to do good in the world this morning. i was asked to begin by talking with you about why i got into politics and how i got into politics. i thought it might be better to start with the answer to the question, who was i when i showed up to do that and it is a question i hope you ask yourself today on this journey ahead, why am i showing up? who am i? what are the values i am bringing forward that are creating my desire to get involved? whether it is 214 offers to run for office or support a candidate for work in not candidate in a issue that you care about. you are showing up for a reason. because of something in your own personal background has motivated you to want to do more than just sweet tweet a few things or show up and listen to other people talk. you have decided that you need to engage and many of you have been engaged for a number of years already and you are here to fill up again and it is so important. to do that, to fill our tanks with the support that can o
the new wearable technology aimed at saving lives and serena williams back on the court. inside her return to wimbledon. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a rapidly shifting patchwork of abortion laws tonight as the battle in the wake of roe v. wade s demise spills from the chambers of the u.s. supreme court to state courtrooms across america. tonight abortion rights supporters in more than a half dozen states putting up legal challenges, trying to block abortion bans. many of the new laws designed to automatically go into effect following the court s decision including louisiana, where a judge temporarily halted enforcement of that state s trigger law. over the weekend in cities across the country thousands marched in protest to the supreme court s decision to end a constitutional right to abortions today senate minority leader mitch mcconnell savoring the court s decision after years of work. but new polling suggesting the decision is
building get to faced over ally. hutchinson they re testifying. coming up, i ll talk to alexander vindman, who knows what it is like to face the trump intimidation machine will coming forward to tell the truth anyway. also florida s don t say gay law takes in effect with schools banning rainbows and a report on that is ahead. we want to begin this hour once again with that breaking news out of, uvalde texas. and battle school police chief pete arredondo says he will step down from the uvalde city council, according to the uvalde leader news. an official from uvalde said, peter redondo indicated that he intended to resign from the city of uvalde city council. while it is the right thing to do, no one from the city has seen a letter or other documentation of his resignation or spoken with him. and quote. let s bring in state senator roland gutierrez who represents uvalde. thank you so much for being with us senator. you ve been on the frontlines trying to find out what happen
Planning and autism. He talked to senator or in chairs the committee. The committee will come to order. Before i begin i wantto discuss on behalf of the committee how we all feel. In light of yesterdays events in florida. I was personally horrified as i watched the news unfold yesterday, that though i was also moved to hear some of the stories of the heroism displayed by some of the students and teachers at the school. In times like these i know that the thoughts expressed by those of us far away can sometimes seem empty and meaningless in the face of such a terrible tragedy. I will simply say i am praying for all those affected by these acts of senselessviolence. That of course includes a member of our committee will i know is mourning the loss in his own state. May they all find peace, healing and a speedy recovery. I welcome everybody here. And todays hearing which will be our third and final hearing on the fiscal year 2019. Currently, we already have the treasury secretary and the
Effective, no fly, no buy legislation, and bring up h. R. 1217, bipartisan background check legislation. Mass shootings followed by moments of silence and no action cannot become americas new normal. We need a vote and we need to vote now. Thank you and i yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. Kelly, for five minutes. Ms. Kelly mr. Speaker, with over 30 americans killed by a gun every single day, for far too long i have been saying inaction is not an option. Yet, in my threeplus years in congress, House Republicans have refused to do anything on gun violence. This weeks lackluster beltway big gun lobby written bill isnt only gun vote this congress has had. Why is it that when our country was facing a horrific oip united epidemic opioid epidemic, we empowered our states with the resources necessary to combat this issue . And why is it that when a terrorist boreded a plane with boarded a plane with a bomb in his shoe, we asked