always is. thank you so much. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. battle lines are drawn in a post-roe abortion battle. clinics in states where abortion is legal, see an unprecedented surge. russian lawyers start to play out their case against american basketball star brittney griner. travis barker is now recovering from a life threatening illness. how routine procedure went so wrong. you re in the cnn newsroom. a week after the supreme court over turned roe v wade, americans are in an uproar as some states move swiftly to end all abortions and others push back in an effort to preserve a woman s right to choose. that s clear, this battle is far from over. a short time ago, vice president kamala harris spoke in new orleans. the supreme court with the dobbs decision for the first time in the history of our nation took a constitutional right that had been recognized and took it from the women of america. took a constitutional right. the texas supreme cour
Million american visitors touring these iconic sites so as the Summer Travel season begins to wind down and on this anniversary well be devoting the next 90 minutes learning about your park Service Experiences and we want to hear from you. Our phone lines are open at 2027488000 for those in the central and eastern time zones 2027488001. What had been your experience at National Parks across the country, including a new one designated this week in the state of maine. You can also send us a tweet at spambingswj or join us on facebook. Com cspan. Good thursday. Thanks very much for being with us. If you pick up todays wall street journal or Washington Post, two editorials commemorating the National Park service including this from Terry Anderson. Happy 100th birthday National Parks and Jonathan Janis writing these lands are your lands, america. Read them online at wsj. Com. Some background on the National Park service. It was signed into law on this date by president Woodrow Wilson in 191
Into its operations. Then the anniversary of the magna carta. Later, donald trump joins joni ernst at an event in iowa as it could be to veterans. Host good morning. A live look at the Lincoln Memorial and the mall in washington, d. C. With the Washington Monument in the foreground and the u. S. Capitol on this thursday, august 25. Today marking a Centennial Anniversary. It was on this date 100 years ago president Woodrow Wilson signing a bill that created the National Park service. Today an estimated 20,000 employees, more than 200,000 volunteers, staffing americas 413 National Parks, memorials, battlefields and Historic Sites. And last year alone, nearly 310 million american visitors touring these iconic sites so as the Summer Travel season begins to wind down and on this anniversary well be devoting the next 90 minutes learning about your park Service Experiences and we want to hear from you. Our phone lines are open at 2027488000 for those in the central and eastern time zones 2027
She has expressed interest in trying to volunteer to pick up trash and basic things like that. I would like to be able to direct her on how to do that. Maybe see the National Park service, have them organize a net a mess effort to do that. Blue ridge parkway is a north carolina, that will be our last stop on this centennial anniversary. As we listen to the wayne from illinois. Caller thank you for cspan. I have enjoyed many of the experiences in the National Park said of the invention. The one i want to throw into the mix is the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in south dakota. My wife and i stopped there several years ago. It was a very interesting experience. You get to go underground into the launch site. They preserved one of the missile silos and have a training missile in it. If you grew up during the cold war, it was really Something Interesting to see. We had always heard about the socalled doomsday button and we got to see it. That is kind of a myth, there is more than
Gentleman from washington. Mr. Hastings thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Hastings i yield myself as much time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Hastings thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, s. 130 directs the secretary of the interior to convey to the powell recreation district approximately 322 acres of land located in park county, wyoming. The powell recreation district will continue to use the land for public recreational shooting complex as it has since 1980. The bill would have no cost to the taxpayers since the powell recreation district is required to pay for any administrative costs associated with the conveyance. This is a noncontroversial bill, mr. Speaker, and i urge its adoption and i reserve the balan