and chair of the jack brewer foundation. sir, let's begin with your group. what is its mission? guest: our mission is to go into communities, people that are the most underserved and voiceless, and uplift them. that includes jails and prisons across the united states and the world. we also do a lot of relief, global relief efforts. anytime there is a natural disaster or there is a crisis on hand. we are usually the first on the ground to bring relief to those who are the most voiceless. host: how did you go from nfl player to this type of work? tell us your story. guest: well, you know, as a kid one of my first memories was watching the famine in africa, in ethiopia in 1985 and 1986. i was about five years old. i grew up a young child watching that famine. i had always told my mom that i wanted to serve and i wanted to help people. i remember looking at the tv screen and seen kids that looked like me, and so it was a moment that i will never forget. one of the first memories i have in my life, and since then i have really de

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jack brewer, so this is very interesting.ng with this meanwhile there's a protest in maine. i can't believe we're still dealing with this and i can't even it is just -- so over it. and these hold outs these aging politicians that seem to think they're going to get a woke award. jack let's start with you minnesota is your home state. why is governor -- why is governor waltz doing this and what would be your message if you could sit in front of him right now and talk about why this is a bad idea. >> first off it kind of ticks me off rachel you know we look across our country we got nine million little girls in the united states of america that don't have fathers. so i'll say that to start this off. and so if you're a male if you're a man that is elected to office and elected to lead in this nation your duty is to protect the women of america. so the fact that we're talking about -- a governor who is even thinking about allowing men to go and hurt women on sports fields is disgusting. so as a former minnesota viking former minne

donalds, she lives in naples, florida with her three sons, jack brewer is a chairman of the jack brewerion, recently jack was cochair of black voices for trump victory fund. he's a white appointee on the congressional commission for the social status of black men and boys and currently the lead independent director for the geo group. he was the nfl's minnesota vikings, the philadelphia eagles, you may have heard of recently. [laughter] and what i find to be the pinnacle of his career, at the new york giants. i can't help myself, being born in brooklyn. let's lay the foundation of you don't mind for this topic. erica, talk about the current state of particularly the public education system. >> public education system in america has literally failed the american people. it has not lived up to the promise where we, parents, were told if you send your child to this school for eight hours a day, we are going to teach them to read and do math and achieve their own american dream. that was a lie. we just found out a few weeks ago that only a third of our students are doing reading and math on

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across the country coming on friday morning will talk with jack former nfl player chair of the jack breweroundation about issues affecting black men and boys in the u.s. in his support for banning transgender athletes and women sports. then kristine the german marshall fine discusses a follow-up from last week's oval office meeting between president trump ukrainian president zelenskyy paid the response from europe and implications for transatlantic relations. she spends a "washington journal," during the conversation alive it 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. ♪ >> in out conversation on the u.s.

and chair of the jack brewer foundation.sir, let's begin with your group. what is its mission? guest: our mission is to go into communities, people that are the most underserved and voiceless, and uplift them.

coming up, we will talk with jack brewer, former nfl player, about issues affecting black men and boys in the u.s. in his work for banning transgender athletes -- and his support for banning transgender athletes in sports. and a guest from the german marshall fund on implications for transatlantic relations. join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern friday morning on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, and online at c-span.org. >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span2, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. this weekend at 5:15 p.m. eastern, historian rebecca graham talks about america's first female presidential cabinet member who worked to aid refugees fleeing nazi germany. and watch our series first 100 days as we look at the start of presidential terms. we focus on the early months of gerald ford's term in 1974, including his pardon of former president richard nixon, who resigned during the watergate investigation. and in lectures in history, a professor on the irish diaspora and the role of the u.s. during the troubles and in the northern

across the country coming on friday morning will talk with jack former nfl player chair of the jack breweroundation about issues affecting black men and boys in the u.s. in his support for banning transgender athletes and women sports. then kristine the german marshall fine discusses a follow-up from last week's oval office meeting between president trump ukrainian president zelenskyy paid the response from europe and implications for transatlantic relations. she spends a "washington journal," during the conversation alive it 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. ♪ >> in out conversation on the u.s. cost-of-living democratic representative of kansas. with the national consumers league former biden administration agriculture f issue and agreed they discussed food prices antitrust laws hosted by the progressive policies that you. the progressive policy institute, live coverage on c-span 2. >> and i on? wonderful. welcome everyone. appreciate you coming out welcome everyone i'm vice president director of competition policy for the progressive policy i

. >> host: jack brewer as guest this morning, former nfl player and founder and chair of the jack brewer foundation. he's also on the commission for social status of black been a boysn appointed by president trump. he's joining us from tallahassee, florida, where he is they're doing foundation work, kind enough to pull over and join us from the parking lot in tallahassee. let's get to calls. cindy in montgomery, alabama, independent. >> caller: how're you? >> host: who go ahead. >> caller: my question is, not a question by: what to concur ad agree with mr. breuer about getting back to practical things that will work for the community. getting back to basics if youck will. that's what i think is best likely an concur with what he sang and i was glad to see him this morning tremont tell us what does it mean to you to get back to basics? >> caller: i think that at times we do too much i do think we just need to get back to some common sense on some of these things can issueue that's goingn in our country, all right. thanks. jack brewer. >> cindy is right on. that's what were pushing for. we