his quest for a wall. down to the texas border. where he claimed the nation is under attack.president trump: if we had a barrier of any kind, a powerful barrier, whether it s steel or concrete.we would stop that cold. we re certainly are under attack by criminal gangs. by criminals themselves, by the human traffickers and by drugs of all kinds, much of it comes through at the southern border. but during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement officials. mister trump was told some border crossers have been digging tunnels.under areas where walls are already in place.woman: here this is just a couple miles from here from where we are standing. this is a tunnel. this is the second tunnel that recently we have located. this is an area that we actually have a wall. the president is also trying to rewrite history. clarifying what he meant during the campaign.president trump: i will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and i will have mexico pay for that wall. who
skulduggery. .he u.s. is a diverse nation this is one of the many things makes us great, despite the legacy of the genocide of the native people and slavery. the census bureau and not spike lee says five years and now, why children will be a minority. by 2049, white folks will be outnumbered by nonwhites. this is happening, people. here and now. it is time to start embracing. and no matter how one might wish it to be otherwise, we are not making america great again by going ,ack to eisenhower, jim crow and leave it to beaver. [applause] it!having now is the time to seize the day , take a of this unique moment in history, and build bridges amongst us. i am talking about gender, race, religion, and nations not walls and let us build bridges of love versus walls of hate. sidebar number one. , i am amongst some of the greatest minds in the world here at johns hopkins university. people who are a lot smarter ask, can somebody please educate me, me, somebody from the public of br
much. i want to begin by thanking your chair, kathleen. congratulating her not only on her degree but her work of many years to enable more young peope to go to college. president snyder, thank you for welcoming me here and for your service. and for doing it with such remarkable energy. i want to thank congresswoman maxine waters. and her husband, ambassador sidney williams. maxine for her service and devotion to this district and her longtime friendship to hillary and me which means more than i can say. there are a lot of proud parents in this audience. people who are in public service. i do want to know that the senator from wyoming and his family are here because his daughter is also in the graduating class. at least two of your alumni are very important parts of your administration. i want to acknowledge the former secretary of defense, rudy deleon, and a man who is not here, tony quellen, who served in the commission for people with disabilities. i am here in two capacit
for the second time in as many weeks a grand jury has found the evidence is just not there to charge a white police officer in connection with the death of a black civilian. this time it s in the biggest city in the nation packed with tourists for the holiday season. these cases are wildly different and half a nation apart. this one involves the video seen around the world by now showing a man named eric garner being taken down by mostly plain clothed police officers while being placed under arrest. one of the officers employed a chokehold. moments later while on the ground after complaining he couldn t breathe he was dead. while tonight while so far peaceful there are protesters in the streets of new york city. some of them you see within about a block of rockefeller christmas tree which gets lit up a short time from now. again, the streets already packed with visitors. our coverage begins where this story started, nbc s stephanie gosk in new york s staten island. reporter
for the second time in as many weeks a grand jury has found the evidence is just not there to charge a white police officer in connection with the death of a black civilian. this time it s in the biggest city in the nation packed with tourists for the holiday season. these cases are wildly different and half a nation apart. this one involves the video seen around the world by now showing a man named eric garner being taken down by mostly plain clothed police officers while being placed under arrest. one of the officers employed a chokehold. moments later while on the ground after complaining he couldn t breathe, he was dead. while tonight while so far peaceful there are protesters in the streets of new york city. some of them you see within about a block of rockefeller center christmas tree which gets lit up a short time from now. again, the streets already packed with visitors. our coverage begins where this story started, nbc s stephanie gosk in new york s staten island.