With both scheduled for 6 30 eastern. Irs oversight later in the week. The senate comes in as well at 2 00 p. M. Speeches until 5 00 p. M. The confirmation vote at 5 30. They may return to the Human Trafficking bill. Live coverage of the senate on cspan 2. The third republican, senator marco rubio of florida will announce his body 16 president ial candidacy later today at 5 30. Earlier today we spoke with a political reporter who talked about the announcement and where it is taking place. [video clip] we are joined by mark computer on the line marc caputo on the line, joining us to talk about the announcement of marco rubio. Tell us about the setting and the expected teams that marco rubio is going to talk about expected themes marco rubio is on to talk about. The Freedom Tower built in the 1920s in downtown miami. Really iconic building. He was named the Freedom Tower in recognition of the fact that in the 1960s it was used as what became called it the alex island of the south the ell
Bit, but in the first 45 minutes, we will get your reactions from yesterday and the charges in freddie grays death being a homicide. For baltimore residents, 202 7488000. For those in Law Enforcement 202 7488001. For all others, 202 7458002. If you want to put your thoughts on our social media, cspanwj on twitter. Facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. The newspapers this morning have the photos of the six officers, officer goodson rice, miller, porter and officer nero. The editorial pages of two newspapers take a look at what happened particularly when it comes to the Law Enforcement angle, from Washington Post, a step towards justice is there angle. The wall street journal also in their editorial takes a look at this issue specifically mentioning officers, adding this if we learn anything from ferguson, missouri and sat nilan that early conclusions about the facts and Police Confrontations are often wrong. If great julie was killed by the police the b
Bill aimed at encouraging the development of energyefficient technologies for use in both commercial and residential buildings. Senate majority leader harry reid expressed dismay that efforts had failed to yield an overall agreement on amendments to move the bill forward, but he says hes hopeful members can regroup this week to advance the measure. Today theyll also debate and vote on two judicial nominations to the u. S. Court of federal claims. Over in the house, theres a brief pro forma session at 2 eastern, no legislative business expected. A comprehensive Forest Management bill that would direct the Agricultural Department to establish Timber Harvesting zones, also to resize and renew nutrition assistance programs that were not included in the farm bill. Follow the house live on cspan and the senate on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host well, it was in 2010 that the federal Communications
Lester holt takes a look back at lewis life. When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something. Reporter john lewis devoted his life for the fight for justice and equality. Something deep down within me moving me that i could no longer be satisfied. Reporter the son of rural alabama share croppers, lewis was inspired as a teenager by activism of rosa parks and dr. Martin luther king jr. He joined the Civil Rights Movement in the early days. Sitins and movement rides. Segregation was the order of the day. I wanted to do something about it. We wanted to redeem the soul of america and move toward a more perfect union. Reporter he was the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and organized the march on washington. I have a dream. Reporter lewis spoke that day, too. He was 23. We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now. Reporter and he was among the leaders who met that day with
Would like to introduce you to sandra feeder who has written a wonderful Childrens Book. This is your fourth Childrens Book. Book. Im fifth, actually. And this is called bitter and sweet. So why dont we jump in and tell us about what bitter and sweet is. Thank you. Im delighted to be here. It is a book about a little girl named hannah whose family moves to a new town. At first, she can only see the bitter in this move. She feels the loss of her friends and her home that she loved and all of the Little Things about that life that a child would noticee notice. She eventually does learn to find the sweet in her new situation. The point of the story for me is about more than just a move. It is about change. I think it is really important for us as adults to help kids learn some resiliency around change because as we know, change happens wherever we sort of want it or not in a lot of aspects of our live. I think we live in a world tt world that even if we stay in the same place, that transi