Good afternoon. All here today to a hearing entitled acting americans from covid19 scams protecting americans from covid19 scams. The nation continues to fight the Health Crisis brought on by the covid19 pandemic. In addition to the threat this pandemic poses to americans, the Economic Impact resulting from responsible Public Health protocols have been felt in every corner of the country. It has become clear that preventing practices and dedicated resources including expanding testing capability and the availability of personal protective equipment are absolute necessities to a responsible path forward in extinguishing this Health Crisis. However, during this time of National Emergency and coordinated recovery, there are scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers, especially the nations most vulnerable communities, like that of our nations seniors. Networks Consumer Reports consumers across the u. S. Reported over 136,000 Different Cases of covid related scams totaling appro
And black lives matter have plunged portland into chaos. The leftist acts attacking citizens activists attacking citizens and destroying property, and the mayor just grins at it all. Ing Law Enforcement under constant attack. And today the police had to step in to clear two downtown parks of demonstrators trying to create their the own autonomous zone. Businesses have lost millions of dollars because of the rioting and the looting, and federal buildings including the courthouse have been fire bombed and vandalized. Acting dhs secretary chad wolf today said, quote a federal courthouse is a symbol of justice. To attack it is to attack america. End quote. I would add, to attack a city is to attack america. Federal dhs and doj officers and agents have been deployed to protect the courthouse and other federal buildings and to keep the mobs in check. The radical dems arent happy about that. They dont want the federal agents in portland for obvious reasons, because the feds, of course, will p
Wineries and more citing rising covid19 numbers. Several other states are also slowing their plans to reopen. This is happening even as the economic destruction from the lockdowns has become more clear. The web site yelp carries reviews of restaurants and other Services Companies and reports that as of mid june, 140,000 of its listed businesses remain closed. But the biggest debate this week and perhaps the most important has been about opening schools in the fall, the two biggest districts in california los angeles and sand way ego have announced they will not be holding inperson instruction. Several other cities are looking at hybrid classes. And democratic new york governor Andrew Cuomos Education Plan comes with a lot of conditions. Were not going to use our children as guinea pigs. James but members of the medical community are warning that not opening schools would put children at greater risk than the virus itself which doesnt affect youngsters the way it does adults. Former Sta
The cabinet position since february of last year. He had been scheduled to appear in march but, of course, the china virus pandemic interrupted that. Chair jerry nadler further delayed the hearing today. He got into a car accident on his way to capitol hill. Once that hearing did get underway, the radical dems proved themselves to be nothing more than idealogues, scared to death of attorney general barr. So much so they wouldnt let him talk. They wouldnt give him even a moment to respond to any of their questions. And as it turned out, from one radical dem congressman to the next, they had nothing to say except spew more leftwing propaganda. The attorney general subjected himself to their insults, their rude behavior, and they seemed to be pretending to be his equals intellectually. It was clear to all that they were not. The attorney general stated there was absolutely no basis for the states prosecution of general Michael Flynn. I think what the counsel concluded was that the only pu
Only begins with trees, flowers and landscaping. Thats from a film created by the Johnson Administration with Lady Bird Johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman and savvy partner to her husband, Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson known toe everyone as lady bird. Here too tell her story tonight are Cokie Roberts, the author of two books about womens political history, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Thanks for being here. And we have an expert, with a number books from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, currently working on a new biography of Lady Bird Johnson. Ladies, i want to start with the beginning of where we were 50 years ago this week. Bhamp the immediate challenges in the first terrible day. They were enormous. First of all, nobody knew if there was a widespread plot. So the country was in terror for a period of time. Then