If jon stewart were here this wouldnt be happening. Committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and liberties will come to order. Thank the officers for get itin the doors shut and folks in. Thank you so much. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I welcome everyone todays hearing on the path to Restorative Justice. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today is june, a day that commemorates the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news with the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for two years so all enslaved people knew they were free despite lincolns emancipation. Slavery was a crime against humanity, one whose impacts we as a society continue to grapple with today. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first african slaves being brought to america. Slaveries of our nations first original sin. Our constitution protected it and various compromise
And this is an everyday occurrence in america. I have the privilege of having leaders in my community who over the decades have given me strength. One of them was a woman on the fifth floor of the projects. Building in which i lived whose son was murdered. She taught me hope is the action conviction. Despiair wont have the last word, but when i come back on a day like today, i wonder if other senators had people shot like that in their neighborhood, if it wouldnt be a headline. When people are shot and killed, the world seems to keep going on. And so i wonder about having the last word. What happens when the last word is no words. When its silence . And i feel a sense of anger where we are in the United States of america where we have not had direct conversations about a lot of the root causes of the inequities and pain and hurt manifested in economic disparities and Health Disparities and a criminal Justice System that is a form of new jim crow. We as a nation have not truly acknowled
Additional charges dropped tonight or tomorrow. Herndon high school placede th former drama teacher on leave when this broke in april. He talked about the timing, school is out as of last were. Youve got to worder how long have police known that students were victims and a lot of parents had no idea. Thats a fantaic question, jim. We asked the mayor in the press conference and he said it had nothing to do with the end of school. We wanted the community to know this when we did. There was another update in april and may. At both of those press conferences, the major stood at the podium and said there is no connection to herndon high school. Ad that point the amount of images theyve h time to go through, there was no connection to the high school and no reason to believe that any of those devices were ever brought into herndon county. The major stood up hwae he disappointed to learn that theyve found images an video to dicate there was a lot of recording going on inside of the school. Dr
At some of the temps under clear skies. Could be a few high clouds in the north bay but they will be filtering in tomorrow. Also up on the sierra, santa rosa is 37, kentucky cotati 37. Palo alto, 39. Boulder creek 39. 40s and 50s, the low is moving into southern nevada, arizona, highpressure to the north with a breeze north, northwest, north, northwest, gusting to 21, thats going to be your day. Especially in the hills, really cranking up there, 40s and 50s. 38 in alamo. Denville 49. 53 antioch. 48 lafayette. High clouds tomorrow. Everything out of the north today. Ill mention a few high clouds late. Overall its the breezy will feel and the wind has picked up the time in Higher Elevations here. 60s on almost all the temps. What do you have, sal . A look at the bay bridge, steve. Very slow because of an earlier broken down car on that span. Those metering lights came on a little bit slower. It slowed things down although things are recovering. That car is gone. It was a stalled vehicle
Snow a huge problem across the pan handle of texas as well as portions of new mexico. President obama paid tribute to six u. S. Troops recently killed in afghanistan. We never take for granted what all of you do for the american people. Forced the closure of two major roads in Southern California. Firefighters are working to battle an uncontained fighters. And firefighters in australia are struggling to contain bush fires that have destroyed homes. Furious that fedex didnt deliver packages in time for christmas. There is your lesson. Dont procrastinate. Learn. A astronaut calling from a above the earth. Pretty good service. And that awkward moment, when you call king james a cry baby oh oh, oops. A full moon hasnt appeared on Christmas Day since 1997. Next time well see it is 2034. Do the math, right . Cbs this Morning Saturday. Mid court, over durant. Oh, Merry Christmas timmy butler. And welcome to the weekend, everyone. We hope your christmas was merry. We have some great guests for