Further legislative session. We now bring you live coverage here on cspan. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. November 18, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate redskin nation between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to f
Today we honor the service of those who have worn the uniform of the armed forces of the United States who are proud veterans. I will be a commander in chief who respects your sacrifice, understands your service, and will never betray the values you fought so bravely to defend. And this was Donald Trumps first tweet today. We will win. Actually, it was a retweet of himself. [ laughter ] its hard to believe that in 75 short years weve gone from this to this. But we have. Trump did emerge from his bunker today. He visited Arlington Cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown loser i mean, soldier. Those were his words, not mine. That was his only scheduled event of the week so far. Hes busy doing everything he can to maintain his tiny cheetolike grip on the presidency. Several top defense officials, our pentagon, theyve been ousted in favor of loyal trumpsters. The directors of the fbi and cia are rumored to be on the chopping block. Some are saying that trump is turning the admi
Than 984,000 cases in total. We could see a million by this week. And 24 hours after San Franciscos mayor announced a 250 increase in cases since early october, we are getting an idea of what might be a key factor. Tonight the abc 7 iteam reveals 11 bars have been forced to shut down for repeatedly violating the Public Health order. Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is live tonight with more. Steph, we understand some of these bars have since reopened and appear to be violating the same rules. Reporter yes, dan. All 11 have passed the Health Departments reinspection and were able to reopen. Yet a mere week after, complaints of the same problems are happening again. Its a res mooe for rapid spread, and its happening all over San Francisco. Big crowds, no masks, and no social distancing. More than 400 violations were cited to businesses across the city since march. The hot spots include these 11 bars and nightclubs pegged by the Health Department for repeatedly violating the hea
In june of next year. Natural gas is dangerous. Reporter rafael, who sponsored the legislation. Maybe most significantly, natural gas is a potent Greenhouse Gas that contributes to climate change. Reporter since 2010, as hundreds of coalfired power plants have closed, natural gas plants in many cases have replaced them. Natural gas produces about 40 of u. S. Energy needs. Former San Francisco mayoral candidate and activist Richie Greenburg doesnt believe california can make the transition from natural gas to all electric. The state of california does not have the ability to meet the energy needs, electricity needs and home heating through electricity at this point in time. Were not going to be relying on fossil fuels anymore in our buildings. Theres huge Greenhouse Gas savings. Theres Huge Public Health savings. And cost of construction goes down because youre not needing to install a gas pipeline. Reporter groups like earth justice cite the wildfires as a reason to move away. The sky
Stapleton later on. [ cheers and applause ] and hes going to join us tomorrow night. Best wishes to our veterans on veterans day. Thank you for your service. And sacrifice. [ cheers and applause ] i hope you felt appreciated today because you are, by us, at least. Our president , donald trump this kind of tells you all you need to know about him. This is joe bidens first tweet of the day. Today we honor the service of those who have worn the uniform of the armed forces of the United States who are proud veterans. I will be a commander in chief who respects your sacrifice, understands your service, and will never betray the values you fought so bravely to drend. And this was Donald Trumps first tweet today. We will win. Actually, it was a retweet of himself. [ laughter ] its hard to believe that in 75 short years weve gone from this to this. But we have. Trump did emerge from his bunker today. He visited Arlington Cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown loser i mean, soldier