Magee joins us with the first check of the accu Weather Forecast. Hi walter and sarah hopefully you have a chance to even eye the the warm conditions, the high today in philadelphia, 58 degrees, well above average of 41. The currently at this hour 52 in the city, 45 up in the poconos. Fortynine in reading, and 40s for beach haven down toe aisle city, 50 in trenton. Fiftythree out the to the south and west in dover. So when you look at the 24 hour temperature change, it is a good 14 degrees warmer in the city then it was same time yesterday. 16 degrees warmer in millville. 17 degrees warmer in dover then it was just 24 hours ago. If you are stepping outside on the town we have you covered with your evening planner, 7 00 p. M. 48. Upper 40s at 8 00 tonight. We have partly cloudy sky at 9 00 and at 10 00 oclock and 11 00 tonight temperatures will be in the middle to upper 40s underneath the a partly cloudy sky. We will talk about what we can expect for the week ahead, mild for first week
[inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Thanks for joining us today by an executive Vice President of external affairs here at the center for American Progress and im thrilled youre here with us today. Whitman of all races make up 18point 5 of the United States congress. Women of color makeup and abysmal 4. 5 of congress. These numbers exist in direct contradiction to the fact that women make up half of the population and are more likely to vote than the male counterparts. We will hear about the reflected Democracy Campaigns new research which shows the persistent upward under representation of women and women of color throughout the country at all levels of government. Over the summer the Reflective Democracy Campaign finished to the unprecedented new database of 42,000 elected officials throughout the country this survey showed the great disparity engender race and ethnicity between our elected lawmakers in those whom they represent i would think donna hall with the Reflective Demo
Against isis forces in iraq and syria. And how Media Coverage of president ial candidate gary hart and his alleged extramarital affair changed political reporting. Also your calls and comments on National Security issues in 2014. Washington journal is live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern everyday on cspan. Secretary of state john kerry that with british secretary Philip Hammond at the state department and spoke with reporters after the meeting. They took questions about the International Response of the ebola outbreak, the Russia Ukraine conflict, and the military response to militants in syria and iraq. [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. Im very privileged to be here with foreign secretary Philip Hammond. Here at the state department. I am even more privilege to work with him and perform a partnership that gives full gusto to the meaning of the special relationship that Great Britain and the United States share. So it is important to us to continue and i think as philip mentioned
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Then there are others who just want to talk and dont want to do nothing. Okay . So we have to have conversations, walk in one anothers shoes and take the responsibility of doing something. [ applause ] i recognize that that table has Shaw High School students. And welcome. Were glad youre here. And im a big fan of Morgan Freeman but i cant completely agree with him. Maybe he meant you cant just talk about it. But i think thats where we start. And i said i was hopeful. But we do need to take more action. And folks, the system thats leading them to prison. This mass incarceration and get out of prison and cant get jobs and cant vote in some states. They cant participate in our society. Going back to school, they are under funded. We need to be devoting resources to that. We can talk about it but we also have to make those policy decisions and choices. Money will speak. And were concerned about police brutality. The police department. I mean we could be spending millions on investigations