European country is making sure no cases of coronavirus fly under the radar at the airport good morning to you. Just six months ago, coronavircovid19 was a virus that didnt exist in humans now there are more than 4 Million People infected wrld wide here in the states more than 1. 3 million americans are infected thats over a million more than any other nation spain has the second highest number of infections with 234,000. The u. S. Death it toll has now is surpassed 80,000. As california moves to stage two of its reopening plan, researchers predict the state could see more than 6,000 deaths by the end of august california is one of a handful of states where cases are going up more than expected. And tesla filed a lawsuit against Alameda County from prohibiting the car company from reopening their factory during the outbreak elon musk threatened to move its headquarters to texas or nevada. American airlines and hyatt have teamed up to give 4,000 Health Care Workers free vacations. Emplo
We are going to get started. Reason for the early hearing is we have votes and people go back to the district today. I wanted to make sure i got this hearing in. Other members will be walking in as the hearing is progressing. Come to order. Ll we are focusing on the extent to assistance has been effective in strengthening section protecting human rights. Objection, all members may have five days to submit questions and materials for the record. I will now make an Opening Statement and then turn it over to be Ranking Member for his Opening Statement. Before i open with my statement, i want to thank everybody that is here early. It is miserable outside and i want to thank the witnesses for being here. Good morning. Thank you for being here today. In reading the news over the last few weeks, the shocking headlines from mexico have been impossible to escape. Last week i saw kids as young as six are arming themselves to defend their families in a rural part of the United States. As cartels
Come at a better moment in history with the 19th amendment granting the women the right to vote passed by the u. S. House and senate in 1919 and then ratified in 1920. Here we are a hundred years later, the 116th congress has the highest percentage of women ever making up roughly a quarter of each chamber, and we have a female speaker for the second time and four women so far running for president. Todays panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points for women in american politics. I want to introduce each of our panelists and come through and have each of them talk about their books or the period of time theyre writing about for about five minutes, and then well open up the conversation to all of you. So when we get to that point for questions, id like each of you to go to the microphone, line up behind the microphone to ask your questions. So let me introduce you to david perry. Journalist and historian working at the university of minnesota. Hes the descende
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. very busy news day. thank you for your time. five men, one room. the stability of the global economy on the line. today the white house is the stage for talks and what happens could set the country on a path towards paying its bills or on a path towards financial chaos. pluses heartbreak in waiting in alan, texas. two school-aged sisters robbed of their futures. we re learning more about the victims and the shooter who slaughtered them. his fascination with guns, police stay quiet. and donald trump s civil case goes to a new york jury after closing arguments, the focus on credibility and mr. trump s refusal to show up. but up first for us in just hours, the white house meeting that will help answer this question. can washington still work? the stakes for today s big sit-down could not be higher. the full faith and credit of the united states. the roster pools together the biggest players. president biden,
propaganda. russia points to the united states and says washington is somehow behind that brazen drone attack on the kremlin. the white house calls this claim bs. a there s a word that comes to mind. i would tell you he s lying. it s a ludicrous claim. the united states had nothing to do with this. and the special counsel puts the trump organization in his sights. sources telling cnn jack smith s prosecutors are zeroing in on how long time president trump employees handled the evidence. up first for us, major breaking news right here in washington, d.c. a major victory for the justice department after prosecutoring leaders of the i object sur recollection. five members were convicted for various felony charges a short time ago. four of them, including the leader, was convicted of the most serious charge. that charge being seditious conspiracy. trial testimony detailed how the proud boys organized after trump s call for supporters to flood washington on the day the elect