David, welcome to after words on booktv. Your book is titled you report to me. Who was reporting to . Guest this book is really titled based on a conversation i had with President Trump right as i was becoming acting secretary of the interior and i sate down with the president and had a discussion about potentially taking this role after serving as the deputy secretary. And in our discussion, we got to the end of the discussion and i said to him who do i report to and he said you report to me, which was a very different perspective than i expected. I expected to be told i reported to the chief of staff or someone else. So i walked out of there come out of the oval office with that crystallized in my memory and it turned out that it was actually true, that as i worked with the president , but i founded is thai called him, discussed issues with him and he made, you know, the input that he wanted to make and it turned into a working relationship that was very, very efficient and much diff
For the naacp Legal Defense fund. The organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so i want to give a little bit of hello . I want to give sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am ive been with the Legal Defense fund since march of this year. But worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time. But this issue and the reason i am happy to be here with all of you today is personal to me. I am originally from new orleans but also went to school in selma, alabama. Which im sure all of you are familiar with. My father, dr. Norwood russo was the first black school sup superintendent in selma, alabama [ applause ] thank you. In 1987. When he arrived, selma was a very integrated School System. The selma city schools were incredibly integrated. They had, though, what is called inSchool Segregation. They had a tracking system where the majority of africanamerican students were in level three or
Teacher, Student Association at Rockville High School will hold a meeting about the rape charges against the two freshmen. But they are 17 years old. Jose montano. And 18 years old, henry millen. They are accused of dragging a 14yearold girl in the bathroom and raping her. The immigration status has been the center of the debate for days and today sean spicer was asked about it in the White House Daily briefing. Because people are victim of the crimes in terms of them, victims of the economic pieces. National security, immigration pays a toll on the people. If its not done legally. This is why the president is so passionate about this. Alison we have a live picture set up. We are standing by for the Montgomery County schools to have a News Conference on the case. When it begins we will let you know. We are monitoring a developing story in the war on terror after the temporary ban on Electronic Devices. They are on Nine Airlines between the u. S. And the ten cities in eight countries. T
Am yasmin vossoughian. A lot to cover over the last day. It was a tenth night of mostly peaceful protests across the country yesterday. In fact, curfews have been lifted in several cities including washington, d. C. , seattle and louisville. Much. Nation was also tuned into the Memorial Service for george floyd in minneapolis. Marked with poignant moments like this one, the mayor of minneapolis kneeling and sobbing in front of floyds casket. Msnbcs own reverend al sharpton in his role as preacher and civil rights leader delivered a stirring eulogy. George floyds story has been the story of black folks because ever since 401 years ago the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed to being is you kept your knee on our neck. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country and education and Health Services and in every area of american life. Its time for us to stand up in georges name and say get your knee off our necks. The reason why we are marching all over the world i
Being scrutinized for their views on race, religion and russia. He was the first senator to endorse donald trump. Congratulations to my colleague and good friend Jeff Sessions. Great man. Who is going to make an extraordinary attorney general. The whole thing is terrifying. Mr. Sessions is throwback to a shameful era. He was not good enough to be a federal judge. A disgrace to the justice department. How, then, is he good enough to be attorney general. He is one of the stall wart senators. Hes also been a loyal ally to donald trump. Crime is rising, and the president , he blames the police. For too long, weve been blind to the way past injusts continue to shape the present. We must restore law and order. Jeff sessions is such an amazing man. Donald trump nominated three people to major posts today, and tonight he tweeted that hes working all weekend in choosing the great men and women who will be helping to make America Great again. The three picks are Lieutenant General mike flynn for