The speaker the house will be in order. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 4, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, madam speaker. And now mr. Speaker. By rejoining the Paris Agreement, President Biden has promised the world the u. S. Will retake its position in the fight against Climate Change and be true to its word to meet our commitments to reduce Greenhouse Gases and now it falls to us, it falls to congress to prof. The president right. Prove the president right. Despite the confused, disingenuous and false rhetoric around the Paris Agreement, in reality, it is catalyzing, measur
Millions of americans. Turmoil across america. New clashes erupt over the president s plan to send more federal officers into cities. The response from Peaceful Protesters who say the violence is overshadowing their message. And final journey. John lewis is taken across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma, alabama, one last time. How hell be honored in washington this week. He fought till the end. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. It could be a lifethreatening event. We dont want to see anyone get hurt. Hawaii is bracing for what could be only the third hurricane to hit the islands in modern history. In texas, hurricane hanna has weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall as a category 1 storm. In the eye of the storm, a semi truck is driving on highway 77. In the end, that truck, no match for those winds. Florida now has the second highest number of covid19 cases in the country. Cant tell me i have to wear a mask. Im not going to wear a mask to m
Refuse fascism. People wore masks and some shields. Calling for police reform. They gathered for portland. They felt it was important to speak up in the moment. Its an ominous and dangerous escalation. Federal forces against the wishes of the local authority. To intervene and protest. And snatch people off the street. Later in the evening some informant crowd set a fire at the courthouse. The video there. The result theres graffiti at the courthouse and the Police Station was vandalized. They used project tile against officers. The mayor released a statement saying in part. She added that oaklanders need to know when they attend they could be giving cover to vandals who want to spoke civil unrest. Solidarity protest across the country. Video from last night in l. A. And just like in oakland the protest was peaceful at first and escalated so violence and vandalism. Three people were injured. Windows smashed at a detention center. The demonstration blocked freeway traffic for a time. Peo
Good morning. The committee will come to order. Not too many of us here this morning and the energy and Natural Resources committee. Its kind of a foul day. E department of energy because we would be moving forward with a package of Energy Related bills that we have been working on for well over a year. In many cases four years. Equities from some 70 different members of the senate. And we are stalled out right now. We are not not because of the concern of the people in this community, that they have not participated in but because of a matter completely unrelated to the jurisdiction of this committee, completely unrelated to anything weve been working onee prior to it so its stalled out right now. It makes me wonder why we work so hard around here to try to incorporate the good work around here. Too just take Good Committee work. My mood shouldnt have anything to do with your responsibility as a secretary and department of tear and all you are seeking to do but i do know the work of t
Hot one today, especially got a couple triple digits and therefore inland areas. So much like this weekend. Stay hydrated. Find some cool spots to get to this afternoon. Were sitting this morning. Its actually very mild and very clear to be starting for most areas. Your view outside of the east bay hills, not a lot of fog in this perspective. Only a couple spots you can see out there in the distance towards the golden gate where we are seeing visibility falling pretty significantly fogs packed right through the golden gate this morning. Now temperatures range anywhere from the 50s in pacifica in San Francisco to the 70s in livermore. And brett would so fairly wide range. But most of us are on the mild side of things to kick off your monday later on today. Right back to the heat is james and darya mention triple digits for a few inland areas. Some 80s right along the bay shore. Those details are to come. All right, john, thank you for that. Lets get you moving on a monday morning. Great