The speaker the house will be in order. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 4, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, madam speaker. And now mr. Speaker. By rejoining the Paris Agreement, President Biden has promised the world the u. S. Will retake its position in the fight against Climate Change and be true to its word to meet our commitments to reduce Greenhouse Gases and now it falls to us, it falls to congress to prof. The president right. Prove the president right. Despite the confused, disingenuous and false rhetoric around the Paris Agreement, in reality, it is catalyzing, measur
Reporter the court order was today the mayor in wisconsin in response to a lawsuit that for sure. Thank you for watching nbc there said the protests have now bay area news at 6 00, well see accused opd of violating the you back here at 8 00. Turned peaceful. Rights of protesters when blakes father and sister were authorizes used tear gas against have a good weekend. Part of todays march in washington, d. C. Now were feeling the impact crowds following the death of and the anger from the shooting george floyd. Dan siegel is the attorney here in the bay area as well. In less than an hour, a rally is behind the lawsuit. It would not be legal for them to refuse to provide mutual aid and it would not be legal planned in downtown oeakland an for them to ignore oakland then later there is a vigil. Scott budman is live with the latest for what is planned for policies. It does not apply to alameda this evening, scott. County sheriffs office. Reporter well, jessica, reporter Alameda County sheri
And also tonight the reopening of businesses and several local counties. Lets start with the latest on the wildfires. New video from inside of the burn zone on the czu complex fire. Up against lots of flames. But many of the big redwoods are still standing. Containment now stands at 26 . In the last hour cal fire lifted more Evacuation Orders on the eastern edge of the fire. Were tracking two other massive fairs. The scu and it stands at 35 containment and the lnu complex in the north bay, containment stands at 35 as well. Well get back to our fire coverage in a moment. But we want to explain the new rules when it comes to the coronavirus. Today the governor introduced a new tier system when businesses can reopen. Here is how it works. It is a lot to digest. Each county is assigned to one of the four tiers. It is color coated. They are based on the rate of new cases and the Positivity Rate. You could see here the criteria each county needs to meet. They have to stay in the tier for thr
Its fullness in eternity, we bring our petitions to you using some of his final words. Bless the members of this peoples house and those in authority on all levels of society with wisdom and courage to address the unholy oppression that awaits so many of our brothers and sisters of color. May there be a new creative way of establishing Something Like Community Policing that peace and security might be enjoyed where we live. O lord, do we dare to consider the power of nonviolence in our homes, our communities, our nation, and perhaps in leadership for our world. Might we truly be called, if not challenged, to beat our swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks so that nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall we learn war anymore. And as we are reminded, the greatest expression of nonviolent challenge to injustice is the vote. Bless all efforts to secure access to the ballot for all american citizens. Help us, o lord, to answer the highest calling of our he
Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, thank you for giving us another day. Throughout the country people mourn those whom they have lost. People lament the loss of businesses of normalcy. 100,000 have now died of covid19. They were democrats and republicans, they lived in urban areas and now more and more in rural areas. They were the desendents of men and women who were colonists or founding fathers, and immigrants who had recently become citizens. They were disproportionately people of color, but not only of color, and of every religion and culture in this nation. , when o lord, will we come to understand that we are all in this together . If we do not stand together we risk falling together. Heal the divisions within our body politic, within this chamber so that your healing power through our actions and good will can be manifest in our United States. May everything done this day and in the days and weeks to come be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro