Humanity and the dignity of every person. This town hall that we are having today as part of an ongoing my brothers Keeper Alliance town whole series in my brothers keepers will was launched by president obama in 2014 after trayvon martin. The president launched it in the east room of the white house calling on america and everybody to do whatever they could in their power to make sure young men of color knew that they mattered into reduce the systemic barriers that stand in their way and make sure every young person has every opportunity to reach their dreams. Today the work of my brothers keeper continues at the my brothers Keeper Alliance at the Obama Foundation. Where we lead a network of 250 communities and a massive call to action to mayors and other folks in communities across the country, this is to build and have clear pathways of opportunity. We are excited to have president obama sharing his viewpoints today but also gathered a panel of local and National Experts who are fig
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, Hari Sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. The mass shooting in chattanooga, tennessee, has claimed the life of a fifth victim. Randall smith, a 26yearold navy petty officer, died this morning, two days after being shot at a fencedin navy and Marine Reserve center. Smith was married with three eu four unarmed marines died thursday at the reserve center when gunman Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez opened fire with multiple weapons. Police killed the 24yearold abdulazeez at the scene. Abdulazeez was a naturalized american citizen from kuwait who grew up in tennessee. He spent seven months in jordan la
Some payback to them other families for the loan they have taken out. We need to make sure you can get done in fouregree years. There are great programs around the country. One i admire is a program called tennessee promise, where every student who participates, gets done, the first two years, and Community College , free of tuition. It requires mentors and personal responsibility and that is the kind of approach we need. We need more kids graduating with a grease of purpose so they can live an independent life. Thank you. [indiscernible] [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] we are thrilled and excited to be here. I want to thank cspan for covering this National Book festival. I hope the camera shows behind me how huge the crowd is. We are proud of that. About thing to remember exceptional president s is they are the ex
Yes, i will keep my hands where they are. Amy we will get the latest from the twin cities and air a report from street protests over the acquittal here in new york. Plus, we will look at why six members of President Trumps Advisory Council on hiv aids have just resigned to protest his policies. And we will speak to the egyptian novelist robert omar hamilton on the growing crackdown on dissent in egypt and Donald Trumps embrace of egyptian leader abdel fattah elsisi. We agree on some new things. I want to let everyone know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind president sisi. He is done a fantastic job in a difficult situation. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In britain, a driver plowed into a crowd of muslims near a north London Mosque today, killing one person and injuring eight others in what british officials are calling a terrorist attack. Witnesses described a large white m
Sir, hisis drivers license. Oh, my god, please dont tell me he is dead. Please dont tell me my boyfriend just went like that. Yes, i will keep my hands where they are. Amy we will get the latest from the twin cities and air a report from street protests over the acquittal here in new york. Plus, we will look at why six members of President Trumps Advisory Council on hiv aids have just resigned to protest his policies. And we will speak to the egyptian novelist robert omar hamilton on the growing crackdown on dissent in egypt and Donald Trumps embrace of egyptian leader abdel fattah elsisi. We agreree on some new thing. I want to let everyone know in case there was any doubt that t are very muchh behinind presidet sisi. He is done a fantastic job in a difficult situation. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In britain, a driver plowed into a crowd of muslims near a north London Mosque today, killing on