as if any of us could ever forget, really. chauvin kneeling on george floyd s neck for 9.20. literally squeezing the life out of him while he begged for his mother and cried out, i can t breathe. george floyd s brutal murder prompting millions of people to take to the streets last summer demanding justice. more than a year later, the george floyd justice act is stalled in congress. minnesota attorney general keith ellison calling on congress to act now. i call on leaders and members of congress to pass the best and strongest version of this bill that can be passed and to pass it now. lives are depending upon it. it s just that simple. that as just days after senate republicans refused even to debate the for the people act to protect voting rights. the doj announces it s suing georgia over the assault on the
the island suffered the longest power outage in u.s. history. i think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. we re still helping puerto rico. the governor is an excellent guy. he is very happy with the job we ve done. we have put billions and billions of dollars into puerto rico, and it was a very tough one. don t forget, their electric plant was dead before the hurricane. reporter: the report concluded puerto rico s government was woefully unprepared to deal with a hurricane greater than category 1 strength. maria was category 4. the governor ordered the creation of the 9/20 commission to implement emergency improvements. i agree in hindsight, this could have been done differently. i recognize all that. however, the notion this was somehow connected to the
expression on the first amendment, taking it away and overwhelmingly liberal bias in the administration, classroom, not a great place. heather: trickling down issues with high school and elementary schools. starting early indeed. heather: appreciate you joining us, we will have you back. very happy news to report this morning, fox and friends first welcoming a new addition to the family, look how cute, catherine francis rodriguez, our stage manager, new daughter coming into the world at $9.20 inches long. big brother thomas and there is matt, very excited to have a little sister, baby catherine and mom doing great. beautiful family, congratulations. the time is 8 minutes until the top of the hour and the future
overnight the death toll climbing again, standing at 47. at the arkema chemical plant in crosby plants more blasts are expected. following a blast of a peroxide container. a 1.5 mile evacuation perimeter remains. another worry this morning. price gouging. texas officials say they ve had close to 600 complaints about storm related scams and gouging. one houston convenience store charging $20 a gallon for gas and $8.50 for a bottle of water. social media historyia touching off a panic and prices shooting up from 29.20 to 4.50 gallon ahead of labor day some stations sol oud. as to the houston addicks and
you see people talking about a $15 rage in new york and san francisco and seattle and in new york for fast food workers. so you can see here the west coast what s been going on in los angeles and so forth. in new york governor cuomo had a commission that proposed $15 for fad food workers who are among the lowest paid workers in the country. can you see by profession if we go to last chart you can see that fast food workers are down here at the $9.20 level. so for them a 10-10 minimum wage helps a little bit. the $15 minimum wage brings them to what is defined as the poverty level in new york. that would bring people to the poverty level in new york. when you look at the cities that increased the minimum wage