Good morning again. Good morning again. Were going to continue with our program. Our panel is called culture and family, but i think we could use that as a point of did he part ture. I think culture and family could be considered one answer to the problem of African American poverty and its persistent. And im going to ask our panel to reflect broadly on that with some focus on cultural and family but not exclusively on that. We have a very distinguished panel, on my far left on my mar left is gene dattel who is the author of a powerful new book called reckoning with race, americas failure. He grew up with the mississippi delta and has been surrounded by africanamerican poverty his whole life and is perplexed by it. Anthony bradley from Kings College say distinguished faculty member there and the author of the director of the center for human flower risching, chair of the religious and Theological Studies Program and the author of the book blook and tired liber brating black theology. A
I think roowere ready to ge started. I want to thank everyone for joining us today, my name is wi riley is titled prospects for black america. Before we get started, i want to thank a few people starting with larry moan from the man at that time has been institute who signed off on this event and i want to thank dea n, tanisha and debby who contacted the hard panelists and securing the venue cht i want to thank them as the well. Id this is our third annual symposium and the idea is to omf bringfe other people with different points of view about addressing racial problems in hn america. Youll beg hearing from some democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives but moso importantly youll be hearing from people who given serious thought to these issues and dont dismiss out of hand people who think differently from that. Everyone here is here to engage. Youll be hearing from people who rrnt afraid to touch some third rails. Thats what the Manhattan Institute specializes in. Rails touching
Talks in trouble. Both sides of the septa strike take jabs at each other and there doesnt appear to be in relief in sight for hundreds of thousands of passengers. Heres whats new in the septa strike. First up, we have confirmed that both sides are negotiating right now. Also septa plans to go to court to get a court order to force workers back on the job on election day, even if theres no deal. Also tonight, trains on the Regional Rail are running about 10 to 20 minutes late on some lines, similar delays to the last two nights. Lets take a live look inside the 30th street station, in the last hour we have noticed a rush of passengers trying to get back home. We have coverage on how this septa strike continues to impact peoples lives. We begin with the very latest on the negotiations with nbc10s randy jigyllenhaal. Reporter septa telling us that talks are under way here at the hotel behind us. There were dual welling letters sent the press from both sides. Reporter bus drivers stand out
Fighting to save a culture, or the apart by war. The battle in africa between searching for oil and saving an endangered species. More than a month ago, president obama ended one war but now hes ready to ramp up another one. Today he asked congress to authorize military action against i. S. I. L. And the proposal calls for more than air strikes. The president s request hints at the possibility of limited ground operations. That could put American Forces on the front lines in enemy territory. At the same time, the white house is pledging this will not turn into a fullfledged war. Im convinced that the United States should not get dragged back into another prolonged ground war in the middle east. Thats not in our National Security interest and its not necessary for you to defeat i. S. I. L. Local governments who know their positions betts are best to take their ground fight to i. S. I. L. And thats what theyre doing. He says it will repeal the 2002 resolution authorizing the war in iraq.
And the u. N. Vow to improve the lives of women. [music] if someone had told me that after crossing this bridge that one day i would be back here introducing the first africanamerican president , i would have said youre crazy. Youre out of your mind. You dont know what youre talking about. President barack obama. One of the leaders of the historic march across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma alabama returned to reflect on the moment. President barack obama was one of the leaders who celebrated the movement. 50 years ago the marchers were attacked by police after crossing that very bridge. A terrible day led directly to the Voting Rights of 1965, and the president honored the courage of those men and women. We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar and we will not grow weary, for we believe in the power of an awesome god and we believe in this countrys sacred promise. Tonight, tony harris is live in selma, where he watched the days events on this powe