the confirmation of kenneth marcus would be another blow to the civil rights of our students. mr. marcus is someone who in his record and in his testimony to my colleagues on the senate help committee has demonstrated that he possesses at best a disturbing apathy and at worst a wanton disregard to the importance if not urgency of protecting the rights of our kids in school. when mr. marcus was asked by senator murphy to name an example of something, anything, donald trump has said when it comes to discrimination or civil rights that he disagrees with, mr. marcus could not name any area of disagreement. he couldn't find a single disagreement in the way that donald trump demeaned americans with disabilities or about how the president has spoken about mexicans or even the way the president has issued policies that attack the rights of muslims or the rights of lgbtq americans. there was no disagreement mentioned whatsoever. and when he was asked during his confirmation hearing if, as assistant secretary, he would intervene in an instance where black students in a school district were r

marcus, thank you. >>> now to the demand for answers after another fatal police shooting. this one involving an unarmed teenager in pittsburgh. the 17-year-old was shot while running away from a car. kennethon has the story for us. >> reporter: overnight, protests erupted in east pittsburgh. [ chanting ] demonstrators took over the streets blocking traffic. confronting officers less than 24 hours after the police shooting death of 17-year-old antwon rose, captured on this cell phone video now being reviewed by police. investigators say an officer who was sworn in just three hours before opened fire at a traffic stop tuesday night. hitting the unarmed teen three times as he ran away from this vehicle. >> antwon was loved by many. he was a good kid. >> it just hurt me and it's senseless. he wasn't no threat. and i just don't understand why. why does it got to keep happening. >> reporter: that car antwon was riding in was suspected of being involved in a nearby shooting. inside police say they found two guns, but the driver was interviewed and later released. >> they'll have to judge us by our actions and the outcome of this investigation. as i tried to explain to some folks, we e committed

murray: madam president, i come to the floor today to speak on the nomination of kenneth marcus to lead the department of education office's for civil rights, the nomination we will vote on in just a few moments. i am pleased that president trump and secretary ddevos moved away from their -- i believe candice jackson is unfit and should be removed. and not because of the callous, insensitive and egregious comments she made regarding sexual assault on college campuses, but also because of the way she worked to narrow the role of this office and moved away from protecting transgender students and to protect our students and move it away from its core mission. as i said before, i'm very glad president trump and secretary devos nominated someone else to replace ms. jackson. secondly, madam president, i want to thank this nominee, kevin marcus, for his service and his clear commitment for the goal of halting discrimination on college campuses, which is an issue the o.c.r. will face with hateful violence occurring on our campuses and in schools. madam president, i respect mr. marcus' commitme