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decades ago, and that s the prohibition of discrimination in housing based on race, sex, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability and family status. it s the fair housing act. the fair housing act was in many ways the culmination of the legislative fight for civil rights in the 1960 s. it was the first effective federal law guarding against discrimination in the sale and the rental of housing in the united states and for nearly 50 years, it has been employed to assure that every american can choose where to live free from discrimination and the immoral and unconstitutional consequences of residential segregation. we ve come a long way since the 1960 s, but we are by no means all of the way there. today discrimination is still a reality in housing markets all across the country. there are cases in every single state of landlords misrepresenting the availability of housing or outright refusing to sell or rent to certain protected individuals or groups of p ....
times to talk about the lives and the identities and the legacies of the people who have lost their lives to gun violence and the families that are there to remember them, and, you know, i remember so profoundly the massacre at newtown. senator murphy brought photographs of all of the victims, their families, told their stories at length on this senate floor. as weeks and months persisted here in the united states senate, and no action was taken to do commonsense things to make access to these weapons more difficult, the senator from connecticut started coming to the floor and talking about some of the people that we don t read about because the media doesn t rush to the scene when somebody dies in a drive-by shooting or in a place that doesn t garner the attention, the spotlight like the massacre and tragedy in orlando has garnered by the national media. so i i thank the gentleman from connecticut for his perseverance, and i am just so proud to join him this afternoo ....
the historical association for putting together this remarkable conference. and for inviting me to facilitate this panel. this conference, like its at aerpart in 1983, stands historical crossroads. themeslarly around the of this panel race, power and urban space. the projects we will hear about ,ver the next hour and a half the questions at stake in this panel touch of the heart of modern african-american history. on questions of the structure in agency. on questions of freedom and unfreedom. on questions of continuity and discontinuity. the questions of slavery and what has changed and in what ways, and why. it touches on issues of segregation and integration terms that are misunderstood in contemporary political discourse but are at the heart of how we conceptualize the history of urban space. 19 83, the field of the african-american urban history was very much in the shadow of the urban uprisings of the lake 1960 s. or as they were called then urban riots, perc ....
seconds worth of distance run, yours is the earth and everything that is in it, and which is more you will be a man, my son. this chamber tonight is full not just of men and women but some of the finest men and women i have ever met in my life. and i am so proud to have spent the past 17 hours with every ne of you. and we re not finished yet. we have more hours to go. i called up carolyn mccarthy today. i wanted her to know what we were doing. i didn t catch her. she wasn t home. but i left a message on the phone and told her that we were standing up for the issue that she cared most about and dedicated her life towards changing. and i feel that she in so many and so many americans were inspired by what we did tonight. my phone was ringing off the hook all day long thanking the democrats for finally standing up, for being determined, for making a difference. and i can tell you that i think we truly did make a difference. it s the first time that the g.o.p. totally c ....
allegiance to isis in 911 call. donald trump will make a speech focusing on terrorism after asking obama to quit after the wake of massacre. flags flying across the country including the white house. the empire state building going dark and the freedom tower lighting only the colors of the rainbow. also this morning we want to get a quick on global markets, asian markets selling off over night. sharp declines across the board. investors are on edge for many reasons this morning including this week s federal reserve meeting in fears that britain will vote to leave the euro zone. the euro hitting a three-year high. we are watching currencies this morning, weighing on european stocks and down across the board and in the u.s. as we wait markets to open several hours from now, right now u.s. stock market futures trending to the downside, dow futures 63 points, you re looking at 3 tenths of a percent drop across the board. here with me this morning fox business dagen mcdowell ....