In North Carolina, charlotte. A special yeah. Give it up to the queen city. I want to thank especially our esteemed guests. I would lick to thank the members of the first bipartisan here. When i started 8 years ago, i had no idea that we would grow to have more than 100 members but now 8 years in i know that the strength is a strength of how much support we had. Last year we were about to get ignite funding for hbcu through appropriations. Because of the work that we did, 50 million in grants are available to our schools. All right. [applause] make transformative investment and, of course, this includes research productivity, fact ultimatey expertise, graduate programs. Human capital leading to external funding. The investments made in our schools today in investment in the future and so i just yaws myself as an example. I am a living testament for importance of hbcu. My mother raised me. She did domestic work. She was not formally educated but understood the value of education and the
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff voting is in the news across europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from london british Prime Minister theresa may called for an early election, in june, instead of waiting until 2020. Speaking outside her official residence, may said she is asking to move up the vote to strengthen her hand in negotiating britains exit from the european union. Division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit, and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country. So we need a general election, and we need one now, because we have at this moment a oneoff chance to get this done. Woodruff we will take a closer look at the implications of mays move, la
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff voting is in the news across europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from london british Prime Minister theresa may called for an early election, in june, instead of waiting until 2020. Speaking outside her official residence, may said she is asking to move up the vote to strengthen her hand in negotiating britains exit from the european union. Division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit, and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country. So we need a general election, and we need one now, because we have at this moment a oneoff chance to get this done. Woodruff we will take a closer look at the implications of mays move, la
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Students from 27 different programs at the ACE Center at Hermitage are showcasing their skills in a two-day entrepreneurial event, offering services and bespoke products for sale to the community.