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we probably get 72 per delegate votes that they next president of the united states. [applause] [applause] today the national urban leg released their annual state of black america report. says african-americans are moving backwards on issues of equality and calls for $1 trillion in spending over five years on education, small business and youth employment programs. the national urban league resident marc morial discuss the reported museum in washington. this is 50 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good morning. ladies and gentlemen i want to welcome you the 2015th state of black america launch event. education jobs and justice. i m amber pain they been urging editor of nbc universal s inclusive site for politics culture social issues. we tell stories by four and about the black community. and hello to everybody watching this historic right cast on line. we want to invite you to join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag locked out and we are comi ....
roughly, 3,000 people lost their lives and the nation hasn t forgotten their loss. the senator from new york and i introduced legislation called the justice against sponsors of terrorism act. this is bipartisan legislation that would enable americans and their family members who lost loved ones on that horrible day to pursue their claims for justice against those who sponsored these acts of terrorism on u.s. homeland. this bill was reported out of the senate judiciary committee without objection, and similar legislation passed the senate u unanimously last congress. that kind of support, i believe sends the support we will combat terrorism with every tool we have available and the victims of terrorist attacks in our country should have every means at their disposal to seek justice. i am grateful of the work from the senator from new york, along with chairman grassley for shepherding it through the senate judicial communityy and the support of like-minded senators in t ....
statement, you outlined real progress that s been made within isil in terms of limiting their financial resources and the reality of inspired terrorist attacks that have global reach including here in the homeland as we have seen this week. what progress is being made in degrading isil s ability to inspire terrorist acts through the digital or even traditional media and how have we learned how to measure that progress? we are trying to go up stream and find out who is responsible for spewing the information into the internet that inspires these individuals to carry these attacks. and working with our military partners, we are trying to make sure that the appropriate actions are taken in syria and iraq where a lot of this emanates from. in addition, we are trying to share as many information with global partners because it s not just upstream activity but the downstream of this but it also gets to issue that we were talking earlier about which is what is the government ....
proud of the fact that people love us for our macadamia nuts and chocolate. i think when you talk about hawaii and being on the hill there is almost expectation you come with wearing a lei or come with chocolate covered mac nuts. that is what your fellow colleagues oh, yeah, you would be surprised. so i bring them out once in a while. you talked a little bit earlier what you would like to do on the armed services committee more broadly. how long do you hope to serve and what are your broader goals here in congress? i m 47 now. so i got elected at 47. i got elected in the legislature when i was 27, served for 20 years. as i mentioned earlier, the commitment our family has made is that we re going to put in, if given the opportunity and privilege, to put in another 30 years 20 years. so that would make me7. that is not too old. so yeah, if given the opportunity to stay here i think it is critical for hawaii, especially in this particular seat, to develop senor ....
remarkable success that he enjoyed in the context of his democratic his campaign for the democratic nomination for president. senator sanders competed in every state across the country. and earned more than 10 million votes for his campaign. that s a remarkable accomplishment and the president complimented him and congratulated him on his success. i think you could describe the conversation as friendly conversation. that was focused on the future. part of that future conversation was about the importance of the upcoming general election. you ve heard the president say on a number of occasions how important it is to him personally that he be succeeded in office by a president who is committed to building on the remarkable progress that our country has made over the last 7 1/2 years. so that certainly was an important part of the conversation. but it went beyond that. there also was a conversation about the long-term future of the democratic party. and senator sanders ....