321 democrats, 191 republicans, one independent, with four vacancies. We take you live to the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. A call of the house is ordered to ascertain the presence of a quorum. Members will record their presence by electronic device. The speaker pro tempore on this roll call, 384 members have recorded their presence. A quorum is present. The chair has examined the journal of the proceed offings january 3, 2020, and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, the journal stands approved. Members, please carry your conversations off the floor. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Payne. Mr. Payne i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Hoy
Coming up next from earlier today code pink founder was on the indepth program to discuss her writing and answer viewer questions. Among her books bridging the global gap how to stop the next war now into and at the most recent, drone warfare. Host Medea Benjamin how and when was code pink found it . Guest we were a group of women environmentalists sitting together in a retreat right after 9 11 talking about how he we could deal with the Climate Crisis and during the lunch break we started talking about the 9 11 attack and we were talking about how horrible it was that the u. S. Was about to invade a country that had nothing to do with 9 11 and we started laughing about the colorcoded alerts. Remember that yellow, orange, red and seeing how it was to keep people in the state of fear and that we needed another colorcoded alerts to say theres a different way of dealing with this. We go after whoever attacked us and not a wholesale nation of countries and thats when we came up with the id
Protesters say they are the ones being mistreated. I have been harassed three times by the same officer. And thats what people get tired of. And hundreds of millions of dollars in damage . Detroits worst flood in 90 years. Hello, the iraqi army is fighting the Islamic State to retake tikrit. Its a sunni, dominated city where the Islamic State has now cemented itself with help of other sunni groups. The advance has been slowed on the outskirts of the city due to sniper fire and roadside bombs. There has been fierce fighting in the area for the countrys largest dam which is now in control of the army and the Kurdish Forces. Lets go to the Northern City of erbil the capitol of the region. Now that the musol dam has been taken, it seems the battle is moving towards tikrit, but it is going to be a very different type of fight. Undoubtedly. There are many front lines in iraq. The iraqi armys advance now hold it because of heavy fighting. This is not the first time they tried to recapture an
Present arms. [starspangled banner] order arms. Present arms. [drum roll] [taps] order arms. Ladies and gentlemen the wreath ceremony is complete. The Memorial Day Service will begin shortly. Please take your seats. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please stand and remain standing. The command chaplain, joint force headquarters, and the United States Army Military district of washington. Major general, jeffrey s buchanan, commanding general United States army, military district of washington. Mr. Patrick k. Hallinan, executive director, Arlington National cemeteries program. General martin e. Dempsey, chairman, joint chiefs of staff. The honorable ashton carter, defense secretary. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [applause] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain. I invite you all to pray with me. Almighty god, we gather today across america, very mindful of the cost paid for the freedom we enjoy. We gather on these Hallowed Grounds
At the last minute, she said this, she refused to march. She said, i refuse to march because george bush marched. He was in the front row with her. I think the Selma Movement was about nonviolence and peace and democracy and george bush stands for just the opposite for violence and war and stolen elections and his administration had people tortured. I thought that this was not an appropriate event for him. I think she was right. It was not an appropriate event for him. Its actually its a good thing hes not here today. This is not an appropriate event for him here either. The only Public Events that is appropriate today for george bush and the others of his administration is to be on trial in the hague for war crimes. Perhaps most importantly al qaeda and iraq have been decimated due to the boldest Foreign Policy decisions in the half century made by president george w. Bush. But necessary surge. By the time bush left office the economy of iraq increased in size from its time under huss