Most of these people here have heard that every sunday morning. N church let me welcome all of you here. What we like to do in convening somemeeting is we have vacant seats. We would absolutely love to have you take a seat. All of the people we invited are here. There are some vacant seats. Other young people, i know you can last a little while for this hearing. Let me formally bring our committee on Homeland Security to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on immigration raids, impact and aftermath and mississippi communities. They are proud to welcome my im proud to welcome my colleagues, but im also glad to welcome you to my alma mater, where i got started one or two years ago, involved in Voter Registration silva rights and do a lot of things throughout the mississippi delta. And help set the stage for activism that changed the direction of our country. Newcollege is a fitting vid for the meeting on the Homeland Security to examine recent immigration raids and
[background noise] [gavel] committeese judiciary will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on protecting america from assault weapons. I will now recognize myself with an Opening Statement. Assault weapons have been repeatedly used of weapons of deadly violence on our citizens. In just the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, poway, midland and odessa have seen Mass Shootings at the hands of a gunman with assault weapons. Last month we added el paso and dayton to the list of communities shattered by Mass Violence perpetrated by a gunman old with armed with assault weapons. Todays hearing is about whether america will tolerate weapons of war in our streets and in our neighborhood. Simply put civilian assault , weapons are just semi automatic versions of military weapons. Have passed bans on assault weapons, these have been proven too easy to evade. This is one reason i support a
[background noise] [gavel] committeese judiciary will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on protecting america from assault weapons. I will now recognize myself with an Opening Statement. Assault weapons have been repeatedly used of weapons of deadly violence on our citizens. In just the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, poway, midland and odessa have seen Mass Shootings at the hands of a gunman with assault weapons. Last month we added el paso and dayton to the list of communities shattered by Mass Violence perpetrated by a gunman old with armed with assault weapons. Todays hearing is about whether america will tolerate weapons of war in our streets and in our neighborhood. Simply put civilian assault , weapons are just semi automatic versions of military weapons. Have passed bans on assault weapons, these have been proven too easy to evade. This is one reason i support a
It is a prelude to the annual trans march friday night. People here and over in the castro are taking time to reflect on what pride means to them. Just being out and proud and loud and being who you are, wearing what you want to wear. And loving who you want to love. Pride for me is buzzing no i am here, and i do exist, and please do not take that away from me. The first time being and out, gay person with pride. Reporter sarah says she came out just a few months ago now she and her partner in the castro to celebrate what it is like to be free in a community where it is okay to be open, accepting and loving. I think it is nice to be able to share it. I would never post on social media or anything like that. It is nice to just feel very free. Reporter a lot of us come here to escape the homophobia we grew up with. I grew up in an area so conservative, if you came out as gay youre probably going to gebeat. So, i came out when i was 15 and i immediately came here for pride. Reporter that
Bars and restaurants in the castro are hopping with as many as a Million People descending on the city for pride. We have live coverage from amber lee live in the castro. Reporter the mood is festive here in the castro tonight. Bars and restaurants are filled with people. This is a long line of people waiting to get inside a club. The celebration of pride is well underway. Thousands strong. The Transgender Community held its 16th annual march. A tradition on the friday of pride weekend. Two transgender women both attempted suicide in the past for fear of being shunned by family and others. They say the pride celebration gives them francisco remarkable is the life thats found here, to provide the resources to help all of us struggling to get through our journey much easier. Reporter celebrating with others in the Lgbtq Community on pride weekend. Patrons filled the bars wall to wall. The managers expect tens of thousands of people to gather here saturday and sunday. These places used to