Live now to hearing on White Supremacists infiltration of Police Department. The House Oversight and reform subcommittee on civil rights and Civil Liberties is hosting. This is live coverage on cspan2. Good morning to the chair of the committee, ms. Maloney has joined us. Good morning to our Ranking Member mr. Roys whos with us and good morning to the vice chair and all of our wonderful members who joined us. I want to take a moment to extend a special welcome to rashida to leave of michigan come to our subcommittee. This is her first hearing with our subcommittee and were delighted to have her choice. Welcome, ms. Tlaib. I wanted show a video to set the stage. Please play the video. White supremacy permeates every corner of society and our institution. Please agencies to the fbi to department of justice, all of them. The Southern Poverty Law Center combover is engaged in those groups wherever that might lead. We have outed a number of Law Enforcement officers who have connections to w
Trump presidency. Whats the talk tonight . There is a level of panic inside the white house, and frankly, right now across the country. The concern now is going to be tracking down who else has been in close contact with the president that will need to be quarantined. That could range from the White House Press secretary to secret Service Detail to other senior advisers. Remember he was just on the stage with joe biden at that debate. We know everyone who comes in close contact with the president is tested for covid19. But the reality here is that has not stopped the virus from entering the white house complex which is one of the most secure buildings in the country. Hope hicks is the latest in the president s inner circle to have tested positive. In may, his personal valet, and the Vice President s press secretary tested positive. This virus has inched closer and closer, right to the president s front steps for months, byron. Rachel, thank you so much. The president downplaying the vi
The feds were firing so much tear gas that a federal Aviation Administration official said that clouds of it were getting picked up on the radar over portland heres what i would describe as a tear gas tornado approaching from the west so we have a 75 percent chance of burning face and eyes a low to no visibility and theres also a 95 percent chance begin raining rubber bullets after 9 pm especially medics and journalists remember to pack an umbrella and a helmet and bring your mom. And who could forget them shooting the press and protesters in the face with their less lethal bullets well i guess thats why they shot people in the head so they would forget some might call this is disaster black lives matter protests were dying down in early july when the feds arrived in portland and breathed new life into the protests you know most people like to disappear in a puff of smoke but somehow in portland a cloud of tear gas only makes more protesters appear tear gas makes them stronger but also
At the moms also probably nothing will stop an 18 year old like a good scolding you know youre making a mess here but that didnt stop the d. H. As they continue their rage or you could say it was lit. The feds were firing so much tear gas that a federal Aviation Administration official said that clouds of it were getting picked up on the radar over portland heres what i would describe as a tear gas tornado approaching from the west so we have a 75 percent chance of burning face and eyes a low to no visibility and theres also a 95 percent chance begin raining rubber bullets after 9 pm especially medics and journalists remember to pack an umbrella and a helmet and bring your mom. And who could forget them shooting the press and protesters in the face with their less lethal bullets well i guess thats why they shot people in the head so they would forget some might call this is disaster black lives matter protests were dying down in early july when the feds arrived in portland and breathed
Fingerprints on such artistry of crowd control and state repression. Why it was none other than the department of Homeland Security the only federal agency more opaque and less accountable then the u. S. Military they go Department Still in its teens was created in 2002 to fight terrorism and all threats from abroad like you know my wrist says but the t. H. S. Has always been more concerned with monitoring peaceful activists at home than focusing on serious threats you can see that clearly in an internal memo published this week Homeland Security worries coburn 1000 masks are breaking facial recognition is definitely a show of their priories but to be fair i wouldnt expect any teen year old with a cold to carry kleenex if this Shirt Sleeves everyone got so mad that these g. I. John does were ignoring civilians rights and treating peaceful protests like a counterinsurgency operation that they pissed not some peoples mothers off but a whole wall of moms came out to protests. The moms als