now is the time to seize the day , take a of this unique moment in history, and build bridges amongst us. I am talking about gender, race, religion, and nations not walls and let us build bridges of love versus walls of hate. Sidebar number one. , i am amongst some of the greatest minds in the world here at Johns Hopkins university. People who are a lot smarter ask, can somebody please educate me, me, somebody from the public of brooklyn, new
For the second time in as many weeks a grand jury has found the evidence is just not there to charge a white Police Officer in connection with the death of a black civilian. This time its in the biggest city in the nation packed with tourists for the Holiday Season. These cases are wildly different and half a nation apart. This one involves the video seen around the world by now showing a man named eric garner being taken down by mostly plain clothed Police Officers while being placed under arrest. One of the officers employed a chokehold. Moments later while on the ground after complaining he couldnt breathe he was dead. While tonight while so far peaceful there are protesters in the streets of new york city. Some of them you see within about a block of Rockefeller Christmas tree which gets lit up a short time from now. Again, the streets already packed with visitors. Our coverage begins where this story started, nbcs Stephanie Gosk in new yorks Staten Island. Reporter good evening, b
For the second time in as many weeks a grand jury has found the evidence is just not there to charge a white Police Officer in connection with the death of a black civilian. This time its in the biggest city in the nation packed with tourists for the Holiday Season. These cases are wildly different and half a nation apart. This one involves the video seen around the world by now showing a man named eric garner being taken down by mostly plain clothed Police Officers while being placed under arrest. One of the officers employed a chokehold. Moments later while on the ground after complaining he couldnt breathe, he was dead. While tonight while so far peaceful there are protesters in the streets of new york city. Some of them you see within about a block of Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree which gets lit up a short time from now. Again, the streets already packed with visitors. Our coverage begins where this story started, nbcs Stephanie Gosk in new yorks Staten Island. Reporter good ev
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