Host welcome senator murphy its a pleasure to be with you today. Its a pleasure to read your book, the violence inside us. I learned a lot it is a useful book that people should read whether or not you have experience on this extremely important subject. Gun violence and american violence. I would like to begin with the title itself the violence inside us it forces the book where you take the reader through a short primer on biology and history. Why begin they are and why did you choose violence . Thank you for doing this im glad to be joining you to talk about this book. I start with the question of what kind of violence is inside us because for me it was the first question i came upon which was the mission of my political career. While the book is mostly a history of american violence and how we overcome the history, it involves my own political story. Since the shooting in connecticut in 2012, i have been pretty prodigious as a lawmaker before hand but i never had an emotional conne
Acting deputy Homeland Security secretary Ken Cuccinelli and the head of the National Counterterrorism center. The fbi director said at the hearing that the fbi has not seen widespread voter fraud. Wisconsin senator ron johnson chaired this two hour, 40 minute hearing. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to first welcome and thank our witnesses, christopher wray, the director of the federal bureau of investigation, christopher miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism center, and kenneth cuccinelli, the senior official performing the duties of the deputy secretary. This is our annual threat hearing. When i take a look at all of the threats that this committee has considered and all of the threats facing this nation, i think its pretty interesting, you know, how many hearings weve held on so many of these things. Before i proceed, i guess i would ask for unanimous consent to have my written Opening Statement be entered in the recor record. If you consider t
Judicial nominations. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Ee ternl god, we are grateful that you continue to rule the universe. We being a knowledge that though wrong seems so strong your purposes will be fulfilled. Lord, we praise you for your promise that in everything you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Mighty god, let your will be done lest our law makers bless our lawmakers. Listen to their prayers. Quench their thirst for your proence with your abiding love. May they not forget the many times you have helped them in the past. We pray in your gracious name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. 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. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding of
Redwood loop trail. It is locked by multiple huge fallen trees. We finally get to the mother of the force, and it shows there are new burn scars on the exterior and interior, but there does not appear to be significant structural damage. Around the corner is the father of the forest, that has stood here for more than 2000 years. It, too, has new burn scars but they appear to stop a few stories up. It does not look like flames penetrated the thick bark. The mother and father of the forests are relatively unaffected, the other trees suffered significant damage. Ter the tos amag the burn scar is significantly bigger. In this fire has considerably expanded it, probably 2 1 2 times larger than it was. Reporter during a tour of the burn area with governor newsom, we learned big basin had not seen a fire of this magnitude in 500 years. It may not reopen it in a year. It is still standing, a testament to mother natures resiliency and to our resiliency. Reporter as to some of other oldgrowth re
Point of racial tensions to action taken as the result of the nba players boycott. Protesters have their say nationwide. And campus quarantine. As College Students return, well look at one schools extreme approach to control covid outbreaks and ensure classes can continue. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Reporter heartbreaking news, Actor Chadwick Boseman has died. Boseman was a star of black panther. We must find a way to look after one another. He will forevering known for changing changing the landscape. Historical black figures i know what its for. Its not the best experience we ever had in life. Hurricane laura blamed for at least 14 deaths across louisiana and texas. Its not the material things. Its the memories, i think, that are gut wrenching at times. The president is campaigning, trying to build preliminary momentum after his speech on the white house lawn. If i did tonights speech there, i would have been criticized by