i of st. louis as the heartbeat of the movement. police in st. louis have killed nine people since august, paralyzed two. the trauma there is different than most places. one year ago -- it's been a year of exposing violence. in the next base, is helping people understand what winning looks like. we have done a good job of exposing. it's challenging this idea of safety. the safety of communities is about more than policing. it's a much more expensive notion than the presence of police. you have been at the forefront of this but you don't want to be called the leader of it. why? there are so many people who have been leading and continue to lead. i'm proud to stand with all of them. the beauty of the movement is that people have seen the scale and have emerged when the cause has been there. we saw that across the country, saw it into his. -- saw it in st. louis. peoplest one of many committed to this issue and who want to fight to make sure that the police office does not impact any more people. .t is a movement a broad-based coalition of people ac

mcmillan: in st. louis, that was a problem we had. person with mental illness, and he was dead and 16 .econds comments?tin: final it isfreeman wilson: comprehensive. there are blueprints out there, but it has to be community german. that is a role that not only urban lake, but all of our community organizations, has to follow. resist,rrison bryant: resist, resist. organize, organize, organize. pray, pray, pray. roland martin: when you feel the sense of urgency, it is because i'm sick and tired of us having gatherings where we talk, discuss, but then we don't talk about real action plans. here is what happens. least 15-20 things that you can do leaving here. here is what i would suggest. next year, -- first of all, they should take all of the ideas that came out of this discussion and e-mail it to each and every one of you. that is first. then, what they need to do is allow you to decide as a chapter, what will you focus on. when you come back here next year, report on what you did. it is a waste of time to talk about what we need to w

mcmillan presidency of the urban league of metropolitan st. louis. [applause] karen freeman wilson mayor of gary indiana. [applause] last but not least is reverend jamal harrison bryant pastor and founder of the temple baltimore maryland. [applause] if you were tweeting use the hashtag save our cities and so i want to get right into it they where talking about police accountability criminal justice as well as voting. i want to do is voting last and i want to get right to criminal justice and police accountability. remember the rise in 2001 of many folks forget that there were 15 black men who were killed in cincinnati over. naca five years. you have heard the prosecutor say without body cameras we would not be having that conversation and he would not have been indicted. so whether you are hearing i want to start with you and your city to your police officers have body cameras and of the state of indiana is there a drive to make sure every law enforcement agency have oddly cameras to protect them but also the public? >> the first thing is that we are

prosecutors in st. louis. one of the most egregious actions i've seen he's been reelected repeatedly. the governor of missouri, the president praised him for his work afterwards i don't understand why but the point i'm making is i'm being very clear that runs unopposed. the reality is you look in brooklyn at the cop killed in a dark hallway as a prosecutor. the reason you have more than 30 people that were killed of her or life in prison in texas because craig watkins was the dea african-american who put in place to go back and retest the cases that were controversial. they lost in november and the point where it's what you told folks to say yes you can fight for the changes but if that person isn't doing the job than we are still losing because they are deciding at the end of the day who's going to get invited and who is not. >> we've done a bad job when it comes to voting. when you talk about the democrats in office and what they've done it is verbalize on a regular basis but when you enter the concrete resu

prosecutor, st. louis. one of the most egregious legal actions in terms of how we proceeded with the michael brown killing. he is reelected repeatedly. he is a democrat. black folks keep voting. the governor of missouri, jay nixon, democrat. the president praised him for his work afterwards. i do not understand why. i know the urban league's nonpartisan but i am being very clear. the reality is that if you look at kenneth thompson, da in brooklyn. the reason that the cops that , the black prosecutor, big lots via. the reason you had -- the black da. the reason that you had people thatfrom prison is they put into place a whole group to re-tasked cases that were controversial -- re-tasked cases that were controversial. 30 people freed and he lost his election. the point is, what do you tell folks to, yes, you can fight for the changes, but if we fall drnr, and we are still losing, the prosecutor is still deciding who was going to be indicted. michael mcmillan: there is no question, we have done a bad job when

but in st. louis, it is more expensive. >> your district reaches that are -- far? of st.oes, it goes north and one third1 counties. >> how did you do it? raising the money, who helped to fund you and what was your argument/ >> we had jerry costello there for many years. he was a conservative democrat. he represented the area well and he was in touch with the people. , thatncern had come up not keeping inas touch with the people. style,came used to his they knew him. and in a short. -- and in a short time, i noticed that that was not occurring. i talked to a legislator who said that he did not know jerry. that is not what these jobs are about. look at that and then springboard on other issues that were out there. waslso had a videotape that from my experience on the floor, then we did not know whether they would use, but we had to build up our name recognition. of -- study the nickname explain to our viewers. >> is rated as the second greatest the second cnn, so --ding to basically what happened, what after -- right after obamacare, the statement had been made, we h

stephen in st. louis, thank you. guest: i agree fully with steven with the idea that there is no more important issue in america today than trying to provide employment opportunities which lead to positive quality of life for young people. and what the country has to do is step away from the traditional political conversation which says well, is it a government responsibility? is it a private sector responsibility? is it all about education? it is all of the above. it is a private sector ability. in my work at the urban league, we encourage the private sector to invest and understand the great hope and possibilities of america's urban communities which have seen tremendous disinvestment over the years. but it's also a government responsibility. we can spend trillions in iraq and in afghanistan, if we can spend significant money, public dollars on foreign aid to assist other countries, if we can provide tax incentives, some of which encourage investment abroad, then we can, if you will, spend and invest in providing j

but the st. louis market is expensive. >> host: your district reaches up that far? >> guest: yes, it goes to alton which is north of st. louis still, but not quite in the area called grapin. it is 11 and 1/3rd county. >> host: how did you do it from raising money and what was your argument to beat the former congressman? >> guest: let me explain to you we had jerry costello who was a conservative democrat there for many years. he represented the area well. he was constantly in touch with the people. the concern that came up was this congress, or bill inger was not keeping in touch with the people. they were used to jerry costello style. they knew him all over the district. and in a short period of time i realized that was not occurring. i talked to a democratic state legislature who told me i don't know him and i never met him and he was in the district. that is not what these jobs are about. they are about serving positions and i was able to look at that and then spring board on the other issues out there. and of course we also had a video tape that was from my exp

that's my comment. >> steven in st. louis. >> i'll take his question. i agree fully with steven, with the idea that there is no more important issue in america today than trying to provide employment opportunities which lead to positive quality of life for young people. and what the country has to do is step away from the traditional, political conversation which says, well, is it a government responsibility? is it a private sector responsibility?va is it all about education? it's about all of the above. it is a private sector responsibility, and in my work at the urban league, we encourage the private sector to invest in understand the greatou hope and possibilities of america's urban communities which is seen tremendous disinvestment over the years but i think it is also a government responsibility. if we can spend a trillion -- in iraq and if in afghanistan, if welcome spend significantsp front money to public dollar and foreign aid to assist othero countries, if we can provide tax incentives, some of which encouragenc investment abroad, then we can,

the other part in terms of how i arrived -- i grew up in st. louis. i am from there. there was something about seeing nonprofessional organizers in the streets. so those images of kids with tattoos and sagging pants, these , they got a whole thing, but comprehension is not requisite for compassion. you may not understand it. i did not understand what was happening. i still don't. i knew that some young folks from a poor, working-class community, highly police to, experiencing these major article masculine forms of violence, high levels of surveillance by the police forces, alienated and demonized by the black church, nonprofitsources, no industrial complex, al sharpton and their, just some poor kids who said i'm not going home. as a religious creature, we tend to be reactionary and conservative. of a missionary trying to say christianity from itself. the braddock allergy of these clear -- braddock radicality of these youth in the streets. streets in ap the different way. street, i gotthe to be in the street. i was born in the streets of ferguson. i have seen the face

louis one may close the chrysler plant after we build a chrysler we lost thousands of jobs that were 60 to 80 to 100,000-dollar year jobs. there should be jobs in our nation that can be filled by people who have different levels of skills not better or worse but someone who is really good at manufacturing jobs in learning. we don't have those jobs that more courtly for common core and the centralization that's gone on for years different names over the time to try to tell you the parents where your kids can go and where they manage what they are going to become. that is very common in the soviet union and common in europe. at your pic gets a certain point and you are told with your kids can go this tracker that track and that's it. we are less like the two want that for families and that's what's at stake. i would agree with you that her kids may not be as educated. i don't understand her hurry with a point about how you should be able to vote on an educational level that's not something i would support but i do think since the 50s we have had a change in our kids are educated. >> ho

and we have our annual event in st. louis coming up bin dr. kerr said it is our first speaker. you can go to legal counsel.com and find out more. but there is the street philosopher the road to a number of books instead every great cause begins as a movement and generates into a racket. we are at that stage speaking truth to power and in many ways. to have the debate whether the suspending of the debt so the caller brings up an important point with the acquisition on china and america can sovereignty even with a conservative organization. . . somewhere other than the american right on that. trump is speaking to china, which is a huge threat. we applaud him for bringing those issues to the forefront. host: you bring up trump, the caller brings up trump. are the positions that he is taking that you disagree with? backsadline here -- trump abortion exceptions in case of rate, and says, lies of mother. has been confusing on that. we are seeing something from never thought we would see which is we are exposing planned parenthood anyway that people knew. and that their web site has t

proud member of the urban league and metropolitan st. louis. equality and immigration in st. louis -- we are starting to have municipal court reform that addresses african-american community specifically. some other keyy issues, specific issues, that you can share with individuals in this room that will be direct action? i think the theme for -- karen freeman wilson: i would say earlier that reverend bryant talks about, law enforcement -- law.is a state it indiana it says they have to live in contiguous counties. when you get out of gary, it is rural. so you can imagine what they think. to specifically advocate at the state, local level for officers to be required to live in communities, or at least to allow it to be a part of the city charter. roland martin: that is one. we are out of time. we have to get to the next question. >> i am a candidate for governor of florida. the question is since the right to vote is the constitutional right -- roland martin: actually it is not. there is no affirmative right to vote in the united states constitution. allowedhe states are to depr

in florida we have six and in st. louis they have 12. one african-american who has the courage to say, i am going to be on that jury, i am going to answer every question, and i am going to be fair, and i'm going to be back in that room and defy the fate of this young black person today makes all the difference in the world because you are votes really do count when you are on jury duty. an event held recently at the national urban league's annual conference in fort lauderdale. you can watch the entire event tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tonight on c-span2, it's book tv on prime time. starting at 8:30 eastern, lucinda franks on "timeless." then, frank mcadams looks at "vietnam rough riders." after that, pamela newkirk discusses "spectacle." "from jailer to jailed." tomorrow on washington journal, gretchen morgans and of the new york times talks about her recent piece looking at the federal government home -- affordable home project. then, susan carlson looks at drinking and drug use among pregnant teenagers. after that, john jac

last month the office received a complaint from an 80-year-old woman in st. louis who received a call from someone telling her she's eligible for a back brace paid for by medicare. the caller was able to get that magic card number which is her social security number and date of birth. after hanging up the song she realized something was not right in the site are off the spirit we also receive complaints about robocalls which specifically target seniors. for example, the senior consumer is eligible for a free medical alert bracelet and will provide identifying information. for some technologies such as caller i.d. help address unwanted calls, even then technologies may be asked weighted. for example, caller i.d. spoofing happens when the caller falsifies the name and telephone number. on the caller i.d. information to disguise the true identity as you have seen senator collins be victimized here before we started today. one of the most frequent spoofing concerns from seniors as the caller i.d. relate the letters ssi as the identity. seniors only the call is co

in that level of violence in which white mobs invaded the black community of st. louis come headlines in the paper saying make it a lily-white countered the of incidents of white women engaged in some kind oof commodity rights were they went into black women's households who are doing fairly well, still the lamps, the roads, often by gunpoint -- drugs -- as a way to try to bring what they think of as a kind of level. that kind of racial violence is what characterized much of the riots up until about 1964 for some exceptions of parliament 35 and 43 of the most part a modern white we think of, that is the commodity right and the insurrections against police violence, state violence really begin in early 1960s. >> holly, let me follow up about insurrections again because police violence. in the riots that robin was just talking about, the police probably either stood aside or joined in. the riots in our lifetimes become accustomed to our riots in which the role of the places usually is the spark. it's not the role of the police. it's the acquittal of the police. i've

st. louis, they have got 12. one to have the courage to say, i will be on this jury, i will answer the question, i will be there, i will go back in that thisand decide the fate of young, black prison today, it makes all the difference in the world. your votes really do count when you are on jury duty. as also at that conference, the reverend al sharpton, and civil rights activist. entiretyatch in its here on c-span. epa, a closer look at the air quality regulations. a house subcommittee heard from the administrator for air and radiation. her about theoned economic impact on state and local communities. the hearing ran about two hours. about two hours. [gavel pounds] >> i would like to bring the hearing to order. this morning's hearing is going proposedon the epa rule -- i would like to acknowledge myself for five minutes for an opening statement. these proposed levels are so low, that in some parts of the

louis, ranking members state who received an unwanted call for a back brace. for by medicare. we have heard about these calls. those who have received these harassing phone calls from medical equivalent suppliers, that they neither want nor need. the suppliers use aggressive tactics to persuade seniors into ordering expensive items at medicare's expense we have an obligation to protect the privacy of seniors, and also to protect taxpayer dollars. can you talk a little bit more, in your position as deputy attorney general about the trends you've seen in regards to calls like these? mr. dandurand: to talk about what is senator kaine said and senator mccaskill, funding is a big problem. if we will cut funding enforcement, we will have a big problem. when we increased the ability to register your cell phone, we increased the number of fonts are you responsible for from 2 million to 4 million with no more people to deal with it. they know that. landlinesis away from toward cell phones they figure how to get your cell phone. it will not have mushroomed because we still get a lot of

louis and gulfport and biloxi. and so that is the main discrepancy you're looking at. but again, it's hard to -- it's hard to draw a line between the tcheaths were caused directly by flooding and drowning, the death that were caused by being in an attic for days and the stress of that and the deaths that were caused simply by older people, especially not being able to bear the stress of their lives being turned upside down and therewithin months of the are several ways of calculating that and each will yield a slightly different number. i think the overall number that most statisticians agree on is a little over 1,800 for the entire region as a result of katrina. and somewhere between 900 and 1,000 for the new orleans metropolitan area. host: here this front page of "the times-picayune" published in paper on wednesday's friday's and sunday's. nola.com is the website associated with "the times-picayune." jim amoss is the editor. mr. amoss, thank you for being ♪ >> this isn't america. you know, we have several hundred sights across the state. about 120 or so in the new

bosnians centered in st. louis. recently in the last few weeks a group of young individuals in the new york-new jersey area. some smaller group in the boston area. a group of central asians in brooklyn. so we have seen these small clusters. again nothing of the size and sophistication of the european dynamics but we have a spectrum also in the united states. it is a bit of a misconception to just see the american foreign fighters seen as scattered individuals here and there just radicalized on social media. i think that is an oversimplification. it is indeed more difficult, as i said, to travel to syria and we do not see the clusters we see in the u.s. i think that's one of the reasons that explains why in the states we have seen in comparative terms, compared to europe disprognat number of -- disproportionate numbers of small attacks, some of them linked to isis. i'm talking about garland and shooting, attempted attack on the cartoon attack in garland, texas. but also other acts are difficult to categorize. it is d

louis, the same approach to northern gateway and the dangers tankers in the douglas joe. with these other projects went to be able to look at them objectively with thorough, credible environment assessment processes. i am taking a decision you can study these projects to ms. may takes the position you can say no to all of them in advance. mr. harper is taking a decision you can say yes to all of them in advance. we want a clear process the public can have confidence in. harper: the position of the government is, that's how the government, so the government has handled this project. mr. mulcair has already rolled out a number of projects before they went through the process and is positioning himself to be against others as well. that is the record of the ndp. always for projects until they face one in the against the. that's why in british columbia to impose liquefied natural gas. mulcair: i have a track record people are free to look at the white house minister of the environment we have tough projects, a bridge by the 25, lots of opposition to it. we went through a thor

st. louis, missouri, the public transportation system at a metro bus. they started using electronic centers about when the systems would fail. they looked at oil pressure temperatures and basically were able to do preventive maintenance to reduce downtime. they were able to have service center and increase reliability of the system. longer vehicle serviced by and they were able to save $5 billion per year. so it's a substantial impact. we think about disrupting how we do things in government. right now labor policies favor the hour and take breaks based on how long people were. maybe break should be based on how much physical activity you do for jobs like police officers. sitting in a patrol car versus walking for eight hours is very different. maybe we can rethink how we do labor based on these technologies. we need to think how we can make smart default. california decided by 2025 all water meters have to be apart. we can see a big impact. is partnered with i tried to employ smart readers throughout the city to cope water left a 50%. they can expand w

louis or wherever. so all these people are here out of religious service. out of service to their god. and the differences of theology are absolutely irrelevant to them, because they're united in one thing. i thought, what a great testimonial about our country. and then as marsha and i walked back to the car a little man walked up to me, about 75, i'd say, in late october. he said, governor, my name's harold, and i'm from new york city. i said, harold, thank you so much for coming. then harold said, last night i called my son who is a rabbi, and i said to my son, should i come home for the high holy days? the most sacred days on the jewish calendar which were about to start. and harold told me, no, dad -- i mean, harold's son told me -- harold said his son told him, no, dad, you should not come home because you are probably closer to god where you are now. [applause] what a -- [applause] so as we salute you, i hope we always will remember those volunteers. let me close by saying ma that used to only punning -- mama used to always punctuate the sentence abou

ssm health care st. louis offers its own system. allowing employees over 62 to collect their pension while working a more flexible schedule. hundreds of employees have taken advantage of this plan. while working longer is a viable option for those seeking a way to build a more secure retirement, it is not the answer for everyone. some people have spent years working jobs that are so physically demanding that asking them to do any kind of work into their 70's is not realistic. we still need to work to develop strategies for this group of workers but that should not stop us from exploring more ways to help older workers stay engaged and continue to earn income if they so choose. with that in mind, i look forward to hearing the testimony from today's panel and i thank all of you for being here. >> thank you very much for your testimony. i will confess before this entire room that it was the ranking member who convinced me that i had to get an iphone. [laughter] >> we are also pleased to be joined by, i believe the person who is the you

louis. recently in the last few weeks a group of young individuals in new york and new jersey area. some of the smaller groups in the boston area, a group in brooklyn so we have seen the small clusters. again nothing of the size and the sophistication of the european dynamics that we have a spectrum united states. just a american foreign fighter seen as scattered individuals here and there were radicalizing on social media is an oversimplification. it is indeed more difficult to travel to syria and we do not see the clusters we see in the u.s. and that's one of the reasons that explains why in the states we have seen in compared terms a disproportionately large number of loan at there's attacks. some of them in one way or another link to isis. for example the shooting attempt and the cartoon event in garland texas but they act that are difficult to

look at what's going on in chicago and ferguson and st. louis. we are going to get rid of those tank members so fast. -- gang members so fast. we can be really tough. those police are tough cookies. we need law and order. we need law and order. they allowed in that first night in baltimore, they allowed that city to be destroyed. they set it back 35 years and one night because the police were not allowed to protect people. we have incredible law enforcement in this country and the head of the police in chicago is a person i know. he's a phenomenal guy. he can stop things if he's allowed to stop them. we have some incredible people but we have to be tough and we have to be smart. you are going to have bad apples. and it is disgusting and it is horrible, but it's a tiny percentage. the problem is, the good work does not get shown on television, which is 99.9%. the good work with the police is 99.9%. that one little thing, it is horrible, i agree. you know the same ones because you were sick when you looked at some of them just like i was, but we ne

louis. recently in the last few weeks a group of young individuals in new york and new jersey area. some of the smaller groups in the boston area, a group in brooklyn so we have seen the small clusters. again nothing of the size and the sophistication of the european dynamics that we have a spectrum united states. just a american foreign fighter seen as scattered individuals here and there were radicalizing on social media is an oversimplification. it is indeed more difficult to travel to syria and we do not see the clusters we see in the u.s. and that's one of the reasons that explains why in the states we have seen in compared terms a disproportionately large number of loan at there's attacks. some of them in one way or another link to isis. for example the shooting attempt and the cartoon event in garland texas but they act that are difficult to categorize and find the jihadist footprint. chattanooga. i'm thinking about the hatchet attack in new york. think about the beheading in oklahoma. very strange cases very difficult to categorize but clearly some inkling of jihadist ideolo