associate deputy attorney general and he says the man behind the lawsuit wants to end the practice of affirmative action. i don't think that necessarily because he has an ulterior motive it somehow spoils the general principle is at stake we fought for a very very long time to establish what we styled a colorblind constitution and that indeed was the motto of the early civil rights movement and occur moving to affirmative action you're now are giving weight to race or gender that ought to be irrelevant to pure merit ability based upon character and accomplishments to succeed so i do think it's whether he has old here motives or not he can't force you know asian americans to be plaintiffs and that's a legitimate question whether or not we're focused on the individual and remember there's nothing that prevents giving a plus to someone who can show the individual who were discriminated against as opposed to treating our society is made up of groups rather than individuals and giving group advantages even though individual members may have not suffered at all that's something that i think

the senate's confirmation vote for brett kavanaugh to be an associate justice for the supreme court was 50-48. alaska senator lisa murkowski voted president. montana senator steve daines did not vote. he was attending his daughter's wedding. here is the senate vote. this is approximately 20 minutes. reminder to our guests in the galleries, expressions of approval or disapproval are not permitted in the senate galleries. under the previous question, all postcloture time has expired. the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. vote: the vice president: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: the sergeant at arms has restored order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. vote: the vice

china town community development center, the chinese progressive association, the community tenants association, and i also would like to thank barburcy coast neighborhood for this support. this is a project that is a part of this community and we haunt to make sure have a real shot at being, maintaining and continuing to be a part of this community which is why this investment is important. one of our champions on the state side, as it restate relato affordable housing and someone who is working hard, not only for the residents here in china chinatown, our assembly member. [applause] >> thank you. it's fitting that this morning, as it's been raining, just as this press conference is starting, the sun is coming out. as our city has been experiencing the intensity of the housing challenges that we have, today is a bright spot and an important announcement on how we move things forward. let me start by thanking mayor breed, your city departments for your investment in real affordability. and ensuring projects like this move forward. as a resident, i'm grateful to you and what everyone here is doi

brett kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the supreme court, senate majority leader

the full loss of these would remove all tangible association with that history.n exchange for the complete loss of these historical contributors in their preferred project alternative, the plan is to save the boiler step staffing unit. while these are interesting and appreciated ideas, the significance, especially in unit three should not be conflated with the historic significance of the elements slated for removal. this is exacerbated by the uncertainty around whether unit three may be repurposed for a hotel in a way that maintains an historic relevance. the draft e.i.r. poses a question. is it adequate to preserve only those historic features that are most marketable, whether it is as a revenue generator or as an iconic place maker? or share the goal of preservation be to reach back to tell a richer and more complete story of the site? we believe it is the latter and look forward to working with you and continuing our work with the associate capital to creatively and tangibly incorporate the site history into the overall project. thank you for your considerati

a lot of people today associate it with the klan. but more important than the klan was this moment in birmingham in 1948 in july when the dixiecrat 1948 in july when the dixiecrat party was born, and nominated strom thurmond for president, a breakaway from the democratic party in re-nominating harry truman. they had embraced a strong civil rights platform. was the marriage of the confederate flag, which was just been starting to emerge as a popular culture symbol and politics with reaction and white supremacy. you look at the faces in the birmingham auditorium and you see a lot of young faces because a good number of the delegates at the convention were college students from the south where they were accustomed to waving this flag as a symbol of football as well as kappa alpha. they brought it on to the convention floor. this photo made it the symbol of reactionary politics. the students, you notice this was in houston about a month later, it was not the party but the young supporters who made it a symbol of the dixiecrats. they made

associated with the departed confederate debt. if that had been to, my would be a very short talk today. we would not be arguing about to confederate flights today if this advice had been heated. or soe next 75 years after reconstruction but even before the end of reconstruction, they confederate fight became a prominent part of southern -- white southern. it was in the hands of those who would use it during the war itself third man like this. his battle flag at which he marched he lost in the war. the 1896 veterans reunion in richmond. used inrans themselves parades like this in association with jefferson davis and the jeb stuart monument. their union flags on buildings and bishop of buildings. unveiling of the -- statue in 1907. it was a major part of the civic life of the south in the 75 years after the end of reconstruction heard it was at a restricted role associated with the confederacy, with the veterans the confederacy, the keepers of the confederate plane. had a very logical -- to demoralize. and memorial day activities,

business associate writing to him. all the artwork gifted to you should not in any event be construed as an act of corruption i personally do not encourage such practices in any manner whatsoever i mean what do you say to people who say that these that later from the saudi prince was fabricated in fact reason to cover up the diversion of. into jolo and his associates accounts and in fact into your own account well i want to say it is the only reason why i accepted because sure you know from king of the law that you would support me and the subsequent initial donations did come follow the ministry of finance of saudi and i assume that subsequent donations would also come from sources connected to the saudi i'm not privy to letters written by jordan or in instances as you mention. but just examine it let them investigate if george is responsible or i don't want to sponsible for siphoning of fun. then. they must be held accountable the question is when i received the funds was i aware of the source of money if the central

he is president of the white house historical association. his 30-plus career in washington has been a senior role at georgetown university, the american red cross and the motion picture association. he also worked with the ronald reagan organization to plan and execute the ronald reagan centennial celebration in 2011. please join in welcoming me -- please join me in welcoming today's panel, anita mcbride, mark uptegrove and stewart mcfarland. >> thank you very much. i would also like to recognize gill west and other board member john barrett who was not able to be with us today. anita is on the board and these men and women give leadership and governess to our organization that started by ms. kennedy, nonpartisan partner to the white house and we are honored to be the convener of this sum met this week. what wept to talk about is presidential legacy. let's start with the lbj. monday would have been the 110th birthday of president johnson. so there is a congressmen ration of sorts, at least a noting of that. and johnson was larger than life a

on behalf of the american bar association, i'm pleased to welcome you to this event. it is, indeed, a privilege to have with us this evening associate justice kagan of the united states supreme court. justice kagan is a graduate of princeton. she received her masters in philosophy from oxford. she then attended harvard law school where she received her jd. justice kagan had the honor and privilege of clerking for two legendry judges. first, judge abner on the u.s. supreme court -- u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit and then for justice thurgood marshall at the united states supreme court. after briefly practicing at a law firm, justice kagan became a law professor at the university of chicago law school and later at harvard. she then served in the clinton administration as associate counsel to the president and then as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy. after this time in washington, justice kagan served as the dean of harvard law school. she was then nominated and confirmed as solicitor general of the united states and then was appointed a

on shiite association. and then assets being frozen with iranian intelligence and other iranian suspects. >> thank you for that. now to italy. the mayor of a small town in the south of the country, a man who became a symbol for welcoming migrants to italy has been placed under house arrest for allegedly aiding illegal immigration. our rome correspondent covering the story for a spirit she joins us from rome. give us the details on this things --it >> everyone across italy's is asking how is it possible that the mayor of -- come of this tiny town, domenico lugano could be accused of crimes. after a lengthy investigation by the police, they have accused him of aiding and of aiding illegal immigration, promoting marriages, and misusing public funds for the allocation of garbage contracts in this town. he has been a hero for many people, not only in italy, but around the world. he was named by fortune magazine as one of its top leaders in one of -- just a couple of years back. he has rebuilt what was essentiall

. >> live from the studio, the wisconsin broadcasters association presents the 2018 u.s. senate debate. with incumbent democratic senator tammy baldwin and republican challenger leah vukmir. >> good evening. the wisconsin broadcasters association and its members stations are pleased to welcome you to this u.s. senate the between tammy baldwin and leah vukmir. tonight's debate continues our long-standing commitment to public service. let's go now to our moderator, a veteran wisconsin broadcaster, professor of leadership and

from the american bar association to the federal bar association to the national association of women's judges and the american immigration lawyers association, just to name a few. all stand with the national association of immigration judges in calling for a truly independent immigration court established outside the department of justice and divorced from all political influences. thank you for listening to my remarks, and the president can maybe raise a few questions. >> absolutely. if you'd like to stay at the podium to take questions. our colleague over here is going to be passing the microphone around. again, when i call on you and you get the mic, please do identify yourself and your news organization. so you just called for immigration courts and immigration judges to be removed from the purview of the department of justice. >> yes. >> how do you see that working? >> it's actually a pretty easy logistical transition, not to make too light of it. i think all you do is take out and remove the letterheads, put in the new letterheads, and remove the top management as the department

they may have left but the block firefighters association.ears, the cooked dinner and it was jacob held that spearheaded that efforts. at the end of the day, there is probably 40 or 50 people there. they were fed and appreciated the hosting by the division of training. i'm sure she will mention it in her report, the deputy chief attended an event honouring those members that self dispatched but in a very brave and courageous way to 911-2001, including our own assistant job e.g. chief. last week, on the 18th, the deputies and i attended a labour-management meeting. the commission secretary handed you two items. the commission graciously approved by travel which was paid for, not by the city but by the national fire protection association. there is two documents i handed you. one is the report from the nfpa. i was proud to be selected as a member. the last time i did it was in 2008. i don't travel that often. i have been asked and it just wasn't working out. this year i was able to attend and adopt a number of position papers including on activ

as an association, that's what we try to encourage. i mean, we're talking about the probationary firefighter on up where we try to have the mentor mentality, mentorship, and that goes for all our firefighters. you don't have to be an asian firefighters. for example, we have five probies at our station. to not let anyone fall through the cracks, we try to take them aside and train them up on hey, this is what we do, this is how we do it. that's what our goal is, as far as associations, to try to build each other up because on a fire ground, you count on each other to perform certain tasks because we work as a team to hit gate the hazards, so that's what we'd -- mitigate the hazards, so that's what we'd encourage. >> >> commissioner covington: well, i attended a number of events that have been sponsored by the asian firefighters, and i've always had a wonderful time and appreciated meeting so many members of the department. i appreciate your leadership in that. and i also appreciate you mentioning the consent decree, because without ackn

president trump just now gave a wide-ranging interview to the "associated press".spoke about his former personal attorney, among many other issues. we are talking about michael cohen. i want to bring in our national political reporter m.j. lee. what did he say about michael cohen? >> reporter: well, wolf, donald trump in this new a.p. interview is taking on his personal attorney, former personal attorney michael cohen. one thing that he said that was interesting is that he said it was totally false what michael cohen said in that courthouse in august when he said that michael cohen had actually coordinated with donald trump in silencing women like stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, both women, of course, alleged to have affairs with donald trump years ago. remember, it was cohen that said in this courtroom in this very dramatic setting that it was at the direction of donald trump that he had made these efforts to try to silence these women, and donald trump coming out and saying that is absolutely false. he also personally attacked michael cohen. he mocked him as a

senate debate sponsored by the north dakota newspaper association. connectivity is also sponsored by the american cancer society network and communication companies in the career academy. i'm the publisher of the business magazine. joining me on the panel tonight or steve wagner in the journal publishing across north dakota and the editor of the courier. the panelists have tonight's questions and will take tonight turns reading them. they have advanced notice of the rules. here are those rules. each candidate for two minutes for an upcoming rock. the order for opening remark res well as closing remarks was done shortly before we took the stage tonight. following opening remarks we will begin with the use of questions the candidates will take turns with the answers limited to one minute. one candidate wins her first followed by the other end of the first will then have 30 seconds to respond and 15 seconds until the end i will raise the card cd when i pasted down the time is up. this will continue for the hour we have tonight. after approximately 50 mi

at the major county sheriffs association.onny youngblood and michael lewis and the international association of chiefs of police who are represented today. they are key partners. and our law enforcement plan calls on these united states attorneys, all 94 together, to work with our local law enforcement to achieve the goals that we have set and they cannot be achieved in any other way, frankly. so it's a distinguished group. and the meeting and size of this crowd indicates the interest that you have. before i say anything else, i want everyone to know that this department is responding to the suspicious packages that have been sent to several political leaders and a media outlet in the last few days. yesterday, i spoke with fbi director chris wray, and deputy director dave bowditch, and we met with and briefed the president to bring him up to date. fbi and atf are working on this, and i want to thank all of our law enforcement officers. in dealing with explosive devices, it point out again the courage officers display because

a practice long associated with shows mocking african americans. i realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong and i am sorry. the history of black face in our culture is abhorrent, the wounds too deep. i've never been a pc person, but i understand that we need to be more sensitive in this day and age. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >>> murder in paradise. the american tourist killed on an island getaway. >> and the mega wwe superstar going public with his private battle. >> caught on camera. people sent flying on an out of control escalator. >>> next, tonight, an american lawyer on vacation with friends in turks and caicos found murdered near a popular resort. nbc's anne thompson has the latest. >> reporter: with turquoise waters and pristine beaches, turks and caicos bills itself as the ultimate grownup playground. tonight, it's the focus of a murder mystery. one of its guests went missing last monday. the next morning in these bushes near the resort, her body was discovered by a traveling companion. helma hermans was on the trip with her

>> most people by now know who i am and what we do as the white house historical association, and, what we want to do here is to unpack for you a little bit about a very successful partnership and collaboration that we have that started with teresa, and then it evolved to amazon web services, teresa actually shares our national counsel and white house history, which in the philanthropy side of our business is a wonderful group of 28 individuals that we are seeking to grow and evolve putting wind in the sales, financially, to support the work that we do including this program here. so, thank you teresa for that leadership, that you give in that regard, but in terms of what we are talking about today, i often say that we are a rare organization that is contact -- context ridge but rechallenge, images, data, relationships, stories, deploying it nationally through education work, and digitally, and ways that can really reach the people beyond our little office on lafayette square, so, we do that through a number of partnerships, boys and girls club of america, the most impactful, and growin

you have been up to something else associated with his legacy. tell me about your project. >> if you're talking about playing my own grandfather on stage, it must be 40 years old now, the play. give them harry. james westmore originated it in 1975.

. ♪ bycampaign 2018 is sponsored wisconsin hospital association, wisconsin counties association, wisconsinealtors association, marshfield health clinic system, aarp wisconsin, and campaign r milwaukee journal sentinel. >> welcome to the city of oak creek. we are thrilled to have you here. celebratedthe city three years of our new civic center. they are excited to be able to host regional events like this. i and the city clerk of oak creek. the clerk's office is preparing for the upcoming general election. begin here atill city hall. historically, the city will produce a 70% turnout for the gubernatorial election with a 9% voting early. i have the pleasure of mr. john besh >> good evening everyone. , we are the main event grateful for this opportunity to present the voters of the first congressional district two major party candidates in what has become a race of extremely high importance and interest. , it is the nation's first and only independent nongovernment funded, nongovernment controlled state capital network. that weroud of the fact do this differently than the other state-level c-

a lot of the work we did associated with the travel ban and immigration. elected,f deal were that could mean a lot of things in the future. >> i worked so hard to make sure we passed access legislation for reproductive rights here in massachusetts. i'm a clear that whatever happens with respect to title x funding at the federal level, we will continue to fund. areny concern that you advocating for a person to go to washington who will likely vote against the things that you say you believe? >> that the people in massachusetts want. >> i worry about the things i can fundamentally control, and that is what state government has -- is up to. i chase issues at the federal level to build coalitions that prove successful. >> are you going to vote for jeff steele? >> i'm going to vote for me. and i will vote for karen leto. for a series of other candidates as well. i don't know what i'm going to do yet with spect for that one. >> you don't know if you will vote for the menu have endorsed? >> i will support the ticket and i do. >> but you may not vote for the ticke

and the homeowners association has to make a decision.to end up potentially owning this property? because if it goes to auction, and nobody bids on it, then you guys could end up owning it. >> that's correct. >> this home has been vacant since 2010. and as always happens, the home's exterior, well, it's getting pretty ragged. it's actually an eyesore for the neighborhood. >> most of the screens ended up blowing out. and because this represented a safety risk, the health department from the county came in and secured the pool area itself. so there was a lot of things growin' in there, an enormous amount of algae. >> now the hoa's put in a position because the lender's not doin' what they should do, and that is foreclose on the property. the homeowners association can decide to foreclose on the property themselves. and if nobody bids on that judgment, well, they take title to that property subject to the bank lien. >> remediation on just the exterior is probably gonna end up being around $13,000. if we ended up having a move to go in and --

do we risk the title issues that is associated with swaps? >> as i understand it, the watch require there is is a survey and title insurance. >> thank you. >> commissioner gilman. >> i am supportive of the project and happy to see the neighborhood association coming up. thank you for changing the timing. i appreciate that. i know there were questions around the affordable housing components. kudos forgetting the planning. that is not our jurisdiction it seems all of that was resolved in good shape. i support the project. thanks. >> commissioner adams. >> great presentation to everybody. i am very supportive this. is good to play a small role in this. this will enhance all of the neighborhoods in the southern waterfront and especially the housing component for me. i wish from was a -- it was a community i could afford to live in. i support it. >> a couple questions. what is the total amount of acreage? >> at the end of all cleanup 10.3-acres on the land and 17 submerged acres. >> originally it was 9? >> it was 9.5. >> what is the reason for th

susan: we are talking at the white house association. how associated are you with presidential descendents? how much work you do in that area? jennifer: i have been going to missouri for a few years to meet with some of the other presidential descendents. together there for a cherry blossom festival. there's usually a panel of presidential descendents and it's a lot of fun. we talk about how we are descended from our presidents and what it's like to be a descendent and how we carry on the legacy. that is about all i've done so far. susan: what is it like to be a presidential descendent? jennifer: it's like having a double identity. i'm a stay-at-home mom. i do a lot of volunteer work. my everyday life, i work with my school. and then, the special events that come up allow me to travel and meet some really unique people which i'm forever grateful for. other descendents, other people of importance in various walks of life. usually -- not so many politicians. but some leaders in that kind of thing. susan: has this been an interest throughou

we have megan moreno, the associate professor of pediatrics, school of medicine and public health at the university of washington. we have melissa macicato of crestville who is a behavioral scientist and science officer at the national center for injury, prevention, and control. the centers for disease control and prevention. and lastly we have mareson ramirez, who is an associate profess ner the division of environmental health sciences at the university of minnesota. and so the way that we are going to proceed this morning is we are going to, each of our panelists have a presentation to begin. we are having a few technology difficulties that will be revolved shortly but we are going to get started with the panelists and they will each share about their research and at the conclusion of the session we will have an opportunity for audience questions. so please join me in welcoming our first speaker, marian underwood. >> good morning. thanks very much to the organizers of this event for putting together such an interesting group of speakers and for including me. the new of my new acad

because the contract with the association which. at least for callao we became a sovereign nation or but in free association it gave people the ability to come to the united states we don't have to. really work for the status it was just we can come to the united states to work we can attend school and the same kind of in other make news. and why he is so obviously a go because it's kind of been. but you're not quite as big as the united states but sure so was open and open to much any chance to go to hawaii to go to the rest of the u.s. but why would they want to demonize you with them why. the pursuit of higher education better medical care just opportunity to do better and allow the minimum wage would be around three dollars an hour now they don't they have a college full of community college but only recently that they start being able to do graduate degrees and a given doctorate but it's online education and then in terms of medical care we just don't have that kind of health care so being able to come to why you really a lot o

and lastly, we have marizen ramirez who is an associate professor at the university of minnesota. and so, the way that we're going to proceed this morning is we are going to each of our panelists have a presentation to begin. we're having a few technology difficulties that we'll be resolving shortly but we're going to get started with our panelists. they're each going to share about their research and at the conclusion of our session, we will have an opportunity for audience questions. so, please join me in welcoming our first speaker, marion underwood. >> thank you. good morning. thanks very much to the organizers of this event for putting together such an interesting group of speakers and for including me. the name of my new academic home is the college of health and human sciences at purdue university, and for an academic like me to be speaking without slides is a little dangerous but here i go. the title of my talk is cyber bullying, social aggression, and social exclusion. research definitions of bullying emphasize two key elements, chronicity and imbalance of power and these

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i was the associate dean at the medical school. have been dedicated to this community for the past 20 years, trying to find solutions to better people's lives. congressman, your record speaks completely the opposite. mr. curbelo: let me just say, because i have two daughters and a wife. i do not need to be lectured by anyone on how to talk to women. what i suggest for you is you stop lying. you have been lying since this campaign started. you just said you never stop working. the miami herald reported you have not worked for three years. we know where your family has gotten a lot of its wealth from, from overseas and from gangsters. that is public record and in federal court documents. when you are going to lecture, be very careful because you might get what you wish for. >> we have -- ms. mucarsel-powell: may i respond? >> i want to show people let home an ad that is not by mr. curbelo's campaign, but a pac that supports him. it shows allegedly your connection to a ukrainian oligarch. it says he has supported you and has paid your

i serve on the board of directors of the white house's historical association. as you continue to enjoy your lunch, i want to introduce our program for today. you may have heard that we were planning on having the, our wonderful friend of the white house historical association, the renowned white house historian, dr. william seal with us for this lunch session, but he has been unable to join us. we, however, have a terrific plan "b" for you. and that is a conversation with anita mcbride, mark uptogrove and stewart mcclairin on presidential legacies and commemorations. and i know that if time allows, anita and mark and stewart will take questions at the end. so now to our panel. anita mcbride's career relating to the white house and the president spans more than 30 years as a white house adviser, chief of staff, and diplomatic adviser. currently, she is executive in residence at the center for congressional and presidential studies and in the school of public affairs where she directs programming on the first ladies and their historical flubs on politic -- influe