Not my first trip. Ive been to the border many times. This important aspect of this visit is having this visit after the work we did in guatemala and mexico. I said back in march i was going to come to the border. This is not a new plan. Harris however, critics are asking if this is too little too late. The Vice President finally went to the border 93 days after President Biden named her point person on the migrant crisis as i mentioned. Leaders in both Political Parties say Kamala Harris is avoiding the real trouble area. When it comes to the numbers encounters with people flowing in illegally has surged by nearly 450 in the el paso sector in the first part of this year. Thats bad. But thats certainly not the real epicenter of what were seeing. In the rio grande sector the numbers are up 700 . In fact, the texas Lieutenant Governor dan patrick is calling what he is seeing an invasion at this point. It is an invasion. I know people dont like that word. Some people dont like it but its
Occasion. Because this action on the part of the ilwu is the first time in American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people in the United States of america. Reporter organizers are saying its time for a new generation and that generation saying they are ready to answer the call. We are tired and exhausted and this is a different generation. We will not sit by and accept what is happening. We will speak up and start the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. Reporter on the other side of the bay there were scattered protests including a rolling protest with drivers holding up signs and honking their horns in solidarity with black lives matter. At city hall, hundreds gathered demanding the city shift funding away from police and remove officers from city schools. Reporter those protests were not limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are we are monitoring those rallies and
In American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people into United States of america. Organizer saying its time for a new generation to pick up the fight for equality. We are tired and we are exhausted. This is a different generation. We are not about to sit by and accept what is happening. We have to stop the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. You cannot love black lives if you dont have leadership in your organization. On the other side of the bay there were scattered protests throughout San Francisco including a rolling protest with drivers holding up signs and honking their horns in solidarity with black lives matter. At city hall hundreds gathered demanding the city ship funding away from police and remove Police Officers from city schools and those were not just limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are rallies planned and antioch, santa clara, and santa rosa. We
You can also send us a text, that number 202 7488003. Please include your name or where you are from. Therwise on social media a very good thursday morning. You can start calling you now. To let you know where we are on capitol hill, the houses and at 9 00 a. M. Eastern, the senate is in at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. President trump headed to wisconsin to participate in a town hall and visit a shipbuilding firm. We do not know when that promised executive order on mound events and statues will on monuments and statues will come but the president had plenty to say at the white house yesterday. [video clip] we will have a strong executive order. We have the monuments act, which means 10 years in jail. We will have a strong executive order, i should have that by the end of the week. We will have a very powerful statement. We have arrested numerous people for what took place outside of washington. In addition, the fbi is investigating hundreds of people throughout the country for what they have
Mayor breed good morning, e. Thank you all so much for being here. I am San Francisco mayor london breed. I am joined today by the director of the department of Public Health, doctor grant colfax, department of department of Emergency Management. Mary ellen carol, director of department of Human Services, trent rhorer, Abigail Stewart conas well as director of the department of m. T. A. , jeff tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have a special guest today from the Interface Council who will be speaking directly after my comments. As of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. This is clearly a challenging time for San Francisco. What we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. We know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. Over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. We also think t