Sb1070, or its ours, sb4, it is bad. Call it what you want, but it is bad. So for me, i mentioned to you in the opening remarks that we made at the beginning of this conference on thursday. The one thing that we have already seen in houston has been the drop in reporting of crimes. Remember what i said. Already our police chief has frowned that reporting of rape among hispanics is down 42. 8 . The reporting of Violent Crimes is down by 13 . And thats just out of the fear of what the president is doing nationally. And knowing that sb4 may come because sb4 does not take effect until september unless we stop it. And thats what were going to focus on here today. On your program you saw that nina Morales Perales was supposed to be here from maldev. Machlt aldev has been at the forefront of all litigation. Sb1070, sb4. Maldev will be there again and i know shes preparing for litigation. The hearing is on monday. I know i plan to be there and a lot of my colleagues from texas do also. In her
Concert ended at 7165 restaurant and bar closed for the night. Ron was one of the wrappers on stage. He wasnt hurt but his friend was shot in the back. There was a lot of people in there talking and then he just kept running, trying to figure it out still happened so fast. Reporter gunfire erupted around 2 00 a. M. In the 7100 block. A crowd of 20 had exited the bar, for some reason an argument turned physical, and then someone pulled out a gun. Bartender was shot during the chaos. She was outside trying to calm the crowd, along with other employees, of the Bar Restaurant, when the shots were fired. Reporter when Police Arrived cars raced from the scene, police found one car crashed in the pole about six blocks away at germantown and upsol, a 26 yearold man was inside shot multiple times critically injured. The two other men a 25 yearold and 26 yearold showed up at area hospitals shot. Police are trying to sort out what sparked the argument and who pulled the trigger. We strongly belie
But someone who didnt show up at the game and everybody said what about the famous alumni, michael jordan. According to coach roy williams, he was at the game last year when they lost so this year he stayed home and they won. Reinforcing his superstition. Hell never be able to go. Big day in North Carolina. More on this coming up. Well begin with that Supreme Court showdown on capitol hill. Democrats now have the 41 votes they need to filibuster the nomination of judge neil gorsuch but republicans are poised to change the rules and use that socalled Nuclear Option which means he could get on the court with just 51 votes instead of 60 and mary bruce is on capitol hill with all the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Partisan fights have become the norm up here but this could be a new low. This showdown is so bitter that by the end of the week it could fundamentally change the way congress does business. Now, heres the state of play. Democrats are so opposed to nei
Through our area and caused flooding forcing a school in mayville to be closed this morning. Rising waters caused Saint Johns Lutheran School to be home around 930 yesterday morning. And at the nearby Parkview School classrooms were emptied around one oclock. Students were taken to a park pavilion for parents to come pick them up. I was actually monitoring it all day because when i picked her up from school we seen that the playground was flooded and then we heard on the news that the other roads were flooded in town so we were just keeping an eye on it and waiting for the email from the school. volunteers and first resp piling up sandbags in an effort to protect both schools from the oncoming water. The rains moved in quickly all across Milwaukee County. The flooding was intense on parts of highway 100 in west allis last night. This is video from the stretch between oklahoma and lincoln avenue. You can see the street looked like a river. Heavy rain led to flooding on the citys south s
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. The test maximum accused of killing a Police Officer for no apparent reason will be arraigned shortly on capital murder charge. Houston area police have no motive for the execution style killing. They ordered flags to be flown at halfstaff. We just learned that a funeral will be held on friday. The suspect does have an allegesy criminal record. The mother of shannon miles said that her son could not be found guilty. She said he has got an alibi. Shannon miles prepares this morning to meet a judge for the First Time Since he was arrested for friday nights executionstyle murder of 47yearold Harris County Sheriff Department aaron goforth, the suspects mother said that he was with her. Witnesses say it was around 8 30 friday night when someone shot department goforth from behind as he filled his vehicle tank. Shannon miles and his mother said that they were shopping and had difficulty getting home because the police were