The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The the swoops, washington the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. March 6, 2024. I hereby appoint honorable mike ezell to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now recognize lists e majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the p time d between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes illinois,. Kelly, for five minutes. Ms. Kelly mr. Speaker, i rise today in celebration of womens History Month and specifically in celebration of the black women who have shaped the fabric of our nation often without much acknowledgement or praise. As cochair of the belongal cau
Election, and left in the dark. Local lawmakers say theyll demand answers from pgandes following Power Outages that lasted for days. Abc seven news starts now. Always live abc seven news starts right now. Great. Well, its a day to highlight all the positive lives of oakland. And thank you for joining us tonight im j. R stone. You may have seen the seventh annual black joy parade that we stream live today on abc seven platforms. Its more than just a celebration in the streets. Its a week long effort to elevate a community that sometimes vilified and often overlooked. Love it is my first time. Im so excited. I missed it last year, so many people lined the streets of oakland on this sunday to catch the seventh annual black joy parade. Its how john coakley celebrated his 73rd birthday. I had to get out of the house and come down here and do this. I love seeing all of our black people come out the different businesses and the different ethnicities. For years, the black joy parade has celebr
For the faint of heart, the daredevils doing tricks tens of thousands of feet above ground. You see it there . Oh, no. Wow. That would not be me. No, i cant do it five feet above ground. Welcome to february 26th. Its a monday and it was just a beautiful weekend. To the energy, the people we were in great moods. I started playing pickleball. Oh, wow. Thats how good the weather was. My whole personal is now changed. Oh gosh. Athlete back here though, when its sunny its like i want to get out. Its so beautiful. Youre doing things you never thought youd do. Yeah. Pickleball. Hes an athlete. Do i look different today because of it . You look in my eyes now. Theres a huge switch in the last 30s. Sorry about it. Sorry. The last uh the last couple days. Beautiful. Today you know, its a nice day. Its just a little different looking. We have cloud cover in our sky ahead of a cold front that moves through here. The exploratory camera showing you those clouds. Heres the front to our north. Itll mo
from msnbc world headquarter here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we have breaking news from the middle east. live pictures from tel avi where a peaceful rally over judicial overhaul is underwa for the 14th week in a row it comes amid a new burst of violence, sparking fears of broader conflict in the greate region joining me now, nbc s ra sanchez in tel aviv, i kno you re back covering the - how is the violence affectin the demonstrations well, alex, you can see despite everything else goin on, these protesters are out o the streets in their tens of thousands. alex, i think they may vote to sing the national anthem here. i am gonna speak quietly but these protesters are out i the streets in there are ten of thousands, despite violence and when you speak to people here, they say, despit everything going on, it is crucial for them to be here. they feel israeli democracy is at stake at this point and that they will not b deterred we are just a couple of mi
top of the hour this monday, big day for banks. i m erica hill, and the president is speaking to americans with a calm an reassuring tone on the heels of two failing banks over the weekend, and sparking concerns about whether it could lead to more. his message with the american banking system is safe. all customers who had deposits in these bans ks can rt assured they will be protected and access to their money today. that means that those who bank there and need to make payroll and pay bills and stay open for business, and this is an important point, no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. and the president is vowing major changes by the white house, and forced to take emergency action with more than $200 billion worth of deposits into the line to keep other banks from failing. matt egan and m.j. lee come in to join us, and with the action of the u.s. treasury and others to make sure that they ensure beyond the threshold and the president getting out there to say we