They would normally get on a summer day. But that is okay because a lot of people have been waiting. You have to buy tickets in advance. The zoos funds have been drained during the shut down and Officials Say the reduced ticket revenue still will not be enough to cover costs. Our own frank mal coat has a live report for us. We will be out there by the way on august 7th for our next zip trip and good morning mike i know you have talked about the zoo many times and you have a love for it. Must make you happy to see it opening once again. I cant wait to go back. Were going online later today and pick the perfect afternoon. I mentioned the family membership. I actually had a minute to talk with the director dr. Joel parrot yesterday about the reopening and he said they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of people buying memberships. A family membership for two adults and four children is well under 200. If you have the money now, its a great way to entertain your family and to sup
Happen right now on capitol hill 4 of the most powerful men in the u. S. Tech industry are being questioned on whether their platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as theyve risen to dominate the internet Rachel Blevins is joining us now to discuss the latest developments there as a ritual who is testifying today and what led us to this point where this hearing comes after more than a year of Research Conducted by the house judiciary subcommittee and which available to 4 of the Top Tech Companies here in the u. S. To ask questions about whether they are unfairly stifling their much smaller competitors now of course were still dealing with the corona virus pandemic so this hearing was carried out virtually and the testimonies included this. Apple and google. Facebook and amazon now all of these companies have been accused of manipulating their search results to promote their own products and interest so this hearing is still going on right now as we speak what have been
Its time now to move i. Begin this hour with some disturbing video surfacing out of new york city thats where the n. Y. P. D. Is once again coming under scrutiny for this questionable arrest tactic here that youre seeing on screen in that spotlight you see Plainclothes Police officers arresting a trans woman on the streets of new yorks East Manhattan subduing her and then tossing her into an unmarked van now aided by identified and why p. T. To many people who witnessed this it appeared to be an abduction nikki stone was wanted for vandalization and destruction of Police Cameras at city hall but the method of her arrest have many worried about. Practices during these ongoing protests so joining us to band on the topic retired Metro Police Detective ron hampton ways and ron good to see you you were a cop on the ground here locally for a long time stone was wanted for vandalization did that warrant this sort of reaction. I dont think it was but you know some of this behavior app of the i
Fortitude to carry on for peace in their hearts and understanding and acceptance and peace in the hearts of the protesters as well. And to the people that have rioted, give them understanding that there are better ways to go about their lives. Amen. Id like to start this hearing the committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. I welcome everyone today to the hearing on protecting the rights of voters during the covid19 pandemic and thank the witnesses for joining us today and my colleagues are conducting this new format and continuing to serve the American People during these challenging times. This is the first hearing of the Judiciary Committee conducted under the new house remote proceeding rules. So, we might have a few spots but we will get through them. Id like to remind members we have established an email address and a di
A research and olympics she is also the author of fed up an insiders take on why the Federal Reserve is bad for america as well as they call mr Bloomberg View and in new york we cross to marshall our back is a Research Associate for the Levy Institute at our college a contributor to independent Media Institute as well as a member of america compass or a newly established think tank for him to restore an economic consensus that into sizes the importance of Family Community and industry to the nations liberty and prosperity crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in if you dont want and i always appreciate ok let me go to our national 1st in new york last week we came out with a new job numbers and it was quite surprising for a lot of people that was a row of jobs growth probably over 2000000 though there seems to be some all of the issues now which she was kind of interesting in itself. Which gives people reason to. The leader there is some kind of recovery and i would really