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Were grateful that we can turn to you throughout lifes seasons, for you are the source of our hope for the years to come. Lord in a world of change and decay, you remain the same yesterday, today and forever. Strengthen our lawmakers with your spirit and inspire them with your precepts. May they always place their confidence in you, for your steadfast love and faithfulness sustain us. Undergrid america with a foundation of right living that exalts a nation, as you deliver us from the evils that Bring National decline. Surround us all with the shield of your divine favor. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senate will receive a message from the house of representatives. The majority secretary mr. Pres
You can see the officer with his arm wrapped around his neck. Garner died a short time later. The medical examiner ruled it a homicide. Caused in part by compression of the neck. This case has been a flash point. In a string of high profile incidents involving police and unarmed black men. Unlike the shooting of Michael Brown, the garner encounter was caught on tape. They will conduct an investigation of the death. Late today president obama reacted to the grand jury decision. Im not interested in talk. Im interested in action. And i am absolutely committed as president of the United States to making sure that we have a country in which everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law. So this is an american problem and not just a black problem or a brown problem or a nativeamerican problem. This is an american problem. When anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, thats a problem. And it is my job as president to help solve it. Heres
Latinos have been beset by two events with trumps stamp all over them. First, with the horrific shooting in el paso, texas, last saturday, that killed 22 people. Many of them hispanic. The gunman admitting that that was the point in a manifesto that mirrored the president s own language about migrants. Then as the president visited el paso four days later, immigration and custom officer enforcement agents executed the largest immigration raid in a single state. Detaining hundreds of undocumented workers in mississippi. This morning, Administration Officials made the rounds on the sunday talk shows to defend the sweeps and the bad timing. Given the emotions of the country right now, in hindsight, do you wish this raid didnt happen this week . The timing was unfortunate. The unfortunate nature of the timing was epitomized by that video of an 11yearold girl whose father was detained in the wednesday raid. Her tearful plea to have him released almost making an impression on the president s