Arizona. In the grand canyon state, former astronaut mark kelly is challenging republican incumbent senator Martha Mcsally. Good evening, welcome to the special election 2020 debate between u. S. Senate candidates republican senator Martha Mcsally and democratic challenger mark kelly. This is the only live debate between these two candidates. It is a joint effort brought to you by the Arizona Citizens Elections Commission and media organizations from across the state. Im ted simons, host and managing editor of arizona horizon and joining me tonight, political report we are the Arizona Republic and also the host of arizona 360 on kuat and the host of the show on kjzz radio. We are broadcasting to you live from the studios at arizona pbs and asus Walter Cronkite school of journalism in downtown phoenix. Tonights debate is also being live streamed on participating medias websites including ez central. Com, kjzz, azpbs. Org and azpm. Org. Topics were chosen by journalists from the four par
Died at the hands of police we are angry. When does this Police Killed Richard Brooks after he took in Atlanta Police officers taser and pointed it at police as he ran away. An autopsy shows police shot brooks in the back the trust. That we have with the police force is broke in to attempt to repair some of that trust the Trump Administration is preparing an executive order on policing i think its pretty comprehensive. Aides say the administration is focusing on 4 key areas, including School Choice more money to minority communities. What the Administration Calls Healthcare Infrastructure and minority communities and Better Police relations invested in things responders. Co responders would allow for police to do their job but bring in social workers in experts to deal with Mental Health. The white house is using camden new jersey as a guide. The city does all this Police Department in 2012 friend and replaced it with a new one that emphazes Community Oriented policing my thing to have
Rights. The u. S. Supreme court ruled today that a landmark civil rights law protects and transgender people from discrimination in employment. The court decided by a 63 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as title 7 that bars job discrimination because of one also applies to orientation or gender identity with more we go now to kron fours justine waltman shes live in our newsroom with details just team. Well this outcome is expected to have a big impact for the over 8 million lgbtq workers across the country and i want you to think about this way until todays ruling it was legal and more than half of the states to fire workers for being bisexual or transgender most states do not protect lgbtq people from workplace, discrimination this ruling is considered a defeat for the Trump Administration. The white house would argue that the Civil Rights Act did not extend to claims of gender identity and orientation, but the conservative court disagreed. Governor gavi
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Alliance. Good afternoon. I am the executive director of the my brothers Keeper Alliance. Thank you all for joining us today. The killer of george floyd the killings of george floyd, breonna taylor, have left americans outraged. More than 1000 are killed in america and black people are three times more likely to be killed than white people. Together, we can work to refine redefine Public Safety so that it recognizes the dignity and humanity of every person. This town hall is part of a n ongoing mine brothers Keeper Alliance town hall series. My brothers keeper was launched in 2014 after the tragic killing of trayvon martin. The president launched it in the east room of the white house, everybody to do whatever they could in their power to make sure men of color knew that they matter and to reduce the systemic barriers that stand in their way to make sure every young person has every opportunity to reach their dreams. Today, the work of my brothers keeper continues at the Obama Foundati