quarters. did you hear president biden s promise? he said the people like you have a home in the u.s., they can come and live in the u.s., the door is open. i got a lot of news, a lot of announcements, but there is no action. reporter: tom put in his visa application four years ago. you helped the u.s., now the u.s. needs to help you, simple as that. yeah, yeah. the u.s. army has to help us. reporter: seems reasonable. that was nbc s richard engel reporting. it is the top of the hour and it is very good to be with you tonight. the delta variant of covid has been detected in every state. so why are so many of us still not vaccinated? we will dig into the misinformation campaign that could be holding some people back. plus more than a half million people have signed a petition to let sha carri richardson run in the tokyo olympics. our panel will dive into the changing debate over cannabis in sports. and when it comes to spelling, america has a new queen be. zail
collegeho goes on to and comes back and teaches. that is so meaningful. i was thrilled i got to meet her here when i visited when she was a student and now get to come back while she is an english teacher. i also want to thank jared for leaving us in the pledge of allegiance. for joining usu today. thank you for the roundtable discussion we just had, which was really like a reunion. it is great to see so many people we have seen on other visits. much, dr. norman landrieu, thank you. we have met here many times before and again today. thank you for all of the work each one of you have done to bring new orleans back. we really appreciate you. in 2001 when she was teaching as a teach for america member in baton rouge. she is now the executive director of teach for america greater new orleans. she is also on the louisiana board as a board member on the board of elementary and secondary education. she and thousands of other educators have committed their lives to improve and expan
pres. bush: thank you. as has been mentioned, in 2006, we came here to warren easton charter school after katrina hit. we are honored and pleased to be back. i can t think of a better place ,o come here in new orleans except for some of the restaurants. [laughter] the slogan that guided the school when we visited is true today. we believe in success. success, thef that schools like this have achieved, you have given all americans reasons to believe that new orleans is back. and better than ever. mr. mayor, thank you for your hospitality. you have been so gracious to us. we want to thank you. if enthusiasm and a good strategy counts, new orleans is in good hands. we thank you very much. [applause] i bring greetings from one of the cochairman of the bush-katrina fund. 41. one of the great lines of all-time, who would have thought getting out of bed at age 91 would be more dangerous than jumping out of an airplane at 90? [laughter] thank david garland, the president of the chart
president bush returns to new orleans ten years after hurricane katrina and the withering criticism of his administration in response to the storm. 60 years ago today, sparked outrage and helped ignite the civil rights movement. good evening, i m antonio mora. this is al jazeera america, we begin in europe where authorities are trying to crack down on human traffickers responsible for soaring number of refugee deaths on land and sea. today hungarian and italian police made several arrests some in connection with the 71 refugees found dead in the back of an abandoned truck in austria. others related to hundreds who died when boats capsized off the coast of libya. john terret joins us with the details. gentlemen antonio good evening. people making their way from middle east to europe are generally speaking, not migrants seeking a better lives for themselves, some are but most are those fleeing bitter fighting in their home lands. a candlelight vigil for 71 refugees who di
and that includes defeating the tpp. corporate america has got to start investing in our country, not just countries all over the world. we need a movement which says that every worker in this country deserves a living wage, that understands that the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage and we will raise that minimum wage over a period of years to 15 bucks an hour. [applause] that we are going to end the disgrace of women making 78 cents on the dollar compared to men. we are going to have pay equity for women workers. and we are going to end the international embarrassment of being the only, only major country on earth that does not provide at least 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. [applause] we need a movement that says that when real unemployment, including those who have given up looking for work and those who are working part-time, is over 10%, when black youth unemployment is over 50%, that we need a massive federal jobs program to rebuild