Shadow Politics with Senator Michael D. Brown

What's President Trump Doing To Urban America?

Marc H. Morial is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban League, the nation's largest historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization.

As a Louisiana State Senator (1992–94), Morial was Chairman of the Educational Institution Subcommittee and a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus.

Morial was Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana (1994-2002). He was the youngest Mayor of New Orleans in 50 years and at the time was one of the youngest mayors of any major American city. Mayor Morial led New Orleans’ renaissance and left office with a 70% approval rating.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics and African American Studies, he also holds a law degree from Georgetown University.

President Trump has declared a crime emergency in our nation's capital and called in the National Guard to make Washington, DC clean and safe again.

Should the DC Mayor and DC Councilmembers being working with the president on this initiative or standing their ground?

Mayor Morial has a message for our DC elected officials. What would he do?