Give you a front row seat to democracy. Told house lawmakers that hate has no place on College Campuses. He testified on the departments departmentspolicies and prioritn capitol hill. Made the comment response recent acts of antisemitism pro palestinian demonstrations secretary also acknowledge delays student aid application process. The hearing is three and half hours. [background noises] clicks committee at Education Workforce will come to order. I note a quorum is present. Authorize call to recess at any time. Mr. Secretary is truly excited that a person with your personal and educational background was named secretary of education. And you know i have told you that. However, you have not lived up to your potential. The educational decline was not without warning. Upon your confirmation i issued a press release saying the teachers unions and leftwing special Interest Groups are keeping our schools closed despite the serious consequences forle students, academic success and Mental He
California politics Laphonza Butler slated to become the second black woman to represent california in the us senate. Well, the move by Governor Newsom fulfills his pledge to appoint a black woman to the position filling the seat of late senator dianne feinstein. This is californians prepare to say their goodbyes to the trailblazer politician. The governor facing a tough choice in filling that powerful senate seat. Welcome, everyone, to the four this afternoon. Im heather holmes. And im greg lee. Ktvu is an rubin heard from the governor today about his decision. Whats he saying an were well. Governor newsom calls butler uniquely positioned. He said she was simply the best person he could find for this moment and this job. It was an appointment that took political pundits by surprise. Laphonza butler is a former labor leader, a political consultant and someone who has never held office herself. Now shell be filling the senate seat of the late up, not top down. She understands moral auth
Investigation. Lets go live now to abc in manchester with the latest on the investigation. Reporter security is tight here in manchester with police keeping a close eye on public spaces as authorities continue to hunt to anyone connected to last nights deadly blast. Police believe that last nights blast was the work of a suicide bomber and a 23yearold man is in custody and they are raiding official homes looking for links to anyone with the attacker. It started as a joyous night for 20,000 music fans many younger than 20 years old but it ended in ter. Terror. Oh my god. Last night as pop super star, Ariana Grande wrapped up her concert an explosion rocked the arena. Mostly teens and their parents, climbing over railings desperately to get to safety. Screaming and shouting and scared and we could see bodies on the floor. And outside under at arena part. Emergency crews rushing to the scene to help the injures. Officials say that nearly two dozen are dead and about 60 injured and hundred
A hunch made a driver a hero. Reporter right above people whizzing by on a freeway. Today one stopped when it mattered. Reporter when police and fire crews got on the scene about 9 00 this morning, they had a roaring car fire but no one to rescue, that had already been done. I went down there and smelled smoke, i had to get him out of car by the time i hopeed the door i was choking. Reporter he yelled at driver but he was gone. The unconscious man had careened across the lot and through a fence but altero didnt know anything of that. The car wasnt even smoking when he spotted it from the freeway. He thought maybe abandoned, maybe not. I was a heartbeat away from going to work. I thought i have to go check it out. The drivers seat, the liner, the dash were all borned massively. Reporter alteros hunch made the difference. If the driver had been there for a length of time he would have been killed. I just could not get a grip of him. Reporter after slipping and sliding on the slope, alter
Humanitarian reasons. Any way i can help, please let me know. My time hassedexpired. The chair recognizes the Gentleman Program thank you for being with us today. As youre aware the House Appropriations Committee Just released the Homeland Security appropriations bill which contains the detention bed something has been talked about here today, and it says, quote, thats funding made available under the funding shall maintain level of not less than 34,000 detention beds through 2015. Close quote. Whats the purpose of detention . Public safety. The purpose is, as i understand it, to ensure that it complies with court proceedings. Is that correct . Those with Immigration Court proceedings, some are released pursuant to conditions. If we dont think theyre a risk of flight or Public Safety. But those that are considered to be a risk to Public Safety should be detained. Thats that what im asking. Be intent is to ensure that these undocumented immigrants wind up appearing in court. Isnt that w