Hell to work. Thanks a lot. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] up, arne duncan on the federal role in the u. S. Education system. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Sharpton this is the 2015 National Urban league conference. It is my honor to be able to preside over the session. This is what i deem to be of great importance, to identify the core of the next generation of leaders. We always have to be prepared to pass the torch, but who in our , fortitude, ability intelligence, and commitment to move the platform and agendas most important to all of our communities to the next level . It is a conversation we are having . Do you agree . We will start this discussion at todays opening, but it wont in today. Leaders in the fight for justice, education and jobs, economic equality, political parity, they are not a dime a dozen. It takes a certain strength to lead. It takes integrity
Advancement. That is the most ridiculous thing of ever heard. The last thing is Freedom Schools. They have been creating Freedom Schools through churches. Sunday to be called school in some places. We have all these churches. Who here is a pastor . Stand up. [laughter] do you have a Freedom School . You can start one beginning tomorrow. Do you have a Freedom School . Do you have a Freedom School . You had a Freedom School for 20 years . Stand back up i asked you to sit down. Yall see him . Me. At him, dont look at go meet with him. You can start tomorrow. Next question. [applause] told yall, i i got a plane to catch. Proud member of the urban league and metropolitan st. Louis. Equality and immigration in st. Louis we are starting to have Municipal Court reform that addresses Africanamerican Community specifically. Some other keyy issues, specific issues, that you can share with individuals in this room that will be direct action . I think the theme for Karen Freeman wilson i would say
Lowhanging fruit and that face the movement became a victim of its own success because nationally people thought thats got everything they want. Racism still exists in american society. Shelby county notwithstanding and you know if you got the Civil Rights Act and people dont want to see the nuances of racism even in the 1980s when people were talking about south africa. People were like you should be focused on problems domestically so i think we can do many things and also people are naturally inclined to have certain causes that they care about. People are naturally going to focus more attention on some things than others and what you care about the most might not be what i care about the most but what i care about the most may not be what you care about the most and i think we should encourage people to take up their passion and cause not turn their noses up when somebody is doing Something Else because basically we can cover everything through a specialization. So many times a foc
Pursuant to House Resolution 607 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 3043. Will the gentleman from illinois, mr. Davis, kindly ake the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 3043 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to modernize hydropower policy and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, a request for recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in house report 115391 offered by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Rush, had been postponed. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4 by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Rush. On which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 4 printed in house repor
On fake news during the Election Campaign, saying itll do all it can to tackle the problem. In sport, theres hope yet for arsenals season. They beat Manchester United and are still in the chase for the Champions League places. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For some of us, the good morning. For some of us, the good weather will last. A bit more cloud in the north and east and still cool down in the north sea coastline. I will have more details in about ten minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Frances newly elected president , Emmanuel Macron, has promised to heal the countrys divisions following his resounding victory over the far right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterdays election. The pro eu candidate secured 66 of the vote and atjust 39 years old, he will become the countrys youngest ever leader. Speaking at a Victory Rally outside the louvre in paris, he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity. Heres our europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.