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i work closely with the north carolina association of affiliated hich is with the nea. we ask teachers the kinds of of support he kinds that they need. but it's going to take an nvestment, and one of the mistakes that states are making cross the country is they are reducing their tax base to the point where they don't have the unding to invest in public education like they need. >> and by reducing their tax base you're talking about tax cuts? they are cutting individual ncome tax and corporate tax in north carolina year after year after year, and i believe middle people who need it, should get tax cuts, but not we shouldn't be cutting and for the wealthy corporations at the expense of education. states can't print money. can't lift a debt ceiling. aftereffects the of this in the midwestern states who have decided to go this route. it's intolerable. make sure we invest, and i'm working with chambers of commerce across north carolina them, now, i'm not saying raise taxes but what i'm these cuts and make your priority public education. >> i want to be sure i this, because

council, i work closely with the north carolina association of educators, which is affiliated with the nea. we ask teachers the kinds of things and the kind of support that they need, but it will take an investment. one of the mistakes that states are making across the country is they are reducing their tax base to the point where they don't have the funding to invest in public education. >> and you are talking about tax cuts? gov. cooper: they are cutting individual income tax and corporate tax in north carolina year after year after year, and i believe middle-class people who need it should tax cuts -- get tax cuts, but we should not be cutting taxes for the wealthy and for corporations that have the expense -- at the expense of public education. states cannot print money or lift a debt ceiling. we see some of the after of this in some of the midwestern states that have decided to go this route. it is intolerable. we have to make sure we invest -- and i am working with chambers of commerce across north carolina to say to them -- i'm not saying raise taxes, but i am saying stop these cuts

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nea, this has actually been a pretty cathartic moment for us. i do not want this case. i think this case is brought by those ideological interests that want to destroy workers' ability to have a better life, which is what unions do. let me be clear, if we did not have this case, it would be better if we did not have it. but this has done within our union, it has been cathartic and transformative, because people are talking with each other in a way that i have not seen in a couple of decades. and what we are seeing within our membership is that when our membership actually sees and understands it is the right wing who wants to take away their power they are really pissed. long-winded way of saying, that we know they want to use it to defund this, and the evidence is pretty clear. when unions have gone through this kind of anti-union suite of legal changes, the vote share for the democrats go down. in michigan and wisconsin, the vote share would down by about 3.5% after these things were done in michigan and wisconsin. host: we have to leave it there. the president of the

. >> 36 ayes, 71 neas, mr. speaker. >> reporter: yesterday's refusal by florida lawmakers to discuss the bill restricting the sale of assault weapons, while declaring pornography a health risk. among those who voted against the proposed new gun law -- >> if we put a new law to restrict gun sales, the criminals won't be affected at all. >> reporter: so you don't support that. >> i cannot support something that only punishes the law-abiding citizens. >> the people around us failed us. if they continue to fail us, they will no longer be in office. >> reporter: from south florida, and across the nation today, student walkouts, kids asking where is america's heart? today the broward sheriff ordering all trained and qualified deputies assigned to the 327 schools in broward county will now patrol the school grounds armed with a rifle. savannah? >> all right, kerry sanders in tallahassee, thank you. >>> and as the student survivors from parkland become more vocal about guns, there is a countermovement, an effort to dis

when immobilizes as we've done time and again, saving funding for the nea, nih, imposing the muslim andng prison book bears, and protesting the jailing of pn mars shots to come the newly announced winners of this year's freedom to write award. and what helps members and needs as we do with our emergency fund to bring in peril graders to safety in the community that celebrates members accomplishments as we do tonight, brimming with pride and admiration. a train to america we fortified the bonds of this community coming to communicate better comics banner programs to reach 14 cities across the country and draw together with her sister center in los angeles to create a national organization from coast to coast. the one thing our community hasn't done, at least not formally altogether yet is to take a moment to remember. as we approach her centennial rate in 2022, we are mindful as standing on those who built this extraordinary organization of writers found in solidarity with those who pay the highest price for exercising their freedom. we owe in a calculable debt of gratitude to those who

nea that's what i would say. what do you think of the fire station we just rehabbed? i don't know. i don't know, it's a fire station. but if you go to something that is high visibility and robert named a good one and larry you talked about the 1 on mission street where there was input from the public, expectations were developed and then you've -- the project was delivered, this wasn't what i was looking for. something like that, follow up, see. we came to you at the beginning stage of the project, we asked for your input. we thought this is what we heard. this is what we delivered and what do you think. is this what you were looking for? it sounds like in this case at least we would find it's not. >> i always think about what happened at the stadium. the neighbors were very concerned about the fact that they were going to have a high school sports at night with big lights and all the rest of it. i was working for the mayor at the time and mary burns was head of rec, what are you going to do about this. we're surrounding with trees and it will block out the lights. and he went back

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the nea president says, quote: we need solutions that will keep guns out of the hands of those who want to use them to massacre innocent children and educators arming teachers does nothing to prevent that. the president has yet to weigh in on the national debate over assault rifles. but it's worth pointing out that over the past 35 years in 140 plus mass shootings in the united states, by far the weapons of choice are handguns. martha? >> martha: trace, thank you very much. here now corey lewandowski former trump campaign manager and chief strategist for america first action. corey, good to see you tonight. does it feel different to you. we have watched this happen some times. there is something that feels very real and very intense about the debate that's going on right now. >> well, i think it absolutely does. i think the american people are tired of individuals who shouldn't have access to guns getting access to those guns. and what the president has said is you have to look at the mental health of individuals and in this particular case, we have seen an individual who had the police

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black misery, but i grew up in atlanta where there is this really roust black middle class, where dei nea doctor and my god mother was reluctant to sent me to th doctor because the doctor had not gone to morehouse co the doctor had gone to harvard. she said, well, this will b okay for your cold. so atlanta is a black oasis, but celestial and roy i think forget about the circumstances in the rest of the world, the rest of the country, and they visit his family in the small town where he'srom, and he is a celestial father says, the r wroace at the wrong time. >> brown: but your clearly wanted to p the african american sort of at the front of the story. >> yes, i mean, that's really the question of progress, what is your sponsibility to the collective, what is your responsibility as an individual, e,w is this amplified by ra is it fair? so these are the hard, very modern questions. i thk it's a very modern moment for a black character to have towh wondeher or not the problems of one are the problems of all. irkts i have to ask you, the title, "an american marriage," that's a big titgle, riht

host: quickly, what is the nea planning to do on this issue in the coming weeks?: guest: we are working with our partners and students in supporting and lifting up their voices. we are also partnering with other organizations for a date of action on april 20, live for your listeners and viewers to talk about, go to our website to get more information about what they can do to bring about change. host: we will leave it there, thank you for the conversation. guest: thank you. host: the house is gobbling in for a pro forma station. thanks for watching. enjoy your weekend. -- houses gaveling in for a pro forma station. thanks for watching. enjoy your weekend. >> the house will be in order. before the house a communication from the >> a communication from the speaker. >> the speakers rooms, washington,

back to jerusalem as benjamin neas he speaks.thanks so much. >> eboni: the mother of james foley speakinghe recent capture of two members of isis who are believed to be responsible for her son's murder. >> i hope there will be a public trial, so that they can be held accountable for their crimes and i would hope detained for the rest of their life. >> eboni: the two terrorists were captured in syria. both were part of a notorious insurgent cell dubbed th the beetles. >>> cominbeetles. >> leland: shchicago is gettinga heavy blanket of snow, shutting down airports as cities across the midwest are dealing with a major weekend storm. we'll tell you exactly how bad it is. plus, the flu epidemic affecting thousands of americans, now claiming hundreds of lives and crossing new troubling milestones this week. we'll find out if there is any hope in sight any time soon. and will next week bring more wild swings on wall street? this one certainly did. an expert with what you should about your 401-k and how the white house is reacting to all this. >>.>> the president, like the rt of the white house,