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In the air. >> this is a training issue, because you should know how to deactivate that system, but if youre not even aware the system exists, you wouldnt even think of it. >> joining me now, julian bray and aviation expert who specializes in security operations. how could that single switch, anti-stall system, have saved the ethiopian airlines flight? >> good morning. the whole point is they didnt know about it. the whole -- this special gizmo was designed to float in the backgrounds, underneat...

A bond office yes theyre all members of jewish families that originally came from lithuania. which. in some parts do you think menachem begun looks nice see this and like this for reasons that are growing you know sure they dont write about it so i think you look like barbra streisand of the show my six. says. harrison ford amos oz barbra streisand bob dylan and the dean gordimer all have lithuanian roots in the backgrounds you didnt even come across the house or not you need to but theres a lea...

Londons national portrait gallery which runs until late may is designed to be a real experience. and the café could be straight out of one of his photos. im hoping to achieve. the devices are human and the people enjoy coming to see the pictures and it also makes me smile and also potentially think about whats going on. martin parrs photos depict people from very different backgrounds but you can be sure that they all contain a generous portion of british humor. now if youre wondering why im st...

Is in that legislation and what would it do? >> first of all, good morning, joy, mark, i want to take just a moment to connect with my brothers and sisters in new zealand who suffered a violent, vicious and terroristic act based on the question of racism and religious denunciation. so this discussion is long overdue as it relates to enslaved people and slaves in the united states. 4 million africans were enslaved here in the united states. 1 million african-americans have been incarcerated acros...

Away something simple. that is listening. it is incumbent on us to start listening to people. i think donald trump recognized that. he gave voice to people who felt unheard and diseven franchise choi disenfranchised. we voted to give power back to the people. it is time for the democratic party to start looking at its brand and become listeners. there is one thing that connects us. truth, justice and opportunity for all. we have divergent opinions. we come from different life experiences and bac...

We now have actually the highest number of asian pacific islanders every in the history at 20. and yes, they represent all kinds of different backgrounds. but the great thing about being under the democratic umbrella is that were all standing up for eek -- for equal justice to succeed in america and we are all standing up for the quality of life issues that will make our lives better, such as a good education, lower prices for prescriptions, a good paying job. these are things that we have to fi...

Representative of the people that we represent. and i think america is a very diverse country and it should be reflected in congress as well. >> absolutely. >> so let me say -- >> were the house of representatives. >> go ahead, representative chu. >> let me say, it shouldnt have taken until this decade to have the first muslim american in congress which was keith ellison and it shouldnt have taken until this decade for the first chinese american woman to be in congress, and that is me. so it is ...

Walk away from him, based on a idea of a hoard coming at the southern border. if youre sworn in as president in january, when you go abroad, what story do you tell about us as a country that changes the current view? >> well, i woulded tell the story of the way that after the synagogue shooting in pittsburgh that there were muslim americans who comforted jewish americans who had been harmed, whose family members had been killed. a community that had been completely shaken and that today there we...

The first day he announced for office. people pay a price for that. we have seen videos of people being berated because they are speaking spanish, of young hispanic boys and girls at volleyball games or basketball games being called wet back and other slurs, just because of who they are. there is a price for the presidents rhetoric. i think this country -- many people in this country continue to pay that price. >> security, understandably, has been increased at mosques around the country. whats ...

Wealthy parents spend money and try to pull strings to make sure their kids have advantages, shortcuts, cut in line to get into these schools. in a way, it was a matter of time before they actually bled into criminal activity. and what is the difference at the end of the day between, say, jared kushners dad donating $2.5 million or pledging a $2.5 million donation to harvard, just as jared kushner is applying with grades that wouldnt get him in, with test scores that wouldnt get him in, and lo a...