Florida Governor Ron Desantis gives a briefing from Flagler Hospital in Saint Augusta on the States Coronavirus pandemic. Q a, democratic congressman john lewis of georgia, author of across that bridge life lessons and a vision for change. Brian congressman john lewis, why did you name your book across that bridge . Rep. Lewis well, during the past few years, ive been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmond Pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an Organization Called the student nonviolent coordinating a group of young people, students and others attempted to cross the bridge in selma, alabama. Montgomery to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people wanted simply to register to vote. We were walkin
Decision of the United States Supreme Court batting segregation in public transportation. My street mate on that Greyhound Bus you must understand in 1961 black people and white people could be seated together. When you get out of washington to travel to virginia to North Carolina, alabama, mississippi, wewere on our way to new orleans. So we didnt have any problems for the most part until we got to rockville. And a little place in charlotte North Carolina, it was a sizable city, a young africanamerican man attempted to get a shoeshine in a socalled white barbershop that was in a socalled white waiting room. He was arrested and taken to jail. The next day the jury dismissed the charges against him but my seatmate and two of us arrived at the Greyhound Bus station in South Carolina and a group of white men met us in the doorway and started beating us and left us lying in a pool of blood and the local officials came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges andwe said no ,
We will be remembering lewis, who spent decades in congress with reports from lee could you wan and others. And then we turn to the future. Even as the nation debates how to safely reopen its schools, an equally baffling issue faces employers what it will take to game guarantee that a day at the office will be safe for every returning worker . A question john black stone will tackle in our cover story. The office, as we have come to know it in recent years is one of those things that the pandemic may have changed forever. Is it time to say rest in peace, the open office plan . The open office is over. It was already over for a lot of reasons. It was too noisy and you couldnt concentrate and it was well on the way out of the door. A new office with a new normal ahead on sunday morning. Pauley choir directors havent been able to say altogether now, at least in person, to their singers for months, which has not stopped the maestro david probe. We will introduce him. These days choirs cant
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. The man known as the conscience of the u. S. Congress is died, the legacy of representative john lewis. New developments in a deadly shooting in the east bay that is caught the attention of the House Speaker. Enough attention is on this that people get a sense like we do, that the pd is out of control. A san jose woman that is deaf has been repeatedly kicked out of businesses are not wearing a mask, and her emotional plea to the public. It is 6 00 a. M. On the saturday, july 18. Good morning. I am devin fehely. It is nice to see you back and hopefully we will hear about the new arrival to your family, the reason you have been out for several months. We are all waking up to gray. On a technicality, less gray than yesterday but most of us wont notice that. Here is the oakland view from Treasure Island looking back at the city. San jose has clear skies with that doughnut hole opening over the san jose valley. Your headlines for today, some locations inland wi
Filing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 739. Resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 2534, to amenlt securities and exchange act amend the securities and exchange act of 1934 to prohibit certain Securities Trading and related communications by those who possess material nonpublic information and relating to consideration of the concurrent resolution, house concurrent resolution 77, directing the president , pursuant to section 5c of the war powers resolution, to remove United States armed forces from hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic that have not been authorized by congress. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. Proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order. Motions to suspend the rules and agree to House Resolution 546, and pass s. 178. The first electronic vote will be conducted as