entering the coliseum, gladiator ford o'connell and christian dorsey. gentlemen, welcome.ber one, the white house now going rogue the day after proposing a cell phone tax without congressional approval, sending hundreds of millions more on new education programs without some much as a congressional not. that has republicans saying he is a president, not a dictator. what do you say? >> that is exactly right. aside from bypassing congress in jacking of federal tobacco taxes , he essentially is mindlessly throwing money in a very serious problem. this race to the top is not a program of educational policy because unless you can essentially control for bad neighborhoods, chaotic family living, essentially whenever benefits you're going to get for the program will go away. the onus is on the people to make this program work. the way the president is acting right now is more like a dictator the president. neil: if you did it once, all right. this is an anomaly. to bypass the points that you think are vital. all presidents run into this. when you start throwing fees, taxes, that

my name is christian dorsey, i'm the director of external affairs at the economic policy institute, and i'll be your host and master of ceremonies for this afternoon's symposium which really is a convening of some of the most incredibly talented, thoughtful speakers and commentators on issues affecting folks of color, workers, as well as politics in america. this is a symposium that has taken many months to prepare and is really the brain child and inspiration of epi's director of the program on race, ethnicity and the economy, alier nonaustin who you'll hear from later on when we close the program, but you'll also hear from as part of our first panel this afternoon. let me get some logistics out of the way first. i see that people dead notice the refreshments in the rear of the room. those are open and available to you throughout the symposium. if you need to use the restrooms, it's best to exit the rear of the room, take a right, walk down the hallway, you'll come to a corridor at which you'll take a left, and you'll see both the men's and ladies' rooms. if you have a need for wireles

my name is christian dorsey, i'm the director of external affairs at the economic policy institute, and i'll be your host and master of ceremonies for this afternoon's symposium which really is a convening of some of the most incredibly talented, thoughtful speakers and commentators on issues affecting folks of color, workers, as well as politics in america. this is a symposium that has taken many months to prepare and is really the brain child and inspiration of epi's director of the program on race, ethnicity and the economy, algernon austin, who you'll hear from later on when we close the program, but you will also hear from as part of our first panel this afternoon. let me get some logistics out of the way first. i see people did notice the refreshments in the rear of the room. those are open and available to you throughout the symposium. if you need to use the restrooms, it's best to exit the rear of the room, take a right, walk down the hallway. you'll come to a corridor at which you'll take a left, and you'll see both the men's and ladies' rooms. if you have a need for wireless c

my name is christian dorsey. i'm the director of external affairs at the economic policy institute and i will be your master of ceremonies for this afternoon's symposium which is really just a king beating of some of the most talented -- which is really just a meeting of some of the most talented and thoughtful workers as well as politics in america. this is the brainchild of algernon austin, whom you will hear from later on. let me get some logistics out of the wafers. i see that people did notice the refreshments in the rear of the room. those are available throughout the symposium. if you need to use the restroom, it is best to exit the rear of the room, take a right, walk down the hallway. you'll come to a court or in which you take a left and you will see both the men's and ladies' rooms. if you have need for a wireless connection in the room, you can connect to the alf's public wi- fi and the addi will look for is baker the password is labor, l-a-b-o-r-.815. in what is truly a landmark, we will have tweetin