Enforcement is treating young black and latino men differently than their white peers. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the president s speech before the Naacp Convention in philadelphia. Obama left the city at 7 30 tonight after speaking to over 3,000 Convention Delegates and meeting with inmates about reentering society. And more on the visit and what he said in philadelphia. In his own words he said the system just isnt fair and it cant be ignored any longer. Saying the u. S. Is spending 80 billion a year to keep people locked up and it is time to shift the countrys mindset and its practices. Mass incarceration makes our country worse off. And we need to do something about it. President barack obama with a thoughtprovoking speech in philadelphia today on the Justice System in the United States. The criminal Justice System isnt as smart as it should be. Its not keeping us as safe as it should be. It is not as fair as it should be. The president says the
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. In the words of president obama today in philadelphia in far too many cases the punishment simply doesnt fit the crime. Laying out his vision for reforming the criminal Justice System. Obama said in too many cases Law Enforcement is treating young black and latino men differently than their white peers. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the president s speech before the Naacp Convention in philadelphia. Obama left the city at 7 30 tonight after speaking to over 3,000 Convention Delegates and meeting with inmates about reentering society. And more on the visit and what he said in philadelphia. In his own words he said the system just isnt fair and it cant be ignored any longer. Saying the u. S. Is spending 80 billion a year to keep people locked up and it is time to shift the countrys mindset and its practices. Mass incarceration makes our country worse off. And we need to do something abo
Says he was found dead after battling the flu. People dont realize, he sold over 100 million albums. He won seven grammy award and won an Academy Award and one of his most memorable performances the super bowl halftime show. Its good to dance to. And it comes on at a club. He was so talented he could play so many instruments. Its a sad loss today. There are many songs he never had released known in what was called the vault. Maybe we have not seen the last of his music. Lets hope there is more to come. 6abc. Com has the complete life of prince, you can read reactions from celebrities and fellow musicians and share your prince memories with us on social media. Coverage of prince will continue for days on abc news. Tune in after jimmy kimmel for a night line completely dedicated to prince. And we are following a heart breaking story in delaware today where a High School Student was killed inside of a school bathroom. Chad pradelli is following this story all day, he joins us now in wilmi
We will have more commencement addresses in a moment, but first a look at a picture tweeted by a cnbc correspondent showing president obama in afghanistan today. He is hanging a surprise visit to u. S. Troops on this memorial day weekend. As the u. S. Withdraws troops ahead of the deadline at the end of the year, he flew to bog room air base overnight to spend a few hours there. This is his fourth visit to afghanistan as president. Here in washington, d. C. , the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally passing by. This is the 27th annual freedom ride to raise awareness for Veterans Issues and prisoners of war on memorial day. They lobby for approval of veterans benefits. Take a look at the riders making their way into d. C. Watchinge watch bowling thunder pass over arlington memorial day bridge. Theeard from mary barra, first woman to lead a major auto company. She delivered a commencement address at the university of michigan. She spoke for about 15 minutes. [applause] thank you, pres
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