Killings of other americans names are now known for theched come awfully i in which they died. Eric garner, Michael Brown so some others whose names we do not know, all part of a n system thas not refls not the high side use o in fac it reflects the darkness of our past our president reflects racism and equal justice under the law. We aret in American History that is theca crossroads,mericans all 50 states, are engaging in some types of action of protest whether its on social media platforms or in the middle of the pandemic out in the streets. And the choice we have right now before us as this face of americans of all lot of folks want to reduce the approaches that are coming a democratic approach. Ill tell you right now this is not a choice between one side of an aisle or another. It is a choice between meaningful reforms in this moment are making symbolic gestures that will do nothing to save peoples lives. Its a choice between actio are proposing is not new. These are reforms that h
Lord, inspire our senators to know that you are still on your throne working for the good of those who love you. Listen to our prayers and give us wisdom, courage, and integrity that will enable us to glorify you. We pray in your wonderful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask permission, one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley too often americans are cynical about our political system when all they see legislative gridlock. Yet, iowans were able to set themselves apart working together on Law Enforcement reforms in the wake of George Floyds murder. Every step of the way the iowa process was fueled with input fro
Controversial race between Rutherford B Hayes and samuel to lynn exploring the american story. Watch American History tv saturdays on cspan2 and find a fu sedule on your Program Guide or watch online on cspan. Org history. Welcome, everyone to the National World war ii museum. Appreciate you joining us for our regular lunch block series. My name is chrissy gregg, director of teaching and learning at the museum. Im thrilled my colleague, Maggie Hartley, director of public engagement, usually in this role introing people but shes in the spotlight presenting today. Her lecture is entitled more than just hemingways wife, the wartime journalism of martha gill horan. I would love to turn it over to Maggie Hartley for her presentation. Thanks very much. Thanks for the introduction. It was interesting being on the other side of this. Im excited to do my first lecture at the museum since joining the team. So as many of you have figured out, this is about Martha Gellhorn. We will talk about hemi
Chaired by fiji, the Pacific Island that is already paying the price of rising global temperatures. Get in touch with us using the hashtag. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. They are the revelations from millions of leaked documents dubbed the Paradise Papers which show how the rich and powerful try to avoid paying taxes. Whether its a Multi National corporation or household names around the world, they are all accused of using tax havens to dodge paying their fair share to tax authorities. The papers were obtained by the german newspaper sud Deutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of investigativejournalists. Richard bilton, from the bbcs panorama programme, has been poring through the documents heres his special report. When you hear tax haven you might think palm trees. Theyre and not all like that. We have arrived in a little place between belfast and liverpool, this is the isle of man, it is a British Crown depend
Dealt with, but it must be dealt with intelligently. In my view, the best way to address that issue is to understand that Substance Abuse and addiction should not be treated as a criminal issued, it should be treated as a healthrelated issue. That means we need a revolution in this country on how we do Mental Health treatment. Right now there are people who are addicted, who are strung out, who would like to get help, but there is no treatment available for them that they can afford. And in addition to that, what is true, although it is very scary, is that walking the streets of america today, right now, youve got many thousands of people who are suicidal, and some are homicidal, and we all know about the terrible Mass Shootings that we have seen. In my view, what our approach should be is to say to anybody in america in Mental Health crisis you can get the treatment you need today, not six months from now. This campaign is what working people are telling me is they cant maybe it a 9,