Darren walker to do serving as president of the Ford Foundation and will be the 2020 stanford distinguished lecturer and given all of his extraordinary accomplishmentshou whoever introduces him has their work cut out for them. Born in louisiana one of the first children of the nation to benefit from the Headstart Program he went on to earn a scholarship at the university of texas austin where he would graduate with degrees in government, speech communication and lobby for pursuing a successful career as an attorneyyst and investment banker. For the past three decades, mr. Walker has been one of our nations for most philanthropic executives. s serving as chief operating officer as the Largest Development Corporation Vice president of the rockefeller foundation, cofounder and chair of thehe us Impact Investment alliance and for the past seven years as president of the Ford Foundation. He oversees an endowment of 13,000,000,000. 600 million of annual grant money. He is dedicated to tackli
One of the cochairs of the internet caucus, along with her presented of doug collins. The internet caucus was created 20 years ago to inform this debate and discussion about key internet policy questions, and of course Net Neutrality is toward the top of that list. Even though all of us or our bosses may not agree on how to approach Net Neutrality, this is important for all of us. Net neutrality has been a top issue for my boss for many years. The lead plaintiff is headquartered in our district, which we are proud of. This year, we did a town hall with the commissioner of the fcc focused on Net Neutrality. Im looking forward to what you have to say. On behalf of the caucus, i want to ask thank the panelists for helping inform the debate. I want to thank tim for helping host and organize this. She is to be a follow at the academy and is now at brookings. Thanks for the introduction. Thank you for attending our panel today. Thank you for cohosting this pal. I am looking forward to discus
Mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. You can also catch up with us on social media. Witter. Com cspanwj you can start calling you now. A reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. You will you will be able to hear the program when you are on hold. As you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. The president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally. He talked about the problems facing American Cities. [video clip] has paid a no one higher price than our nations inner cities. You see what is happening. You see our inner cities, we years, and it for is stolen money. It is wasted money. It is a shame. For decades, these communities have been run exclusively by democrat politicians. It has been total one Party Control of the inner cities. For 100 years it has been one Party Control. Look at them. We can name one after another, but i wont do that. I dont want to be controversial. Host that was the president with his concerns about Ameri
Residents in the mountain and pacific time zones are 202 7488001 you can also catch up with us on social media. Twitter. Com cspanwj. You can start calling you now. A reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. As you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. The president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally. He talked about the problems facing American Cities. [video clip] pres. Trump no one has paid a higher price than our nations inner cities. Dear price. Id a you see whats happening. You see our inner cities, we spend millions for years, and it is stolen money. It is wasted money. It is a shame. For decades, these communities have been run exclusively by democrat politicians. It has been total one Party Control of the inner cities. For 100 years it has been one Party Control. Look at them. We can name one after another, but i wont do that. I dont want to be controversial. Host that was the president with his concerns about American C
Asking your top concern. We will talk with columnists and editorial writers from detroit, chicago, new york, and San Francisco. Ost good morning we are spending this morning on the washington journal focusing on the issues facing americas cities. Having this conversation in the wake of President Trump singling out baltimore and pointing to the nations 30th largest city as a symbol of problems with urban areas. This morning were are going to hear from City Residents only. Ellis tell us what your top issues are where you live. You areidents only, if in the eastern time zone, 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. You can also catch up with us on social media. Witter. Com cspanwj you can start calling you now. A reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. You will you will be able to hear the program when you are on hold. As you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. The president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally.