Mcconnell in a bad position because theyre going to have to fracture their confidence. This is what happens in washington. Its finding something that ewan fies your side and defies the other. The House Republicans felt good about this plan. Building stronger communities through schools. Thats a hard panel to follow from the first one i have to say. That was an amazing panel and we heard great information. And we will do the same here. By name is robert and im the president and ceo of the Freeman Foundation for educational choice. Were honored to be here with senator scott. Im excited about the panel for three reasons today. One, it features representatives from every sector of k 12 education. Public, private and charter. Two, its going to focus on the transformtive power of Educational Options at the Community Level for individuals and the community. And three, frankly, its a panel full of gift eded people who have been there and done that. People who worked in communities and made rea
Last summer he was called to remove dr. Kent brantly back to the United States for treatment. Dr. Walters said the first thing he did was to google dr. Brantly. Little plug for google there. I know we got some [ laughter ] and the first pickture he saw was of kent and his family. Now remember, the decision to move kent back to the United States was controversial. Some worried about bringing the disease to our shores. But what folks like william knew was that we had to make the decisions based not on fear, but on science, and he knew that we needed to take care of our heroes, who had sacrificed so much to save the lives of others in order for us to continue to get people to make that kind of commitment. They had to know we had their backs in order for us to effectively respond, and so as williams said, we do the work we do to impact something bigger than ourselves. We do the work we do to impact something bigger than ourselves. Thats the test of american leadership. We have this extraor
Do you do anything about that . Were very concerned as well. The most simple, direct step thats been taken many times before under both parties is a small reallocation of the payroll tax. And we ought to take that step and make sure that those who have earned these benefits get those benefits. Well lets and i dont mean to interrupt you because i dont have a lot of time. So, what youre doing is basically ignoring the fact that its exhausted and transferring the money. Lets be honest. When you say a small allocation, thats transferring the money, yet its a system thats going insolvent, so were transferring the money from one pot to another. Were not solving the problem. Let me finish, please. The combined funds remain solvent until 2033, but we are taking steps on the disability side specifically. We have a number of steps in the budget that will ensure those who are due the benefits get those and a number of pilots and other efforts that will ensure that anyone who can work is able to.
Frankly, it is a panel filled with people who have been there done that. People who have done real change. One of these people is fitted is to my right. Sister john berry fleming. They go to person when it comes to Catholic Education and understanding Catholic Schools in america. Not surprising since she has been an educator. We also join by dr. Steve perry. Dr. Steve perry is the founder and ceo of one of the top Public Schools in the Country Capital repertory Magnet School in hartford, connecticut. Capital prep which is for mostly low income families, mostly children of color, graduates 100 of its children and has done so every year since 2006. Sending them to fouryear colleges. That alone is worth applause. [applause] dr. Parry is a regular education contributor for msnbc. Upa bestselling author. As soon as you hear him talk you will see him be one of the most passionate voices for education reform. Next to him is nina rees. The president and ceo of the National Alliance for public
Will standing up for you. President trump is working to safely reopen our main street economy. Joe biden want to keep them locked up in the basement. Where joe biden sees american darkness, we see american greatness. [applause] steve last night was night three of the g. O. P. , the rnc. We are going to have complete details on that. But, what a story this morning and its a fox news alert because hurricane laura slammed the gulf coast as night three of the rnc wrapped up. Made landfall overnight as a category 4 storm with 150 mileperhour winds impacting louisiana primarily. Ainsley the winds so strong topping 150 Miles Per Hour. The storm is downgraded now a category 3 hurricane which is still strong. Steve 120 Miles Per Hour. Ainsley exactly. Nearly 400,000 Power Outages are reported in louisiana and in texas. Brian take a look at this the best you can disseminate the storm showing massive size and lightning actually see that from space. Steve unbelievable. Brian we will have Team Cove