Give you a front row seat to democracy. Told house lawmakers that hate has no place on College Campuses. He testified on the departments departmentspolicies and prioritn capitol hill. Made the comment response recent acts of antisemitism pro palestinian demonstrations secretary also acknowledge delays student aid application process. The hearing is three and half hours. [background noises] clicks committee at Education Workforce will come to order. I note a quorum is present. Authorize call to recess at any time. Mr. Secretary is truly excited that a person with your personal and educational background was named secretary of education. And you know i have told you that. However, you have not lived up to your potential. The educational decline was not without warning. Upon your confirmation i issued a press release saying the teachers unions and leftwing special Interest Groups are keeping our schools closed despite the serious consequences forle students, academic success and Mental He
The 30 year plan to revolutionise transport in the north of england but it gets a rather mixed response. Iceland becomes the first supermarket to say that plastic will be eliminated from its own Brand Products within five years. A new National Health service starts, providing hospital and specialist services. And the changing role of nurses in the nhs we talk about the challenges they face. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Could leicester overcome jamie vardys former club, fleetwood town, in tonights fa cup third round replay . Good evening. Thousands of workers and small firms facing an uncertain future, are demanding answers from ministers following the collapse of carillion, the construction giant which went into liquidation yesterday. Ministers have ordered a fast track investigation into the firms directors, but labour wants an independent assessment of the potential costs facing the taxpayer. Carillion, the uks second biggest construction firm, employs 20,000 people in the
Biggest local stories. We will start in washington. Donald trump says he wants immigrants from everywhere. This came when he was pressed by a reporter in the oval office during a photo opportunity with the president of kazakhstan a short time ago. Did you say you wanted more people to come in from norway . Did you say that . Thank you very much. I want them to come in from everywhere. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you, everyone. Out. Thank you. The president has always given the impression he wants immigrants to come in from everywhere. Most recently there was controversy at the end of last week over allegations the president used the word shithole to describe african countries and 80. And haiti. Anthony zurcherjoins me from washington. It simply isnt true, he has been saying directly the opposite for the last few years. The way they have tried to say this is talk about merit based immigration. The current system, one of which is a green card lot
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Income s incomes inequality is the dreg on our economy. You may have heard governor bush say americans need to work longer hours. He must not have met very Many American workers. Let him tell that to the nurse who stands on her feet all day or the teacher who is in that classroom or the trucker who drives all night. Let him tell that to the fast food workers marching in the streets for better pay. They dont need a lecture. They need a raise. [ applause ] the truth is the current rules for our economy do reward some work. Much more than other work like actually building and selling things. The work that has always been the backbone of our economy. To get all incomes rising again, we need to strike a better balance. If you work hard, you ought to be paid fairly. We do have to raise the minimum wage and implement president obamas new rules on overtime, and then we have to go further. Ill crack down on bosses who exploit employees by misclassifying them as contractors or even steal their w