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voters and put them into minority -- unpacking the very heavily minority populated district. then the next party comes in and simply undoes it. and it uses the same calculus, race. >> if they exceeded their obligations in section 2 and section 5, they went beyond the limited leeway that courts have. if they have the strong basis that's required, that's the legitimate path states have. >> they do this for partisan purposes? >> your honor -- >> i'm asking if party b can then undo it for partisan purposes. because i sense that there's a one-way ratchet here. >> i understand your concern, but if for partisan purposes, the legislature passed a raced base barrier to voting that would be unconstitutional. they can't use race in the way these -- are beyond the parameters the states have s they have to have a strong basis in evidence. in this case, alabama didn't even ask the relevant basis question. alabama didn't even act what might be necessary to preserve the ability to elect. they just reproduced numbers, statistics, and the way they did it, is they just used racial data. >> you
voters and put them into minority -- unpacking the very heavily minority populated district. then the next party comes in and simply undoes it. and it uses the same calculus, race. >> if they exceeded their obligations in section 2 and section 5, they went beyond the limited leeway that courts have. if they have the strong basis that's required, that's the legitimate path states have. >> they do this for partisan purposes? >> your honor -- >> i'm asking if party b can...
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he served as minority leader from 1947 to 1949. next, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell reflects on the career of senator barkley. he is now the minority leader and is expected to be the majority leader for the next congress. this 45 minute program is a series of talks mitch mcconnell about former senators from kentucky. [applause] >> thank you, linda. it is great to see all of you. i enjoyed my tour of the museum and i recommend you do it. i've been doing a series of speeches over the last couple of years on some of the more significant members of the united states senate from kentucky. we've had a bunch of them because we came into the union in 1792. but honestly, some were way more significant than others. and the man i'm going to speak to you about today was by any estimate one of a handful of the most significant senators we've ever sent to washington. i've been pleased to become a friend of his grandson, alben, who is sitting here to my left. i had an opportunity take he and his wife around the capitol when they were up
he served as minority leader from 1947 to 1949. next, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell reflects on the career of senator barkley. he is now the minority leader and is expected to be the majority leader for the next congress. this 45 minute program is a series of talks mitch mcconnell about former senators from kentucky. [applause] >> thank you, linda. it is great to see all of you. i enjoyed my tour of the museum and i recommend you do it. i've been doing a series of speeches over...
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were to separate minority women from non minority women, the mbe proponent of it might be higher, correct because you're adding women -- we're not double counting, are we? >> because these are informational purposes we've just pulled them out exactly as they have represented so when you say double counted i guess it is double counted -- it's really not double counting, all we did was pull the information out so -- >> i guess my question is, if you have a business that's a minority, owned by a minority woman, does it show up in both places? >> currently it does. >> okay. i would say that for future reporting it would be gootd to kind of look at that drill down because i don't want the numbers to be inflated essentially, or overinclusive when looking at these numbers, sort of like a report card analysis, that's how well we are doing and how well our developers are doing. this is slide eight, construction and supplies. this includes everybody that's an sbe. >> correct, yes. >> both from geographic and gender, everyone with an sbe is in there? >> including the san francisco businesses and so
were to separate minority women from non minority women, the mbe proponent of it might be higher, correct because you're adding women -- we're not double counting, are we? >> because these are informational purposes we've just pulled them out exactly as they have represented so when you say double counted i guess it is double counted -- it's really not double counting, all we did was pull the information out so -- >> i guess my question is, if you have a business that's a minority,...
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it gives us sort of the moral high ground to encourage countries that have minor, significant minority populations to open up their societies to empower women. it shows other countries that diversity is a good thing. >> mary vargas: everything that i do outside of my work duties is dedicated to bringing more diversity into the foreign service. and i believe it's extremely important because i have seen overseas what an advantage it is to have a diverse background when you're interacting and engaging with foreign audiences. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation, committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection, and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation, the wallace genetic foundation, and by charles a. frueauff foundation. >>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one. asia pivot. a week after his shellacking in the u.s. midterm elections, president ob
it gives us sort of the moral high ground to encourage countries that have minor, significant minority populations to open up their societies to empower women. it shows other countries that diversity is a good thing. >> mary vargas: everything that i do outside of my work duties is dedicated to bringing more diversity into the foreign service. and i believe it's extremely important because i have seen overseas what an advantage it is to have a diverse background when you're interacting...
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but i think that if alabama had reduced the number of minority voters in majority-minority districts in any significant way, the attorney general would have come down on them like a ton of bricks. >> that that is not correct, your honor. >> he did preclear the plan that you're challenging today. >> he also precleared the 2001 plan which did precisely what you described. the government's view of this is set out in some greater detail in their brief in georgia v. ashcroft and in the in the oral argument of mr. stewart at the time. as they explained then, and this remains their view, and consistent with the way the department has operated, until the numbers can fall until it gets to the point where the ability to elect is in question. the -- >> i have a problem. can i just go back to your shaw-non-shaw? >> yes. >> basically, you're saying i don't have a shaw challenge. >> i have a shaw challenge. >> all right. you're claiming it's a shaw challenge, but you don't have to describe the injury. it's a it's an ephemeral injury. race played a part in the overall plan, without an effect in a p
but i think that if alabama had reduced the number of minority voters in majority-minority districts in any significant way, the attorney general would have come down on them like a ton of bricks. >> that that is not correct, your honor. >> he did preclear the plan that you're challenging today. >> he also precleared the 2001 plan which did precisely what you described. the government's view of this is set out in some greater detail in their brief in georgia v. ashcroft and in...
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are you worried about animosity in minority communities when it comes to police? >> sure.e been a cop for 44 years. i've been aware of animosity since i first began as a white cop working an all-black neighborhood in 1970 in mattapan in boston. i came in when cops were very brutal, very racist. i can understand some of the attitudes and beliefs. >> reporter: yet the number of low-level arrests is still rising in some minority communities, as broken windows policing continues. >> when you look at where the calls are coming from, 911 calls, emergencies, 311 calls for disorder, those calls come significantly out of the poorest, most distressed areas. and unfortunately those who have the least are impacted the most. >> i think that prevention is much better than letting something happen and then try and find out what happened or why it happened. when people see that you're not afraid to walk up to them when something looks odd, they're more apprehensive about carrying weapons and things like that. our job is to stop people from doing the wrong thing. >> reporter: officer calho
are you worried about animosity in minority communities when it comes to police? >> sure.e been a cop for 44 years. i've been aware of animosity since i first began as a white cop working an all-black neighborhood in 1970 in mattapan in boston. i came in when cops were very brutal, very racist. i can understand some of the attitudes and beliefs. >> reporter: yet the number of low-level arrests is still rising in some minority communities, as broken windows policing continues....
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if you do that, then we can move legislation, and the minority will have the right the minority does not have the right to prevail, which they are doing now because they can control the filibuster and stop things. it should be the right of the minority to amend or offer amendments, to have full and vigorous debate and to have votes on those amendments. i think if we do that the senate would begin to operate very well. >> sen. harkin's signature legislation was passage of the americans with disabilities act. and congressman coble was first elected in 1984. you 1984. you can watch tonight starting at eight eastern on c-span. >> a few of the comments we recently received from viewers. >> i just have to tell you that to see these people and person, to here them have the panel discussion or congressional hearing, it is so important to understand the context and to listen to the statement in its entirety. >> hi. i have been watching book tv for a few years, and i really think it is the greatest program on tv. how these authors take the time to not only present summaries of what they write
if you do that, then we can move legislation, and the minority will have the right the minority does not have the right to prevail, which they are doing now because they can control the filibuster and stop things. it should be the right of the minority to amend or offer amendments, to have full and vigorous debate and to have votes on those amendments. i think if we do that the senate would begin to operate very well. >> sen. harkin's signature legislation was passage of the americans...
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and i think a parallel to that is where the new hispanic minorities, new asian minorities are movingher parts of the country. they move in. the first thing they see is people in their schools that are different because it's the younger part of the population that's the most diverse. and once they get used to that, i think things fall in place a little bit. but it's always taken us as a country a while to deal with these changes, as maybe 100 years ago when we had immigrants coming in from italy and poland to parts of the country that didn't see those people as really people like them. but i found positive about this, and the reason i'm positive about this is because it's the younger generation that's much more open. it's the younger generation where these new minorities are going to proliferate. in about four years, more than half of the people under 18 years of age, are going to be racial minorities. and in 2027, more than half of the people under age 30 are going to be racial minorities. already we see interracial marriages, interracial dating, yet there are these flashpoints like
and i think a parallel to that is where the new hispanic minorities, new asian minorities are movingher parts of the country. they move in. the first thing they see is people in their schools that are different because it's the younger part of the population that's the most diverse. and once they get used to that, i think things fall in place a little bit. but it's always taken us as a country a while to deal with these changes, as maybe 100 years ago when we had immigrants coming in from italy...
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groups and as a consequence minorities now donate in excess of what the population is. minorities are 25% of the population, but couldn't city tut 30% of the donations. >> some of it do with the cultural beliefs you really should keep all of your organs. how is that changing and how is the law changing? >> we've been very fortunate for example. if you register to be a donor, that bkses a legitimate legal act and even if your family disagrees with you, they cannot over turn it. if you go to be a donor.org and you say i want to be a donor and it's registered, then the transplant community knows about it and then it can be done. as a consequence we're having more black donors than we've ever had before, but it's just so we're so disproportionately afflicted, but we need more. >> david, did you consider being an organ donor before you became one in need of it? >> did i understand the real significance at that time but, no, i did it. >> did you understand what you wanted to donate or did you signed your drivers license? >> no, just signed the drivers license. made an indicat
groups and as a consequence minorities now donate in excess of what the population is. minorities are 25% of the population, but couldn't city tut 30% of the donations. >> some of it do with the cultural beliefs you really should keep all of your organs. how is that changing and how is the law changing? >> we've been very fortunate for example. if you register to be a donor, that bkses a legitimate legal act and even if your family disagrees with you, they cannot over turn it. if...
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that she was 14 and she was a minor?ind just because i started the conversation off that way, and then, like i said, reiterated it through the conversation, saying, you know, what grade she was in and the fact that i didn't need to get her pregnant because she was only in eighth grade. >> after processing, he's placed in a holding room to await transport to jail. there he finds himself on the hot seat with our producer grace kong and some of the other women arrested tonight. >> can i ask you what you were doing, trolling back pages and reading ads, looking for underage girls? >> please. i don't -- i don't want to be ruined -- i don't want my life to be ruined like this. i made a mistake. it was a one-time mistake. >> wait a minute. so you don't want your life to be ruined, but you were coming here to have sex with an eighth grader. >> no, i already talked with her. i didn't hear what he was talking about. i didn't hear that was the case. >> i heard him say that she was specifically underage. >> eun claims he didn't under
that she was 14 and she was a minor?ind just because i started the conversation off that way, and then, like i said, reiterated it through the conversation, saying, you know, what grade she was in and the fact that i didn't need to get her pregnant because she was only in eighth grade. >> after processing, he's placed in a holding room to await transport to jail. there he finds himself on the hot seat with our producer grace kong and some of the other women arrested tonight. >> can...
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he promised to build trust between police and minority communities. >> i'm appointing bill bratton of the next police commissioner. >> in a surprise move, the new mayor named bill bratton his police commissioner. the same who led the nypd years ago when stop and frisk was a popular tool. >> what mistakes were made with stop and frisk? >> the public was feeling the minority community was impacted too much and my sense was as crime was going down in the city, the number of stops should have been going down also. >> was public perception really the problem and would fewer police stops be enough to repair a broken trust? >> five officers line up around me. the tallest officer tells me are you some type of tough guy. when i turned around, he punches me in the face and he screams he is resisting arrest. >> i'm scared for my kids. every time they step out the door. >> who are you scared of? >> the police. ♪ [ male announcer ] over time, you've come to realize... [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journ
he promised to build trust between police and minority communities. >> i'm appointing bill bratton of the next police commissioner. >> in a surprise move, the new mayor named bill bratton his police commissioner. the same who led the nypd years ago when stop and frisk was a popular tool. >> what mistakes were made with stop and frisk? >> the public was feeling the minority community was impacted too much and my sense was as crime was going down in the city, the number of...
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are you worried about animosity in minority communities when it comes to police? >> sure.'ve been a cop for 44 years. i've been aware of animosity since i first began as a white cop working an all-black neighborhood in 1970 in mattapan in boston. i came into the business at a time when cops were very brutal, very racist. i can understand some of the attitudes and beliefs. >> reporter: yet the number of low-level arrests is still rising in some minority communities, as broken windows policing continues. >> when you look at where the calls are coming from, 911 calls, emergencies, 311 calls for disorder, those calls come significantly out of the poorest, most distressed areas. and unfortunately those who have the least are impacted the most. >> i think that prevention is much better than letting something happen and then try and find out what happened or why it happened. when people see that you're not afraid to walk up to them when something looks odd, they're more apprehensive about carrying weapons and things like that. our job is to stop people from doing the wrong thing.
are you worried about animosity in minority communities when it comes to police? >> sure.'ve been a cop for 44 years. i've been aware of animosity since i first began as a white cop working an all-black neighborhood in 1970 in mattapan in boston. i came into the business at a time when cops were very brutal, very racist. i can understand some of the attitudes and beliefs. >> reporter: yet the number of low-level arrests is still rising in some minority communities, as broken windows...
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is minorities. the banks have to find a way that minorities have access to the market and that's why we're excited. >> also really, really quick. i'm here on behalf of my boss, chanel party, and i'm reading this statement today on behalf of chanel hard, vice president for possible -- national urban league washington bureau. for more than 100 for your special urban league has worked with powerful partners such as politic365, federal civil rights or position, economic developers, federal, state and local governments and the private sector. again, we thank you, kristal high. >> as we close out i would be remiss if i didn't invite some final thoughts from doctor lee was been one of our biggest champions and supporters over the years and has been an important part of the brain trust that really helps to put all of these pieces together. so dr. lee, a few words. >> wow. first of all, can you all say that this is a fantastic report? thank you, kristal high, for actually doing it. [applause] i think i've be
is minorities. the banks have to find a way that minorities have access to the market and that's why we're excited. >> also really, really quick. i'm here on behalf of my boss, chanel party, and i'm reading this statement today on behalf of chanel hard, vice president for possible -- national urban league washington bureau. for more than 100 for your special urban league has worked with powerful partners such as politic365, federal civil rights or position, economic developers, federal,...
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the best way is to get rid of the fill buster and guarantee to the minority that the minority will be allow to offer germane amendments to any bill on the floor. germane amendments to that legislation, with reasonable time limits for debate. you do that, then we can move legislation, and the minority will have the right to -- i've often said the minority doesn't he the right to prevail, which they're doing now because the minority can control the fill buster and stop things so the minority prevails. so, it's not the right -- it should be the right of the minority to amend or offer amendments, to have full and vigorous debate, and to have votes on those amendments. i think if we did that, the senate would begin to operate very well. >> i've often said the republicans have a legitimate argument here, by the way, and they're not being allowed to offer amendments. well, they're not being allowed to offer amendments because the filibuster bills. they -- it's a chicken and egg thing. best way to get rid of it is just get rid of the filibuster but at the same time guarantee to minority in ru
the best way is to get rid of the fill buster and guarantee to the minority that the minority will be allow to offer germane amendments to any bill on the floor. germane amendments to that legislation, with reasonable time limits for debate. you do that, then we can move legislation, and the minority will have the right to -- i've often said the minority doesn't he the right to prevail, which they're doing now because the minority can control the fill buster and stop things so the minority...
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, including lgbt minorities. decriminalized same-sex relationships. the president had just pointed out, put russia, hungary and egypt together in his speech in new york, pointing out to the constant onslaught on civil rights and civil liberties and societies in this country, those are places that have equally harsh segregation of lgb st people and other minority groups. the part that i'm also concerned about is that the average russian will not see this advocate article. but this gives, unfortunately, the russian president the ability to say look, i'm doing my work, the west and a gay publication from the west is picking on me. and that shows me i'm standing up for this cultural authenticity that he's always talking about which is again, just a cheap form of political expeend yency to strike at people's fear, strike at discrimination that in that whole region, not just russia, but parts of the eu, that lgbt people are not visible. the 1% that may be out, that's not just russia, that's a whole region where people
, including lgbt minorities. decriminalized same-sex relationships. the president had just pointed out, put russia, hungary and egypt together in his speech in new york, pointing out to the constant onslaught on civil rights and civil liberties and societies in this country, those are places that have equally harsh segregation of lgb st people and other minority groups. the part that i'm also concerned about is that the average russian will not see this advocate article. but this gives,...
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later a program on minority stuf stinlts and higher education, followed by cyber security issues. next a look at how one city in america is dealing with immigrant children, placed there by the federal government. the main speaker is republican mayor judith kennedy of na ma. she talks about efforts to provide undocumented children and education and health services. the centers for immigration studies hosted this hour-long event. >>> good morning, and my name is mark corcoran, we wanted to host an event that puts some context and some real life numbers and real life acts on to the fallout of what we're seeing and have been seeing now u for a while in the border surge of central americans, especially coming across south texas. and what -- what we have seen really bears out the observation a that every state is now a border state and every town is now a border town. and so one of the border towns that we wanted to hear from was lynne, massachusetts, ways some 1,500 miles from the border with mexico, it's outside boston. and it has been dealing, not just for the past few months, but re
later a program on minority stuf stinlts and higher education, followed by cyber security issues. next a look at how one city in america is dealing with immigrant children, placed there by the federal government. the main speaker is republican mayor judith kennedy of na ma. she talks about efforts to provide undocumented children and education and health services. the centers for immigration studies hosted this hour-long event. >>> good morning, and my name is mark corcoran, we wanted...
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he writes about labor issues, black long among core minors -- ack lung amongsv core minors. -- coal miners. in 1970, he moves his family to california. he works as an investigative reporter for the sacramento union. in thethe oldest daily west before it closed in 1994. he likes to describe this migration as involving a move from the jim crow south to the yellow peril west. he continues to throw his efforts into uncovering the shortcomings of government and bringing attention to the ways in which the government is not making good on its mandate to serve the people. he is very well known for a series of articles he did. misusing taxpayer money. he did a number of stories that brought light -- when i read these, they feel like continuous with american -- asian american studies programs being formed and nearly 1970's. he is in for sizing the non-foreignness of communities with asian ancestry. 1970's, that is where the turning point happens where he is introduced to ache korean -- to a korean immigrant who was convicted of killing a chinatown gang advisor and put on -- and sentenced to life in
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these are all ways of getting minority and democratic voters to the polls. how much does the democratic vote stand to be hurt by that? >> i think that early voting is an important thing not just for democrats or republicans, but for the country. anything we can do as a nation to make it easier for folks to vote is a good thing. if people are worried, they should think about the policies and whether they appeal to a majority of americans. if you look around the country, hogan made a good point. in iowa republicans made a big gain on their field operation. i was traditionally one of the greatest field operations we had because of the infrastructure we put in place. they made big gains, about you in places like colorado, they will be able to get the votes and drag them back to the mail boxes and eek out a victory there. >> can i just say quickly that the difference here, the old type of turn out the vote used to be like harvesting a wheat field. the new turn out that is driven by data and digical exactitude is more like hunting truffles. one at a time. getting
these are all ways of getting minority and democratic voters to the polls. how much does the democratic vote stand to be hurt by that? >> i think that early voting is an important thing not just for democrats or republicans, but for the country. anything we can do as a nation to make it easier for folks to vote is a good thing. if people are worried, they should think about the policies and whether they appeal to a majority of americans. if you look around the country, hogan made a good...
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>> the definition after minor is in the law. but obviously, it is the petitioning parent is 18, the child will be significantly younger than that. >> my wife says i'm still a child. >> there is true. >> so you are allowing children and from what i'm hearing, y'all have found a way to get these children into this country without them having to take thattard uus journey across mexico and on the trainings and everything we have seen. under what circumstances would you allow a parent to come in from the second country to be added to the child's petition and considered refugee? not just talking about the children. mom, if she is in el salvador or dad can come with them. >> right. they have to be the parent of the child or they have to be -- have been married to the petitioning parent in the united states at the time that that parent received their legal status in the united states. >> okay. is that common practice for other countries as well? for refugee status? do we allow mom and dad to come with the child? >> that's the p-3 progra
>> the definition after minor is in the law. but obviously, it is the petitioning parent is 18, the child will be significantly younger than that. >> my wife says i'm still a child. >> there is true. >> so you are allowing children and from what i'm hearing, y'all have found a way to get these children into this country without them having to take thattard uus journey across mexico and on the trainings and everything we have seen. under what circumstances would you allow...
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black enterprises annual report reveals a lack of minorities on corporate boards.e look with the director with a unique perspective. >> bruce gordon serves on three corporate boards. cbs, grum and northrop and adt. he's also one of a small group of people impacting corporations that affect every day americans. >> the average person in my opinion definitely doesn't recognize that corporate boards exist or if they've heard about boards, they don't fully understand what boards do. boards set policy for corporations. so if you believe that corporate america is one of the major sources of power and influence in this country, i believe that, the average person may not know what happens inside the board room. what they need to recognize is that when we, people of color, have a seat at that table, it provides us the opportunity to influence policy, to affect issues around hiring, developing, retaining and promoti promoting. it puts us at the table where we can decide who gets to be the next chief executive officer. it is a powerful institution, the corporate board. if prop
black enterprises annual report reveals a lack of minorities on corporate boards.e look with the director with a unique perspective. >> bruce gordon serves on three corporate boards. cbs, grum and northrop and adt. he's also one of a small group of people impacting corporations that affect every day americans. >> the average person in my opinion definitely doesn't recognize that corporate boards exist or if they've heard about boards, they don't fully understand what boards do....
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. >> abc news can confirm nancy pelosi has been reelected minority leader. >> jon: what a minority therats are. i think there maybe three left. a lost people asked if nancy pelosi would step down. >> aren't you getting a little old, shouldn't you step aside, you have asked him that question? >> jon: why would anyone ask mitch mcconnell that question. he's only 72 years old. that's a third of his natural lifespan. why would you -- he's but a teenager. >> i will live to be 208. [laughing] >> jon: by the way what is your beef with mcconnell. >> -- time magazine even though i was the first woman -- isn't that a curiosity. the republicans win they're on the front of time magazine. isn't there a pattern here? as a woman is there a message here. >> jon: i hear you. who would want to be in the same revered company as hitler and darkened oj. so what you didn't get the time magazine cover. you did get an award from the national partnership for women and families in fighting for working women. i will tell you what, nancy pelosi. i don't think hitler or oj got honored by those people. you're a wor
. >> abc news can confirm nancy pelosi has been reelected minority leader. >> jon: what a minority therats are. i think there maybe three left. a lost people asked if nancy pelosi would step down. >> aren't you getting a little old, shouldn't you step aside, you have asked him that question? >> jon: why would anyone ask mitch mcconnell that question. he's only 72 years old. that's a third of his natural lifespan. why would you -- he's but a teenager. >> i will live...
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population growth was driven almost exclusively by racial and ethnic minorities. by 2042, people of color will make up the majority of america's population. even as people of color become the majority, during wealth and employment gaps threaten our community. it is 20 times that of african-americans and 18 times that of hispanic households. overall employment rate fell in september 2014 but the first time since 2008, unemployment for african-americans. though higher education is often associated with higher earnings, crop out rate for african-americans and his span iks are higher than they are for white americans.dcrop out rate african-americans and his span iks are higher than they are for white americans.rop out rate fo african-americans and his span iks are higher than they are for white americans. 29.3% of white americans. and by the variety measures, african-americans and hispanics enter college less ready and prepared than their white or asian counter parts. with the growing stem degreeses, african-americans and hispanics pursue these fields at a lower rate
population growth was driven almost exclusively by racial and ethnic minorities. by 2042, people of color will make up the majority of america's population. even as people of color become the majority, during wealth and employment gaps threaten our community. it is 20 times that of african-americans and 18 times that of hispanic households. overall employment rate fell in september 2014 but the first time since 2008, unemployment for african-americans. though higher education is often...
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and the minority will have the right -- someone said, the minority does not have the right to prevail. which they're doing now, because minority can control the luster and stop things -- filibuster and stop things. it should be the right of the minority to amend, to have full and vigorous debates, and have votes on amendments. if we do that, i think the senate would begin to operate very well. >> i heard you say that the resulting gridlock upsets the balance of power by giving more power. would you blame wife? -- explain why? >> i think there is gridlock in the congress because we cannot get things done because of more power to the president. we see it with this president, the last president. it is just like an arms race. more power will devolve to the. president when we cannot get our work done. >> when and why did it change? >> there was sort of a gradual thing. it's -- it started in the 1980's. it accelerated a little in the 1990's. and then it turned off in the 2000s. i'm not going to say, the democrats did this. both sides started it. both sides started it. i would say it really
and the minority will have the right -- someone said, the minority does not have the right to prevail. which they're doing now, because minority can control the luster and stop things -- filibuster and stop things. it should be the right of the minority to amend, to have full and vigorous debates, and have votes on amendments. if we do that, i think the senate would begin to operate very well. >> i heard you say that the resulting gridlock upsets the balance of power by giving more power....
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we're also watching it a minor incident at 238.re coming out from the valley. even when you get through it toward the medics' freeway. that continues all week out through fremont. a quick check no major hot spots no. 101 that is still wrapping up and is still very minor. it is a little extra heavy for you. we get through downtown sunnyvale is looking pretty good at it opened up. 54 minutes from 85101 split. >> reporter: get used to lower gas prices. we are seeing the lowest prices do we have seen in over four years and could keep dropping. i just filled up yesterday and i did not really noticed i did not have a heart attack. >> reporter: look happy it from where we are at. it was 2010 and this really it has been four years since we have seen gas prices this low. the national average is at $2.98. since 2010 december of 2010. since the last fall that. under $3 a gallon on san pablo. in mill valley. it is great news for folks who are out there came the come. what are you want to pay for a gallon of gas across the state and across acco
we're also watching it a minor incident at 238.re coming out from the valley. even when you get through it toward the medics' freeway. that continues all week out through fremont. a quick check no major hot spots no. 101 that is still wrapping up and is still very minor. it is a little extra heavy for you. we get through downtown sunnyvale is looking pretty good at it opened up. 54 minutes from 85101 split. >> reporter: get used to lower gas prices. we are seeing the lowest prices do we...
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>> the definition of a minor youth is in the law. but obviously if the petitioning parent is 18 the child going to be significantly younger than that. >> my wife says i'm still a child. >> this is true. [laughter] you're allowing the children and from what i'm hearing you-all have found a way to get these children into this country without them having to take that arduous journey across mexico and on the trains and everything that we have seen. what specific circumstances would you allow a second parent residing in the home country say el salvador to be added to the child's petition and considered a refugee? no just the children -- mom, if she's in el salvador, or dad, can come with them. >> they have to be the parent of the child or they have to be -- have been married to the petitioning parent in the united states at the time that that parent received their legal status in the united states. >> is that common practice for other countries as well for refugee status? do we allow mom and dad to come with the child? >> that's the p-3 p
>> the definition of a minor youth is in the law. but obviously if the petitioning parent is 18 the child going to be significantly younger than that. >> my wife says i'm still a child. >> this is true. [laughter] you're allowing the children and from what i'm hearing you-all have found a way to get these children into this country without them having to take that arduous journey across mexico and on the trains and everything that we have seen. what specific circumstances...
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you may say to yourself that's minor, but you have to look at the magnitude. we're talking about $1.2 billion in total aggregate so that 2% translates to quite a bit. stepping aside and talking about the work force program. ocii has a very aggressive, intentionally set overall goal of 50% for local work force hires. they're determined on a crack by contract basis, in the sentence that there may be variances that can be looked at, but i have to say that on a overall basis, we've established 50% and communicated that to the community. there is a priority that's given to local residents and those are reflective within what we'd determine to be project areas and the high priority is given to the hunters bay viewpoint area. we do currently have three project major areas, hunters point, shipyard candle stick point, mission bay and transbay, but there's other projects in outlying areas from development that's shown in the reports as well. i want to acknowledge in march 4 of 2014 we did -- ocii entered into with oewd. overall we look at -- what is it? in the sense of
you may say to yourself that's minor, but you have to look at the magnitude. we're talking about $1.2 billion in total aggregate so that 2% translates to quite a bit. stepping aside and talking about the work force program. ocii has a very aggressive, intentionally set overall goal of 50% for local work force hires. they're determined on a crack by contract basis, in the sentence that there may be variances that can be looked at, but i have to say that on a overall basis, we've established 50%...
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will that drive minority voters will that drive minority voters away? away? which raises the question of how which raises the question of how much will their votes much will their votes matter? matter? number 2 of the issues we will number 2 of the issues we will be watching, that control of the be watching, that control of the senate thing which by any senate thing which by any measure is a tough sell for measure is a tough sell for voters. voters. in a nonpresidential year, in a nonpresidential year, voters will focus on who they voters will focus on who they put in the state office or put in the state office or governor's office. governor's office. what senate candidates must what senate candidates must persuade voters of is the persuade voters of is the control of the upper house will control of the upper house will make or break that legislative make or break that legislative gridlock, the folks at home have gridlock, the folks at home have seen time and again stymie real seen time and again stymie real action on issues that really action on issues that
will that drive minority voters will that drive minority voters away? away? which raises the question of how which raises the question of how much will their votes much will their votes matter? matter? number 2 of the issues we will number 2 of the issues we will be watching, that control of the be watching, that control of the senate thing which by any senate thing which by any measure is a tough sell for measure is a tough sell for voters. voters. in a nonpresidential year, in a...
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it's just a minor, minor, minor thing. all right! what? what is it? she thinks i'm you. ha ha! captioning made possible by talk productions and cbs, inc. don't disguise bad odors. ♪ continuously neutralize them with glad with febreze.
it's just a minor, minor, minor thing. all right! what? what is it? she thinks i'm you. ha ha! captioning made possible by talk productions and cbs, inc. don't disguise bad odors. ♪ continuously neutralize them with glad with febreze.
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whether it's zero tolerance at school, punishment for minor crimes, keeping order on the streets. do we assign a danger to the activities of black boys and young men who make them threatening, scary. the answer could be a matter of life and death. stay tune. >> you're watching inside story on al jazeera america 37 i'm ray suarez. whether it's stop and risk. applying a thumping to a young guy instead of booking himmer or a cop pleading that he felt threatened when a young man is injured or dead. violence and coercion at the hands of the police are a part of their lives. still with us on al jazeera. this time at "inside story." stan pottenger, lieutenant wilson and alexis mcgill johnson. we heard it in the description of the police officer who was just cleared by the grand jury. he described mike brown as super humanly strong. when shooting him, he was husking up to resist the bullets, which is impossible. when you hear of those things, super human strength, tremendous brute force, added danger. do police arrive at a scene with a heightened sense of danger if they're facing a group
whether it's zero tolerance at school, punishment for minor crimes, keeping order on the streets. do we assign a danger to the activities of black boys and young men who make them threatening, scary. the answer could be a matter of life and death. stay tune. >> you're watching inside story on al jazeera america 37 i'm ray suarez. whether it's stop and risk. applying a thumping to a young guy instead of booking himmer or a cop pleading that he felt threatened when a young man is injured or...
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and harry reid as a senate minority leader.drove them in this ditch, if you will. and the question is, whether or not senate democrats and house democrats will say, you know what, it's time for new leadership. it's time for new blood in terms of our democratic leadership. >> hogan, one interesting point in what we heard from robert is this idea that there was a referendum on some of these policies and that the public went right on the policy side. but it's not a totally clear picture on that front. a lot of initiatives you wouldn't necessarily expect, like raising the minimum wage, what do you make of that? >> well, i think you can differentiate between the two. and voters did just that. they wanted some republican leadership at the senate level. republicans on a national level are fine with some minimum wage increases, especially if it's done at the local level, which is what they've been fighting for. but quite frankly, i think folks like senator mcconnell now the leader will have to address some of those things. he should br
and harry reid as a senate minority leader.drove them in this ditch, if you will. and the question is, whether or not senate democrats and house democrats will say, you know what, it's time for new leadership. it's time for new blood in terms of our democratic leadership. >> hogan, one interesting point in what we heard from robert is this idea that there was a referendum on some of these policies and that the public went right on the policy side. but it's not a totally clear picture on...
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by trying to restrict the rights of the minority. is the problem here, that because there were some abuses, excesses, by some of the republicans, just some, -- he had to do what he did in ways which created problems. .his is not the house whoever the minority as next year, to raise issues, debate issues at length, to bring it to public attention. yournator, moving back to apartment in detroit -- what are your retirement years? what is your plan? where are all your personal papers going? >> they are going to michigan>>. we don't know what i will be doing. there are a lot of opportunities, and we are not focusing at all on that now. i have got to and a half months of hard work ahead of me. we are going to save the hard decisions for later. we know we are going to go home, know we have a lot more time with three kids and six grandkids. >> senator carl levin, democrat of michigan, retiring. >> thank you. he's serving his last term after losing a primary runoff in may. congressman hall sat down for an interview. his is 35 minutes. >> can
by trying to restrict the rights of the minority. is the problem here, that because there were some abuses, excesses, by some of the republicans, just some, -- he had to do what he did in ways which created problems. .his is not the house whoever the minority as next year, to raise issues, debate issues at length, to bring it to public attention. yournator, moving back to apartment in detroit -- what are your retirement years? what is your plan? where are all your personal papers going?...
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are like just go about your business, and in fact i have talked about the numbers, unaccompany aed minors that have been resettled here in the city of lynne. once they get resettled and they're claimed by a sponsor, those sponsors can be illegal themselves. but those sponsors then become conferred with the type of protected status because they are obligated to have control over that unaccompaniy eied min until their status hearing dated, those status hearing date where is being pushed back to 2017 right now because of the backlog so we haven't gotten they answers from any federal officials about what their long-term plan is for helping out the kmufblt communities where the resettlement is occurring. >> and the economic development. >> i really haven't seen any kind a of impact on our economic development. lynne is as i said a poor community, it's an old factory community. we have had actually a positive impact on the prices of our rental units and the availability of our rental units, especially the ones in the desirable section of town, the prices have gone to the point where there are b
are like just go about your business, and in fact i have talked about the numbers, unaccompany aed minors that have been resettled here in the city of lynne. once they get resettled and they're claimed by a sponsor, those sponsors can be illegal themselves. but those sponsors then become conferred with the type of protected status because they are obligated to have control over that unaccompaniy eied min until their status hearing dated, those status hearing date where is being pushed back to...
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will that drive minority voters away? which raises the question of how much will their votes matter? number 2 of the issues we will be watching, that control of the senate thing which by any measure is a tough sell for voters. in a nonpresidential year, voters will focus on who they put in the state office or governor's office. what senate candidates must persuade voters of is the control of the upper house will make or break that legislative gridlock, the folks at home have seen time and again stymie real action on issues that really affect them. which brings us to number 4: what issues will get voters to the polls? is the fear factor a winning strategy? that's what's driving spots like this. candidates both democrats and republicans have pushed in these last few weeks to make ebola a campaign issue. democrats insisting america would have been better prepared for health crisis had it not been for republicans blocking their way. republicans pointing to failures of the obama administration and by extension all democrats as
will that drive minority voters away? which raises the question of how much will their votes matter? number 2 of the issues we will be watching, that control of the senate thing which by any measure is a tough sell for voters. in a nonpresidential year, voters will focus on who they put in the state office or governor's office. what senate candidates must persuade voters of is the control of the upper house will make or break that legislative gridlock, the folks at home have seen time and again...
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criminal sexual conduct with a minor.tes some inmates. >> we received two regarding inmate sutherland, it was that inmate sutherland was making inappropriate comments to the inmates. >> 20-year-old zach is one of the inmates who reported sutherland. i was in the shower, had my back faced and i felt something hit my back. i turned around, it was a huge thing of soap. about two seconds later, i feel his hand come around and he threw a bunch of soap at me. at first, i was confused, like i didn't know what to do. and i was like, dude, what the heck's going on? he goes, that's not gay, it's just jailing. >> i said we could save water. it's just jailing. and he wrote saying i made him feel uncomfortable. i was so angry, because they were joking before i got up there, about oops he dropped the soap and all that, before i even got up there. it's just the horse play that goes on when you're in an all-male facility in an area like that. >> the second time he came up, he's like, we're in the shower together again and he started to t
criminal sexual conduct with a minor.tes some inmates. >> we received two regarding inmate sutherland, it was that inmate sutherland was making inappropriate comments to the inmates. >> 20-year-old zach is one of the inmates who reported sutherland. i was in the shower, had my back faced and i felt something hit my back. i turned around, it was a huge thing of soap. about two seconds later, i feel his hand come around and he threw a bunch of soap at me. at first, i was confused,...
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another stricter interpretation perhaps no majority-minority districts had to stay majority-minority districts. >> well, this is what justice souter said in his dissent. he said if racial element in sicily vote in separate blocks, which is conceded they did in alabama, decreasing the proportion of black voters were generally reduce the chance that the minority groups favored candidate would be elected to the majority opinion agreed with that as well. the district court in georgia versus ashcroft what you think that congress will think that congress was critical that you said if existing opportunities of minority voters to exercise their franchise are robust, a proposed plan that leaves those voters with nearly every's welfare chance of electing a candidate of choice may constitute retrogression. attest to from the plane its own expert was majority black districts in alabama that are 55% black would only give those voters a reason will opportunity to elect. >> i want to know what you think about the practicalities of sending this back. assume in the back of my mind just rely on state
another stricter interpretation perhaps no majority-minority districts had to stay majority-minority districts. >> well, this is what justice souter said in his dissent. he said if racial element in sicily vote in separate blocks, which is conceded they did in alabama, decreasing the proportion of black voters were generally reduce the chance that the minority groups favored candidate would be elected to the majority opinion agreed with that as well. the district court in georgia versus...
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the minority actually prevails. it is not letting the minority prevail. it should be the right of the minority to amend or offer amendments, to have full and haveous debates, and to votes on those amendments. if we did that, i think the senate would begin to operate very well. time we hadr one the contract with america, newt gingrich had as working until 11:00 or 12:00 at night. i had a pretty good rapport with newt gingrich. one of my buddies said why don't you go to the speaker and see if he can make this 100 days 100 legislative days. give us an extra four or five saturdays, sundays, maybe even fridays. i went to newt, i said the troops are restless. they are wondering if we can ine to the 100th day timel 100 legislative days. he said get back to work. i said waye aye, sir. >> see those interviews tonight starting at 8:00 eastern as part of our series of conversations with retiring members of congress. president obama heads to chicago. he will be talking about immigration. live coverage of the president is scheduled for just after 5:30 eastern on c-spa
the minority actually prevails. it is not letting the minority prevail. it should be the right of the minority to amend or offer amendments, to have full and haveous debates, and to votes on those amendments. if we did that, i think the senate would begin to operate very well. time we hadr one the contract with america, newt gingrich had as working until 11:00 or 12:00 at night. i had a pretty good rapport with newt gingrich. one of my buddies said why don't you go to the speaker and see if he...
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. >> she has minor injuries and otherwise she is doing okay.ut the good news. >> i knew my daughter was coming home, not a doubt in my mind. >> they say britney -- they say they got your sister, she is okay, i said mom -- >> i raced so fast. >> she disappeared sunday night and police say she did not know barns. is he described as a very dangerous predator who faced charges in a previous case. >>> a high tech system is monitoring fire danger, it collects images from five former look out towers and can take pictures every four to five seconds. >> having a person here is good but we don't have that ability. >> the system is a first of its kind with a $2,000 grant. it will also be used to monitor lightning strikes and downed pg&e lines. >> time is now 5:13 marin county has been placed on the worst places to own a house, i am not kidding. weather channel ranked 17th on the riskiest places to own a home and that puts it below mississippi. a place that was of a advantaged and weather channel earthquake and floods as they put it together and other plac
. >> she has minor injuries and otherwise she is doing okay.ut the good news. >> i knew my daughter was coming home, not a doubt in my mind. >> they say britney -- they say they got your sister, she is okay, i said mom -- >> i raced so fast. >> she disappeared sunday night and police say she did not know barns. is he described as a very dangerous predator who faced charges in a previous case. >>> a high tech system is monitoring fire danger, it collects...