Hurricane season. Unemployment emergency. This weekend millions of americans benefits are set to expire. Hear whats holding up a new round of support in congress, plus find out what the president just said he regrets. And chief decision. The first medical doctor to play in the nfl opts out of the 2020 season. Hear the super bowl champs reason why, and find out how much he stands to lose from the move. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tropical storm hanna could very well become a categoryone hurricane making landfall somewhere around the Corpus Christi area. South texas is bracing for a possible hurricane. Warnings are up along the 200mie200 200mile stretch of the gulf coast. Hurricane douglas is starting to weaken. Thats good news. Reporter nearly 74,000 americans tested positive for covid19 in just 24 hours. It will take a few weeks, maybe three weeks or so, to see the downturn. And once youre on a downturn, dont declare victory.
Up the steps of the capitol when representative yoho suddenly turned a corner and he was accompanied by representative roger williams. And accosted me on the steps right here in front of our nations capitol. I was minding my own business, walking up the steps, and representative yoho put his finger in my face, he called me disgusting, he called me crazy, he called me out of my mind. And he called me dangerous. And then he took a few more steps and after i had recognized his after i had recognized his comments as rude, he walked away and said, im rude, youre calling me rude. I took a few steps ahead and i walked inside and cast my vote. Because my constituents send me here each and every day to fight for them. And to make sure that they are able to keep a roof over their head. That they are able to feed their families. And that they are able to carry their lives with dignity. I walked back out and there were reporters in the front of the capitol, and in front of reporters representative
[applause] i want to get your questions. I want to orient you to who the heck am i. I was raised by two incredible parents. They have seen the worst of america. They were civil rights activists. They had seen violence and discrimination, but only saw the best of america. We are who we are as a country because we came together, stood together, and worked together. My dad is one of these guys, the older i got, the more difficult his story for a childhood was. By the time he was older, the hail was like beach balls falling from the sky. Let me tell you when this tsunami hit my town. I was like you grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. He said dont disrespect me, thou shall honor your mother and father. You cant look it up, but it happened. My dad was born to a single mom in a segregated world. My history back to slavery was just poverty, poverty, poverty. He would tell me, dont tell people i was poor. Tell them i was po. He was born in america. My father would tell me that he is who
Partner manager at politics and prose. I just want to thank all of you for coming tonight. Love to see such a full house. I could not be more excited to introduce three powerhouse women that will speak tonight. We will have them come up in just a few minutes but first i want to show a short video. It was produced by two of our speakers tonight and it is narrated at the incomparable alexandria ocasiocortez. His very schematic to what we will be talking about tonight and its a really great introduction to our event. Well play that and then well come back together. I took the poetry and from new york to d. C. Always brings me back to when i first started. In 2019 i was a freshman in the most Diverse Congress in history up to that point. As a critical time. Ill never forget the children in our community. It would i was so inspired to meet this new class of politicians navigating the halls of power. Its often said you cant be what you cant see and for the first time they saw themselves. I t
What will the impact be . We will talk with two key democrats this the house, Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff and freshman congresswoman ilhan omar, her criticism of israel has caused dissension in her own party and drawn attacks from president trump. Can, Ken Cuccinelli the acting head of the agency that administers the Trumps Administration immigration system will also be here. Plus we sat down with former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice to get her thoughts on mr. Trumps world view and device siives in the country today. Divisiveness in the country. It is stop to quit labeling each other and say he or she is a racist. When you say that, it is meant to stop the conversation and we need to have a conversation. Brennan question will also talk with u. N. Ambassador during the obama administration, samantha power. And as contracts news kicks off the special network series, eye on earth, we will take take a t our changing climate, a new survey out this morning shows that mo