[murmuring] the committee will be in order, we will now proceed with questions. I will begin by recognizing myself or five minutes. On may 25, in the twilight of memorial day, Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police held a need to george mr. Floydonless neck, pleaded for release, repeating the words i cant breathe. Mr. Floyd, i am sure you have seen the video. Can you think of any reason why officer chauvin would need to hold his knee on your brothers for over eight minutes . I dont know why he did it, but personally i think it was personal. They worked at the same place. For him to do Something Like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it. Intentional. Yes sir. We have learned since then that he has faced 17 misconduct complaints during his career. He was named in the brutality lawsuit, he shot and critically wounded a man after a brief and nonviolent confrontation. How do you feel about the history what do you know what do you feel about the history of misconduct . He
It happened at thes home on cynthia drive in north alejo. Police say a group of suitors were in a car and opened fire on the victims a 63yearold woman was killed who was one year from retiring from kaiser of alejo, the same hospital where she died. Also a 37yearold woman. She was passionate, a people person and a single mother of a 17yearold daughter. I spoke to a woman who told me she was graced by gunfire and her 10yearold son was shot and wounded. The boy is expected to survive as is the fifth victim, a man. None of the victims shot with the intended target. One relative told me the victims happen to catch out the lutz sprayed. The victims were outside celebrating the birthdays of two girls ages 1 and 4. Kaiser released a statement saying there devastated by the death of their longterm employee. Police have not discussed a motive, but they are asking anyone with information to give them a call. Ktvu fox2 news. Our thoughts are with those victims this afternoon. The brother of george
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, may your name be praised. Lord, use our senators today to permit justice to rule in our land. Remind them that righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is an equal opportunity destroyer. As our lawmakers strive to do your will, reward their faithfulness,. Illuminate their hearts with your wisdom and love. Help them to remember that the entire ethical requirement is fulfilled by loving your neighbor as you love yourself. May this love for those in need hasten the day when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. Continue to be our strength and fortress, sustaining us with your amazing grace. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for w
Inspector generals hearing on the administrations response to the coronavirus. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Who has served under four president ial administrations, both democratic and republican. It issued a the hhs ofort covering the gravity challenges hospitals have faced during the Coronavirus Crisis from caring for patients to obtaining protective gear for staff and stocking basic medical supplies. This report was intended to help policymakers understand these challenges and to help hospitals overcome them, which benefits us all. Unfortunately, President Trump personally attacked this grant for no valid reason. Andcriticisms were baseless it seems clear that he just wanted everyone to pretend that there were no challenges in our Health Care System. Of course, we all know that was wrong. Grimmm should not have had to endure these personal, senseless attacks. Nevertheless, we thank her for tolerating them with dignity washing continued serving the American People. Hsit o
From your view of medicine how do you address people were concerned not only in certain areas but rises in covid19 cases but at the same time reopening and the starting of economies. How do you balanceceom those tw. Those are important stories and people are correct to be concerned and numbers that appear to be going up. People are also concerned about the continuation of having to stay closed in, shutting as the economy contracts the way it has, at this point you will have to balance both and i think people are smarter about this disease than they were a few months ago, i think we all seen the benefits in the wisdom of social distancing, certainly i think of times in the past when i did not feel well but i went to work anyway, you cannot do that right now, if youre sick, stay home and if you suspect someone is sick, dont be around them. When remember back in march, the whole purpose of Closing Everything down was to save the Healthcare System from what appeared to be a coming surge of