Leaves families scrambling to find rides for their kids at the start of a new school year. Access to transportation is really access to education. Across the country we are also seeing an increase in chronic absenteeism. Geoff and with more children becoming social media influencers, one state works to ensure they are getting paid for their work. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including leonard and norma core fine. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world at hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Geoff welcome to the newshour appeared on this labor day, President Biden has touted unions in play
Leaves families scrambling to find rides for their kids at the start of a new school year. Access to transportation is really access to education. Across the country we are also seeing an increase in chronic absenteeism. Geoff and with more children becoming social media influencers, one state works to ensure they are getting paid for their work. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including leonard and norma core fine. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world at hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Geoff welcome to the newshour appeared on this labor day, President Biden has touted unions in play
About growing up in a military family, including his time as a teen in vietnam during the late 1950s. He also describes his experiences as a west point that, his years teaching at military colleges, and time when Newt Gingrich audited his class. The interview is held by the west point center for a history great it is about an hour and 40 minutes. Today is 13 november 2015, and i am in the center for oral history with Esther Kenneth g carlson. How are you, sir . Col. Kenneth carlson i am fine. Could you spell your name for us. You are not the only carlson in your class. Col. Kenneth carlson there is another one in the class with the same name. I am kenneth g carlson and i was a basketball player. Did that cause any problems for you . Col. Kenneth carlson absolutely, it did. I walked in with my bag, and the people who had the roster said you have already signed in. And i said no i havent i just walked in the door. Kenneth carlson, you have already signed in. And i said i really have not.
Another guy with the same name, kenneth carlson, and he is kenneth r carlson. He was a wrestler. Im kenneth g carlson i was sort of a basketball player. Did that cause any problems to you . Absolutely. The day i reported in the gym, the people that had the roster said you already signed in. I said no i havent. They said you have. I said no i havent. They go oh, my gosh there is two of them. So when we were in the barracks it was much too small. So now ken carlson large. He used to be ken carlson small but he didnt like that so hes now ken carlson handsome and im ken carlson large and it works out fine. He became a fbi agent. As long as you are good with if, im fine with it. Im happy with that. Tell me about your background chblt where you are from and where you grew up. Im an army brat. I was born in detroit. My father deployed to world war ii just after my birth. He went to the pacific as an army officer. He was going to be part of the invasion of japan from philippines. He was an ord