I want to welcome you all here today to talk about one of the most important issues that affects every state in the country, every community in the country, every neighborhood in the country, and that is the Opioid Epidemic that runs across this wonderful country of ours. This wonderful country of ours. I am charlie baker, the governor of massachusetts and vice chair of the ngas health and Human Services committee and i am especially pleased to be joined today by governor roy cooper from North Carolina, who i served with on the president s commission on opioid addiction, and where is our host, governor raimondo. Is she here . She is late to her own party. Gina will be joining us later along with roy along with our other distinguished speakers to talk about this Opioid Epidemic which is a pertinent and relevant issue for all of us. The Opioid Epidemic is claiming the lives of an estimated 90 americans a day. Im not the first person to make that mistake. In massachusetts, we had about 20
His is an hour and 15 minutes. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Could i ask everybody to take a eat . Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Want to welcome you all here today to talk about one of the most important issues that affects every state in the country, every community in the country, every neighborhood in the country. Thats the Opioid Epidemic that runs across this wonderful country of ours. Im Charlie Baker the governor of massachusetts and vice chair of the health and Human Services committee. I am especially pleased today to be joined by governor roy cooper from North Carolina who i serve with on the president s commission on opioid addiction. Where is our host, governor gina raimondo. Is she here . Shes late to her own party. Ok. Gina will also be joining us up here later along with roy as long as our distinguished speakers to talk about this Opioid Epidemic, which obviously is a pertinent and relevant issue for all of us. The Opioid Epidemic is now claiming the lives of an
Insulting and offensive posts were made to comedian leslie jones. Hes in the middle of a tour to campuses and thats why the Uc Berkeley College republican invited him to speak tonight. Hes set to take the stage tonight, but critics of him say his statementses are statements are offensive. Inviting him here, they say, was an opportunity that was too good to pass up. He has said things in the past that really have inflamed people and its not just conservatives and theirviewpoints. The things he says are demeaning about certain groups of people. He has the groups of individuals that are essentially trying to block freedom of speech, block him from expressing his views, no matter how controversial. Reporter the College Republican say the university did impose a 10,000 security fee on them which they felt was a form of censorship or a way to derail this speech but they say an anonymous donor helped them out to meet that amount. A uc berkeley spokesperson said this is not a University Sponso
To help Homeless People living on the streets. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A father who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter out of school for an unauthorised holiday has lost his case at the Supreme Court. Jon platt, whos from the isle of wight, had argued that all the law required of him was to ensure that his child attended school regularly. The high court had originally ruled that the holiday did not constitute regular absenteeism but this morning the Supreme Court has overturned thatjudgement. This is how lady hale announced the ruling. Unauthorised absences have a disruptive effect. Not only on the education of the individual child, but also on the work of other pupils and of their teachers. If one pupil can be taken out whenever it suits the parent, then so can others. Different pupils might be taken out at different times, multiplying the disruptive effect. Any educational system expects people to keep the rules. Not to do so is unfair to those obedie
Millionth visitor through these doors. Tonight we will take you through the doors of this museum that chronic will the American Experience and also telling a shared american story. Well be live for the next 2. 5 hours. In 40 minutes well be tabbing your calls, tweets, facebook posts for curators. Were joined inside with Robert Wilkins to talk about how this me psi seeium came about. He is the author of the book long road to hard truth. Thanks very much for being with us. Thank you. Its a pleasure to be here. So talk of this museum began back in 1960 teen. It took a century to be built. Walk us through the process. Back in early 1916, in march or so, gentleman named ferdinand de soto lee, created a nonprofit called the National Memorial association, and its goal was to construct a physical memorial here in the Nations Capital to hont contributions of negro soldiers and sailors who had fought never war from the ref liegs nary war up until that time. Within a couple years the Organization