[Applause] [Music] [Applause] What if I told you we were about to do an active shooter drill. What if we were going to run through the steps to secure the building. What if we were going to lock all the doors, turn off all the lights, and remain in place until the all clear is given.If this were real, what would your reaction be. What would be happening in your body. Is your breath shallow. Is your heart racing.Are your thoughts making plans to keep yourself safe. Now imagine what this is like for a child, ...

[Applause] What do all these characters have in common? Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Little Orphan Annie, Mowgli from The Jungle Book, Spider-Man, Batman, Cinderella, Peter Pan, I could go on and on, but yes, these are all orphan stories. And these are all children, characters, heroes who have suffered incredible parental loss. And yet in the stories, they're all remarkably lucky and self-sufficient and charismatic. Interesting, right? Interesting. But for foster parents like myself, walking our children ...

I want you to get together. [Music] I want you to get together. [Applause] Jaw Jaw Jin.Raise your hand if you know you don't know what I just said. Good. Now you have a small idea what is look like for a refugees who entered the US who don't speak English.Think about the stress you feel. You just flee from your homeland. You were afraid you may be killed.You can never go back. You are all alone. You are sick with the worry of your family that you never see again.And you don't understand the language. Everyt ...

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] When I was a kid, I used to watch my mom getting ready to go out with her friends for the night. She would spritz herself with perfume, curl her asymmetrically cut hair. She'd spritz on perfume, put on her makeup, grab grab her pumps and her doornocker earrings because this was the late 80s and early 90s.So, I would be transfixed. It was like watching a magic trick. This person would go from being my mommy to being this beautiful and powerful being.I remember one night when my ...

[Applause] That song, We Will Rock You, was the soundtrack of my childhood. I didn't grow up with bedtime stories or laibis. I grew up with battle cries. My name is Elsa Salara and I want to talk about what happens when you train for one fight but life throws you into another. For me, everything started when I was 9 years old. We were driving back home and out of nowhere, we saw a guy being attacked by three men. Instead of running or giving up, this guy Bruce lead the crap out of them. kicks, punches, elbo ...

A growing number of European Union member states want the bloc to activate its most powerful trade tool against the US should the two sides fail to reach an agreement: Here's your Evening Briefing https://t.co/H8sHIwJeNd ...

[Applause] A group of underdogs, often inexperienced or mismatched, meets their challenge. But they rise and work with teamwork. and under the the help of a determined coach, they're able to win in the end.Sound familiar. That's the plotline of every sports movie that's ever been put out there. Action adventure and science fiction, too.Think of a group of misfit rebels working against an oppressive force. They're able to get together and work teamwork and overcome against all odds. Lord of the Rings, Star W ...

Trump Now Says Firing Powell ‘Unlikely,’ Whipsawing Markets https://t.co/Ycdo2aYTYD ...

Donald Trump said he would send letters to more than 150 countries notifying them of tariff rates as he pushes ahead with a trade agenda that has sent US partners racing to avoid higher import taxes https://t.co/QBufjWOZWn ...

Israel launching a barrage of missile strikes in the Syrian capital of Damascus this morning. You can see there right on your screen, missiles actually hitting the Syrian military headquarters. Nothing to do with Iran, nothing to do with Hamas.Instead, what you're seeing is Israel intervening in what is still a very chaotic internal situation inside of Syria. You remember back in December, Syria's longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad was overthrown and he was replaced by this new government made up of Islamis ...