Bblg of. Mr. Sanders mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Sanders thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , as everybody knows, the Republican Party now controls the u. S. House, the u. S. Senate, and the white house. We also know that unless a budget agreement is reached by december 22, the United States government will shut down, which will cause serious harm to our country, including the men and women in the armed forces and our veterans. Mr. President , i do not know why the Republican Party, which controls all the branches of government, wants to shut our government down. I think thats wrong. I think a shutdown will be very hurtful to people from coast to coast. Now, President Trump said earlier this year, he tweeted, quote, our country needs a good shutdown, end of quote. I strongly disagree. I dont think we need a good shutdown. I think we need to reach an agreement on a budget which works for the middle class of our country and not just the wealth
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] live coverage of the tucson festival of books on the campus of the university of arizona and all day long we are live in gallagher theatre on the university campus. You have been listening to the authors talk about japanese internment. One of the panelists, Richard Reeves, will be here to take your calls on the issue. Lgbt q right, slavery in america, history of women in the sciences, big money and philanthropy, those are some of the topics the authors will be talking about today. If you were listening earlier, you heard somebody familiar to booktv viewers, Richard Reeves, talking about his most recent book, infamy the shocking story of the japanese internment in world war ii. If you have a question, 2027488200 in the east and central time zones, 7488201 for those of you in the mou
Over time harry told me. For four years we talked over lunch when we come to japan from his home in california. And finally one day i turned to him and said harry, this is an important story on so many levels. It is an important story for your family. For your generation, for the japaneseamerican community, for usjapan relations. And i dont know if im the right person but if you would consider having a book written i would be happy to try. Only kentucky find someone. But i think you should seriously consider leaving a written record. And by this point i thought that i could document it and he turned to me and he arranged for me to meet his brothers the next day. His brothers who had been conscripted into the Japanese Imperial army. Harry became one of the first japaneseamerican colonels in the us army. He became distinguished member of the military intelligence hall of fame. The 500 military intelligence brigade which is the Pacific Vanguard for intelligence is located in hawaii on awa
Shortest month as if its some politically correct addendum but not as it turns out in the center of it. You just need to pick up todays paper and read whats on the front line. He owned a few people. And set it in motion. Its always struggling with the question of race. Im interested in how my country works. It is important that what were not trying to do is substitute one persons history for another. We are to try to expand. When they said at the end of that sentence that we should be in pursuit of happiness that meant we were a country in the process of becoming and always getting pretty free of debt. Women, he didnt mean africanamericans, he didnt mean a lot of things and he added that because he got bigger so what i think the opening of the africanamerican museum on the mall is not a narrowing of our history, its an expanding of our history. The south had 9 Million People when the civil war started, 4 million of them owned by other people. 45 percent of the staff so that means you c
Since the train flew down the tracks without any man in control. And now hes out of a job. 7news has confirmed David Vasquez no longer works for the mbta. There were about 50 people on board last week when the train left the mbta station and traveled mans for about 9 minutes. Thankfully no one was hurt. Investigators say vasquez tied a cord around the throttle and did not set the brakes before he got off the train, again that driver no longer works for the mbta tonight. In the newsroom, elizabeth noreika, 7news. The first case connected to the death of freddie gray ending in a mistrial. Tonight protestors gathering in baltimore, weve got some pictures coming in right now of some crowds that are demonstrating and just listen. Along the streets, theyre lined with Police Officers. Lets get to Ryan Schulteis here with more tonight. Freddie gray died after he was taken into Police Custody and jurors say they could not determine whether a Baltimore Police officer was criminally responsible f