Africanamerican president , barack obama kicks off the second term on Martin Luther king day. Today and Inauguration Day special. We will air highlights from last ides peace ball including naacp president benjamin jealous. The challenge for our country is never to see the day when a person of color would be president , nor the challenge for our country was to ensure that it would be safe for it to have happen again and again. Well also hear from the legendary poet son the sanchez, ralph nader, sweet honey and the rock, and angela davis. Let me say this time around we cannot subordinate our aspirations and our hopes to president ial agenda. We will look at big money behind the inauguration. Four years ago president obama refused to accept corporate donations, but this year exxonmobil, at t, christoph are among the biggest backers of todays festivities. Microsoft are among the biggest backers of todays festivities. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im a
Four years after making history by becoming the first africanamerican president , barack obama kicks off the second term on Martin Luther king day. Today and Inauguration Day special. We will air highlights from last ides peace ball including naacp president benjamin jealous. The challenge for our country is never to see the day when a person of color would be president , nor the challenge for our country was to ensure that it would be safe for it to i hae happen again and again. Well also hear from the legendary poet son the sanchez, ralph nader, sweet honey and the rock, and angela davis. Let me say this time around we cannot subordinate our aspirations and our hopes to president ial agenda. We will look at big money behind the inauguration. Four years ago president obama refused to accept corporate donations, but this year exxonmobil, at t, christoph are among the biggest backers of todays festivities. Microsoft are among the biggest backers of todays festivities. This is democracy
The unions and paper pushers. Lets destroy the system. Bring on the creative destruction. Who would disagree . Shame on you. Teachers unions disagree and they are mad at me and mad at reformers who care about test scores. City schools terrible because of unions like you. Our test scores are not what we choose to focus on. How do you know if they are learning anything . I know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. Give me a break. The block also opposes Charter Schools. Over my dead body they will come there. Unions are mat because some charters can fire bad teachers. I call it bringing up a persons future. A teacher wants to teach. This actor says teachers need tenure. Why else would you take a [ bleep ] salary. Why have tenure . Most positions dont have tenure. At least now there is some good news. At some schools where teachers can be fired kids learn. Give us the worst school anywhere in per and we will jut perform the other schools in five years. How good are the test sco
Reformers who care about test scores. City schools terrible because of unions like you. Our test scores are not what we choose to focus on. How do you know if they are learning anything . I know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. Give me a break. The block also opposes Charter Schools. Over my dead body they will come there. Unions are mat because some charters can fire bad teachers. I call it bringing up a persons future. A teacher wants to teach. This actor says teachers need tenure. Why else would you take a [ bleep ] salary. Why have tenure . Most positions dont have tenure. At least now there is some good news. At some schools where teachers can be fired kids learn. Give us the worst school anywhere in per and we will jut perform the other schools in five years. How good are the test scores at hit Charter Schools . There isnt even a word for it School Spending has tripled over the past 40 years. We now spend much more than other countries but what do we get . Fancier
And football under fire. The nfl suspends baltimores ray rice for two games for knocking out his then fiancee, then dragging her from a casino elevator. Lots of folks are now wondering whether the league really takes Domestic Violence seriously. And fathers rights. Moms getting maternity leave. What about paternity leave . Ill talk to the head of the Government Agency that just put out new guidelines designed to help dads get a jump start on fatherhood. Good saturday afternoon to you. Im craig melvin. First, breaking at this hour, in the ongoing deadly clashes between israel and hamas, the Israeli Government has agreed to extend the truce in gaza for four hours, until 5 00 eastern time today. The 12hour humanitarian ceasefire between israeli and hamas was set to expire just about an hour ago. But at this hour, reports are coming in of mortar shells landing in israel. All of this happening as secretary of state john kerry is in paris working toward a more comprehensive peace deal betwee