Earth, splashing down in the waters of the gulf of mexico on sunday. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us at the Johnson Space center for the splashdown News Conference. Doug hurley and Operations Commander splashed down in the gulf of mexico after 64 days in space. In space. Completing the first crewed flight of the spacex crew dragon. Their mission was to test the capabilities of the knew commercial space vehicle for regular crew transportation to the International Space station, but they contributed a whole lot more than that on their mission, during their 62 days aboard station they dedicated more than 100 hours to science investigation and worked with the competition 63 crew to upgrade the stations power system on four space walks. Today is the first opportunity after splash down to ask questions to bob and doug, well be taking questions on our phone bridge as well as associate media platforms if you are on the phone press star 1 to ask add yourself toll queue. We would lik
Yet really have a strategic plan. They have little pieces that are supported by some republicans and thats part of the difficulty. But were making progress. Answer President Trump gave an update on the legislation being negotiated on capitol hill. President trump hello, everybody. Thank you very much. Let me begin by sending americas deepest sympathies to the people of lebanon, where reports indicate that many, many people were killed. Hundreds more were very badly wounded in a large explosion in beirut. Our prayers go out to all the victims and their families. The United States stands ready to assist lebanon. We have a very Good Relationship with the people of lebanon and we will be there to help. It looks like a terrible attack. I also want to provide the latest on Tropical Storm isaias. Approximately 600,000 are without power along the east coast. And Utility Companies are working around the clock to restore service as quickly as possible. I spoke to governor cooper, i spoke to Gove
And bridging the gap of trust, particularly with communities of color across our nation . Sen. Scott i think Congress Plays a role in that, even a significant role, but the most important is the one on the local level, the mayors and county chairwoman, those folks have the most direct path towards Police Reform, not those of us in congress. I have shared this many times. I have been stopped by officers years. S in the last 20 seven times in one year as an elected official and all of my 18 stops were either by city, county, or state Law Enforcement, never by federal Law Enforcement officers. Literally while we know the president ial election is important this year, another very important one. The truth is your election for your mayor, a lot of citizens dont participate in, election every city council members, those are the folks directly in positions of power to determine the local Law Enforcement you have. When we dont vote in those elections, we are actually taking a step back from th
At the time of really difficult transition and challenges for our country, we cant afford as a society or economy frankly to leave any of our young people behind. Estimates show that somewhere, as many as 5 million young people between the ages of 16 to 24 in the United States are currently not enrolled in an Educational Program or participating in the work force. I believe very strongly as governors that we have the responsibility to do everything we can to reach these youth and give them avenues of opportunity to reconnect and engage with them in continuing education. And on ramps to fulfilling careers. And a lot of cases of course there are many barriers to making that happen. For these young people. Including economic mobility, and providing them with the opportunity for their futures. Some of the barriers, these young people are facing include homelessness, poor health outcomes, violence, and of course the criminal Justice System. In oregon we are tackling these barriers one by on
In about 10 minutes or so we will go live to the National Governors Association Summer meeting in salt lake city. Maryland republican governor larry hogan will be among speakers. Live coverage starts at 11 15 a. M. Eastern on cspan2. We are back with marcia argust, product director for restore americas parks. Thank you for being with us. Guest thanks for having me. Host tell me what restore americas parks is and what is your interest in the subject . Guest the restore Americas Parks Campaign started three years ago at you and we are focused on protecting National Parks. Resources, cultural resources, Natural Resources by addressing the deferred maintenance backlog that iscu affecting th National Park system. This 12 billion worth of repairs that need to be done nationwide. S host how does that backlog come into being . Have parks been underfunded the entire time or is this something that has happened in the past few years suddenly . Guest it started happening over a number of years, th