Leading up to the vote. Nized. Mr. Butterfield thank you, mr. Speaker. I bring this legislation to the floor today on behalf of the committee on house administration. I want to thank our chair, congresswoman zoe lofgren, for her leadership. I thank Ranking Member rodney davis for his friendship and leadership on our committee. Thank you, mr. Davis. I said this to you privately, thank you for the spirit in which you have approached this important but delicate issue. Recognizing the issue of removing confederate statues from the capital has been simmering for years. Since i recognize that, ill now approach the issue today with the utmost respect for those who are opposed to the goal of the legislation. But, but i ask the dissenters to consider that america has been a divided nation since its founding. And its past time for us to close this chapter of American History that remove statues that depict an era that caused enormous pain to africanamerican citizens. Mr. Speaker, as you, i grew
Up for you in this news hour. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders to face the most sacred memorials donald trump threatening and he rises in protest as during an Independence Day celebration that showed no sign of any social distancing. At the moment we are left with no any solution kind of emergency situation. And rescue is helping migrants in the mediterranean say some of them are suffering from Mental Health issues after being denied permission to reach out. And im here to say met with the sports formula ones World Champion Lewis Hamilton goes into qualifying quickest in austria as the delayed season finally gets underway. 12 pm in england thats where were beginning with for the 1st time in more than 3. 3 months bars restaurants and hair salons are opening their doors across the country there are concerns of course that this reopening day nicknamed Super Saturday could lead to reckless behavior or eventually a spike in cases british Prime Minister bars johnson
To learn about government, understand our heritage, so i thought, what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the issues we should be aware of and what is missing . That is going to be my focus with the Capital Building here, rotunda, and of course the mall which stretches all the way back , down to the Lincoln Memorial. Building Capitol Building with its great paintings by John Trumbull of the American Revolution and at the opposite end of the mall, the Lincoln Memorial commemorating the civil war and Abraham Lincolns role. Also up at the capital and is another littleknown memorial. There was an oped in the Washington Post a couple days ago about this memorial, the ulysses s. Grant memorial, which is there at the foot of the Capitol Building. It and the Lincoln Memorial were dedicated in 1922, the same year, yet they represent two different approaches to telling the story of america and the civil war. Of
Showing you what is the situation and how the situation is evolving and i think based on that there. Is still continue housing. Public health measures. Early detection and mental. Health systems across a constant will struggle to cope with severe outbreaks. Talking about how countries in particular with 3 being the hotspots south Africa Nigeria and cameroon and its just that the cases were going to see in these 3 countries will rise as true until such a time that went about singing peace peace peace peace for you right now africa has around 200000 cases it could be 1075 percent of these cases reside in at least 10 countries on the continent but what is clear is that even before covered 900 the whole system in africa not prepared for a pandemic like this in addition to that the reason why we may probably see the rising number of covered 1000 cases in the coming weeks and months is because of the Weak Health System in africa and poverty levels were talking about a continent where some of
A man opened fire yesterday on f. B. I. Agents attempting to serve a child pornography warrant. After he spotted them on his security camera, killing two of them, wounding more. The bureau identified those agents as 43yearold Laura Schwartzenberger and we do not yet have the photograph of 36yearold david alfin who also was killed. Three other agents wounded. A live report from sunrise, florida, is coming up. President biden is set to meet with democrat senators at the white house this hour on his covid19 Stimulus Plan after suggesting that republicans counter proposal is dead on arrival. Biden told Top Democrats he wants a big, bold package and the party is prepared to pass it without republican votes despite the president s push for unity and working together. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in The Faulkner Focus. Democrats are fast tracking a Stimulus Plan despite lacking any republican support as the president faces increasing pressure from the far left of his Political Party to act.