[gavel pound] welcome everybody. Good morning. Today our Judiciary Committee considers an important and timely topic. The First Amendment on College Campuses. Senator feinstein and i will give Opening Statements and we will also have Opening Statements from the chairman and Ranking Member of the constitution subcommittee that senator collins and senator senatoror cruz and leventhal. Higher education rests on the free flow of ideas. Education requires that positions be held tentatively tested by opposing arguments that are actually considered and evaluated. All must protect free speech. Public institutions must adhere to the various guarantees over of our First Amendment. Too often all the these fundamental principles have been under assault. Even worse some people who exercise their First Amendment have themselves than assaulted. As a result those who would curtail free speech have been emboldened and those who disagree with the prevailing orthodoxy have been censored or chilled from s
A baban was also destroyed. And smoke from this fire could be seen and smelled throughout much of Washington County today as a result. Washington fire chief tom wide says a fire like this is exactly the reason why it is so dangerous to be urning right now, because it is just so ddy out there. Its obvious, dont be burning, especially on a windy day, but until we get some rain, i wouldnt recommend any burneng at all. Again, this fire in washinon conty was the result of a controlled weekend trash fire. So if you did any recent burning, fire officials are urging you to keep a close eye on the area ere the burn was conducted again, right now the best advise is just to not burn at all. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. As our dry weather conditions continue, dubuque and laware counties are the latest to issue burn bans. Some burning is allowed, like those who have a burning permit or use a grill. And its a very windy day. This is what it looked like in dubuque earlier. So joe, w
2years ago. One never made it home and another friend found responsible for her death. Ktivs sam curtiss attended his sentencing today at the Dakota County courthouse. Truck on a rural road near homer. The force threw schmitt into a ditch. Our lives were completely changed forever, said allison. A district judge says roberts history of seven speeding violations factored into the sentence. I do believe that this is the best we couldve hoped for and im very happy, said allison. Today we can finally ut this to rest and remeeer the good times of tiffany and not remembebethe accident every time we walk into this building, said allison. Pain the family endured for the past 738 days. In Dakota County, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. Roberts must serve at least five year in prison. The judge also revoked his license for 15 years. There is no word if hell appeal. Police in norfolk, nebraska still on the lookout for an armed suspect tonight investigators say the hampton inn was robbed at gunpoint t
Already in the 30s early this morning. We will however deal with some passing cloud cover especially across northwest iowa with a little bit more sunshine out west, so well be sort of splitting the difference of that here in sioux city as winds diminish out of the northwest. With some melting today and calmer winds tonight, fog will jump back into the realm of possibilities for friday mornings commute. Another system will pass us by to the north on friday too which might produce a few sprinkles on an otherwise mild day, and those days will continue into the weekend with a slight chance of a light mix saturday night sunday morning with yet another passing frontal boundary. The biggest of our concerns though is with a low pressure system moving out of the southwest early next week. Its associated snow chances appear to be on track next monday night and tuesday along with strong winds and a shot of cold air moving in behind it, so be sure to enjoy the mild see graphics. Wx timer 40 a nigh
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