i had pulled from the records the number of commitments involving howard university students or faculty made through the clinton global initiative network. there were 10 different commitments. the most recent of which is that howard is one of 13 medical schools committed to retraining the healthcare workforce in rwanda. [applause] it was devastated by genocide. all the hospitals except the one in the capital city were destroyed. i working with my friend, dr. paul, helped to rebuild it. but they do not want to take in any foreign assistance from anyone to do anything after 2020. they had to have hospitals and people trying to work their and clinics and community health workers. they asked us to put together a plan to do it. dr. eric goolsbee, head of pepfar, the president's plan to deal with aids and other life- threatening diseases agreed to finance this for a year now. you should be really proud of howard. every one of these schools including howard are committed to doing this work for three or four years for only seven percent overhead. the lowest in history of any foreign assistance

medford of howard university. [applause] >> thank you and good morning.nk you so much all of you for being here on this important occasion. today, we honor a man whose life taxable fights a deep commitment to human and civil rights both at home and abroad. that he lived at a time when many americans accepted without hesitation one person 's ownership of another. when inequality was for white men only makes his legacy all the more extraordinary. despite having been born into slavery, he spent most of his 77 years rejecting any limitations on his own ambitions. as system that all people enjoy dignity and fair treatment. his motto, where there is no struggle, there is no progress signaled his commitment to fight for fellow african americans and slavery and freedom. women who have been done my -- who have been denied equal society.in and the many others who faced oppression. douglass began his own personal struggle of maryland eastern shore and continue in baltimore where he was able to expand his defined world through literacy. a privilege denied to most ens

>> former president bill clinton was the commencement speaker of the graduation ceremony at howard university in washington, d.c. the former president's speech is about 30 minutes. [applaus

both unconscious and breathing when they were rushed to howard university hospital.till very early on in this investigation, lots of unanswered questions we don't know if these young people were targeted or if this was a random shooting. however it did happen in the parking lot, this apartment complex here in the 4900 block of gstreet. these two young people, two out of five people that were shot since 9:40 last night here in dc. obviously a very violent overnight here in the district of columbia. police will be trying to close these cases. no information on that, however there is a very brief description of a car that police are looking for. all we know is that it is a silver-colored vehicle. back to you. >>> the district of columbia summer recreation programs have begun. live entertainment, free health screenings and demonstrations were all part of the 2013 one city summer events this weekend. it was held at rfk stadium. mayor rice says the city will have something for everyone this summer when asked if he would have a crowded summer schedule campaign fog another t

after that, former president bill clinton speaking at howard university. arianna huffington was the commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies this year at smith college in massachusetts. she is the head of the "huffington post" an online news site and blog founded in 2005. this is about 25 minutes. >> arianna huffington. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much. numbers of the faculty, devoted fans and friends, and especially the fabulous class of 2013. [applause] congratulations, you have reached the light at the end of the tunnel. when you first arrived four years ago, i am sure you never imagined that at the end of that, we there would be a lady behind a podium talking to you in a funny accent. [laughter] this accent has been the bane of my existence until, in 1980, i moved to new york from england and i met henry kissinger. he said to me and don't ever worry about your accent. in american public life, you can never underestimate the advantages of complete and total incomprehensibility. [laughter] [applause] i am so grateful to be with you

later, former president bill clinton speaking at howard university. >> she makes the first speech by sitting first lady, becomes the first president of the daughters of the american revolution, designs her own time and establishes the white house china collection and is the first to have a christmas tree in the white house. meet caroline harrison, wife of the 23rd president, benjamin harrison, as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments. monday night, live at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c- span radio and c-span.org. arianna huffington was the commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies this year at smith college in massachusetts. she is the head of the "huffington post" an online news site and blog founded in 2005. this is about 25 minutes. >> i present to you the 2013 commencement speaker, arianna huffington. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much. members of the faculty, devoted parents and friends, and especially the fabulous class of 2013. [applause] congratulations, you have reached the light at the end of the tunnel. when you fi

louis, missouri and a graduate of howard university with a degree in journalism. he, after moving to oakland he was hired by the bay area urban league to help promote and find jobs. ~ he is also the co-founder of the green lining institute which is an institute that helps create policy to up lift the under served. he taught neighborhood leaders the skills required to advocate for equity and improvement. and this is a great loss for the san francisco bay area community. he's one of our most gifted -- he was one of our most gifted advocates for economic justice and i think it's appropriate that this body close the board meeting in honor of his memory. thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. supervisor kim. >> i would also like to add my name to this in memoriam, having been part of one of the organizations that mr. glover cofounded. it is a tremendous loss to our community and i appreciate the in memoriam on behalf of supervisor cohen's office. >> thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor breed? >> he is the uncle of our agency redevelopment fred blackwell.

correspondent an associate you're going to in new york and colonel morris davis a professor from howard university school of law here in d.c. . president obama and chinese president xi jinping are embarking on a historic meeting this weekend in a remote desert rich raid in southern california the world's number one and number two economy is will be comparing notes but unlike other meetings between these two superpowers it appears that gathering the get this gathering will focus much of its attention on cyber security while our teams are mongol endo has the story. on the edge of california's mojave desert howling winds propel massive wood mills and the scorching sun beats down on the jury is gated communities security is extra tight in the golfers or even of roger mirage where president barack obama and china's president xi jinping will spend two days together president obama and chinese president xi are said to me in this wealthy young klay the economy is a likely topic of discussion for two of the most powerful men in the world but it's the dark side of the cyber world which will likely take cent

was he was a family member and a big supporter of his son who played basketball for howard university. he picked them up and drove them to or tearo road west where he was shot. the cab crashed and the men ran and had a gun battle with police. one broke into a basement apartment trying to hide. at classic cab company they are mourning the loss of not only a coworker but a friend and deacon in his church. >> it's bad because, you know, it could happen top any driver out there.out it's really bad. i hope they prosecute them to the fullest because you know he is not justin horowitz a cab --c just a cab driver. he is a dad. he's our friend at classic cab company. he was like to me, i consideredc one of best people i could have ever known. >> the suspects are aexpected tt appear this afternoon in d.c. superior court presumably for a bond hearing. right at the same time it happens that d.c. council had scheduled a hearing today at 11:00 this morning on taxi cab safety. dealing with passenger complaints but also withh possible ways to upgrade safetys for passengers and for drivers in cabs. ye

. >> hello, my name is china dickerson and i am a third-year law student at howard university schoolof law. my question relates to the conversation or the statement you made about underrepresentation of public interest groups and what you were talking about earlier. but the public has a deception of lobbyists, i think that is because the public respects and supports public interest groups and those groups are not represented in a way -- let me back up -- in a way that corporate is it a trick corporations are represented. it seems like on the help that they have a fair amount of positive legislation their way. the corporations. i greatly respect this and i think it is a very important issue. however, i mostly just see her and it is an issue and i understand that especially now in this economy that people need to support their families. i'm wondering if you could speak more to this underrepresentation. i have spoken to some people about it. i plan to do more and other public interest side. i'm wondering if you have spoken to lobbyist that have represented corporations and those who hav

is the deputy director of young invincibles, and a finance student at howard university.omore. and samsa, i want to start with you, because you wrote an op-ed before congress went into recess and it caught our eye. you wrote in part, if congress lets interest rates double on july 1st, we'll pay an extra $1,000 each year of college over the life of the loan. my family and i are not sure what other hard decisions we will have to make to continue my education. so again, samson, as you know, the deadline's tomorrow. are you going to be able to go back to howard? >> i'm currently going to be able to go back to howard. what this means to me is i'm highly discouraged at the fact that congress couldn't get the measure passed prior to recess. a lot of people are currently struggling. it feels as if they don't want to help us get over the hump with higher interest rates. >> how much do you owe already in student loans? >> i owe a substantial amount. >> substantial? >> very substantial. >> 10, 15, or are we talking -- >> enough. >> we'll leave it there. >> yeah, that's where we'll l

police need your help identifying what they're calling a person of interest in a theft near howard university. take a look at surveillance video here. you can see three men walk into the t-mobile store on georgia avenue on bryant street in northwest and then took off with cell phones there. this happened last month. if you recognize these guys, call d.c. police. 5:45 right now. this morning a d.c. man being held without bond charged with a series of high-end robberies. prosecutors say 33-year-old walter douglas is connected to as many as 14 robberies. they say he was a part of a group that robbed high-end stores in the middle of the day, just like the cartier store in chevy chase. >>> police say they caught the man who raped a woman in silver spring last month. officers arrested dennis carpeter yesterday. they say he attacked a postal worker behind a post office in university boulevard in the middle of the afternoon. montgomery county police say he forced her into a backyard and assaulted her. detectives say they used dna to link him to the crime scene. >>> montgomery county police need your

we have to show up in communities like rand paul did when he went to howard university, so we have to-- normally that wouldn't be receptive to our message. second, we have to communicate what we stand for. why is it a benefit? not just for that community, but for the whole country. and then we have to justify our brand, our real brand, not the perceived brand. so, we need to use examples like our gop governors. these governors, rick perry and we have other great governors in red states, if you live in those states, you have a greater chance of their conservative policies, so we need to make a connection. there are people moving to the red states and don't realize they are moving towards the benefits of limited government, economic freedom. and then they vote like they did in the blue states they moved from. so we need to incorporate those three plans. show up, communicate and justify. >> i just want to make a point. i just want you to know -- >> hang on, let me get a mike on you. >> i'll take yours. no. i just wanted to point out, we spent six months fighting for school choice in texa

we have to show up in communities like rand paul did when he went to howard university, so we have tonities -- normally that wouldn't be receptive to our message. second, we have to communicate what we stand for. why is it a benefit? not just for that community, but for the whole country. and then we have to justify our brand, our real brand, not the perceived brand. so, we need to use examples like our gop governors. these governors, rick perry and we have other great governors in red states, if you live in those states, you have a greater chance of their conservative policies, so we need to make a connection. there are people moving to the red states and don't realize they are moving towards the benefits of limited government, economic freedom. and then they vote like they did in the blue states they moved from. so we need to incorporate those three plans. show up, communicate and justify. >> i just want to make a point. i just want you to know -- >> hang on, let me get a mike on you. >> i'll take yours. no. i just wanted to point out, we spent six months fighting for school choice

. >> are we say tag going to howard university and somewhat offending the black community there, thathing out to african-americans? >> he did go to simmons two days later and he actually had learned something. okay. senator paul was one of the headliners at this week's tea party protest on capitol hill. let's hear his big zinger. take a listen to this. >> anybody want to fire some irs agents? why don't we start with the 16,000 irs agents that are going to implement obama care? >> julia, is that the rhetoric of a future leader of the free world or is it just a demagogue lying to people about abolishing the irs which is never going to happen? >> i think it's both. i think it's a little bit of. >> thank you. >> i mean, look, it's like running for class president and saying if you make me president, il abolish all homework and the candy in the candy machine will be free. you know. it's an easy applause line. he knows how to feed catnip to his base. >> he does. >> i think the ultimate question around the rand paul experiment rising from the tea party to being a senator who makes a lot of p

>> hello, everyone, my name is china dickerson, and i am a rising third year law student at howard university school of law. and my question relates to the conversation or the statement you made about underrepresentation of public interest groups and when you were talking about earlier that the public has a bad perception of lobbyists, i think that is because the public respects and supports public interest groups. and those groups are not represented, i think, in the way -- okay, let me not specify, corporations are represented. and it seems that on the hill that they have a fair amount of positive legislation their way, the corporations, and groups like ms. stewart's group i greatly respect, sentencing minimums, i think that's a very important be issue. however, i mostly just see her, bless her heart. i think it's, i think it's an issue that needs to have more people support it. and i understand that especially now in this economy that people need to make money to support their families, and lobbying pays a great amount. and so i'm wondering if you can speak more to this underrepresentation

i am a third, year law student at howard university school of law, and my question relates to the conversation or the statement you made about underrepresentation of public interest groups, and when you were talking about earlier the public has a bad perception of lobbyists, i think that is because the public respects and supports public interest groups and those groups are not represented. i think in the way -- okay, let me -- corporations are represented, and it seems that on the hill that they have a fair amount of positive legislation their way, the corporations, and groups like miss stewart's group, i greatly respect. i think that's a very important issue. however, i mostly just see her, bless her heart, i think it's an issue that needs to have more people support it... my concern would be underrepresented is that they have fewer resources and so they have fewer lobbyists so i think that is what you are coming from. i will tell you that. and shersinger when i wrote lobbying and policy change with my co-authors and more technical book let's say on this and this particular 11 of the finding

medford of howard university. [applause] >> thank you and good morning.ou so much all of you for being here on this important occasion. today, we honor a man whose life taxable fights a deep commitment to human and civil rights both at home and abroad. that he lived at a time when many americans accepted without hesitation one person's ownership of another. when inequality was for white men only makes his legacy all the more extraordinary. despite having been born into slavery, he spent most of his 77 years rejecting any limitations on his own ambitions. as system that all people enjoy dignity and fair treatment. no motto, "where there is struggle, there is no progress," signaled his commitment to fight for fellow african-americans and slavery and freedom. women who have been done my -- who have been denied equal standing in society. and the many others who faced oppression. douglass began his own personal struggle on maryland's eastern shore and continued in baltimore where he was able to expand his narrowly defined literacy.ugh a privilege denied to mos

t a big supporter of his son who o played basketball for howard university. it's believed okoroh picked upup the suspect and drove them to ontario road at at aims morgan where he was shot. shot they continued a gun battle witl policee officers as they ran to the scene.sc one suspe basement apartment where hepa tried to hide. at the cab company where okoroh worked, they are mourning themoi loss of a co-worker and a man a who wasnd a deacon in his churc. both were taken into custody atd the scene and a weapon was also recovered. community members say d.c. police did a great job under very difficult circumstances. >>> the bad news is that it happened. the good goode news is how w quickly the police reacted andrd they were in the area and ablede to react. that is, you know, as a business owner, we have three businesses here on the street.the street. you know, it's really reassuring that they are paying attention in a neighborhood and making sure that you can't garnty anybody's save -- guarantee, anybody's safety, but if there'r an incident there's going to be qui

he spoke at howard university recently. he isan on doing -- planning on doing more of those events.re is more on outreach for republicans and minority voters. i think he is trying to remedy that. , hi.da independent caller: all we need to do is employ our sanctions and the case is closed. we are building a berlin style wall. how disgraceful to us as human beings. we are talking for a century. the congress does not want to deal with the issue. if they wast ways to deal with e issue they would do it intelligently. we are really a third-party. there's one copy modest proposal. it it is a series of common thoughts that bring the two sides together. this debate is absurd. guest: the berlin wall was intended to keep people in and the wall to the extent it is being built on the u.s. southern border is intended to keep people out. i think most reasonable people feel that enforcing the border of a nation is not fascist or totalitarian. i would disagree with the collar. -- caller. i do find punishing people who employ illegal aliens is the way of enforcing the border in the most effective way

and when you go like rand paul going to howard college howard university and lecturing them about whol rights icons are and did you know they were republican. gee, rand, did you know the republican party was different when they were republicans? doing that kind of thing, it is not the message -- not the messenger that is the problem. it is the message and simply passing immigration reform and by the way the compromise is not great. it is much better than what we've got currently. all of the things we've done to get republicans to support it shows you what republicans think about people of color immigrants in this country. >> bill: right. in the end only 14 republicans have voted for it, right. >> did you look at the map? southerners. lamar alexander from tennessee. bob corker from tennessee. you're not even in the deep south there. and then john mccain's committed life partner lindsey graham. >> bill: john boehner says what senate bill. particularly the doma decision and the prop 8 decision. give us, as a gay man what this means. how important is it? >> i don't think it's possible for

he spoke at howard university recently. his plan on doing -- he is planning on doing more of those vents. there is more on outreach for republicans and minority voters. i think he is trying to remedy that. florida independent, hi. caller: all we need to do is employ our sanctions and the case is closed. we are building a berlin style wall. how disgraceful to us as human beings. we are talking for a century. the congress does not want to deal with the issue. if they ways to deal with the issue they would do it intelligently. we are really a third-party. there's one copy modest proposal. it it is a series of common sense thoughts that bring the two sides together. this debate is absurd. guest: the berlin wall was intended to keep people in and the wall to the extent it is being built on the u.s. southern border is intended to keep people out. i think most reasonable people feel that enforcing the border of a nation is not fascist or totalitarian. i would disagree with the -- caller. i do find punishing people who employ illeg

police immediate your help finding thieves involved in a store heist mere howard university.o shows the group here and you can see lee men walk into the t-mobile on georgia avenue, brian street northwest and take off with cell phones. that happened last month. if you recognize anyone in this surveillance video call d.c. police. we will check your weather and traffic when we come back. >>> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. right now in the 50s to low 60s with sunshine later today. 80. storm team 4 4-day forecast, increasing clouds thursday and increasing humidity. mid and upper 70s. showers are possible thursday night and off and on friday with thunder and lightning. highs reaching around 80. could get lingering showers friday night through midday saturday. sun may come back saturday afternoon. perhaps afternoon storms sunday, monday. how is traffic? >> right now i'm watching colesville road northbound apartment university boulevard. that's because emergency road work has taken away the right lane. going on all morning. stick to the left to get by the w

joining us is a bioethicist from stanford university, and also, howard from the gift of life organization why are children not under the age of 12 allowed to get adult lungs? >> well, the concept was that kids need kids' organs and typically the organ has to fit inside of the child, and that is the most important part, and not only how sick they are, but how the organ fits into the child. and i think that the concept was that to put them on the adult list was be superfluous, and there are some cases where the organs have been cut down, but they are very, very rare operations. >> david, if we look at the statistics right now out of roughly 1,700 people waiting for a lung transplant, 16 of them are children under the age of 11, so is the judge doing the right thing to make these exceptions or setting up the potential that the judicial system is going to be seen as playing favorites here, and the same issue thatç secretary kathle kathleen sebelius had raised? >> this is a disaster and it is really, really important that the people who donate organs believe in the system and fair system whic

howard. the beltway looks great. north of town. in silver spring here at university boulevard nearby though, accident investigation and clean-up westbound university boulevard at dennis avenue. serious crash from overnight. you may have to follow police directions, back to you guys. >>> thanks monika. the time right now is 4:39 and i'm watching your money. the dow starts today back below the 15,000 mark. stocks suffered they are biggest -- their biggest selloff in nearly two months after conflicting reports about the health of the economy. on the downside businesses adding fewer jobs than expected last month. and factory orders came in weaker than forecasted. now checking the numbers -- >>> the federal reserve's latest assessment of the economy shows modest growth throughout the country from april to late may. it's not a question of if but when the federal reserve will scale back the stimulus program. >>> you're going to have to check the google classes at the -- glasses at the door if you plan on visiting a casino in nevada or new jersey. the casinos are banning the

howard, thank you for your great work in thank you for bringing this great panel. ladies and gentlemen, prof. of law and public affairs at the university of regina school of law, prof. howard. [applause] >> good morning to all of you. i might say at the outset that you do not have to worry about the virginia constitution. we are just across the border. that does not have the jurisdiction here. our plan is to review the decisions or the highlights of the most recent term of the supreme court, a term that began last fall and has just concluded. we have a star-studded panel. we have as good a panel as we have had at this conference. i will introduce them quickly. greenhouse.e linda many of you know her from her years of covering the supreme court as correspondent for the new york times. she is a lecturer in law at yale law school. second to her right we have allyson. she has clerked for judge wilkins of the fourth circuit and worked for justice david souter. she teaches law at the college of william and mary. she is one of the rising stars in the legal academy. third to her right is john, who teaches law at northwestern university law sch

it is nice for towson university to be able to accommodate us like that. >> there are 29 athletes on the howard county tennis team and most lay other sports. >> i'm playing softball on saturday and sunday. >> you play soft all and tennis -- softball and tennis? wrecks yes. >> you are going to be a busy man. >> yes. >> it is a job that she loves. leaks.ay usda my kids play competitively. this is by far the best job. >> wbal-tv 11 news. >> again, those games are this weekend at towson university. there is what is coming up at 6:00. >> i'm at the white house. president obama leas the ravens smiling after their super bowl celebration. hear what the president has to say, knew it took the clock. new at 6:00. >> and the scandal with banned substances and major league baseball. i'm lowell melser. >> what did this truck driver c before the train -- the truck driver see before the train collision? a point of view you do not want to miss. live, local latebreaking. this is wbal news at 6:00. >> our big story -- a busy week for members of the baltimore ravens. but before they get back to the practice field,

university of miami." it's not a question of if, it's a question of when. howardn you look at this, they tell me in this article something like 2/3 of the land of miami as we know which is a fabulously dynamic city in this hemisphere is within five feet of sea level. so doesn't take much for the sea to rise three or four feet and remove most of miami. it's not something weird and way off. >> no, it's not. it's miami in certain ways is the venice of the east coast of the united states. and just as treasured or should be just as treasured. i think the strongest part of the president's speech was his statement that as a can-do american country, we have time and again said that we do not have to sacrifice our way of life and our environment for economic progress. american ingenuity has raised, is raising mileage standards on cars. it is, did institute reforms in industry in the 19th and early 20th century. the whole progressive movement was about that. the whole optimism and can-do yankee spirit of america needs to be engaged in this problem. and if we just get our mi

howard sullivan and he went to an all-white high school. he then went to play football as the quarterback of the university of florida not only on the teams,but in the whole school, there were none. then he made the major leagues. playing for the boston red sox. we are the last team to have this and it was like 10 years after jackie robinson. just down the road from birmingham, we think about this. it turned out, despite his background, he was an amazing manager. and every one of them, black-and-white, everyone every one of them, they love the sky. he was also the only guy -- first of all, he is so handsome. [laughter] >> if i was pitching, i would try to hit him in the face. [laughter] [laughter] >> he probably didn't mess around. that is my guess. he is a manager in the major leagues, he has been a general manager as well as a major league owner. he grew up with nothing and he ended up owning the boston red socks. some among them a million dollars and 20 years later he sold them. he sold them for an alleged that $30 million. not a bad deal. he then went on to business and i'm sure you all know this. so anyway, they were going to do a big

howard, thank you for your great work in thank you for bringing this great panel. ladies and gentlemen, prof. of law and public affairs at the university of regina school of law, prof. howard. [applause] >> good morning to all of you. i might say at the outset that you do not have to worry about the virginia constitution. we are just across the border. that does not have the jurisdiction here. our plan is to review the decisions or the highlights of the most recent term of the supreme court, a term that began last fall and has just concluded. we have a star-studded panel. we have as good a panel as we have had at this conference. i will introduce them quickly. first we have linda greenhouse. many of you know her from her years of covering the supreme court as correspondent for the new york times. she is a lecturer in law at yale law school. second to her right we have allyson. she has clerked for judge wilkins of the fourth circuit and worked for justice david souter. she teaches law at the college of william and mary. she is one of the rising stars in the legal academy. third to her right is john, who teaches law at northwestern unive

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