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this discussion was part of a conference hosted by the education writers association at georgetown university. it s just over an hour. good morning, everyone. thanks for coming to this panel. i m eric, deputy director at ewa. today we are going to discuss an issue that has been getting just a little bit of attention these days, school choice and especially private school choice. i know that there is all sorts of forms of school choice in this country and a lot of conversation about charters in particular, as well. given so much of the recent conversation and the recent presidential election i think this is where we are going to do our primary focus. we will allow a little time for other issues if you have questions and so forth. so school vouchers and other voucher-like programs, voucher cousins, if you will, have been growing in number. the cousins would be like tax credit scholarships and education savings accounts. the latter is what one proponent called the cool n ....
saint davids, 36 degrees in center city. in new jersey, it s 33 in browns mills, hammonton. 38 degrees in dover. misty out here with lots of clouds. satellite and radar showing clouds in place. the showers are out to the west. we can see a touch of drizzle certainly mist at any point. that s why it could be slippery in the north and west. 7:00 a.m. in the city, 38 degrees. 10:00 a.m., 44. could be freezing drizzle in the far northwest suburbs. lots of clouds. 1:00 p.m., 45. 4:00 p.m., 46. the testers keep going up. temperatures keep going up. 48. we hit a high of 50 today, that doesn t happen until after sunset. you want to be dressed appropriately when you head out now it s kind of chilly. matt when i come inside i ll give you the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and warm up a bit. reporter: we re watching the north an west suburbs for the potential freezing drizzle. as we go west to king of prussia, it s dry along the schuylkill expressway by 202. of cours ....
just watching as this subcommittee meeting coming together. the hearing featuring the lead singer of u2, bono, and also policy and foreign experts from the u.n. here. meeting today to talk about violent extremism. live coverage here on c-span3. we ll hear from state department and u.n. officials and among the witnesses, again, the lead singer of the band u2. all right, folks. take a seat. this is what it s like to be chopped liver. the subcommittee will come to order. hearing today is on the causes and consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance. i would like to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. demonstratety secretary of state tony blinken. bono, lead singer of u2 and co-founder of one and red. general james jones, former national security adviser, supreme allied commander in europe and president of the jones group international. and kelly complements, deputy united nations high commissioner for refugees. i ll make a short ....
the middle class has been a major issue, the condition of the middle class in this country. the people at the pew research center that said the american middle class is losing ground. we want to get your thoughts this morning on what policy is needed to help the american middle class. byare going to break this up income. here is the headline to the poll. they didn t couple of months back. it s very relative to this campaign. people say the government doesn t do enough to help the middle class. there are mixed views on which class the democratic hearty favors. this is a chart. they asked 1500 people which social classes do the republicans and democrats favor. said republicans favor the rich. when those same people were asked about democrats, 31% said they bring the poor. 32% say they favor the middle class and 26% say the rich. there are some overview points. there are now roughly as many adults in middle income housing as in lower or upper income households. this is a s ....
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