Afternoon, i am a person and longterm recovery. I hail from the great state of hawaii. [applause] oxford house is alive and well and strong on the island of oahu. Ive been with oxford house since 1990 through 1992 and employed since 1993. We would like to welcome our panelists. From oxfordh dan house, state coordinator from oklahoma. Taylor, oxford house alumni from North Carolina. Michael, oxford house alumni, outreach in florida. Jason wilson, oxford house resident and reentry coordinator, North Carolina. Jesse. What did i say . Jesse. Cleveland, oxford house alumni. [applause] over three quarters of oxford house population has done some jail or prison time. In america today, approximately 60 of those in jail or prisons are addicted to alcohol or drugs. Each year, thousands of those incarcerated reenter society. One year ofhin reentry, about half of those individuals will commit another crime and head to conviction and reentry into the into incarceration. The expense of those who ent
I have not seen this room filled this much in a while. Good afternoon, everyone. It is great to be here with you in the pentagon briefing room. Sec. Esper since i became the secretary of defense last month, ive had the opportunity to meet with many of you. Im especially pleased that the chairman and i can spend time with you all here today in the briefing room. The United States military has a proud history and a great story to tell. It is my commitment to the American People, who entrust us with their sons and daughters to keep them informed of the work that our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, and apartment of defense civilians do every day to keep our nation safe we have many avenues to engage with the media in todays world. Moving forward, i intend to do these briefings to maintain an open dialogue about the departments activities. Our head of Public Affairs and a representative of the joint staff will also begin holding regular press briefings. My aim is to give you an over
Shakespere theater company. This is just over an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Shakespeare Theatre company bard Associations Annual dinner and mock trial. Before we begin murder in mycenae, take this time to silence all electronic devices. Photography of tonights trial is strictly prohibited. Now please join me in welcoming chair of the Board Association Bard Association. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. I said earlier all of the things we do watching plays, feeding on the board being on the board, the mock trials and Bard Association is the most joyous. Tonights dinner and mock trial is resented by the Bard Association, an Affinity Group among many that support this theater. Tonights argument is based on the text of the oresteia, which was adapted from the originals. With a chronicles of the delusion of violence deluge of violence that can only be stopped when society peers into its own soul and sees a way out. Our performance, which was our beloved artistic d
To post there. And send us a tweet, cspanwj. Also to keep our eye on other news this morning, including Hurricane Dorian and the latest on that. From the dallas morning news, their lead story obviously, at least five dead after more than 20 shot as gunmen targets random victims in the odessa. 20 were shot on saturday when a gunmen hijacked a postal truck and begin shooting randomly in the odessa. Odessa area of west texas. Three officers were among the shot, in stable condition according to the Texas Department of public safety. Michael gertie confirmed that authorities had fatally shot the gunmen whose name was not released. You can read more at dallas news. Com. From the local newspaper, their point of view, their editorial , to rally around the victims, we are all in shock at the senseless violence that touches our world each day and every day, german home on saturday as a gunmen shot five people to death and injured 21 in odessa. The why and the how is still not known, it will all
Pac, a democratic group, here to talk about the 2020 election. We also have with us juana summers, National Political reporter with the associated press, and alayna treene, who is the White House Reporter with axios. Mr. Cecil, let me go first and just ask you to explain who your group is, what you are, and how much money do you plan to spend in the 2020 election . And where do you plan to spend that money . We actually have two primary functions at priorities. The first is focused on politics, which may not be a particular surprise, and in particular supporting progressives and democrats running for office. In this particular election, we will focus primarily on the president ial race. We also have a nonprofit arm of priorities that is focused on how we engage in getting more people involved, particularly underrepresented people, in civic life. That includes litigation around voting rights, communicating with people of color and young people in midterm and in president ial elections t