[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
Immediate threat when the officer opened fire back in april. The d. A. Said officer fletcher did not wait for his cover officer before confronting taylor, tasing him, and shooting him just 45 seconds after arriving at the store. Officer flechess actions coupled with his fare to attempt other deescalation options ended his use of deadly force unreasonable. Today the san lee an dough police chief said i know the loss of Steven Taylor has deeply affected this community. Today the District Attorney has charged officer Jason Fletcher with voluntary manslaughter. It is essential that we allow the judicial process to take its course. The defense attorney is accusing the prosecutors of essentially succumbing to mob rule is the way he put it. Henry, what is the status of the officer right now, and if he is convicted, what kind of penalty could he face . Frank, that officer has been on paid administrative leave since that shooting back in april, and could get anywhere from probation up to 11 yea
I want to explain in advance at this in writing, weve examined various disasters from different perspectives, first of all, the psychological and physical problems that jamestown, disaster sermons and responses to fires hurricanes and epidemics in colonial america. Famine suffered by the dawn and party and root to california, irish immigrants flaming the potato famine in the ability to create new lives in this country. Disaster tourism, johnston flood of 1889 the impact of the triangle shirt lays factory in new york city and disaster arts that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So today we are discussing david oceans Pulitzer Prizewinning book, polio an american story, you all received questions that i posted and i am really interested in this topic, because i also teach someone are in the 19 fifties and of course that is one so much of this book takes place and i think just looking at polio really reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting though, i wan
The president noticed today, and he tweeted this, quote the Dow Jones Industrials just closed above 29,000. You are so lucky to have me as your president. With joe biden it would crash. President trump today also in the great state of North Carolina, designating wilmington to be the First World War ii heritage city. President trump took the occasion to point out the necessity of maintaining law and order in america. American warriors did not defeat fascism and oppression overseas only to watch our freedoms be trampled by violent mobs here at home. We stop those violent mobs very easily. All they have to do is say please come in, mr. President. Well have it done in one hour. [cheers and applause] for the sake of all americans, we must uphold the rule of law and defend the American Dream for every child in the our land. We must teach our children that america is a land of heros like you. Youre heroes. Lou the president energetic, optimistic on the campaign trail, and he should be. New po
Who gave that right to me ill gladly stand up next to you there aint no doubt i love this land President Trump thank you very much. And that was some greeting we had in North Carolina. Ill tell you, i dont know if you saw the crowd outside, its pretty amazing. But we had it in texas and ohio, south carolina, and florida, its just incredible whats happening. Please sit down. Please. Down. Please. And im honored to be in North Carolina, the presence of true american heroes, as we and im honored to be in North Carolina, the presence of true american heroes, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the american victory in world war ii, and a victory it was. On september 2, 1945, the great general Douglas Macarthur accepted japans Unconditional Surrender aboard the u. S. S. Missouri in tokyo bay. Missouri in tokyo bay. It marked the end of the deadliest conflict in Human History and the ultimate trial of american freedom. It was a big day. It was a great triumph, great country. And our cou