dr. lena brown tweeted, dear lawrence, mom gave a girl a scholarship for one year via the kind fund.t he ever wants for christmas or his birthday is to help a young woman get an education. you have now provided high school scholarships for over 6,000 girls where the high school graduation rate for girls is much lower than the boy's graduation rate and girls need a lot of extra support to stay in school. it is very common for 13 and 14-year-old girls who are forced to drop out of high school because they cannot pay their school fees to very quickly end up married and pregnant and become young mothers, most likely stuck in a lifetime of poverty in their village as a result with no real marketable skills. the scholarships you've provided have changed girls' lives. this year we introduce you to some of the kind fund scholarship girls who are now in college and are doing very well. one of them, sara, who i met two years ago when she was in high school, is now starting medical school in china. without your help, these girls would not be where they are today. here is fanny khinwa who i met

dr. brown has been waiting for five years for the return of his son niko from brazil. we have 100 american children abducted to india with almost no hope of return without the united states choosing to take real action. and again, those actions are in our law. they are in the goldman act. use them, mr. president. we could also lower the number of visas available to indian citizens until abducted children are returned. another opportunity to get this right. while japan was finally named a noncompliant country by the trump administration in this year's annual report, after having just about nothing done in the previous administration on japan, japan is still not held accountable for the dozens of cases that were pending before it signed the hague convention in 2014. and jeffrey will talk about that in his testimony. but what a dark day that was. they signed the hague convention, which maybe, maybe opens up the door to some cases from then on but all of the cases that preceded ratification of the hague convention are grandfathered out. what a gross injustice. marine corps

dr. michael brown, , the author of the paper on humanized mice that dr. prentice and dr. sander lee pointed to in their statement. andy wrote, as i quote, it is premature to take generalizable conclusions about the neophyte replace -- models and all humanized mouse research applications. further, in no way does our paper, that's does our paper cs paper, support the claim that fetal tissue research as a whole is no longer needed. to that extent i'd like to unanimous consent to enter this letter dated december 13 into the official record. >> without objection. >> thank you, sir. dr. temple, does this surprise you the author of the paper cited in dr. prentice and dr. sander lee test when what about the importance of fetal tissue in humanized mice? >> does it surprise me? could you say it again, please? >> does it surprise you that the author of the paper cited in dr. prentice and dr. sander lee test when what about the importance of fetal tissue humanized mice? >> no, because this is the consensus of our field, that it is essential and cannot be substituted by such models, n

similarly to what dr reverend brown said, san francisco puts its mind and heart into something, we make it a reality. we have accomplished some really tremendous feats, become the first city in the country to mate -- me to $15 an hour and july 2018, which we should acknowledge. we let the way and became the first city in the united states to issue marriage license and same-sex marriage licenses in 2004. we have been the leader on so many fronts in regards to environmental -- being proactive in regards to protecting the environment and climate change. so that leads to the question, when do people of color become a priority in san francisco? that is why we are here today. the black population in san francisco is hemorrhaging. it has been hemorrhaging. if the census trends continue from the last study that was done, which i believe is somewhat conservative, because it does not incorporate all the postrecession impacts and wealth distribution that took place over the last ten years, in two years, the black population -- just take in those numbers. in two not years, the black population in s

dr. abbott recalled that the commissioner of public buildings, benjamin brown french, greeted them. that is, he greeted him and with all the urbanity imaginable, and president.hem to the upon catching sight of major augusta, lincoln grasped his hand. greetings,hanged robert lincoln, who had been standing nearby, next to his mother, approached and as dr. abbott remembered, quote, very hastily,on the purport of which i took to thisre you going to allow invasion? referring, doubtless, to our there.e robert was almost certainly acting at the behest of his mother. lincoln responded, why not? word, robertther retreated to first lady's side. the president then heartily shook hands with both dr. abbott.and the author of an 1864 biography of lincoln described that scene, quote -- "when two or three colored gentleman availed themselves of the privilege to call on him, gave no sign that he regarded them as different than other guests at the reception. they were greeted with the same cordiality and freedom that he had bestowed upon white men." though it was highly unusual for blacks to appear a

dr amir khalil, came to their rescue. in 1998, it was clear from the announcement that the brown bear needed to be protected.he heart of the bulgarian capital sofia's commercial and political centre, a tradition from mediaeval times. a 14—month—old brown bear. she is muzzled and chained by rings through her nose and upper lip to her master. the dancing bear was a cultural problem in bulgaria. for hundreds of years, a tradition. the bear is trained, they take the bear cub and work them on a metal hotplate, very hot, like fire. they smear the soul of the leg of the bear with vaseline and then they start to play with small instruments and music and they put the bear up on the fire, on this hotplate and the bear starts to move his leg up and down because it's burning him. and they do this procedure many times and for the bear, when they hear this music, they start to move their leg and this is how they have the dancing bear. the bear is also alcoholic. they have one hobby. so that they are working many hours, the bear has to drink also alcohol, like its owner. so we tried to work with the public and make a lot o

dr. cobb's family and friends will be in my thoughts and in my prayers. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize mr. bill brown as he celebrated his 100th birthday on december 3. born and raiseed in brunswick, georgia, he's a stalwart of the community. after 100 years, though, he's has ly a stalwart but he also made a significant impact on countless individuals' lives. during world war ii, he built liberty ships for the war effort. when the war was over he embarked on the career of selling real estate in the area. during this time he had a firsthand perspective of brunswick's growth. although there are only -- these are only a few of the many ways he served his community throughout his life, one of his most important may be that he rarely misses being in the pew in the first united methodist church. i am glad to see the hundreds of people who came to mr. brown's birthday party. each with well wishes and lots of thanks for mr. brown for now -- for how he helped them along the way. mr. brown, happy birthday. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize captain danny jones, ilot john beemler, and apprentice gordon stru

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brown. you apply and get in the hardest medical school to get in, the harvard medical school. were you surprised you got in, and was that your first choice? drm: i was really surprised to get in. in fact, it was not my first choice, because i was trying to convince my father i was not going to go to medical school, but i was going to go study political science and philosophy. i came home from brown one summer and he asked me, so what are you going to study? i said, dad, i think i will study political science and philosophy and i think i'm going to get into politics. he literally pulled the car over to the side of the road, coming back from the airport, and he said, hey, when you finish your internship and residency, you can study anything you want. [laughter] dr. kim: and he used to talk like that. he said, for him, it was very clear who we were in this country. we were in iowa. he said you are a chinaman. he said this to me. do you think people will pay you to hear your ideas about political science and philosophy? get a skill. it turned out it was great advice. there are so many things that i learned and have happened because i had this no

stephon clark, michael brown, trayvon martin, and eric gardner and jonathan tobas are saying from heaven, if you love drer king standing on the place that he died saying you did not die in vain my brother. 50 years later we shall fight, we shall fight to freedom is enjoyed by all americans. god bless his legacy and god bless dr. king. [ applause ] >> peace. one day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. we must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. dr. martin luther king jr., december 24th, 1967, christmas eve sermon. >> representatives of the 105 member hpcu legacy voices. ♪ there is a balm in gilead ♪ to make the wounded whole ♪ there is a balm in gilead ♪ to heal the sin-sick soul ♪ sometimes i feel discouraged ♪ and think my life's in vain ♪ but when the holy spirit ♪ reminds my soul again ♪ if you can sing like angels ♪ if you cannot reach that chord ♪ ♪ go home and tell your neighbor ♪ ♪ he dare to sing the song ♪ there is a balm in gilead ♪ to make the wounded whole ♪ there is a balm in gilead ♪ to heal t

in the neighborhood of 50,000, r 60,000 dr but they are smiting by the year -- in the 2020s that shortage will be as large as 175,000. >> reporter: lynette brownrientatio course designed for eight had only one trainee. >> any given day we'd have, say, 100 shipmentshat need to go. if we only have 80 drivers, that means 20 sit behind. >> reporter: retirement, stagnant pag gruelin lifestyle and gender disparity are some of the problems. >> the average age of truck drivers today is quite high. it's pushing 50 years old. don't have very many females truck driverstoday. it's growing but it's about 6% of all truck drivers are female. >> reporter: outdated regulations also limit the work po. >> you have to be at least 21 years old to haul interstat freight. so we miss all these people that don't go to llege. >> reporter: casey swim has been behind the wheel for over 30 years. >> it's a lot to get used to. you have to be verde ndent. you have to be kind of a person that doesn'tom like to be all the time. >> reporter: but the industry is changing.re salaries going up. pets are welcome. trucks are now coming wh amenities like double bunks, fridges and tv

dr. yellen was born in brooklyn and attended high school in bay ridge. that's an -- [ laughter and applause ] i said to her jokingly that that would be an applause line. she earned a bachelor's degree from brown and received her ph.d. from yale. after spending her early career in academia, she served on the white house counsel of economic advisers from 1997 to 1999, and in 2004 became president and ceo for the federal reserve bank of san francisco. she was selected to serve as vice chair of the federal reserve board of governors in 2010 and in 2014 became the first woman to serve as its chair. [ applause ] that's a position that she held until february of this year, as some of you may have read in the newspaper. [ laughter ] she is currently distinguished fell low fellow in residence with economic studies program at the brookings institution. paul krugman is distinguished professor of economics, and a faculty member of the stone center. a prolific scholar. he's author of more than 25 books and over 200 papers. paul has received countless honors including, of course, the 2008 nobel memorial prize in economic sciences. all of you are no doubt familiar with his biweekly column in "the new york t

russell, jim brown, black athletes who were very racially conscious at the time support them as well. >> kathleen cleaver, just less than a minute left in this segment. we started by asking dr. joseph where the civil rights movement was at the end of 1967. the beginning of '68. where do you think it was at the end of '68 as 1969 dawned? >> it was at a crossroads that had many, many possible options. there were those who wanted to go back to africa, nose who wanted to go into community service, there were those who wanted to do work in the communities. we shouldn't be out here, we should be organizing and building community struggles, solving community issues. there were those who wanted a university. i would say it's a panorama of possibilities at the end of the '60s. all of which are still in a way some level being part of our culture. >> kathleen cleaver is at emory university school of law. senior lecturer and research fellow there. peniel joseph is director of the secenter for the study of race d democracy at the university of texas at austin. thank you, both, for your time this morning. we appreciate the conversation. >> thank you very much for having us. >> thank you.