You come into this house and there is so much to do with so much coming at you that there is no time to think or reflect. Hi everyone, we are here digging up soil because we are about to plant a garden. I wont be satisfied nor will my husband until every single veteran in Military Spouse who wants a job has one. At the end of the day my most important title is still mom and mom in chief. In 2008 barack obama was elected as our 44th president and he and First Lady Michelle Obama went into the history books as the first African American first couple now one year into a second obama turned the first lady continues were focused on child will be city support for military families and access to education. Good evening, and welcome well tonight is the final installment in our yearlong series first ladies influence an image, and we finish appropriately with the current first lady, Michelle Obama. For the next 90 minutes we will learn more about her biography and how she as approach the job in
Says they should be in jail for murder. Twitter takes action. The social media giant obscures the president s latenight tweet on minneapolis saying it violates rules on glorifying violence. How it raises the stakes in a free speech fight. And coronavirus job crisis. The pandemic puts more than 40 million americans out of work. What one hardhit city is doing now to get people back on the job. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. George Floyd George Floyd riots and violence across the country with people outraged over the death of george floyd. In minnesota, the stores all over the state have been looted. Businesses have been damaged, and cars torched. Protesters have set fire to a Minneapolis Police precinct. I have not seen black people this upset in 20 years. Longer. President trump signed an executive order that takes aim at the Legal Protections for social Media Companies. If twitter were not honorable, if youre going to have a guy like this be your judg
Tonight, the president predicting a painful two weeks, saying as many as 245,000 people could die even with social distancing. Now then during financial crisis. Even before this pandemic started, life for amber was precarious. We get food stamps. Now with me looking for work its ten times harder. The single mom from orlando fearing any small thing could put her ever the edge. That takes my bill down to under 200. She like some americans finds herself on the brink, a thin line between making ends meet and financial ruin. With President Trump now extending federal social distancing guidelines until april 30th, the financial hardships will be compounded. An abc shows 50 have experienced a cut in pay. The fear over how to meet financial obligations palpable. How am i going to make rent . Student loans . I have other medical bills im still trying to pay off. Its completely unsettling. You start to ask yourself, am i going to be able to buy food . And all we can do at this point is hope and
During president ial elections. There are big policy ideas talked about in these campaigns. To help us make sense, we have a Wonderful Group of panelists. E duncan served as educator education secretary and was the ninth secretary. He is now a managing partner at and aerson corrective senior fellow at brookings. John king served as secretary of education through 2016 into 2017. Dr. King is currently the president and ceo of the education fund. Klein, herison current b is workforce issues. For many years she has covered politics and policy in washington and beyond. I will welcome the three of you to our stage and hand it over to allison. [applause] allison thank you for joining us. We are going to dive right into questions. I know you have been following the campaigns. I know you have both been supportive of charters in secretary king, you are an attorney and civil before, during, and after your time at the department of education. Choice has hurt constituents . It is not about the curr
Against one another, and to try to weaken us from within. Announcer 1 watch afterwords, sunday night at 9 00 eastern on book tv on cspan2. Former education secretarys discussed education policy and the 2020 election at an event hosted by the brookings institution. This is an hour. Good morning. Thank you all for joining , thank you for joining us, whether in person, on our webcast, or on cspan. I am john, a fellow here at the center for education policy. We are here today to talk about education policy and the 2020 election. Education doesnt always grab headlines during president ial campaigns. That is certainly the case this time around. That being said, there are truly consequential issues and big policy ideas being talked about as part of these campaigns. To help us make sense of what is going on, we have a Wonderful Group of panelists. Arne duncan served as education secretary from 2009 through 2015. I believe he was the ninth secretary. He is now a managing partner at the emerson