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There are lingering questions about how far detroit has come in a half century in addressing the issues that led to the rioting. We are here at the Detroit Free Press where it won a Pulitzer Prize for its 1967 riot coverage. Were joined by Heather Ann Thompson and Detroit Free Press page editor steve henderson. Well be live for the next two hours taking your calls, tweets and facebook posts. Can we start with the definitions in the sense that the events that took place 50 years ago described as a riot. I would say its absolutely not a riot. Because that term connotes chaos and it suggests that...

And one more comment id like to make is that my son, who is a white male, was pulled over tonights ago by the police because he had a low beam out. So i think things have really changed in the past 50 years. My main question is how can you say you cant make it today based on something that happened to your family 150 years ago . Id like to hear an answer to that. So i mean for starters, this idea of 150 years ago, its true slavery ended 150 years ago. But the discrimination thats baked into our system continues even today. I tell the story all the time about my father, not somebody i read abou...

Was sent back into the white house where the fbi and secret service conducted a thorough investigation of the vehicle, took many photographs, documented what they needed to for evidentiary purposes. After that the car was sent back to its modifiers in cincinnati. To be completely rebuilt as an armored vehicle. And people are always astounded to think that this car was put back into service after the assassination. You would assume either that it was destroyed or perhaps locked away in a warehouse somewhere. But no, the simple fact is the president needed to have a vehicle. President johnson at...

So, you represent this o basically a union spirit guest, it is. As far as the administrations on immigration, this is something they campaigned heavily on. At six months where are they smart. What weve seen is nothing short of miraculous. If you look at the rhetoric that president has given its cause the number of illegal Border Crossers to go down something and weve never seen in the history of the Border Patrol. We never seen such a drop. What do you attribute that to . If to enforcing the laws. What we have is we have a set of laws that are on the books that say if you cross the border ille...

Will if you think of one you can quietly whip out your cell phone. Without further ado i want to bring to the stage the ceo of amtrak. [ applause ] thank you so much, thank you for that gracious introduction. It is great to see all of you. I have had a lot of great experiences in my life and my career, when i walked down the hall and see some of the other people at the podium this certainly ranks up with all of the highlights. I am delighted to be here. I do not to eat, i will not be stopping occasionally to put anything smart that i have set out. Not that i would say anything smart. The other...