didn t want to continue voting while being a federal judge. i thought about that practice and i will be the first to say i m not the second justice harlan and not trying to compare myself in any way to him but i thought that was a good model for a federal judge to underscore the independence. we re not supposed to participate in political activities, give money, go to rallies. voting is a personal expression of your personal beliefs in many ways. i m not let me ask one time question. my time is expiring. i want to end on a lighter note. you and i have both had the joys of coaching our daughters in basketball. can you tell this committee what you have learned coaching your daughters playing basketball? well, it s been a tremendous experience to be able to coach them the last seven years and all the girls on the team. i learned about something i saw
on the radio talking in texas. and i had this like moment of like both fear and relief at thinking he might be the president. you know it s it s a low bar to sound presidential these days. but in guy who has the personality of a ken doll managed to seem compassion it and empathetic in comparison to the actual president who literally did not see any of the flood damage himself. literally saw nothing on his own with his own eyes. about the devastation going on there. didn t touch a single survivor. it s astonishing. also, you know you did a lot of good contextualizing for the donation so-called. i would like to point out it s one tenth of one pers percent of the $1.0 billion that trump proposes to cut from fema. the reason a lot of us give money in times like in is because we can t do anything
and empathetic in comparison to the actual president who literally did not see any of the flood damage himself. literally saw nothing on his own with his own eyes. about the devastation going on there. didn t touch a single survivor. it s astonishing. also, you know you did a lot of good contextualizing for the donation so-called. i would like to point out it s one tenth of one pers percent of the $1.0 billion that trump proposes to cut from fema. the reason a lot of us give money in times like in is because we can t do anything else. this is the way to feel involved. we can t get physically involved. we re not a member of the government. so we can t do anything structurally so we give money. the president can do a lot. a million dollars is even if he literally even if he actually gives it it s literally almost the least he could do.
all big u.s. airlines are waiving fees ticketed to fly through the regions. i know that we have been getting tweets asking how we can help the victims, this is the best part of americans, they want to help? the big thing for people not in the area, here are thicks that you can do to help victims of hurricane harvey, if you have in the area you can volunteer in shelters for those displaced, both the american red cross and salvation army are accepting volunteers, donate cash, both the red cross and salvation and ways to donate on the website, if you do give money, make sure it s through a trusted source. another big thing, donate blood, blood banks say they are desperate for blood donations ahead of the storm, so heather: redcross.org and 1-800 help now. and diapers.
that voice. and we need to keep the pressure on the politicians to not be afraid of the nra. i mean, listen, the best thing that the nra could do right now, most of their members support reasonable gun control. the membership does. but the politicians that they get that give money get money from the nra, they don t do anything. and it s time that we hold these people s feet to the fire and shame them wherever we can. i want to look these i want to go to the virginia legislature and i want them to look me in the eye and tell me why can t we have a reasonable proposal, any reasonable background check? the things common sense dictates? i want them to look me in the eye and tell me why they don t want to support that. reporter: have you reached out to the nra? i have not but i plan to. reporter: what would you have seen in his background that would have caused him to not