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[ applause ] everyone, i m karima. i grew up in a family where expectations are high. my brother graduated from high school with honors and he went to university. so i thought that was it, that s the end of it. my parents got their first born, he s a male, and he went to university, they achieved their dream, that s it. but that wasn t the case. i was wrong. they encouraged me to do the same as he did, if not better. but the struggles started when i went to high school. and i chose science and technology with electricity as a specialty which is a domain where males are dominating. stereotypes, you re a girl, what are you doing between machines and wires, you re not supposed to be here. i broke the chain like previous years boys always come on top, and this year i came on top. [ applause ] karima, thank you. i always think, wow, i know millions of girls in the united states and around the world who need to see this, they need to hear this conversation. because you don t have to be ....
Surprised by the question or the commenting by bill o reilly saying, putin is a killer. we know that, but america has done business with very bad people, for an extended period of time. when i was on the intelligence committee, i met with putin, i met with qaddafi, i met with assad. in some way, at least the last three, qaddafi, assad, and karima, helped us achieve our national security interests. under the obama administration, dealt with some very ugly groups and individuals, dealing with the muslim brotherhood of egypt to move our agenda for. martha: that s not what he said. he didn t say that. he didn t say we dealt with a lot of bad and that s what you have to do. we are not so innocent either. that s what got people upset. he was making an equivalency. he may have been referring to our relationship with these kind of individuals, the muslim brotherhood, the libyan islamic fighting group in libya. the february 17 martyrs for ....
Surprised by the question or the commenting by bill o reilly saying, putin is a killer. we know that, but america has done business with very bad people, for an extended period of time. when i was on the intelligence committee, i met with putin, i met with qaddafi, i met with assad. in some way, at least the last three, qaddafi, assad, and karima, helped us achieve our national security interests. under the obama administration, dealt with some very ugly groups and individuals, dealing with the muslim brotherhood of egypt to move our agenda for. martha: that s not what he said. he didn t say that. he didn t say we dealt with a lot of bad and that s what you have to do. we are not so innocent either. that s what got people upset. he was making an equivalency. he may have been referring to our relationship with these kind of individuals, the muslim brotherhood, the libyan islamic fighting group in libya. ....
where? we re about 20 kilometers out. i think so. okay. we re going to meet the brilliant young woman who s been chosen to share the stage with mrs. obama tomorrow. high school valedictorian, karima took part in a u.s. program called tech girls. she wants to be an engineer. what s your thinking about why girls are less represented in the sciences? while growing up, the girl s always represented as the beauty. so they move towards art or music or literature. that was the stereotype that generalized every one. but girls started realizing that they have brains as well. and they will excel in math and science and technology. do you think you will be nervous when you re in the room with michelle obama? when i look at you you re so wonderfully poised and confident. ....
This is a peaceful crowd, but it s a little more edgy than we ve seen before. great to have you on again, see you later. toure. msnbc s thomas roberts is among other protesters right now. thomas? reporter: chris, thank you. yeah, i m here with karima and tammy, they re part of this large group you can see behind us. you live if bolton hill. why did you want to be a part of this? just because, you know, why not? it s time for a change. we need to do something. we can t just sit at the sidelines and, you know, just continue to let this stuff happen. tammy, how do you feel about the transparency issues from the police department, from the incidents that they re saying now through these reports that the police officers were not involved in any injuries during the arrest of freddie gray? well, police brutality has been going on for quite a while and this has just become a very big and bad thing. there needs to be justice served and there is a lot of charges that hasn t been put fo ....