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[applause] good morning and welcome to the center for American Progress. My name is carla martin. Im the the Vice President for policy. It is my honor to welcome to this exciting event. Our lineup today is a real testament to the importance of this issue to this administration and to president obama. Nearly one in three americans has some type of criminal record that creates barriers to employment, housing and many other pathways to opportunity. Some americans with criminal records are even barr...

And then drive it forward in 2017. Thanks for listening. [applause] i know j stand before you and lunch but i am happy to take any questions for you. Just an opportunity to talk about a book. It is called fixing the future and how canadas government worked together to rescue the canada pension plan. It is an interesting story and the same issue as the Social Security except we ended up with a situation where we doubled the contribution rate and built up the reserve fund and stabilized the contri...

Orlando massacre were puerto rico. We will also look at a new bill in congress to grade federally appointed control board sweeping powers to run puerto ricos economy. The house has already backed the legislation, now it is on to the senate. We are engaged in a holy and democratic undemocratic, debating how we will take our from the people that are virtually powerless already. Amy first, georgia congressman hank johnson has introduced a bill to stop all military aid to honduras following the assa...

Call foror muslims and. We speak to the mayor of san juan, 23 of the victims in orlandndo massacre were puerto rico. We w will also look at a new bil in congress to grade federally appointed control board sweeping powers to run puerto ricos economy. The house has already backed the legislation, now it is on to the senate. We are engaged in a holy and democratic undemocratic, debating how we w will take our from the p people that are virtrtually powerless already. Amy first, georgigia c congresn ...

Call foror muslims and. We speak to the mayor of san juan, 23 of the victims in orlandndo massacre were puerto rico. We w will also look at a new bil in congress to grade federally appointed control board sweeping powers to run puerto ricos economy. The house has already backed the legislation, now it is on to the senate. We are engaged in a holy and democratic undemocratic, debating how we w will take our from the p people that are virtrtually powerless already. Amy first, georgigia c congresn ...

Neighborhood later this morning. We saw one surveillance camera that police said they were going to be looking at today. Police tell us the victim, a 17yearold, had stopped in the 5600 block of Warren Street to pick up a friend. This was around 1 00 this morning. They were about to drive out of a parking space when two men came up to the car. One tapped on the window with a gun and announced a robbery. The victim tried to drive away, and thats when police say the gunman fired three shots, all th...

Golf course, kids come and learn to play golf. What do you got . Hey, what are you doing . This is a great shot for a selfie. I dont agree with you on that. You are insane, i love it. Thats good. Ly, you chased a story about a young woman who took her own life, now a lawsuit against the university she was attending. I will share with you, there was more silence than words it is very difficult. Marqisa jackson remains silent by her attorneys side thursday. Wearing a shirt with a picture of her da...

Severe weather in louisiana. It is the same system. Tell us what you have. Striking photographs. And give you an idea how bad it is there some of our stations south are wall to wall sister stations in the louisiana area you can see that is a downed water to tower. That is a water tower on the ground in pieces and this is video we have gotten from prairieville, louisiana destruction because of the weather that moved through. We have heard of reports of downed power lines and possible tornadoes to...

You can do right now lets get to breaking news overnight. A report says a 16yearold is hospitalized after being shot by police in salt lake city. This incident prompted on look customers begin throwing rocks. The Salt Lake Tribune report says one man said the teen had been involved in an altercation. Police told the teen to drop a stick and then opened fire when he turned. Several arrests were made and police moved protesters down the sidewalk during the unrest. Very few details have been new in...

A retired plumber helped reroute a line to the tank. A department of Health Inspector is supposed to come check those repairs to make sure theyre up to state code meadows says he never called the health department. Whites attorney, kelsey bulger, told him not complying with state regulations is a class one misdemeanor. Meadows said he was unaware. The man who pumped the tank said there were no screws on the lid when he got there. An investigator said one screw was on the lid when the search for ...