So i want to build on what we began to talk about last week. On monday. And that is that africanamericans had a civil society and that is civil society by that i mean society outside the state. Where people had their social networks, their continuities. And one of the interesting things that has come out of that, those connections, is a kind of leadership out of a black congregation, particularly the clergy. In this discussion im going to talk too much about men, but males have dominated in some ways the kind of conversation about american politics for a number of reasons. As we can see. You can see if my little thing works. Lets try this again. So there are a host of characters, im not going to talk about all of them, but there are some things that i really want you to pay attention to. One it says indigenous community organization. Black churches are indigenous community organizations and its indigenous because it is controlled by the people at the very lowest level, at the ground le
europe, good evening to those in asia and a warm welcome to those just waking up in the united states. i am guy johnson. i am francine lacqua. this is the pulse in europ bloomberg s european headquarters in london. the coldest weather in 20 years is heading towards east coast right now. are extreme. their high is -18 degrees. snow and ice that other major cities as well. officials are warning people to remain indoors as much as possible. dangerous conditions are causing chaos for travelers. more than 9000 flights had been canceled over the last few days. even more have suffered long delays. new york s jfk has a huge backlog of flights. the report forced to shut for a couple of hours after a plane skidded on the runway. there is some good news for some children. thousands of schools have canceled all classes this morning. we will keep tracking situation and bring you updates on the impact of the arctic weather. to whether or not so great in britain. it is warm and
you can finish watching this program if you had to c-span.org. federal and local officials take part in a discussion. the event is being hosted by america s center on education and labor. hello, everyone. hello and welcome to the new america. we are happy to have you here. this is our first in person public event since march 2020, and yet grateful to be able to share this space with you. thank you for coming and welcome to all of our guests online. we are looking forward to engaging with you in our question and answer. we are here to talk about jobs and how cities can leverage investments in infrastructure to create more good jobs and to make sure that people from all backgrounds can get into good jobs. my name is mary alice. i will be your conductor today. at the center, we we focused our research on the intersection of education and workforce development policies that prepare people and help them access those jobs and the labor and employment policies to make sure the
leaders from both sides reacted. we watched a similar process seven years ago. they had a lot of differences and we re going to sort this out and thoroughly open amendment process in a situation where 51 votes could change the bill. i would plead one last time with my friends on the other side of the aisle, and i know can hear the cry to modify and change things. turn back, we can go through regular order, we want to work with you. we know that aca is not perfect, but we also know what you proposed is much worse. melissa: nine g.o.p. senators came out against last night s first vote to repeal and replace obamacare defeating that bill by a vote of 57-43. peter doocy is live on capitol hill. what now? melissa, the queen repeal amendment that leadership had to offer in order to get senator rand paul just to let them bring the bill to the senate floor is about to come up for a vote and if the full repeal amendment fails, senator ron johnson told me that he thinks it could