Greece. They did not explicitly ask for it. That is a real change from before, but there is no movement from the imf, from jack lew, and from donald tusk at the eu at the commission asking for a change of actual right now. Tom we will have a special focus in the 7 00 hour with alan ruskin of Deutsche Bank. Lets get you to top headlines. He is unpracticed on this. And in greeley. Brendan it appears greece blinked. Alexis tsipras has proposed a bunch of spending cuts, tax hikes. In return he wants a 59 billion bailout, wants longterm debt to be made more manageable. Francois hollande calls the new plan credible and serious. That is the most important word there serious. Voters rejected a similar proposal in the referendum on sunday. A few hours from now, the Confederate Flag will no longer fly on the grounds of the state capital in South Carolina. The legislature voted to take it down in the wake of the murder of nine black Church Members in charleston. Nikki haley, the governor signed i
Off it is so comfortable for a lot of areas were tracking dense fog as you head back off to the south and west, orange, your visibility is low. It will stick around otherwise nice out there. 71 in the district, winds north, northwest keeping the visibility, at 63. When you step outside as long as youre not dealing with fog youll notice a big difference much more comfortable than yesterday. We have rain back off here through the ohio valleyly region that could bring a couple showers later on tonight after the sunsets but we are counting on a dry day with a lot of sunshine. 61 degrees, 65 if you head to andrews headed to the midto upper 80s in the district well top out at 90 today count on a dry one as we head through the over night hours well see the clouds increase and talk about the chance for rain returning to the forecast before you know it. Thank you allison. To our breaking news from over night. A shooting at a party at Prince Georges County left one party goer dead. Joining us li
So for me accountability isnt just numbers, its not just a transparency. Is not information. We cant label the problem. Problem. We have to do something about it. This is stepping in when children need something better. We need to be held accountable. That to me is what a true accountability is. The issue of adequate and equitable funding is a big issue for this overrides community, for the urban league. I the opportunity to serve on the commission that looked at the issue. Paint a picture of where we are when it comes to the lack of equitable funding. What does it really mean . Once the picture . What do you see from where you sit . Its devastating. We us of article as a nation, marc. Folks a note on the k12 side federal money is like eight to 12 , half the money comes from states and 40 at the local level. Look across the nation, i go back to my home in chicago, we got less than half the money each year than wealthier suburbs four or five miles north of us along lake michigan. Think
Hell to work. Thanks a lot. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] up, arne duncan on the federal role in the u. S. Education system. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Sharpton this is the 2015 National Urban league conference. It is my honor to be able to preside over the session. This is what i deem to be of great importance, to identify the core of the next generation of leaders. We always have to be prepared to pass the torch, but who in our , fortitude, ability intelligence, and commitment to move the platform and agendas most important to all of our communities to the next level . It is a conversation we are having . Do you agree . We will start this discussion at todays opening, but it wont in today. Leaders in the fight for justice, education and jobs, economic equality, political parity, they are not a dime a dozen. It takes a certain strength to lead. It takes integrity
Advancement. That is the most ridiculous thing of ever heard. The last thing is Freedom Schools. They have been creating Freedom Schools through churches. Sunday to be called school in some places. We have all these churches. Who here is a pastor . Stand up. [laughter] do you have a Freedom School . You can start one beginning tomorrow. Do you have a Freedom School . Do you have a Freedom School . You had a Freedom School for 20 years . Stand back up i asked you to sit down. Yall see him . Me. At him, dont look at go meet with him. You can start tomorrow. Next question. [applause] told yall, i i got a plane to catch. Proud member of the urban league and metropolitan st. Louis. Equality and immigration in st. Louis we are starting to have Municipal Court reform that addresses Africanamerican Community specifically. Some other keyy issues, specific issues, that you can share with individuals in this room that will be direct action . I think the theme for Karen Freeman wilson i would say