, we visit the museum hearing washington, d. C. To learn about the 1969 stonewall riots and how they served as a catalyst for the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. Welcome to the newseum. You are here at the prologue of our new exhibit, rise up, stonewall movement. It was a gay bar in new york city that profound forward the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. We tell the story of how americans used the First Amendment freedoms speech, protest, religion, to advocate for change in really fight. We walk around the corner and look at some artifacts from two of the earliest lgbtq rights organizations that rose up in the 19 fifties and sixties. Gay americans lived in fear and secrecy. Gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public. Police prowled parks to arrest gay people. It was difficult to begin being gay in america. And people would talk what it was like to be a gay man or a lesbian woman. I love these social groups, rose illumines for social justice instead of just seeking toleranc
Trying to make their way to europe. And how they came in 1906 celebrated plans in greece to offer tourists a grand turk one step at a time. So that it is supposed to be the city that never sleeps and after 3 months a coronavirus in force lockdown new york is coming to life again offices restaurants hair salons theyre all reopening in americas biggest city which has been worst affected by the pandemic but it does remain a troubling picture elsewhere in the United States the daily number of cases is at its highest level in almost 2 months across the world there were 183000 new infections reported on sunday and that is the worst day yet as a total knee is 9000001 in brazil the number of deaths past 50000 and despite a resurgence of cases in china beijing has now seen a drop in numbers lets start our coverage in new york where chris is who he is standing by and kristen says its a welcome reprieve after 12 months of lockdown. Yeah absolutely new york has been taking a phased approach to reo
Up next a confirmation hearing for u. S. Postal service governors and other judicial nominations to the d. C. Superior court. During this meeting members of the committee asked nominees questions concerning the health and safety of postal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. This morning we will consider two nominees for the governor of the United States Postal Service, don lee moke and william zolers. Well consider three nominees for the judicial system to be associate judges in the superior court of d. C. We do have brief introduction of each. Donald lee moke served as president of the Airline Pilots association and captain with Delta Airlines for 31 years. He also served as an officer in the United States marine corp. Thank you so much for that service. William zolers serves red stone llc, hes the chairman and ceo of yrc until 2011, prior to that served in Senior Leadership positions with rider incorporated and Eastman Kodak company. Mark robins serves in office of general counsel
Philip all rosensweig National Security fellow Paul Rosenzweig. Host the washington journal for june 10. At 10 00 a. M. Today the house to share years of george floyd the brother of george floyd and others. You can listen to it on a free cspan radio app. Several states have seen increases in covid19 cases since memorial day. Dr. Fauci still calls coronaviruss Worst Nightmare in new jersey joined the list of states at stayathome orders with that as a backdrop in our next hour, we will ask you to tell us about your current level of concern over coronavirus. You can call us, 2027488000 for the eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacifica, 2027488001. If you are a medical professional, call 2027488002. 3. U can text us at 202748800 post on twitter at cspan wj and our Facebook Page is available to you. Facebook. Com cspan. Richard rogers posting this morning a question concerning those states saying is it true that covid19 cases are on the rise . Pointed to a story on the Washi
And so i would like to at the end of this meeting to adjourn in honor of the members of the San Francisco Police Department who have paid the ultimate price in losing their lives in the line of duty. Sergeant youngblood, can you please call roll. Yes. So Vice President taylor. Vicepresident taylor present. Taylor present. Commissioner dejesus. Commissioner dejesus can you hear me . Okay, present. Commissioner hamasaki. Commisioner hamasaki i am here. Clerk hamasaki present. Commissioner elias. Here. Commissioner brookter. Commissioner brookter present. Clerk you have a quorum. Vicepresident taylor thank you, and thank you again. And its been a long time since we met and i thank the mayor for allowing us to resume our mightings virtually Going Forward. This ensures that the safety of the Commission Staff and the commissioners and the presenters and the members of the public is intact. And for the members of the public to make Public Comment the phone number to use is 888 2733658. And th