A lot of you might remember this powerful moment from Condoleezza Rices speech at the 2012 rnc. And on a personal note, a little girl grows up in jim crow birmingham, the segregated city of the south where her parents
condition take her to a Movie Theater or to a restaurant but they have her absolutely convinced that even if she could not have a hamburger at the woolworths counter, she could become president of the United States. Yes, yes, america has a way of making the impossible seem inevitable in retrospect, but we know it was never inevitable, it took leadership and it took court and jury and it took courage and it took believe in our values. Less than two years later, eric holder. In too many of our school districts, significant divisions persist and segregation has recurred, including zero Tolerance School discipline
practices while well intentioned affect black males at a three times higher than their white peers. What a difference is in speeches. This is, the ram Rahm Emmanuel
This problem than the president of the United States and he will continue to press as it relates to question as to timely access of care until it is fix. So why around we hearing directly from him . Well, thats what our vets want to know. We need the white house, the president to come forward. He needs to make a statement to show the employees, the va, that this needs to change now. One death is tragic, but when you hide it, thats unforgivable. One lawmaker wants to know is crime has been committed and echoing calls for the virginia secretary dsh va secretary to step down. This has gone to something criminal, something where people are hiding names and people are dying. Its time for shinseki to resign. Hes a great guy, a great american, but somebody who needs to fix a problem. You are seeing some measured call for the secretary to resign. Hes a disabled veteran himself. So still a little bit of a tempered reaction. More and more coming out is going to make it more difficult. More and m
Schools has been barred since brown, but in too many of our school districts, significant divisions persist and segregation has reoccurred. Is that an america you recognize in more from the attorney generals commencement speech coming up. And history in the making. And California Chrome did it California Chrome captured the second leg of the triple crown. The horse nobody wanted on the cusp of greatness. Could he get the triple crown . Fox and friends begins right now. Hey, everybody. Good morning. Are you guys sore today . Totally sore. We all walked in like old men this morning. Hey, tucker, how are you . I had my russian masseuse fix me up. I want to say welcome to sophia. She was just literally born a few minutes ago. I love when babies were born. I love a great Marriage Story c. Coming up later on the show, well dispel major myths about divorce. When you read this, its amazing we have been lied to so many years about marriage. Happy wife, happy life. Exactly. Thats coming up, but
Of drama on the floor last night. At one point, democrats even wheeled in a piano to sing carols like ill be home for christmas which might be a little bit optimistic for him. Reporter the threat of a government shut down the off the table now, the vote was 5640 in the senate. Texas senator ted cruz challenged the constitutionality of the measure because it does provide some money for Homeland Security which could be used to help implement president obamas executive action. The senates top democrat rick cruz. The junior senator from texas is wrong, wrong, wrong, on several counts. The most important for us, this evening, is an attack on this bill. Because its not an appropriate preys to debate the constitutionity of any executive branch action. There was a vote aram ma where there is pressure to get it done before congress leaves because republicans take control of the senate next year and it will be harder to confirm the president s pick. Some are criticizing senator cruz and fellow c
Teethchattering, facenumbing bonechilling cold. Its no joke. Its winter and its supposed to be cold and snow is not uncommon in the northeast this time of year. But this . This relentless stretch of Winter Weather is something else. The air mass responsible for much of it arrived from siberia. Were talking really cold. We can try to embrace it like these red pandas at the zoo, but lets face it were not equipped like they are. The bushy tails are used as wrap around blankets. These are natives of the himalayas. We humans are left to deal with the brutal cold in other ways like in kentucky where the Harland City Police Department tried to arrest elsa from frozen. And this character from freezing cold misery. Both cases were attempts to make the situation a little more bearable. Its our human nature. Were trying to find the Silver Lining because the reality is this series of winter storms has been merciless. Meteorologists say this week ranks among the most intense Arctic Arctic outbreaks