Joining us today. The written testimony is riveting, searing and a major contribution to public understanding and discourse about this moment in time. We thank you for it. I want to thank you mary k. Scanlon and not on the subcommittee but joined us today. The 8 minute and 46 second videotape strangling of george floyd ignited a Mass Movement where black lives matter to demand repair of the broken social contract of america this Mass Movement Touching Every state, large cities, small towns, farm communities and suburbs has won the support of more than twothirds of American People and Public Opinion polls and galvanized the conscious of our nation provoking analysis and serious legislative action. Police brutality has been an action of violent White Supremacy and Racial Injustice for centuries, many of us are proud we passed last thursday the George Floyd Justice in policing act. The most sweeping and comprehensive Police Reform bill in the history of the United States of america. But t
Statistics. The United States now leads the world in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus with more than 1. 5 million. Another 2. 4 million workers filed jobless claims this week, joining the more than 38 million americans have applied for unemployment assistance since the crisis began. Veryl soon our country will reah another grim milestone. We are fast approaching the day when more than 100,000 american lives will have been lost to covid19, the size of a small city erased from the map. Speaker pelosi and i have sent a letter to President Trump this morning requesting that the American Flag be flown at half mast on all public buildings on the day the total reaches 100,000. As families all across the great country mourned the loss of friend, colleagues and loved ones, flying the flag at half mast would be a national expression of grief. And of course this weekend is also memorial day, where we commemorate so Many Americans who through the centuries have lost their lives for
And he will spend the rest of his seventh, 7 1 2 years in home confinement with an ankle bracelet. He was sentenced in two separate cases his wife picked him up this morning. His lawyers say he 71 years old and suffers from a high member of maladies including high probe pressure, Liver Disease and respiratory ailments. Ther cod cas cavus that prison. Were also hearing reports that mr. Trumps former personal attorney, Michael Cohen is going to be released to home confinement at the end of the month. The federal bureau of prisons is not confirming that information yet but it looks like the pandemic is working out well for some people, michelle, back to you. Thank you, an update in east bay, Alameda County Health Officials say hes reviewed tesla safety and prevention plan or the fremont plant. The county says they made additional safety recommendations and if tesla complies with the updates, the county will allow the automaker to expand its minimum Business Operations this week, to prepar
A snippet of what officers faced on the front lines. Bottles of urine being thrown at officers. Vehicles at high rates of speed threatening or attempting to strike them before fleaing and multiple officers were struck on their person, helmet, face shields with various objects. Local social justice organizations say that the actions by some of the officers against peaceful protestors were inappropriate. They say that there should be accoty officers involved. Chief garcia is encouraging the community to report instances of wrong doing and he says that all the complaints will be investigated. They are suspended as questions swirl about their kuhn detect during a protest honoring george floyd. The Police Department is investigating after video that appears to show two officers pushing an elderly man to the ground. And this video is hard to watch. So you can see the officers come up to this 75yearold man and seconds later, hes down and to hit his head on the ground. And you can see maybe no
Throughout the u. S. And the world with interactive maps. Watch ondemand anytime unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. I am very delighted to welcome you to our event today. Its on a conservative case for class actions, a book written by professor fitzpatrick that galvanized this debate. We have three outstanding speakers, panelists i should say. Our first is the head of the class action practice here it gets indented coach rivera key has litigated in the fitted doubtless class actions including over 20 dismissals of class action cases. So you may have a sense of where his position is on that. He is a graduate of georgetown, undergraduate and the university of Virginia Law School where he was the long review and hes also the author of a chapter in the popular better guide series on 1702 and claims, so please welcome christopher. [applause] our next panelist is professed himself wrote the book. He is a graduate of notre dame where he was runnerup valedictorian, but he made up for that w