Good afternoon. It is really quiet in here. We will have to do something about this. Im johnny taylor. The president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. We share this with gallup. To our to welcome you home. I would like to start out before i tell you why we are here in turn it over to the panelists, is to introduce a very special person. There are a whole bunch of special people. But a very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Please stand. I dont spend it a lot of time calling out people but at the end of the day we would not be here if it were not for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historical black. Ollege and educational we represent all of the community and our advocacy efforts, scholarship, programs, Capacity Building and the like. I cannot thank you enough for having the vision. It is wonderful that we can look to the person who founded the organization and they are
This morning and next up here on cspan a look at the supreme courts landmark brown v. Board of education ruling, ending segregation in Public Schools, may 18 was the 63rd anniversary of that ruling. Educators and historians this week examined the impact of the decision. This three and a half hour forum is hosted by the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Good afternoon. I am its kind of quiet in here. Looks like i walked in and i felt i was at a funeral. We have to do something about this. Were going to the body is not here. You know it was really somber and everything. Id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and c. E. O. Of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallop, our partner in the work were going to be embarking upon over the next several years. But we just want to welcome you to our home. Id like to start off, though, before i tell you why were here and turn it over to the paneli
Good afternoon. Its quiet in here. I felt like ways in a funeral. We have to do something about. This the body is not here. You know, it was really somber and everything. I know the weather is impacting us. Id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallup, our partner in the work that were going to be embarking upon over the next several years. But we just want to welcome you to our home. Im going to tell why you were here and turn it over to the panelists. Were here toinlt deu introduce of special people in the room. A very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund dr. Join payne. None of this would happen, we would not be here fit wasnt for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historically black college and university community. Our members are the state supported institution
An insurance adjuster who told them hed be here in february has since gotten back and said hell be back tomorrow. As you can imagine, the family has not been back inside to be to tell what, if anything, may be salvageable on the second floor. Cydney long, nbc 10 news. Flooded streets are still causing problems all around the jersey shore. Some roads are still closed as crews work to assess the damage from the noreaster. The cleanup was not limited to the shore. Grounds crews were hard at work at villanova. The hoods were up as students made their way to class this morning. Gray skies high atop center city. You can see the flags atop the aramark building blows in the wind. Sunny sky, warmer weather is on the way. We need to dry out first. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here with the accurate forecast. We do still have rain on the radar especially in new jersey. This one area rotating around through trenton and that will come through Lower Bucks County and into Burlington County over the ne
From the close of equity trading here in europe, but the focus is still very much on the Oil Prices Brent going above 50 a barrel for the First Time Since october. Of course rallying as opec is said to have reached an agreement on an output cut. Crude oil dominating the market for the moment, up 7. 7 on brent crude. Picture,k at the dig russias indexes up and canada is up. 7 . If we look at the ftse 100, we are up point 5 . Space, thethe fx dollar is strong, up. 4 . We are seeing the. 8 percent. Up note the high correlation between the ruble and wti crude at the moment. Looking at what is happening in the bond market space, we see treasury yields move higher on the 10 year. Let me show you what is happening on the sector breakdown on european stocks. Up for a second day, on track for the first monthly gain in three and Energy Stocks are leading the gains. No surprise with the rally we see in oil. Materials closely following largely on Chemical Companies gaining with linda rallying toda