Amendment on College Campuses. Heard from College Students and University Officials at this event held by the Senate Judiciary committee. Its two hours. Welcome everybody. Good morning. Today our Judiciary Committee considers an important and timely topic. First amendment on College Campuses, senator feinstein and i will give Opening Statements and we will also have Opening Statements from the chairman and Ranking Member of the constitution subcommittee that senator cruz and senator blumenthal, Higher Education rests on the free flow of ideas. Education requires that positions be held tentatively, tested by opposing arguments that are rightfully considered and evaluated. All colleges therefore must protect free speech. Public institutions must adhere to the various guarantees of our First Amendment. Too often all these fundamental principles have been under assault, even worse some people will have exercised their First Amendment rights have themselves been assaulted. As a result, thos
william parkway, so far, so good up into springfield and on into 395, live look at the 14th street bridge heading into the downtown area. a nice ride across the bridge span on the potomac and anacostia river crossings are running smoothly. for the thousands of area commuters whose trips to work have been impacted by brac, there is some good news this morning. the pentagon is giving a large chunk of money trying to get things improved trafficwise. two local sites where brac has led to an influx of workers. 9news now reporter surae chinn has the latest. good morning to both of you. yeah, improvements are coming but not for awhile. they will be made at several locations on and around walter reed hospital. lawmakers are calling this a win but they re not going to come for quite awhile. the department of defense has awarded nearly $270 million for the two military hospitals. walter reed national military medical center and fort belvoir community hospital. here s the breakdow