Against protesters in portland, oregon, joined by Deputy Director richard klein, and acting customs and border commissioner. Thank you for being here. The 52nd night of final activity in Downtown Portland targeting federal facilities, federal property, namely the federal courthouse. With protecting federal facilities across the country. We have been protecting the courthouse in Downtown Portland since 1997 when it first opened. We began to see a rise in violent activity targeting federal facilities in late may in portland, coinciding with the death of george floyd. The department fully supports those who wish to peacefully protest. We me say this again, let support and will protect those who protest. Unfortunate, but we are seeing in portland every night for midnight to 5 00 a. M. Is the complete opposite. Again, what is occurring in portland in the early hours of every morning is not peaceful protesting. These individuals are organized and have one mission in mind, to burn down or cau
If you say no, the twoparty system is not working, your line is going to be 202 7488001. If you are unsure what you still want to talk about this issue, your number is going to be 202 7488002. You can alwaysd text us your opinion at 202 7488003. Keep in mind, we are always reading on social media, on. Witter, and cspan we are going to have live on the two current thirdParty Candidates running for president. Coming up at 8 00 we are going to hear from Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins. Coming up at 9 15, the jorgensenn nominee jo will discuss her platform and strategy for this years election. If you want to hear directly from those candidates, keep watching the show. First, we want to hear from you about the twoparty system in the United States. Do you think the political system is working . There is a story from cnn that talked about this earlier this year. Even if they are down on the independent candidates being presented, nearly 40 of americans think a third local party is needed
Course of time america should find a president in the oval office who chooses to break the Police Tactics of dictators around the world to the streets of america, then that is the moment it is incumbent on every member of this chamber who has sworn and oh an oath to our saytitution to stand up and no no say not now, not here, not ever, and we put an end to i t. That is why i brought forward this amendment, stop secret policing in america amendment and ask for it to be debated on this bill because it involves police powers, military powers in the United States of america, and it is happening right now. What am i talking about . Some sense ofu what we have seen on the streets of america in the past few days. Governments, not democratic governments send unmarked authorities after protesters. This is what we saw. Border protection in combat camouflage coming to streets not marking what their organization is and no unique identifier. The head of the cbp said they had markings. Here they are
Proposals put out to expand Rural Broadband, especially in this time of covid. Which ones are you supporting and which ones do you think would benefit your largely rural district . Guest thank you for having me on. Its important we talk about Rural Broadband. I have been engaged in this for years and one of the cofounders of the caucus and also have groups meeting all the time because this is not a republican or democrat or independent issue but this affects everyone in the rural area and its important to get this out as soon as we cant because during this, 19 you will see the effects and what can be done when they have the broadband of our rural areas. Everything from telehealth and i talked to so many doctors that they have telehealth but again if you dont have the access and a problem so that is one of the first things on the telehealth side and we have educational side here in the state of ohio where they share closing schools and say we have the kids doing it remotely from home an
Against protesters in portland, oregon. He was joined by the acting customs and Border Protection commissioner mark morgan. Thank you for being here this afternoon. Last night was the 52nd consecutive night of violent activity in Downtown Portland, targeting federal facilities and federal properties. Mainly the federal courthouse. The departments mission is very clear. We are charged with protecting federal facilities across the country. We have been protecting the courthouse in Downtown Portland since 1997 when it first opened. We began to see a rise in violent activity targeting federal facilities in late may in portland, coinciding with the death of george floyd. Let me reiterate that the department fully supports those who wish to peacefully protest. Let me say this again. We support and we will protect those who want to peacefully protest. Unfortunately what we are seeing in portland every night, roughly from midnight to 4 30 or 5 00 a. M. , is a complete opposite. Again, what is