The education Nation Student town hall. Education nation is now in its fourth year, and i am thrilled that for the second year in a row, we will be focused on what matters most to the students, the problems they face, and their ideas for how to solve them. Now, joining me on stage and in the audience today are students from across the country, ranging in age from about 13 to 25. And for the next two hours, we will hear from many of them. To help with that task, two of my colleagues are in the house. Working one side of the room is cohost of msnbcs the cycle. Krystal ball. Hi, krystal hey, melissa. Good morning. And over on the other side, msnbc anchor, mara schiavocampo. Hey, mara good morning, everyone. Now, theyre going to be coming around and taking questions and comments from our student audience throughout the show. And today, just this once, im going to let you guys do something that i never let my students do. You can use your phones in class. We want to know your reactions, you
Hope that the fcc moves with dispatch in the proceeding that youve mentioned where weve proposed to get rid of the sports blackout rule. Host does that have to go through congress, or can you do that administratively . Guest oh, theres steps the fcc can take administratively. Weve already started the process of doing that, and were getting comments from the public about that proposal. Host you recently made a proposal about 9 11 calls from hotels. Why . Guest it really struck me that this was a gap in our Public Safety communications that was screaming out for some kind of public awareness. I saw the story on twitter, actually, of someone gave me notice about the issue on twitter, and i read the story, and i couldnt believe that this poor little girl, 9 years old, had to watch her mother get stabbed in a texas hotel, dial 911 four times and wasnt able to reach anybody and ultimately, as you might know, her mother died. And it just brought home to me the fact that Public Safety communic
If it was fiercely then urgent, it certainly is now. 50 years ago there were only five africanamerican members of the house of representatives. There was no congressional black cauc caucus. Today there are 43 members. We want more but there are 43. Theyre led by congresswoman marsha fudge who you heard from and they are the conscience of the congress. In that blauk caucus we have the privilege of serving with john lewis, some of us for over 25 years in the congress, and arent we proud of that. I also want to mention that 50 years ago, though he was not a member of congress at the time that john conyers was one of three people invited to the white house to meet with president john f. Kennedy following the civil rights march, the march for jobs, justice and freedom, who is with us. 50 years ago we had the first catholic president in the white house. Today we have the first africanamerican president and the first africanamerican first family leading our country so beautifully from the whi
This morning my question, do you still believe we can realize the dream. And Martin Luther king iii joins me to talk about his fathers legacy. Plus Trayvon Martins mother Sybrina Fulton on her mission. But first, 50 years later the struggle continues. Good morning, im melissa harrisperry. Live this morning from washington, d. C. Where thousands of people turned out to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom yesterday. Only one man who spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial five decades ago remains alive today, congressman john lewis, and he spoke forcefully. I got arrested 40 times during the 60s, beaten, left bloody and unconscious. But im not tired, im not weary. Im not prepared to sit down and give up. I am ready to fight and continue the fight, and you must fight. Although the architect of the march has passed away, many of the inequities that prompted the struggle remain firmly in place. In 1963 the march called for equal access to jo
This morning my question, do you still believe we can realize the dream. And Martin Luther king iii joins me to talk about his fathers legacy. Plus Trayvon Martins mother Sybrina Fulton on her mission. But first, 50 years later the struggle continues. Good morning, im melissa harrisperry. Live this morning from washington, d. C. Where thousands of people turned out to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom yesterday. Only one man who spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial five decades ago remains alive today, congressman john lewis, and he spoke forcefully. I got arrested 40 times during the 60s, beaten, left bloody and unconscious. But im not tired, im not weary. Im not prepared to sit down and give up. I am ready to fight and continue the fight, and you must fight. Although the architect of the march has passed away, many of the inequities that prompted the struggle remain firmly in place. In 1963 the march called for equal access to jo