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Name was sam harriston. He said he had to go in the back. He would go in the back of the restaurant and where the cooks were. The cooks were black. So he would go back there and the players would go in the front. They are out in the restaurant. They pay 5. They get their meal, whatever it was. Probably didnt cost 5 back then. He was in the back. So he was eating twice as much food. When he would leave, they would give him a togo sack. So he would leave, and he would tell me stories about that ni...

They have this money machine. To and to keep it this way, the labor force has to be free or ok very low wages. Thats why you look at a lot of the Great Companies in this country, and they pay their labor they cant afford to go to the place where they work. Oo, i know when i was a rookie 100 years ago, the average salary in the nba was 5,000. Thats not even meal money now. In the middle 1960, we struck ck the allstar game, the 20 top players in the league got together and struck an allstar game t...

Support of ukraine. On an issue that is in the forefront of all our minds right now. The u. S. Has strongly supported a democratic prosperous sovereign ukraine. In keeping th ining with this c, we supported a peaceful resolution of the recent crisis there as hundreds of thousands of ukrainian citizens came out in the streets of kiev and throughout ukraine to express their desire for a more democratic state. Signalled that ukraine was back on the path, but instead of welcoming this event, as was ...

[applause] it. Did i am mindful of the fact that when i was at my college graduation, all i could think of was will the speaker ever finish speaking . I will confess that i do not remember a single thing that the Commencement Speaker said at my own graduation. In fact, i dont remember his name. The great honor of addressing you today with a great deal of humility. Its first commencement 44 years ago, this college has opened the doors of opportunity for thousands of students. Some of you came her...

Russian counterparts about what we are doing. Chairman dempsey has had several conversations with his counterpart in russia. We have been open with them. Route taking this rather metastatic rather matteroffactly. That is good. We are seeking to reassure partners who are rightfully nervous. Determined to remain transparent. Yesterday, in brussels, there was a natorussia council meeting. It did not go particularly well. Nato is trying to send a clear sign of support and reassurance to nato partner...

It was about 90 degrees and the parade has started two hours too late. We finally got underway. For the next few hours, i walked by his side and person after person pushed back the sidewalk barriers and rushed up to him with tears in her eyes. Thank you, congressman. Congressman, thank you, you changed my life. For three miles it was a course of people as they bid farewell to a man who entered Public Office would such a parade was not possible. 32 years later, he was fighting back tears of his o...

Police can verify the shooter had no prior record. Cornell, thank you. A tearful president obama addressed the nation this afternoon. He expressed pro found sadness and offered deepest condolences to the families of the victims. The majority of those who died today were children. And. Beautiful little kids between ages of five and 10 years old. Lj29q them. Birthdays, graduations, weddings. Kids are gone. So our hearts are broken today. This evening, michelle and i will do what i know every paren...

Huddling together and felt so sick. Reporter her mom said when she arrived at the firehouse, alexis was with her father. He had her in his arms and were crying and she just goes, momma, im okay, im here. Reporter another mom whose kids go to a nearby school told us she was putting off picking them up because she didnt want to tell them about the horror here. This is the last few hours of their life that theyre going to be a kid. Reporter we dont know much about the victims yet. There are the rep...

Bridetobe, just hours before she walked down the aisle. And the dramatic save by the emergency dispatcher to get that bride to the church on time. Certainly tucked in at home. Big morning ahead here. We want to first take you, just north of here, central park. Could be our biggest crowd and concert of the summer. Im just going to own this. Good morning america will never be cooler than this morning. Macklemore and ryan lewis, as the party in the park continues. Cant wait for that. Wearing my thr...

32. The bill is passed. Reporter legislation to add Workplace Discrimination against that community of american sails through the u. S. Senate but the equal rights bill is not going anywhere in the u. S. House. We will explain. Big money twitter stock goes public for the first time attracting billions of dollars from investors, but when will the social media website, which has never made a dime, provide a return. And a typhoon bearing down on 2 Million People and the storm is larger more than hu...