Investigation into acquisitions by Big Tech Companies like, face and amazon. Like google, facebook and amazon. Several members talked about the rise in demonstrations by antifa and white supremacist groups. This is about three hours. Cruz this subcommittee hearing is called to order. Welcome to the witnesses who are here. The First Amendments first for a reason. It guarantees not only the freedom of speech, but the right of the people peaceably to assemble. Peaceably matters a great deal in that protection. Without our First Amendment rights, rights that protect the countless ways in which people can peaceably express their social and political views, democracy wouldnt work. The right of the people peaceably to assemble and to demand changes to petition their government for grievances is in the very best tradition of america. No history of the United States, no recounting of the unending struggle to live up to our founding promises would be complete without recognition of the peaceful
From above. As we celebrate this vote today, we celebrate the lives of people like lou alvarez. Well never forget the heroes james delegate rode a, ray pfeiffer, and loual v. R. E. E. The september 11th Victims Compensation fund act is named to honor these three First Responders who lost their lives to 9 11related illnesses. Today the senate has an opportunity to honor these three and so many others that we have lost who never stopped fighting for 9 11 First Responders and the country they loved by voting yes on this critical legislation. Ive shared with many of my colleagues, i never had the privilege of going to new york city before september 11th, 2001, but i will never forget my first visit after september 11, 2001. It was just a few weeks after the attack had happened. Ill never forget the smell. Ill never forget the smoke coming out of the debris pile. Ill never forget the silent fire trucks with their lights on but no siren as they delivered even more heroes to the Recovery Effo
First, hundreds and thousands of people have been forced out of their homes as the wildfires raged up and down the west coast. The death toll in california, oregon and washington since mid august stands at 33 people, the dozens more still missing at this hour. As you know millions of people are suffering another day of hazardous air quality from the dense smoke. Welcome to americas news headquarters on the sunday afternoon i am eric shawn. Arthel. Laura i am laura and fol neville. The wildfires have scored more than a million acres in oregon alone. Officials there warned of a potential mass totality incident. Whether whether is offering hope in parts of the northwest and the high temperatures and strong winds are expected to return this week. Meanwhile Tropical Storm sally is churning in the gulf of mexico picking up strength as ahead towards the u. S. Gulf coast, governors across the country are warning residents to be prepared. We saw the perfect firestorm and incredible wins, we saw
Other than the fact that i have been unable to so whats the grade, sir . Untreating us fairly, i give ourselves an a. But the grade is incomplete. And ill tell you why. If we come up with the vaccines and therapeutics, then i give myself an a plus. All right. President trump in conversation with bob woodward who last night shared that previously unreleased audio from an interview from late july when the president gave himself that glowing grade. 140,000 americans had lost their lives from the coronavirus. Now, about two months later, the coronavirus death toll in the u. S. Has surpassed 200,000 lives. You know, its its a grading scale i dont think any of us understand or would be comfortable with. I think its a grading scale straight out of trump university. Because we can grade it from the very beginning where he was a liar and admitted he was a liar to the American People. When he had been told by his own people inside the white house, in january, that this was going to be the bigges
Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, im paula newton. Cnn newsroom starts right now. U. S. President donald trump meets with officials in california in the hours ahead on those record wildfires, nearly 100 blazes are burning at this hour right across the western United States. More than 4 1 2 million acres in several of though states burning. 33 people are now confirmed dead. That number could rise as searchers get into more communities. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden will address the fires later from delaware. These are the regions worst wildfires on record and were just at the start of the peak fire season. Cnns Paul Vercammen is in Southern California where tensions are high and resources stretched way too thin. Reporter the foothills northeast of los angeles, arcadia, this is the bobcat fire. Its burned 33,000 acres. And if you look behind me, theyre trying to douse these flames right now with water drops from helicopters. The air is so bad, not only is it unh