i am pleased to say that both congresswoman sewell and nancy sewell are here with me today.thank you so much melissa. >> thank you, kindly for coming. >> and this is your home church. >> yes, it is. brown chapel historic brown chapel ame church. >> and i want to begin by asking you about yesterday. congresswoman, while you were there sitting with the president, the president made reference to the voting rights act and you stood and applauded. why? >> because it's so important that we remember the real legacy that we can leave behind for these wonderful foot soldiers who have the courage to march is not only do we need to commemorate them but we also need to remember the voting rights act was the ultimate thing that they were marching for. and it's under our salt renewed our salt by photo i.d. laws that are in lots of states. but the most important thing that i was hoping with all those members of congress and all those presidents is that we'll come back with a renewed sense of purpose as members of congress remembering why it was the voting rights act was so important. it wa

city along with michael we've had some great is his, and that is all because of our congresswoman sewell. congresswoman sewell asked him to come as we try to find a difference in the city, and i thank you, congresswoman. and lastly i thank all of you for being here, thank you for coming to selma, and i hope you will come up again when we are not so crowded. [applause] come back and take advantage of the city. i talked to attorney general holder and had a chance to meet his son. he is a basketball player. he is 6'4", and he plays best of all, so at a chance to meet him and talk to him. i want to invite all of you to come back again, please. come back when you are not so busy. come back and visit city streets, the historical moments ♪ monuments and buildings and structures andin selma. thank you very much, and i appreciate the opportunity. [applause] >> train up a child in the way she will go, and when she is older, she shall not depart. to all of those who are assembled here, welcome to the historic brown chapel ame church, my home church. [applause] i want to thank pastor strong for his

sewell: mr. speaker, on march -- teri sule. ms. sewell: mr. speaker, on march we went to selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday and the 1965 march from selma to montgomery. i was humbled to welcome so many of commy colleagues this congress to my hometown of selma, alabama. it meant a lot to me and the state of alabama to also welcome president and mrs. obama and their daughters as well as president and mrs. george w. bush to selma to commemorate the significant event in american history. the selma movement for voting rights was a uniquely american story. of how ordinary americans working together achieved extraordinary social change. i want to thank all of the members and everyone who participated in the faith and politics pilgrimage to alabama this year. i especially want to thank my alabama colleagues senator sessions, representative martha roby, representative robert aderholt, representative byrne and representative palmer for their participation in the delegation. a special thanks to congressman john lewis and the faith

bush congressman lewis, congressman e on sewell mayor evans.s an honor for me to be on ple to this stage with you today and to become all of these people to this great state of alabama. it's a personal honor for me to join in today's historic occasion on the edmund pettus bridge that has become a monument in itself to the ridge struggle for civil rights over the past 50 years.stre this bridge represents the strength of the determination, c the loss and the pain that have come to define the civil rights a movement in america.mo and it's an honor for me to stand here among you today on behalf of the state of alabama. acros 50 years ago, approximately 600 people marched across this very bridge on their way to montgomery to demand the right to vote. those marchers, many who were nameless, had a bold vision to change the culture of america. selma stood poised center stage as a series of historical events unfolded around us as the fight for civil rights met one of its hardest struggles right here on this bridge. bloody sunday was a difficult day in o

i want to recognize our congresswoman, congresswoman teri sewell, a member of this church.ause] let them know we are ready. i'm going to ask that as soon as the participants break the door here ushers, you will cease doing that and move that to the back. mr. perry. as soon as the participants break that door. >> as they are getting set up here making announcements and getting ready for the commemorative ceremony, just reminding you that you will be hearing from attorney general eric holder, the reverend al sharpton, as well as alabama congresswoman teri sewell, whose district includes selma. they are all here for the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday when voting rights advocates march from selma to montgomery, alabama and were met with violence from state troopers and police. once they start with the commemorative ceremony, we will bring you back here. in the meantime, we will take a look at some of the history and culture of galveston, texas. ♪ >> the emancipation proclamation was signed into law in 1862 to go into effect, january 1, 1863. the words, the enforcement of the

amy: terri sewell is the first african-american woman to be elected to congress from alabama.you can see all of our coverage of the bloody sunday commemoration when democracy now! went to selma at democracynow.org. robert durst, the estranged son of one of new york's most prominent real estate families, has been arrested on murder charges over the killing of a longtime friend in 2000. he has been suspected a multiple killings for years. authorities are still investigating him over the disappearance of his wife in 1982. in a separate case and 2001, robert durst was acquitted of killing and dismembering an elderly neighbor after claiming the death was an accident. durst's arrest for his friend susan berman came after the filming and airing of an hbo documentary series about his life. during an unguarded moment caught on tape as durst wore his microphone in the bathroom, he whispered, "what the hell did i do? kill them all, of course." protesters from new york city travel to greenwich, connecticut to rally outside the home of billionaire hedge fund manager paul tudor jones. the p

macmurray march, and i want to particularly thank my friends and a colleague representative terri sewell. let's give her a round of applause. mayor evans as well, thank you both for allowing us to share in this great weekend of celebration. serving bishop james davis ledois strong, thank you all for your inspiration today. before i have the honor of introducing our attorney general , let me say just a few words about this celebration today. 24 years ago, i sat down for dinner at a chinese restaurant with john lewis. i did that because the next morning, i was part of a group of interracial students that was leaving on the 30th anniversary of the freedom ride t retraced that's a great routeo -- to retraced that sacred route. i was here at my friend, steve dawson, who joins me here from birmingham today, and we went and sat at the lunch counter in greensboro. we went to many of the sites along the sacred route. we brought james farmer to birmingham for the first time that he had been there since the freedom ridews,s, and we crossed the bridge here in selma, alabama. we wanted to do that bec

. >> it sure does, with all due respect to your guest senator seweller this is lot more than a hiccupn't continue the metaphor. but the notion as secretary clinton folks have been saying thee complied with the spirit and letter of the law it was clear to everybody especially aftermath of the controversy over the bush white house use of personal e-mails, something secretary clinton herself criticized that better course if you're going to be government official use your official e-mail. everybody seemed to know that except for secretary clinton. if you didn't use your american e-mail make sure that that stuff got transferred not after the fact after congressional commit these ask for it but in realtime. >> schieffer: april, you covered the clinton family for a long time. >> i have. i find it very interesting, i think former secretary hillary clinton will have to make a statement about this. hearing on your show the clinton sent 80,000 pieces of e-mails to state department and state department has onus on this. but democrats saying 55,000, either way it's a lot. looking for benghazi and

the storm exits right off the delmarva pep nine sewell la and we see clearing skies on wednesday. temperatures in the 50s some areas topping 60 in philadelphia i think we'll make it to 60 degrees. that would be the first time since last year on christmas that we made it to 60 or greater. for your thursday, high pressure builds in. more sunshine with cooler temperatures but still in the 50s which is above average. future weather shows some sun and clouds for tomorrow morning. the clouds thicken and rain moves in like a wall bite afternoon that falls heavy at times when you see the darker returns of green for tuesday afternoon, for the afternoon and evening rush and right into the nighttime hours by wednesday morning it's cloudy but it will be clearing. rain amounts in philadelphia when you look at all the computer models rpm the out liar most models look at a half inch of rain. overnight look for partly cloudy skies a low thrive. still icy spots. ground temperatures will be at or below freezing even though air temperatures are above. tuesday look for the rain to move in during afte

macmurray march, and i want to particularly thank my friends and a colleague representative terri sewell. let's give her a round of applause. mayor evans as well, thank you both for allowing us to share in this great weekend of celebration. serving bishop james davis ledois strong, thank you all for your inspiration today. before i have the honor of introducing our attorney general , let me say just a few words about this celebration today. 24 years ago, i sat down for dinner at a chinese restaurant with john lewis. i did that because the next morning, i was part of a group of interracial students that was leaving on the 30th anniversary of the freedom ride t retraced that's a great routeo -- to retraced that sacred route. i was here at my friend, steve dawson, who joins me here from birmingham today, and we went and sat at the lunch counter in greensboro. we went to many of the sites along the sacred route. we brought james farmer to birmingham for the first time that he had been there since the freedom ridews,s, and we crossed the bridge here in selma, alabama. we wanted to do that bec

city along with michael we've had some great is his, and that is all because of our congresswoman sewell. congresswoman sewell asked him to come as we try to find a difference in the city, and i thank you, congresswoman. and lastly i thank all of you for being here, thank you for coming to selma, and i hope you will come up again when we are not so crowded. [applause] come back and take advantage of the city. i talked to attorney general holder and had a chance to meet his son. he is a basketball player. he is 6'4", and he plays best of all, so at a chance to meet him and talk to him. i want to invite all of you to come back again, please. come back when you are not so busy. come back and visit city streets, the historical moments ♪ monuments and buildings and structures andin selma. thank you very much, and i appreciate the opportunity. [applause] >> train up a child in the way she will go, and when she is older, she shall not depart. to all of those who are assembled here, welcome to the historic brown chapel ame church, my home church. [applause] i want to thank pastor strong for his

. -- sewe -- terri sewell is here. where is she? she's way over there.nd your mayor, william bell. who is in the house. [cheers and applause] sewell -- so i'm here in birmingham to just acknowledge that i didn't have u.a.b. making it out of the first round. [laughter] my bracket is so busted. but u.a.b., you know, that's a great accomplishment i want to congratulate them. [cheers and applause] it's also great to be with students like those here at lawson state. a community college. i'm proud of all of you. i'm proud of you making this investment in yourselves, what you're doing takes effort and persistence and it takes faith in the idea that no matter how you started, no matter where you come from, no matter what zip code you were born in, in america if you work hard you can get ahead. [cheers and applause] i think it was yesterday i saw a story where someone said that a visit from the president of the potential -- was a potential game changer for the enabled. i don't know if just one visit is a game changer, but it's nice to be with you. the real game c

bush, governor bentley, mayor evans congresswoman sewell reverend strong, members of congress, electedfficials, foot soldiers, friends fellow americans americans, as john noted there are places and moments in america where this nation's destiny has been decided. many are sites of war. concord and lexington. appomattox. gettysburg. others are sites that symbolize the daring of america's character. independence hall and seneca falls. kitty hawk and cape canaveral. selma is such a place. one afternoon 50 years ago so much of our turbulent history. the state of slavery and anguish of civil war. the yoke of segregation and tyranny of jim crow. the death of four little girls in birmingham and the dream of a baptist preacher. all that history met on this bridge. it was not a clash of armies but a clash of wills. a contest to determine the true meaning of america. and because of men and women like john lewis joseph flowers, jose williams, amelia boynton diane nash, ralph abernathy andrew young fred shuttlesworth. dr. plant martin -- dr. martin luther king jr. the idea of a just america and fai

gloucester county new jersey this happened at intersection of lake bell drive and green tree road in sewell, new jersey just after 1:00 this morning. one person was able to get out of the car, other was freed by first responders and then flown to the hospital. no word on his or her condition. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> shooting in the hallway of an apartment building send one man to the hospital, 42 year-old victim was shot twice in the leg just a after 9:30 on the 56 hundred block of ogontz avenue now he is listed in stable condition. philadelphia police still haven't found a gun or shoot are. >>> a brawl at a subway station in the the middle of the day and it is all caught on tape. >> philadelphia police hope someone can recognize the group who they say a attack a 15 year-old boy this happened in center city. fox 29's jennifer joyce live with more on this disturbing video, jen. >> reporter: it is disturbing, chris and lauren and it happened last thursday. fortunately this 15 year-old is doing okay after enduring minor injuries. he did go back to school yesterday. l

travis sewell is the deputy district attorney in the courtroom who requests that trent be put into custody. >> the reason somebody would go into custody is if we deemed them a danger to the community or a flight risk, not to show up to court again. >> it turns out that posing as a police officer is nothing new for the defendant. in 2001, wayne trent, then wayne skein, breaks into the multnomah county sheriff's office. he takes a uniform, badge and cop car. trent is convicted of burglary and criminal impersonation, but the judge deems him insane and trent is taken to an oregon hospital for treatment. two years later, doctors release him. in 2007, trent is back in court and he's got one trick left up his sleeve. just as the judge orders trent into custody on $250,000 bail, he makes a run for it. >> he put his hands behind his back like he was going to comply, and then he took a short glance at the door and that split second, i thought, this is the one that's going to run. >> a local tv station's camera catches deputy nicole morrissey o'donald immediately chasing after trent as he runs down t

he recovering from the knife attack in sewell. he is expect to be released early next week. the man police... >> little technical will difficulty, and evidently he will be owe kay. >> these pictures look awful. he recovered from the knife attack. the man police named asiana salient has a history of anti u.s. protest. the state control media says knife slashes were a deserved punishment. >>> new to new york crews work late in the night to remove a plane that skid off the runway at insuring's laguardia airport. officials say delta flight 1086 from atlanta did not make contact with the bay but instead landed on the embankment after skidding off the runway yesterday during the snowstorms. two people were treated for minor injuries. a at one point a gallon of fuel was leaking every minute. that has been cleaned up and the investigation is ongoing. >>> still ahead, philadelphia police are in mourning after a looks of one of their own, officer robert wilson gun down in the line of duty. live report on the investigation into his death is coming up. >>> and at 5:26 here's a live look

when you think about where we are right now and the fight that terry sewell is doing to talk about theure that she's attracting businesses and trying to also help the small black farmer, because that's who lost all the property and try to make sure that they get their rights. you know those little things as far as national power is concerned means that you've got your local people so they can have the overall power to make sure it's heard on the national level. we've been making some gains and i think that cannot be denied. but we look at what has taken place over the last few years, you know what my biggest concern has been nationally we have more black electeds than ever before but the truth of the matter is we probably have less power than ever before because most of the us are in the minority parties, whether it be in the federal government and/or the statehouses. and that drives the impact. >> and look at the restrictions on voting. at least 40 restrictive bills introduced or carried over from 2014 in 17 states. i.d. laws making voter registration harder making it harder for stude

sewell, for five minutes. ms. sewell: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise against the republican fiscal year 2016 budget resolution. this budget proposal would reduce critical economic investments and undermine growth in our jobs as well as its attempt to reduce the deficit on the backs of our students, our seniors, the low-income families and the american middle class. . our students after all, are our country's future. it abandons our students by making cuts to college aid, research, job training and innovation. it also abandons our most vulnerable. it would end medicare as we know it and make harmful changes to medicaid threatening our seniors across this country. . the 2016 republican proposal also threatens low-income families by reducing the food stamp program and repealing the affordable care act. leaving 16.4 million americans who now have access to quality affordable health care coverage without a viable option. in my state of alabama alone, over 1070 alabamans have selected a plan and/or was automatically enrolled in the a.c.a. that's

congresswoman terri sewell. thanks for joining us. you represent selma, alabama. >>> up next, james carville says journalists are being fed the story about hillary clinton from the right wing. in other words, "the new york times" is working off the right wing talking points. will blaming the right-wing conspiracy work this time? didn't work last time. you're watching "hardball." if you want to succeed in business, mistakes are a luxury you can't afford. that's why i recommend fast reliable comcast business internet. they know what businesses need. and there's a no-mistake guarantee. if you don't like it, you have thirty days to call and get your money back. with comcast business internet you literally can't mook a mistick. i meant to say that. switch today and get the no mistake guarantee. comcast business. built for business. >>> i'm page hopkins and here's what's happening. >>> welcome back to "hardball." well, the hard focus on hillary clinton continues on front page, has been front-page news today again in the wake of last week's

taken to the hospital this happened at the the intersection of lake bell drove and green tree road in sewell 1:00 this morning. in word yet on the the victim's condition, now the the cause of this right now is being investigated. >>> search is on for a group of teens who attacked a 15 year old at a subway station in center city, philadelphia. >> the whole thing was caught on tape and it is brutal. fox 29's jennifer joyce is looking at this tape from last thursday jennifer. >> reporter: yes, they are. chris, we will show thaw video in just a minute. you can see the brutal attack and what happen. police tell us that they did catch a few of the suspects. they are looking for the rest of them involve in the brutal assault on a 15 year-old boy down on the subway platform at broad and lombard. police highlighted close ups of some of the teens throwing punches. you can see a dozen or so teens mobbed the the victim crowding him, punching him, assaulting him. it happened last thursday on the northbound side but police say it started at street level when police say that the victim and several other te

they will be led by george lewis who was on the bridge in 1965 and terry sewell.o on hand president george w. bush wife laura, host of cabinet members, and folks from all over the world. >> think grip selma, the poverty, the injustice. but on the flip side of that there's hope for selma. >> as the city pauses to remember its troubled past residents will also look towards hope for the future. >> i'll tell you what it's hard to overestimate and overstate how important selma is not just the history of this state but this entire country. to a person who they say is still so much progress but still so far to go. back to you, betty. >> tremaine lee, thank you. the president will speak later today at 2:45 eastern. we will bring it to you live. >>> and nothing new. now his administration is doubling down. the white house national security council put out a new tweet reading interesting take from the column on why netanyahu's prediction on iran have been wrong for 25 years. the headline of his column "netanyahu enters never-neverland. congressman john yarmouth. >> hi, bett

congresswoman terri sewell. thanks for joining us.ou represent selma, alabama. >>> up next james carville says journalists are being fed the story about hillary clinton from the right wing. in other words "the new york times" is working off the right wing talking points. will blaming the right-wing conspiracy work this time? didn't work last time. you're watching "hardball." the place for politics. a shot like that... calls for a post-game celebration. share what you love with who you love. kellogg's frosted flakes. they're gr-r-reat! at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. shopping online is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters and even piano tuners were just as simple? thanks to angie's list now it is. start shopping online from a list of top-rated providers. visit angieslist.com today. >>> i'm page hopkins and here's what's happening. 40 people were injured when an amtrak train collided with a truck in north carolina. 213 passenge

claymont 1.7 the mcguire air force base three an half, sewell 2.5.ng just over 2-inches of snow. temperatures are at or above freezing area wide. we're not looking at icy conditions it's more slush conditions especially on those secondary roads, sidewalks and the parking lots. but we will say hello to spring tonight at 6:45 p.m. i wish it looked like this out our window right now. but the positive thing here, daylight is increasing along with those air temperatures. by 7:30 tonight the precipitation ending close to philadelphia. but notice by 11:30 temperatures will be dropping below freezing north and west and that is where we'll see that slush refreeze over to solid ice across much of the area, if not in fact the entire area overnight. but tomorrow when the four day at 4:00 turns milder with some sun in the afternoon a 55 degrees, your true sunny day will be sunday despite a chill. 10 degrees cooler at 45 and then only 42 here on monday. and stuck in the 40's on tuesday way below average but at least it is dry the next four days despite winter ling

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i know in sewell where i live, i haven't seen the front lawn for three weeks you'll see bugged on -- on the trees as we say hello to spring. day planner 35 degrees, look how quickly the numbers jump in the 40s. 11:00, 43. this is in the city. 2:00 p.m., had 45. 5:00 p.m., 47, shooting for a comfortable high of 48 degrees. it's better in the seven-day forecast. i'll have that in just a bit. >> family of slain police officer robert wilson is speaking out. he was killed in a gun battle with two attempted robbers at a game stop in southwest philadelphia. >> he went to work and did his job. what he feels doing everyday was -- what he was doing everyday was part of his job. >> my brother knew it came with the territory, i know he didn't go down without a fight. >> officer wilson is being honored at a church in philadelphia. we'll have more on that coming up in the next half-hour. >> officer wilson's colleagues galleried for a prayer vigil. mothers in charge an organization that promotes the prevention of violence joined the officers in prayer. they provided lunch for the grieving officers.

bush, governor bentley, mayor evans congresswoman sewell reverend strong, members of congress, elected, foot soldiers, friends fellow americans americans, as john noted there are places and moments in america where this nation's destiny has been decided. many are sites of war. concord and lexington. appomattox. gettysburg. others are sites that symbolize the daring of america's character. independence hall and seneca falls. kitty hawk and cape canaveral. selma is such a place. one afternoon 50 years ago so much of our turbulent history. the state of slavery and anguish of civil war. the yoke of segregation and tyranny of jim crow. the death of four little girls in birmingham and the dream of a baptist preacher. all that history met on this bridge. it was not a clash of armies but a clash of wills. a contest to determine the true meaning of america. and because of men and women like john lewis joseph flowers, jose williams, amelia boynton diane nash, ralph abernathy andrew young fred shuttlesworth. dr. plant martin -- dr. martin luther king jr. the idea of a just america and fair americ

bush governor bentley mayor evans congresswoman sewell, reverend strong members of congress elected officialssoldiers, friends fell he americans. as john noted, there are places and moments in america where this nation's destiny has been decided. many are sites of war. concord and lexington, ap poe mat tax, gettysburg they are sites of america's character. independent falls and seneca falls, kitty hawk and cape canaveral. selma is such a place. in one afternoon 50 years ago so much of our turbulent history history the state of slavery and anguish of civil war the yoke of segregation and tyranny of jim crow, the deaths of four little girls in birmingham and the dream of a baptist breecher. all that history met on this bridge. it was not a clash of armies but a clash of wills. a contest to determine the true meaning of america. and because of men and women like john lewis, joseph lowery jose williams amelia buntham, diane nash, ralph abernathy, c.t. vivian, andrew young fred shuttlesworth dr. martin luther king jr., so many others, the idea of a just america and a fair america, an inclusive ame

on foreign relations to bring you a conversation with the state department's undersecretary, sarah sewellll be talking about the work of the atrocities prevention board. again, that's live at 6:30 eastern here on c-span. and then tonight at 9:00 eastern, today's dedication ceremony for the edward m. kennedy institute, next to the john f. kennedy presidential library. it was envisioned by senator kennedy before he was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008. senator kennedy passed away the following year. post-op, vice president biden and republican senator, john mccain, among others, spoke. again, that's at 9:00 eastern tonight. tonight, on the communicators more from the international consumer electronic show as we look at new technology products. >> if there's something you want to capture, you just take it off your wrist and it will be very simple to take it off your wrist and it will expand. and it will be as easy as gesturing. you'll literally just toss it. and there's no remote requirement. you don't need to be wearing something. it's smart enough to know the direction you toss it and t

. >> police are still trying to figure out why sam sewell alvarez may have started the -- samuel mayve started the fire. >>> 12 people are now homeless after an apartment fire in oakland. it started just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon at a two- story building at international boulevard and 53rd avenue. it took firefighters 30 minutes to knock down the flames. three of the units were damaged by the fire but the business on the first floor only suffered minor water damage. 12 residents were able to get out without being hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> 7:46. want to check in with brian and boy, traffic has been a mess. unfortunately, this is not too surprising because the day after we sprick forward, that can -- sprick forward, that can increase -- spring forward, that can increase traffic accidents. >> we should -- hopefully the afternoon commute won't be as bad as this morning. we're off to a rough start this morning as tori mentioned. a lot of accidents to talk about. let's talk about the san mateo bridge, where, as you can see, traffic is still slow and go th

. >> you're sure na sewell lammany directly ordered that assassination attempt? >> i'm sure he as general of quds forces would have some knowledge of the activities that quds forces have been involved in. this is not one isolated case. look at the quds' force involvement in syria, in yemen, look at their involvement in lebanon with hezbollah. this is a very dangerous development to have iran continue to spread its influence, especially with the recent overthrow of the government in yemen, which was an ally of the united states and is now -- >> correct me if i'm wrong, do you still want this proposed authorization for the -- use of military force not only to be authorized to go against isis but also potentially against iran? >> no, i do not think that we would be able to wolf get legislation through. >> you don't think you have the support in congress? >> we wouldn't bl able to do that and i don't know if it's beneficial to our end goal in terms of getting a bipartisan initiative behind the effort to push back isis. but there is no doubt that this problem of iran'

co-sponsored this resolution and the original sponsors, congressman byrne congressman hurd and congresswoman sewell. the selma voting rights march was a pivotal moment in our history that brought americans to march from selma to montgomery county 50 years ago. this stamp celebrates the march and reminds us to protect voting rights. for 125 years, the united states postal service has been shoing states to celebrate cultural milestones. surely the protection of voting rights is a landmark development in our nation's development. it is my hope that as we remember the struggles and the discrimination and inequality, that we will lift our hearts and unite to find bridges to equality and justice. mr. speaker, i ask all members unite with me and ask the oversight and government reform committee for a hearing on this stamp. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from hawaii seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. takai: aloha, today i honor the career of a man who was instrumental in education policy . i had the pleasure of working