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you're month like you this is cnn the world's news network you're in the cnn newsroom. >> i, wolf blitzer in washington, and we're following two big stories. this hour, just a short time from now, trump, ally of former attorney john eastman will be the first of 18 defendants arraigned on charges stemming from the 2020 fake electors scheme also, president biden, make he an urgent new push to appeal to black voters. he set to deliver a speech later this hour, aimed at reversing a lack of enthusiasm among this critical voting block going to bring that speech to you alive. that's coming up this hour. but let's begin with all the developments involving johnny the architect of donald
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trump's bid to try to subvert the 2020 presidential election. and that's set to be, he said to be arraigned for this alleged role in devising what's being described as a fake electors scheme eastman is the first of 18 trump allies to be arraigned there on charges including conspiracy and forgery. cnn senior investigative correspondent, young allies, joining us from phoenix right now, we're all of this is unfolding qiang, what's the latest? >> good morning wall from phoenix, arizona, where in this next hour we are expecting all of these arraignments to begin in superior court here in maricopa county. what is expected is the very first two of the 18 charged in this indictment to appear, john eastman, the former trump attorney. the person who is known in this indictment as the alleged crime absolute min the architect of this multi-state fake elector scheme. he is expected to appear here in
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arizona. it is the very first of the 18 charge and this state indictment to appear here in court. it will be a standard arraignment where the charges will be red and he will be booked. there will be a i'll shot taken. we're told from the sheriff's department this case involves a steam and 2020 where people gathered 11 of them here in the state of variance for zona and said that it was donald trump who won the state of arizona. it was not joe biden one, and then they submitted that document. and so this indictment is around found that moment. so there are 11 who were in that room in 2020. those 11 are familiar state names from the head of the state gop two to state senators. but it is this second group, the seven who are on this page, including rudy giuliani, who here in the state of earth there's all know they're still trying to serve those papers who are known nationally as trump allies, including mark meadows, the white house chief of staff. but
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taking all of this off the very first of the 18 to appear in court. john eastman wolf, young law reporting for us from phoenix. thanks very much for more and all of this. and it's an important story i want to bring in cnn legal analysts, michael moore and former florida judge and cooley law school professor jeff swartz, michael, you are the us attorney for the middle district of georgia the state where so many of the same trump aides were indicted for trying to overturn the election results there. what do you make of this case in arizona? over this fake elector scheme? >> yeah. >> i'm glad to be both abby you know, this really tracks much the same type of information and allegations that we see in the georgia indictment and others that is dealing with whether or not there was some forgery committed by presenting false documents and the signatures, and that is easy the offenses that could be defined by state law. >> so you're seeing state officials bringing these charges i there's a part of me
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who is 100% for accountability and for having things brought forward when they're, when they're issues like this as another part of that concerns. but to see cases like this just popping all over, popping up all over the country as opposed to sort of a consolidated approach to bring things to a resolution. >> you'll have different appeals courts. >> you'll have different decisions that are made by trial court judges though the facts may be be very similar. so it's a serious charge, obviously, it can affect both the law licenses for those involved with them lawyers as well as the liberty of them if they are convicted. and so it's certainly significant but again, it mirrors a lot of the same type of allegations that we've seen here in the georgia case? >> yeah. important point that jeff, as far as we can tell, rudy giuliani has still yet to be served with the papers our john miller is reporting that arizona prosecutors can't find him. do you expect this to happen before next week where he is due when he is due to
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appear well there are rumors. first of all, good morning. there are rumors that in fact, mr. giuliani is someplace in the west palm beach area of florida if that is so and his associates are refusing to surrender him. >> there's a possibility that they're going to add serve a warrant on him in west palm beach and he's going to get booked. >> and until he agrees to extradition to arizona, he's going to be jailed and the question's going to be how long he wants to stay jailed rather than surrender himself in arizona. so it could be very interesting to see mr. giuliani being booked into jail and residing there for a period of time my understanding is he's in financial difficulties, so the chance of making a bond are pretty slim interesting, very interesting. >> the reports are these been traveling between the west palm beach and new york and they
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can't find him right now. we'll see what happens on that front mic. i want to turn quickly to the hush money trial that's unfolding in new york. how do you think michael cohen fared yesterday compared to the first day of cross-examination i thought it was a devastating de for the state's case. >> you took the key witness who basically tries to tie everything together and essentially the string they used to tie it up unraveled on the stand as it related, particularly to this telephone call that he said he thought he knew what was discussed and they've looked when confronted with other facts. >> he did not i think to what you've seen as sort of he's been maybe play in the eddie haskell a little bit, going forward in this case, he's been very calm and everything has seemed normal and then suddenly the defense brings out these podcasts, these comments that he's made. >> they catch him in half trues and complete untruths as they have presented the defense and that's when you have a critical witness like you'd have with mr. cohen that's
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just a devastating blow to a case. i had a trial where a judge actually stopped the case and said, i'm not letting the government proceed because i don't believe the witness. we're not at that point. but it was not a good day. >> i certainly for the case and i think that you'll see monday. >> you'll see some very specific points. delve into by the defense. there'll be an effort to try to rehabilitate him, but this this lack of credibility in the damage that was done to him, i think will likely stick in the jurors mine and i think increases the chances a perhaps a mistrial or a hung jury in the case. so it was just not a good day for the study no trial today. >> we'll see what happens on monday when the trial resumes. michael moore, jeff swartz, to both of you. thank you very much. we're following other breaking news as well. now the world's number one golfer, scottie scheffler, teed off less than an hour or so ago over the pga championship in louisville, kentucky after he was arrested earlier in the
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morning and actually charged with a felony, the crowd, by the way, gave scheffler a round of applause when he showed up he also just released a statement writing, among other things, quote, it was a very chaotic situation, understandably so considering the tragic accident that had occurred earlier, and there was a big misunderstanding of what i thought i was being asked to do. close quote espn is reporting their scheffler tried to maneuver around a fatal crash scene by driving an immediate near the entrance to the valhalla golf club. police say they told her to stop. plus scheffler continued to drive toward the golf club. he now faces four charges, including a felony count of second-degree assault on a police his officer his attorney says scheffler will be cooperating we also just learned that louisville police are reviewing body cameras from officers at the scene and we'll make a statement later today. we'll watch for that editorial director of golf digest backs adler is joining us right now
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and see it. and senior law enforcement analyst, charles ramsey is joining us as well. max, first of all, what do you make of scottie scheffler is arrest absolutely wild way to wake up to the second day of a major championship on i think one thing to remember is that golf tournaments are always have very difficult traffic logistics, more so than other sporting events that visit regular stadiums this is just wild he's obviously the best player in the world right now, world number one. he's been on a run of play reminiscent of tiger woods from 20 years ago. >> and yeah, i think the main questions that remain right now is what actually happened earlier this morning when he was trying to get to the golf course, at least seeing wasn't the right amount of force used or was it excessive and being exaggerated? which sets the scene for our discussion with chief ramsey, chief of police
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were already on the scene there of an active accident that had earlier occurred. how do you think that potentially fed into the chaos that develop? >> well, i mean, i can understand a chaos because she had a major sporting event taking place nearby. so you got a lot of people trying to get to that event. but the bottom line is this a sporting event is not more important than the investigation of a fatal traffic accident or a homicide and so there's a reason why police officers block off that area there's forensic evidence that has to be collected. there's all kinds of things to take place during a fatal traffic accident and taking it upon yourself to try to drive around is not the way to do it. to walk up explain who you are. the officers could escort you way in which you don't at all interrupt what's going on at the crime scene. now, having said that, fortunately, it looks like they have body-worn camera footage that's going to tell us the story as to what took place. because the most
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important charge, of course, it is the salt salt charge we've lost our connection with chief ramsey will try to reconnect with him, max adler, if you're still there, give us a little sense about scottie because he's well-known now is the number one golfer really in the world, not necessarily because of any controversies like this. yeah, i mean, first off, i'd agree with everything. chief ramsey said that the most important thing right now is to see the bodycam footage and the dash cam footage and see what really occurred of this interaction between scottie scheffler and the police officers? at golf tournaments? it's normal for all players who have assigned courtesy vehicles from the tournament that are clearly marked to expect a certain amount of a different treatment as they're entering the traffic congested
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golf tournaments as far as scottie is reputation in the golf world, its sterling, as i said, he's been on this great run of winning known as a very wholesome good guy, definitely a rule follower just had the birth of his first child, the spelling vector of which over hang him possibly missing the masters or this pga championship all to say that his images crystal clear. >> so far. >> and so this has been quite a shock to think that anything untoward. >> he has a very, very positive reputation out there. we'll see how all this unfolds, chief ramsey, i think we've reconnected with you tell us what police are looking for right now. they review the body camera footage to understand exactly as much as they can what happened well, i mean, they're going to see, first of all, whether or not there was
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an assault that took place when he was driving a car around the scene did officers direct him to do that? was he told to stop did he failed to stop? >> there's something about an officer perhaps grabbing him by the arm. if so, what was his reaction? his response to that and other words, they'll try to dissect that film to find out exactly what took place. but again, i think it's important, emphasize i understand stan, he's a big time pro golfer, is not is more important than the investigation of a fatal traffic accident or homicide or any other crime. you have to wait until your instructed to go around or through a crime scene and an officer will direct you. so you do not disturb any potential forensic evidence this there i mean, it's just the way it is. it's unfortunate, but it's reality chief ramsey. >> thanks very, very much for joining us back, sadler. thanks to you. as well as still to come. we're going to keep a very close eye on the courthouse and where a former
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here in the nation's capital. tell us what we expect to hear well, well, if president biden is set to honor a major moment in the civil rights movement when he speaks in just a short while today as the 70th anniversary of brown versus board of education, that supreme court ruling which ended desegregation in american schools, the president just yesterday now with the plaintiffs of that those landmark cases here at the white house with official saying that he was trying to honor the legacy of the civil rights movement, while also took you in about what he will do going down the road help a black voters in this country a bit later in the afternoon, he is also set to meet with the leaders of the so-called divine nine. >> those are historically black fraternities and sororities. it all all comes as the president is trying to make a fresh appeal to court black voters a group that was a key constituency in helping elected to the white house back in 2020. but polls, how are let me interrupt you for a moment.
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>> we're getting worried that the israeli idf spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari, has an important announcement to make. i wanted to listen to this. >> they were murdered in ruto away by hamas terrorists. and they bodies were taken into the gaza strip. they bodies we're taken out of gaza in a combined effort of idf and shin bet and some special units of two organizations that work together for a long time they say is according to intelligence direction of the intelligence unit so the absence, so just unit and many investigations forces have been working professionally and we're determination while risking themselves to bring murdered hostages back to be buried in israel. the bodies that were taken back we have been now identified by
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authorities, authorised organizations. they idf representatives have informed the families idf and shin bet sorry for this difficult time. i call the public, please do not spread rumors and keep the security of our forces listen to the idf messages. we will update with transparency. first of all, the families and then the public through the media the intensive war in the strip is going on and i'm mission to bring the hostages back. is the top priority of every commander and soldier we are putting a lot of intelligent and operational efforts and complicated and risky combats including this very time we will continue with all the tools we have in order to
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create the conditions, create the conditions to bring the hostages back home as quickly as possible. questions you have been touched them same and i can do we know where they were murdered on 7 october or later and also was there any opposition with a terrorist that were guarding the place where the bodies were found? >> i say it again. meet its hack and chandni with blessed memories, escaped from the nova festival. they celebrated life in nova and they escaped when murderous terrorist game there they came to my fault. same. and according to confirmed information, they were murdered, their brutally by terrorists and the bodies were taken into gaza as far as operational action, i'm not
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going to elaborate on that this is how will continue marshi. i want to say a few words in english. >> it is with heavy hearts that i shared the news that last night the israel defense forces and isa forces rescued the bodies of all hostages, shani louk, amid booth scalar. and it's hard color who were taken hostage during the hamas massacre on october 7, and murdered and was murdered and they were murdered by hamas. according to the credible information that we have gathered shani louk amid with scalar and it's hug 11, two were murdered by hamas. while escaping the nova music festival on october 7, and the bodies were taken into gaza they were celebrating life in the nova music festival and they were murdered by hamas the
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bodies were transferred to medical professional for forensic examination and identification after the procedure was completed, we notified the families our hearts, go out to them, to the families at this difficult time we will live no stone unturned we will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home. we will not rest until we do all right so there. you have it. the israeli idf spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari announcing that the idf has tao recovered three bodies of israelis who were murdered by hamas at the nova music festival, not far from gaza in israel hello. back on
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october 7 and families have now been notified. i want to bring in cnn's jeremy diamond. these joining us on the ground and jerusalem, cnn global affairs analyst barak ravid is also joining us and jeremy let me start with you. a. give us the latest what do we know specifically about all this development that these three israeli the hostages, the bodies of their these three israeli hostages, have been recovered by israel well, very sad news indeed, wolf, the israeli military spokesman, they're talking about three hostages whose bodies have now been recovered from gaza 23, shani louk is one then 28 year-old amid boot scala, and then eats eats hot girl renter whose age i don't have in front of me. >> he is the third hostage whose body was recovered from gaza, according to daniel hagari, the israeli military spokesman, the three of them were murdered when they were escaping the nova music festival well, he talked about
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them celebrating life at that festival and saying that they were murdered by hamas and their bodies taken to gaza. the families of these hostages were notified before admiral hagari made this announcement. obviously for some of them, they knew that their loved ones had been had been killed. shani louk, for example, there was a video of her on october 7 that showed her body in the back of a pickup truck with militants surrounding her. some of them on top of her her body was face down and partially undressed. it was weeks later that the israeli government said that they had actually found a remnant of her her skull, which in their minds, according to forensic experts, prove that she was dead, that she could not have survived losing that part of her skull. so she has been known to her family to be dead since late october. this now brings the total number of hostages will still held in gaza or sorry. total number of
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hostages who have been announced dead now, two, hostages. we know that the bodies of 128, we're still being forgive me hundred and 28 hostages, both dead and alive, have been held in gaza. so this takes three away from that. so 100 hostages, both live and dead still remaining in gaza, 41 have now been announced. it will. more sad news coming on this hostage situation. barak ravid, what are you hearing from your sources, your very well plugged in well, i think this operation was conducted as part of a much wider operation of the idf in the jabalya refugee camp where the idf, i think it's already third time, they returned there and the bodies were found inside of a tunnel compound that those other the control of asthma, didn't do who was the head of the hamas northern brigade in
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gaza? >> he was killed earlier in the war and several bodies were retrieved in the past from this tunnel complex. and now the soldiers came back to this complex and found those bodies. >> i want to get the analysis from retired us air force colonel cedric late who's with me here in the cnn newsroom. >> give us a little sense so apparently the idf and the shin bet, the domestic is intelligence service, they went in at near these hamas tunnels and then they discovered for these three bodies. yeah. whoa, that's a fairly normal operation, unfortunately, in a situation like this, where shin bet to the domestic intelligence service in the israeli military will go in. and what they'll do is they will try to look for all kinds of signs. it's basically like a murder scene and do the police would do here in the united it states. and what they're trying to do is they're trying to figure out not only where the bodies are, but are there any indications of other bodies, so they'll look for tell-tale signs. they'll for pieces of clothing, they look for dna
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samples. they will look for those kinds of things. and they will also use intelligence to determine whether or not they're hostages in that area who are dead or who are alive. and that's really the most mosaic that they have to put together in a case like this. >> yeah a sad situation. all right. stand by. jeremy diamond. i understand you're getting more reaction in israel to this latest development yeah, well if prime. >> minister benjamin netanyahu just releasing a statement moments ago saying that he is heartbroken for this great loss, talking about his wife, sarah and i grieving with the families. he says that the heart of the his heart is with all of those watching over over this situation, he says that they will return the abductees all of the hostages both the dead as well as the alive. and he also congratulates the israeli troops who were able to carry out this operation to successfully return these bodies to israel. obviously, sad news that these are dead bodies of hostages and not
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hostages who are alive being brought back to their families but for some of these families, at least it will provide at least a measure of closure and especially for those who have known that their loved ones were dead according to the israeli government. but we're not yet able to bury them to grieve. and to mourn them and jeremy reminder of viewers about this nova music festival. >> where are these three israeli hostages we're simply enjoying some music, enjoying some excitement. this is the nova music festival was right near the gaza strip, but in israel yeah that's right. >> it was very close to the gaza strip and we saw so many of the initial videos of that horrible october 7 attack that came from the site of that music festival. initially, they heard sirens the rocket sirens that went off as hamas began firing a barrage of rockets. but soon enough off the attendees at that music festival realized that it was something much, much worse that was beginning to happen. there were hamas pair of gliders who
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arrived, others who arrived on in pickup trucks firing wildly throughout the crowd. many israelis were killed there, others were taken hostages and then you have the situation of some of these individuals, including those were talking about today, shani louk, amit put scala and eats hot. gail renter who were killed on that day, but whose bodies were also then taken across to gaza. their bodies being held hostages as bargaining chips, which is a tactic that hamas has been known to employ not only during this conflict, but in years prior, but it's so important to note the impact that, that nova music festival has had here in israeli brought together people who didn't just live in those border communities, but people all across israel. and i think it really spread the emotion and the sense of connectedness here in israel to the victims of this attack, as well as to the hostages, because so many of these people didn't live in those border communities. they lived in tel aviv, they lived
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in northern israel. they lived all across the country. and that has certainly contributed to the sense of loss, the sense of connectedness, and the sense of pain that so many israelis have been feeling since october 7 and are certainly feeling today. yeah, the news once again, the israeli army has recovered the bodies of three israeli hostages who were murdered by hamas. animal stay on top of this story. jeremy diamond, thank you. barack ravid, thanks to you as well. and kernen latent appreciate it very much. and we'll be right back with more news stanley cup playoffs presented by geico again this is gonna be fine, isn't it answers bruins stars avalanche, governors begins to 19 six, 30 on arthritis pain. we say not today. tanno, eight-hour arthritis pain has two layers of relief. the first is past the second is
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history, the biden harris administration has delivered tons of accomplishments two, black america, including an incredible increase in black wealth, the forgiveness of student loans in the billions that is transformational for so many black and brown families he is focused on generating small businesses. he is focused on a, an incredibly low record, low unemployment among black families and black voters. and so all of these accomplishments we'll, is gonna be something that he's going to continue to talk about he's also focused on incredibly focused on making sure that the legacy of the civil rights movement, the historic movement that, that has helped so, many black families in this country and what he is going to do along with kamala harris is he's going to say what will the contrast be between what we have done for you and what the existential threat for your families, your future if donald
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trump gets elected, you know, it's interesting because maria says all that. but there's some new polls that are just out, including in some of this key battleground states, which show trump winning more than 20% of the black vote, right now that was just about 6% in the 2020 election. so from six to more than 20%. and if he were to win 20%, that would be the highest level of support for any republican presidential candidates since the 60s, 60s, and the civil rights act. so what do you think accounts for this potential shift in the electrode? >> i think what's a significant number also biden right in that pullet 63% in 2020 exit polls show him with 87% of the black vote and despite what my different maria says with regard to his message to the african american community, they are not buying what he has, selling, he can go to every university. he can go to museums, he can go on black-owned radio stations and say that things are fine with the african american community under his leadership, they don't feel that way. bernice
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king, the daughter of mlk junior, says black people don't feel as though they're better off under this administration and look, african americans are like all americans. they feel the pain at the pump at the grocery store and interest rates. they're suffering under this economy and that's a problem. one of the big promises that he could do for african americans was the voting rights act. he wasn't able to make any progress on that. so what we're seeing is african deserving president biden because they feel as though he has abandon them on the promises he made when he ran for office, we'll have live coverage of the president's speech here in washington coming up appealing to the african american vote in the united states, guys, thanks very much. maria cardona, alice stewart. meanwhile, there are deadly storms ripping through houston, knocking out power for thousands and thousands of people. that means many won't have air conditioning where the triple digit temperatures arrive. cnn, his live on the ground will update you on that. and a lot more. stay with us. urine the cnn news russia is
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back? >> 70 years ago, you changed i say the world that's not hyperbole. i'm not exaggerated. now i changed the united states. it changed our role in the world in a fundamental way i know there's a lot more to do. president johnson, that introduction. thank you for your leadership. but most importantly, for the nwa cp so honor to be with all of you here at the national museum of american african american history and culture. remember, we're trying to get this bill for years that's pretty needed by the way, i want to thank the staff for runs this place to do an incredible job to get gather the nwa cp in this museum, our monuments to the power of black history and black history is american history. it's american it's really important thing to continue to. >> we have a whole group of people out there trying to rewrite history, trying to erase history it's attributed to heroes known and unknown who
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pursued are nascent north star were unique among all nations of the world. >> and i may not. >> every other nation is based on ethnicity based on religion and other things. >> but we're the only one based on an idea we hold these truths to be self-evident. all men are created equal and die by their creator with certain unalienable rights. and should be treated equally their whole lives throughout their lives we've never fully lived up to that idea to state the obvious. but we've never walked away from either because of so many of you in this room and so many more? >> for 70 years ago when the supreme court ruled and brown versus the board of education, a racial segregation in public schools law unconstitutional a prayer was answered a long struggle for freedom yesterday, i welcome the family of plaintiffs without landmark case to the white house, to the oval office. their office once upon a time, there were excluded from certain classrooms. but 70 years later,
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they're inside the most important room of all the oval office, where they belong we're living reminder that once upon a time wasn't that long ago. and all the progress we've made is still had more to do. and there's still groups are trying to erase it one of the cases lead to the landmark decision was in my home state of delaware black mother from hocus and delaware joined by parents today are those claim on town. i moved to when we work ran out in scranton, pennsylvania and we move back in third grade, moved here in delaware in third grade all in claymont, then we just want a simple proposition. they wanted the kids to be able to attend school, be treated with dignity and respect they asked the man who i looked up to and really admired and helped me out as a young public defender. louis al ready he was the first man, the first black man ever admitted to the practice of law in the
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state of delaware to say and think about that here's the first man has guy was brilliant and he didn't get admitted till after the 50s and delaware i mean well, he enlisted a young jewish lawyer from nwa cp named jack greenberg to help him devise a legal strategy to get rid of racial segregation and delaware schools in 1952 and delaware for the first time in our country's history. and beulah versus gephardt and belt versus gephardt. >> by the way, any delaware eons here? >> all right first time ever segregated white public schools are ordered to admit black children. little a cell readings argument and those early delaware case laid the legal framework for brown versus the board, his story, a timeless truth about america when we make real the promise america for all americans, the nation changes for the better everything for me economy to everything grows. every ngo
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after brown versus board decision of the public schools is gradually and often much too slowly, were integrated graduation rates for black and latino students increased significantly though the brown decision proves a simple idea we learn better when we learn together that's why my administration increasing funding for schools to bring together students from different backgrounds my department of education is investing $300 included in another 20 million announced today to support diversity in our schools we're also we're also funding efforts to increase diversity in teaching professionals. so because as the president said black students, but prisca, young black man react to black teachers blacks is students who have black teachers are significantly more likely to graduate from high school and enroll in college it makes a difference and it matters. my
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department of education provided additional almost half $1 billion for it and $50 to ensure teachers in our school reflect the diversity in our country we're just getting started this monday is going to go toward training the next generation of teachers at hbcus tribal colleges and minority serving as the patient by the way not because i'm married to one, but we need to give teachers a i made it nonetheless, him brown, is that every child deserves the quality education. how can we think in simple terms, how can we have the strongest economy in the world without the best education in the world is not possible. >> the, taps into, the full talents of our entire nation the answer starts with childhood, early childhood education. because of the nation's legacy of discrimination of black children start school that average of seven months behind their white peers and reading
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but one year of universal high-quality pre-k could eliminate 98% of that gap just one year and children go to pre-school are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two-year or four-year degree, no matter what their background that's why my administration is working to support black children. and as soon as i came to office, i signed the american rescue plan. and i'm going to be political. i just say this because we're having problems. not one republican voted for it. now, one but the american rescue plan expanded child care tax credits delivered monthly checks to working founders, the cupp black child poverty in half i'll republican friends, or expired well, i'm going to keep fighting the reestablished and we're gonna get it re-established well, i'm going to keep fighting to make sure a pre-school universal for every
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three and four-year-old america, we can afford to do this. it's not hard. instead of given multi-billion-dollar breaks to the super let's make the wealthy began to pay their fair share of taxes. we can afford all i'll just slow off for just one second here. ad lib a little bit here because i would get in trouble for doing keeping a longer but you know, we have 1,000 billionaires in america, thousand i'm a capitalist. you can make all our money fine. just pay your fair share. here's the deal. >> you know what the tax federal tax rate is for a billionaire on america? >> 8.3% yes, raised it to 25%. rigueur is 400 million billion dollars over the next ten years that could pay for all of this, cut the deficit to do so much more. just being just pay your fair share look, is not only good for children, it's good for the country when we have early education. and it grows economy we're also working to
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ensure every child, no matter what their zip code has access to quality education experience in k through 12 the american rescue plan delivered $130 billion two american schools most ever, and funding public education, our nation's history and we add another 202 billion annually to title one funding support school students and most in need these dollars help for things like tutoring, paying teachers are what they deserve, providing more advanced casework and courseworks as well. while college degrees are still a ticket to the middle class a tick is becoming too expensive to many, too many young people, black students are dealing with unsustainable debts and exchange for college degree. that's why my administration has taken the most significant action notwithstanding to the supreme court tried to stop me to provide student debt relief. most supreme ever i've been
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able to relieve $160 billion in student debt over 4.5 million americans including insignificant number of block borrowers that means they can now start a family, buy a home save for their children's school given get back to their communities. it also increased the maximum pell grant by $900. the largest increase in the decade. and a matters because over 60% of black students rely on pell grants to go to college and something. i'm really proud of. we're making extort investments in historic black colleges and universities from delaware. so i go along with dolores state be the best hbcu commonly keeps saying is howard and i'm going now, i'm going
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sunday to make a speech that other places that man's car more more more hours. i got more and more house men administration morehouse regardless of loyalties, it's clear hbcus are vital to our nation's progress i made it it's not hyperbole hey, spc use are responsible for 40% of black engineers in america 50% of black teachers 70% of all black doctors and dentists 80% of all black judges by the way, i put more on the bench in anybody ever had and 100% of black vice presidents got it
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hbcus also don't have a dominance like other college and university the variable to fund research labs and so much more will commonly and i made a commitment to lift hp's use up. >> and we're keeping that commitment today. i'm proud to announce, as was mentioned earlier by the president that we've invested over $16 billion in hbcus by far the most ever any administration book combination of almost all administrations this investments, health face pgs use everything from bill, student housing to study climate science to create health research labs, prepare black students for labs and industries of the future because they don't have any endowments to do it themselves. now but let's be clear i know real power when i see you later today in the oval office, i'll be meeting with the presidents of the divine nine you think
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i'm kidding? well, i'm proud that we're the first year. you got it i can tell there's no way for the first administration in history to have a working the group from the divine nine in the white house and i've asked him to do that from the very beginning. >> we know 70 years after brown versus the board are some forces trying to deny freedom of opportunity for all americans a few minutes ago, i talked with some of the little rock nine who are determined, integrated public school in little rock, arkansas, 67 years ago i'd like to recognize that for the current era, but if they can, if you're able to please stand arise so we can all see thank god,
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eisenhower's presidency thank god, we had someone who stood up little rock nine were met with vitriol and violence. >> today, the resistance comes in other insidious forms i'm extreme movement led by my predecessor is maga republican allies, backed by an extreme supreme court gutted affirmative action in college admissions my predecessor and extreme maga friends are now going after diversity equity and inclusion all across america they want a country for some, not for all. and let's not kid ourselves, folks, this is the god's truth when i'm saying my predecessor in an extreme maga friends are responsible for taking away other fundamental freedoms from the freedom of the vote the freedom to choose. >> but i've always believed that the promise of america is
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big enough for everyone to succeed. >> and i mean that everyone is bachelet brown is all about that's what we're all about. that's what america is about. let me close this on sunday. i'm attending to commencement at morehouse college, one of our nation's most important institutions morehouse is founded after our nation's civil war to help prepare black americans were formerly enslaved to enter the ministry, earn an education. and usher them from slavery to freedom the founders of morehouse understood something fundamental education is linked to freedom because to be free means to have something that no one can ever take away from you and that's the power of an education. that's why the brown decision to commemorate today is so important. the work of building democracy is a possibility of a democracy worthy of our dreams starts with opening the doors of
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opportunity for everyone without exception. and we can do it. we just have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america there's nothing beyond our capacity when we decide to work together my god bless you all. and thank you all for all the rava you've demonstrated over the years and may god protect our troops. thank you. thank you proud to be thank the president, united states speaking at the national museum or african american history and culture here in washington, dc, very strong words. >> and words that are designed at least in part to appeal to the african american community for support going into the november election, the president also making it clear that he went after trump and what he calls his that trump's mega supporters for erasing history in many, in many ways as well. we're going

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