i'm thinking of my mentors and how rarely i have a mentor that look likeke me. the pressures i felt to perform especially for supervisors i perceived expected less of me as an african-american. and think of the conversation with his sons and not responsibility from his nomination. so to take up the condoleezza rice challenge she put forward for each individual american. and as she asks us to do and i know african-american four-star had ever been ryconfirmed into a service chief in the united states military in the history of our country. and then to get data on minorities of the senior enlisted in the military and hispanic americans they are patriotic segments of theenf population. and then more than any other ethnic group in the country with a special patriotism. a patriotic service reflected at the highest ranks of military. i suspect those that are reading in the ranks like general brown all outstanding african-american generals that i've had the pleasure of serving with like vincent brooks for the centcom commander to have insightful views on these matters.

i'm thinking about my mentors and how rarely i had a mentor who looked like me, i'm thinking about the pressures i felt to perform air free, especially for supervisors i perceived had expected less of me as an african american. he continues. he was thinking about the conversations he was having with his sons, the immense responsibility that comes from his historic nomination. he was thinking about how with this confirmation how he could make things better in the air force and america. so, mr. president, here's how i'm going to take up condoleezza rice's challenge that she put forward for each individual american. i'm going to ask questions as she prods us to do in this piece on why until yesterday no african american four star had ever been confirmed to be a service chief in the united states military in the history of our country. i will be introducing an amendment to this near's ndaa to get data on minorities and senior enlisted and officer billets in the military, african americans, alaska natives, native americans, hispanic americans and others. we know these are very patriotic seg

have never hada black mentor because they weren't there, but i have had some great white mentors in speciales. throughout the military, for many, many years. there are a lot of officers who feel tha if you're a black general, they it it because of affirmative action and you aren't smart enough. i remember when i first became a brigadier, they used to have this saykning, i don'ow, it's called general. i didn't know that many general officers, but i got a lot of comments that said not smart enough, not smart enough. i went to a general and i sad, what the heck is this? he says, don't worry about it. s d, i don't eve read those things. he said, that's what a lot of aren't smart enough, but we are smart enough. enlisted ranks have always been the worker bee. they're the ones who perform the labor, get the troops in line, get the troops on time. get them to the mess hall, get them bac they have always been working for white offionrs. any occasions. the enlisted lks have been accepted, because they are not under the officers. they're not office erth they're lower caste basically. >> schifrin: maj

darius ballinger runs the mentoring non-profit called chasing 23. and he's hoping to get a clean record under the new law. darius, thanks for joining me. darius: thanks for having me. soledad: so take me back to 2009 which is when you were convicted of a felony. what happened? darius: yeah. so, i am at the time, i was a high school dropout, really just finding my way in life, really misguided and on my way. coming back from southern illinois back to chicago, i was stopped in a routine traffic stop, and at the time, was arrested for possession of cannabis. soledad: how much of the drugs? darius: it was close to a pound of marijuana. soledad: and that meant that you were convicted and went off to jail. darius: yeah, i was convicted and sent to jail in ephram county. i sat there for about 45 days and then two years of probation. soledad: what did you do next? daris: so at this time, i violated my probation and felt like i was gonna go to prison and felt like, you know, all hope was lost. soledad: what was the charge -- second charge for? darius: the se

i'm thinking about my mentors and how rarely i had a mentor who looked like me. >> black latter!in this moment of national disquiet, the military is a crucible of race relations.re >>lly you have to i think more than talk about it, you got to be willing to listen. >> and it sparks admissions like these between outgoing air force chief of staff david goldstein and top air force enlisted leader chief master sergeant wright. >> we proombably don't cpletely understand it, because you and i have had different life experiences growing up. >> the fear i have when i'm driving down whether it's the belty or any street and i see blue lights, because i think it doesn't matter if i'e thchief or whatever, and my greatest fear is not for myself, it's that i wake up one day and one of our aimen will be george floyd. >> to talk about race in the u.s. military, i'm joined by retired major general dana piard, who had a 34-year career in the army, includingra overseeing theing of the iraqi military, and retired brigadier ge who had a 29-year career mostly in the green berets witmy special forces. g

with woman mentors. it is nice to see another woman in that position. he makes the job more real to you. that is -- it makes the job more real to you or that is what we do. >> we are going to put this on youtube. for the people who hear this and go, how do i get involved in that? how does someone who wants to help this cause find out more? >> go to the girl security website. it is nonpartisan, nonprofit. you can donate. that will be fabulous. you can also sign up to be a mentor if you are in those types of jobs that we are looking for mentors. it is across the board. >> not just intelligence, not just military. >> to include military too. >> we are going to open it to questions now. i have taken up too much of her time. you might have questions for her as well. if you do come and head to the microphones and line up. i love to hear myself talk. but this is your opportunity if you have any questions for tracy. >> if you are trapped, i can bring you a microphone here and you look trapped. you look trapped.

funeral service in his hometown of houston floyd who is remembered as a loving family member and mentor and a symbol of change. protest of the taken to the streets across the country to honor george story they're also calling for cuts to police budgets and an end to systemic racism. and people together to pay tribute to many other countries in dakar senegal tester's nailed with a memorial marking the atlantic slave trade for 8 minutes and 46 seconds cinematic time in office the melt on fluids. at least 59 people have been killed in an attack in northeast nigeria an offshoot of the armed group boko haram regular remote village in borno state some local leaders say it was payback up to several fighters were killed while trying to steal livestock from the area the region's been plagued by such groups for years the conflict has killed 36000 people displaced around 2000000 more. the president of burundi parents died at the age of 55 just weeks before he was due to step down from office a government statement says he had a heart attack but the speculation he may have contracted coronavirus lo

any of those types of jobs, they're constantly looking for mentors. and again, it's across the board. >> to include military, too. >> i've taken up too much of her time. you might have questions for her as well. if you do. head over to the microphones. and line up. we could get going for a while. this is an opportunity if you have any questions for tracy. >> or if you're trapped, i can bring you a microphone. you look trapped. >> okay. it is going to be a little bit provocative. i'm actually working on a novel, and with bioterror and a virus, and it's really creepy to watch what's going on, wondering if you've thought of this, but anyway, what i proposed was that a person who was in the military and military intelligence was moved out before don't ask, don't tell, and everything now in civilian life, he teach high school history, and he's brought back into the cia or into intelligence because of a very bizarre bio threat, which may involve aliens and other things, and how plausible is that? how plausible that this would really happen? he would be teac

you can also sign up to be a mentor if you are in those types of jobs that we are looking for mentors it is across the board. vince: not just intelligence, not just military. tracy: to include military. vince: we are going to open it to questions now. i have taken up too much of her time. you might have questions for her as well. if you do come ahead to the microphones and line up. i love to hear myself talk. this is your opportunity if you have any questions for tracy. >> if you are trapped, i can bring you a microphone. you look trapped. >> i am working on a novel with bioterror and it is creepy to watch what is going on. what i proposed was that a persian in military intelligence but moved out before don't ask, don't tell and it and they are now in civilian life is brought back in the cia or into intelligence because of a bizarre bio threat, which may involve aliens and other things. how plausible is that? vince: the aliens part? >> how plausible is it that this would happen? he would be teaching high school, ap history in dallas. it is set in dallas. i have lived there. tracy: i d

. >> throughout this program, will take you to the garfield home and mentor ohio and run by the national part, please make a point of visiting it and that became very famous that we are talking about, what did the force campaign come about? >> i don't know all the details except that it was relatively rural and groups of people came to hear them speak. >> that was the whole point, and most of them took place in the midwest and for lucretia garfield, what was interesting was that it was the property of her home, her being seen by the voters and people coming in and did not see anything unusual about the presence of his wife at what was a campaign rally because it was also her home. >> we learn more about the front porch campaign. >> this was the side of the first front porch presidential campaign for. and her role was more concentrated on the inside of the home, so standing in the front hall is kind of a strange place to start talking about james garfield why the hill front porch campaign of 1880, but this is the part of the house where lucretia garfield spent a lot of her time during the

they hooked them up with mentors and not just in intelience and a nuclear research, and nsa and with all of the organizations and they hooked them up with female mentors and i'm not man bashing and sometimes when you're a woman or a young girl it's nice to see another woman who is in that position. it makes -- i guess the job more real to you and so that's what we do. >> so for those in the audience and we'll end up putting this on youtube. so for the thousands of people out there and go, how in the world do i get involved in that? how does someone who wants to help this cause know if out more about girl security. >> go to the girl security website, it's nonpartisan and non-profit and you can sign up to be a mentor. if you're in any of those jobs they're constantly looking for mentors and it is across the board. >> not just military and anyone who is involve. >> to include military, too. >> great. we will open to up to questions now. i've taken up too much of her time because i know you might have questions for her, as well. so if you do, go ahead and head over to the microphones and

looking for mentors.and again, it is across the board. vince: national security, foreign policy, not just intelligence or military courageous anybody involved. tracy: but we do include military. vince: we are going to open it to questions now. i have taken up too much of her time. i know that you might have questions for her as well. if you do, head to the microphone and line up. or not. i love to hear myself talk. we can keep it going for a while, but this is your opportunity if you have any questions for tracy. >> or if you are trapped, i can bring you a microphone. you look trapped. [laughter] vince: yes, sir. >> ok, this is going to be a little bit provocative. i am actually working on a novel with bioterror antivirus, and it is really creepy to watch what is going on. anyway what i , proposed was that a persian in military intelligence was moved out before don't ask, don't tell and is now in civilian life. he teaches high school and he is brought back into the cia or into intelligence because of a ,

so i had to rely on mentors and one of those mentors was bob muniz and so many others that have kindguided me throughout my journey, and being able to -- i feel blessed and if you're blessed heavily you need to give heavily, so i've dedicated my life to teaching pt i learned in terms of classroom management and et cetera, and not through my writings. i've had three published books and barrio side hero, my memoir. it is seen as a novel, kind of a sci-fi novel and solo cholo university is a work book. now i work for the county of santa clara and being able to impact the families on a larger macro level scale. >> what would you tell those fire ago on i'm going to call them cholitos, if you will. what advice can you give them maybe for those who have taken the word into the negative connotation and what would you tell them to follow in the footsteps of enrique flores? >> oftentimes, i think for a long time the word cholo or the way people saw me was always looked down upon, frowned upon, judged and i always felt like, man, i need to change who i am. i tried changing my dress style, my ha

them i mean i think our stories all need mentors and community and i think there are. community is full of people who are i mean i think actually the most important icons are the ordinary people who just have figured out how to have a good life and are working to have families have a house. you know because i think he you know one of the problems in and i've had i've been working with this copulation for 25 years and i think one of the problems is that it's only the famous people are not the right people for it to be using as your models because very few people are going to become stars and that's you know i mean if you're lucky in that happens that's great but for the rest of the population figuring out what the balance is i have work that you're satisfied with and the. holzer well that keeps you in the house to have friends those are really important skills that. need to be modeled. on a. little more respect i mean because black lives matter risk because i want to make sure it's going to drive the next generation to take on that task that americans are both for excep

funeral service in houston where he grew up floyd has been remembered as a loved family member and a mentor as well as a symbol of change. i won't justice for my brother my big brother that's big flaws everybody knows. on it but we've got to be remembered everybody's going to remember him around the world he's going to change the world and his unit the civil rights leader reverend al sharpton directed his anger at the highest levels of government you see it now trying to figure out how you will stop the protests rather than how you want to stop the brutality you calling your cabinet in trying to figure out how it's going to affect field won't read it and how's it going to affect our lives you know on how you can spend a starring rather than you can achieve justice wickedness and high place. meanwhile president donald trump is accused to subdue a 5 year old who was left bleeding from his head after being pushed by police of being set up new york's governor andrew cuomo is among politicians from both sides who criticized president obama called the tweets reprehensible. how reckless how irresp

if you're in any of those jobs they're constantly looking for mentors and it is across the board. >> not just military and anyone who is involved. >> to include military, too. >> great. we will open to up to questions now. i've taken up too much of her time because i know you might have questions for her, as well. so if you do, go ahead and head over to the microphones and line up or not. i love to hear myself talk and we can keep going for a while, but this is your opportunity if you have any questions for tracy. >> or if you're trapped i can bring you a microphone. you look trapped. >> yes, sir. >> okay. this will be a little bit provocative. i'm actually working on a novel with bioterror and a virus and it's really creepy to watch what's going on and anyway, what i proposed was that a person who was in the military and military intelligence would move out with don't ask, don't tell and he teaches high school history and he's brought back into the cia and into intelligence because of a very bizarre biothreat which may involve aliens and other things. how plausible is that? that's m

. >> probation is not there with you every day like a mentor or something.hey're not taking you out to find a job. you have to do those things on your own, you know? i feel like it should be a way for you to have some kind of person like a mentor assigned to you to, you know, to keep you in the direction you need to be going. we can't get the time back, but we can make up for it, you know? so i'm trying, you know, i'm not the type of person to give up. you know? and i'm going to keep going until i make it to where i want to be. >> joining us now is now cnn political commentator van jones. great to have you and great to have you share with us that video that gives us insight into how he was feeling and maybe why he responded the way he did when he realized he was being arrested. what do you see there in what rayshard is talking about? >> well, it's just heart breaking. what i see is a young man like so many young guys that i know, he made a dumb mistake, a credit card fraud thing, he winds up on probation and then he's stuck in the quick sand of the probation

>> 22 years ago we were not necessarily talking about mentors and sponsors the way we are today. happened to be a white man. he hired me into the organization and he was the person i reported to for the first seven years. he had a very good line of sight to my capabilities and my skill sets we also had a line of sight for what my desires were and what he knew i wanted to do with my career and we worked together to make sure it happened. and he would challenge me to do things they was not necessarily comfortable with so what i would say is that is a opportunity for me that was cultivated through a relationship it was not based on an automatic pairing. sponsorship is so critical to the success, development, and moving up in corporate america whether it is a fact or not, there is a feeling that black check ti executives have to do twice as much, work twice as hard, and they get half as far >> i think that is a common feeling. i think it is something that we're raised with. you mentioned there is only four ceos in the fortune 500, the reality is had that there is a lot of extraordina

in many of those of my soldiers who i mentor to. i personally made a difference to her sergeant majors in first class. who are first sergeants. the last three brigade commanders that followed me, all african-american. not because there were african-american but because they were the best we got. the absolute best. so now it is there. so you show us the data that we collected from 2010 to 2014 for use earned in with the cheese legal roles in the air force produce what did you see and what did you do and out with the sprint you have now, what would you do now different to change the outcome of what happens in the air force. >> is a great question. and i agree, in the army actually is further ahead. the air force lags behind the rest. what i see. i never prosecuted some of that i thought was innocent. of course i don't make the prosecution decision someone else does as you know. i don't think it was necessarily case that innocent people to be brought to trial. what that the problem was is that others getting the benefit of the doubt. b

tell the stories johnson, he's a man who had no one, no mentor, no one encouraging him to do anything. he was an elevator operator. this is where we tell kids, you have to follow your passion. this is how you become successful. that's what this guy did back in the 1890's. starting his own company called unity burial life and agent skirt -- company. made a lot of money. this is where he initially lived. town are in a part of the that there are some programs that have been recently approved for individuals to bring houses up to code. there are several grants that are available. there is a big push in the governments local to make that happen. again, this area is the area that the confederate soldiers were in back in the 1800s. in fact, there's a lot of shotgun houses in this area. a shotgun house is just a colloquial term that if you open the front door in the back door is open, you can shoot straight through and it goes through the back. that's a shotgun house. right are somee original confederate barracks. you can see the blue and green. they have been back there since the 1850's. som

, and today we have mentors and today we have different resources. it is creating a decent -- a desire for them to accomplish and to see what was done 100, 200 years ago, going back to the 16 90's. o that is our mission with the trail and telling the story, to help with racial reconciliation, and also for inspiration and motivation for young adults. drumbeats] >>

many of our kids in the city have been without their coaches and mentors for going on 10 weeks and we want to reengage and make sure that these kids, above all else, have something to do this summer. so, starting june 15, camp providers will be allowed to operate. they're going to need to certify that they're going to comply with the health order and guidance coming out of public health, which means kids still need to be in pods of 12 for older kids. the minimum session for camp providers will be three weeks and the boll rationale behind that is to keep kids from normally during a normal summer kids go to one week of this camp and one week of another camp and the health -- and our public health officials have asked us to keep kids together in a consistent pod. so we'll have three three-week sessions beginning june 15. at rec and park, we're planning over 25 different camps. we expect there to be another 40 to 50 private camp providers operating in our park system. i believe that maria is estimating nearly 100 nonprofit camp providers will operate around the city and then there are som

many of our kids in the city have been without their coaches and mentors for going on 10 weeks and we want to reengage and make sure that these kids, above all else, have something to do this summer. so, starting june 15, camp providers will be allowed to operate. they're going to need to certify that they're going to comply with the health order and guidance coming out of public health, which means kids still need to be in pods of 12 for older kids. the minimum session for camp providers will be three weeks and the boll rationale behind that is to keep kids from normally during a normal summer kids go to one week of this camp and one week of another camp and the health -- and our public health officials have asked us to keep kids together in a consistent pod. so we'll have three three-week sessions beginning june 15. at rec and park, we're planning over 25 different camps. we expect there to be another 40 to 50 private camp providers operating in our park system. i believe that maria is estimating nearly 100 nonprofit camp providers will operate around the city and then there are som

i've had -- most my mentors actually have been white officers.ome black officers as mentors. but the vast majority have been white. same thing with peers. the most influential people in our career actually are your peers. i've been fortunate in that way, in many ways. things have changed over the last 35 to 40 years. they're not where they ought to be, but they're in fact getting better. if you look at yesterday's graduation from west point, the superintendent of west point was general williams. first african american superintendent in west point's history, over 200 years. the class president of the class of 2020 was african american. things are getting better. but just not fast enough for so many of us. >> so i want to read to you something that retired u.s. army general and former cia director david petraeus wrote regarding army bases being renamed. i want to get your opinion on this especially as you mentioned west point. he wrote in the atlantic, the irony of training at bases named for those who took um arms against the is inescapable to any

many of our kids in the city have been without their coaches and mentors for going on 10 weeks and we want to reengage and make sure that these kids, above all else, have something to do this summer. so, starting june 15, camp providers will be allowed to operate. they're going to need to certify that they're going to comply with the health order and guidance coming out of public health, which means kids still need to be in pods of 12 for older kids. the minimum session for camp providers will be three weeks and the boll rationale behind that is to keep kids from normally during a normal summer kids go to one week of this camp and one week of another camp and the health -- and our public health officials have asked us to keep kids together in a consistent pod. so we'll have three three-week sessions beginning june 15. at rec and park, we're planning over 25 different camps. we expect there to be another 40 to 50 private camp providers operating in our park system. i believe that maria is estimating nearly 100 nonprofit camp providers will operate around the city and then there are som

after the break, my conversation with one of my mentors, reverend jesse jackson. next hour. my colleague casey hunt talks with doug jones who has unique insight into the legal fight for civil rights. jones previously prosecuted two members of the ku klux klan, responsible for the 1963 bombing of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham. that's at 7:00 pc.m. eastern right here on msnbc. more "politics nation" after the break. msnbc. more "politics nation" after the break. stress less and live more. with stressballs. some companies still have hr stuck between employeesentering data.a. changing data. more and more sensitive, personal data. and it doesn't just drag hr down. it drags the entire business down -- with inefficiency, errors and waste. it's ridiculous. so ridiculous. with paycom, employees enter and manage their own data in a single, easy to use software. visit paycom.com, and schedule your demo today. however, there is one thing you can be certain of. the men and women of the united states postal service. we're here to deliver cards and packages from l

and today we have mentors and we have defer resources.nd it's just creating a desire for them to accomplish and to exceed what was done 100, 200 years ago. or we go back to 1619. so that's our mission with the trail and with telling the story is to help with racial reconciliation and also for inspiration and motivation for young adults. ♪ >> tonight on american history tv starting at 8:00 eastern on july 23rd, 1967, detroit erupted in five days of rioting and violence sparked by a police raid on an illegal bar and fueled by long simmering racial tensions. this half-hour wxyz documentary is courtesy of the archives of michigan. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span 3. >> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this

rob was a coach and mentor to many. according to the baltimore sun, columnist susan reamer, so happy working with young journalists he wanted to create a newsroom where everyone was growing. john mcnamara was a skilled sports fan who combined these passions in his 24 year career, at the capital gazette. could write, could edit, pages, just the jack of all trades and fantastic person. rebecca smith, age 34, newly hired sales assistant known for compassion, kindness, described her as the absolute most beautiful person with the biggest heart and called her death a great loss. wendy winters, age 65, built her career, public program relations professional and journalist, well-known for her profound reporting on the achievements of people within the community. she was a proud navy mom and navy daughter. wendy saved lives during the attack, she confronted and distracted the gunman, and as the newspaper noted, wendy died protecting her friends but also in defense of her newsroom from a murderous assault. wendy died protecting f

america there was a time if you were growing up in america and you were a kid you probably had a mentor may have been a teacher may have been someone to your local park you would go to the park and a mr andrews or mrs ferris is somebody you would get to know and they would teach you how to play basketball or how to play football and maybe they'd have neighborhood teams that played against other teams that's gone it doesn't exist in america anymore the reason that doesn't exist in america anymore is because american politicians whether they're mayors or councilmen or senators or local officials or state officials or federal officials cannot get elected unless they say in their stump speech i will give you 10 more police officers for your city the next one. i will give you 15 more police officers for your city the next one i will give you 20 more police officers and i'm going to give them bigger guns and i'm going to give them more cars and after awhile the budgets the municipal budgets in america that we used to have for creating those programs for kids the mentors go to the park anybody

a funeral service in his hometown of houston floyd has been remembered as a loved family member a mentor and a symbol of change. meanwhile president donald trump has accused the 75 year old who was left bleeding from his head after being pushed by police but being an empty 1st setup you'll governor andrew cuomo is among politicians from both sides of the political aisle who have criticized him over called the tweets reprehensible and dumb. and protesters have taken to the streets in new york once again to on the george floyd demonstrators have been calling for cuts to police budgets and an end to systemic racism. the u.s. democratic leaders supposed to build a modeling sweeping police reforms house majority leader study hoyer says that they're aiming for a vote in around 2 week's time the package will likely draw opposition from republicans and police unions the bill calls for greater transparency of police behavior and more police accountability for human rights violations it includes the limits on legal protections for police a balance chokeholds at a national database of complaints ag

did mentor them successfully and bring them up to police officers like david did.lly an amazing guy. >> martha: when you look at what is going on across the country, the protests were george floyd and obviously anyone who warns his death and is horrified by the way that he died, you know, does it bother you that you are not seeing the same kind of outpouring for david dorn, for your friend? >> we are seeing a groundswell of outpouring just recently in st. louis. i will call it the good people of st. louis, the people that support a law and order, today the family received a check of $55,000 from the back stoppers organization who takes care of fallen public safety officers in the st. louis region. so we are starting to see that support build finally, and what i have not heard or would like to here are some of the protester groups, some of those groups coming forward and saying we want to raise money for a captain dorn's family. i hope to see that eventually. >> martha: i hope we do too. in terms of the facebook live video, of him being shot, what are your feelings

rob was the coach and mentor to many and according to the former son he was so happy working witn young journalists he wanted to create a newsroom where everyone was growing. john mcnamara, age 56 was a skilled writer and avid sports fan who combined these passions in his 24 year career as a sports reporter at the capital gazette. former capital gazette sports editor larry jackson on memory and him said he could write and he could edit and he could sign pages and he was a jack of all trades and a fantastic person. rebecca smith, age 34 was a newly hired sales assistants known for her kindness, compassion and love for her family. a friend of her described rebecca as the absolute most beautiful person with the biggest hearts and called her death a great loss to this world. wendy winters, aged 65, talented writer who a built her career aa public relations professional and journalist and well-known for her profound reporting on the rise achievements of people within the community and was a proud navy mom and baby daughter. wendy saved lives during the attack. she confronted and distracted t

rest in a funeral service in his hometown of houston floyd was remembered as a loved family member a mentor and a simple chain. jess's of taking to the streets across the country to honor floyd they're also calling for cuts to police budgets and an end to systemic racism. people altogether to pay tribute in many other countries in dakar chester's melted a memorial marking the atlantic slave trade for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the same amount of time an officer knelt on the floor. and the belgian city of antwerp has removed a statue of a colonial era king it was set on fire last week activists of long pushed petitioned to remove statues of king leopold the 2nd he was belgium's longest serving monarch millions of people were killed under his brutal reign or a vast region of africa that includes modern day democratic republic of congo. and in the u.k. a statue of an 18th century slave trader has been removed from outside a london museum officials say it was no longer acceptable to the local community and thousands of people have signed new petitions calling for the removal of another monument a

—— mentor. gather other feeling the musical income? -- mentor.ment scheme. i u nfortu nately fell advantage of the government scheme. i unfortunately fell into the cracks so zero i unfortunately fell into the cracks so zero for me. no concert equals zero income but luckily there is going to be some recompense for those who qualify. it is... it is funny because, i always say quite often when people say to me, because i come from a working—class background and the sort of background and the sort of background i came from, the things you know when you grow up and become an adult and go into an industry, go to university, college, whatever, you start to learn things, a p pa re ntly you start to learn things, apparently i grew up for and i never felt like i was poor and that was largely to do with the incredible family support i had, we all had that also because i had music and i a lwa ys that also because i had music and i always felt rich because of music. and so people suffer or experience that sort of fallout in a number of different ways and i th

as a structure support but the difference is i'm not there as a colonial power these these these mentors are right the contractors the special forces veterans are serving as adjunct in the afghan forces accountable to the afghan minister of defense and of course the president if they're flying aircraft we actually found to see the aircraft where the contractor never makes the weapons release decision it is always the afghan but he flies the plane. safety pilot ok in 2004 in afghanistan a blackwater pilot flying a plane with u.s. soldiers on board flew the plane into the side of a mountain he crashed the plane into the mountain killing 6 passengers on board including 3 u.s. soldiers the captain's last words blackwater employee flying the plane his last words were i swear to god they wouldn't pay me if they knew how much fun this was you were paying him eric prince said only been in the country 2 weeks have you your employees learned any lessons from that horrific incident before you go back into afghanistan sure we operated 56 aircraft there safely for many many years we flew tens of thou

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he described steve bannon as his mentor.s is the guy who trump nominated, the guy who says steve bannon is his mentor, who spent his own career making weird right wing movies of his own like the tyranny of the gays on college campuses and how white male christians are the only people discriminated against anymore. president trump has nominated that guy, the bannon acolyte guy who makes the antigay documentaries about the oppression of christians, president trump has nominated him, michael pack, to take over the agency that overseas voice of america, radio free europe, middle east broadcasting network and all the rest. now, it is widely perceived in washington that the president started attacking voice of america and calling them disgusting and denouncing them literally as communists not because of anything particularly interesting or outre that voa had done, they've kind of been doing the things they always do. it's widely believed in washington that the president started mounting that criticism of voice of america because h

and many of those are my soldiers who i mentored. i personally made a difference -- who are sergeant majors and sergeant first class who are first sergeants. the last three brigade commanders that followed me are all african-american. not because their african-american, but because they're the best we got. the absolute best. so now it is there. so you served as part, during the data that we collected from 2010 to 2014 you served in the air force is one of the chief legal roles so what did you see and what did you do and now with the experience you have now, what would you do now different to change the outcome of what happens in the air force colonel christiansen? >> that is a great question. and i agree the army actually is further ahead in officer corp being african-american. the air force lags behind the rest. what did i see? look, i never prosecuted someone that i thought was innocent. of course i don't make the prosecuti prosecution decisions. somebody else does as you know. i don't think it was a case that innocent people were

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network about mentoring young comedians will talk to the great wayne brady also one the massacre last year all after this and dennis miller plus one. hey folks welcome to dennis miller plus one. we've got a 5 tool player here on renaissance man katz cut great pipes i know that actor comedian television host wayne brady i'm scared out of my wits at him problem my man dove in i don't know that was his forte but he took off it 1st and killed it you know wayne from the improv comedy shows line isn't anyway host of the game show let's make a deal also created we're going to talk about it today hosts a new comedy competition series sets and straight into me as a comic called wayne brady's comedy i'd kill it signed b. why you t.v. folks and the 1st season wraps up well right around back on june 15th when brady way now i. am so great and let me just get out of the way 1st and fanboy and you i'm such a fan and i've looked up to you for a long time and i got to tell you you're you're one of those cats where it's like you and my buddy greg proops and a handful of other people that that in your f

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