James copland come senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute for policy research and director of legal policy for the institute. Todays event casts is sponsored in cooperation with the Manhattan Institutes new policing and Public Safety initiative and we are pleased to welcome senator tim scott, republican of South Carolina. To discuss with us federal criminal Justice Reform. Senator scott is someone i look up to a lot. Hes a South Carolina senator. Im a North Carolina boy, and senator scott is somebody who in initial primary, those who watched him he defeated Strom Thurmond sent in the primary which is abuzz live in the south realize taking out in the primary the son of a long time leader is something that is quite remarkable. I dont care if youre white, black approval but senator scott of course is a black man in these only the fourth black man to serve as a u. S. Senator since reconstruction along with the great edward brooke, of course barack obama and my Law School Buddy cory boo
This 2020 president ial election. We have a keen interest in that and we think a lot of American People do, as well, and we want to call attention to our efforts to communicate with the department of justice and attorney general barr to have him include us in the information that hes ostensibly, appears to be, anyway, that theyre investigating, but weve seen none and im want sure anyone in america has. We will hear from several of our members today. The first one well hear from is congressman ralph norman from South Carolina. Raff ralph . Thank you, chairman. I thank all of you for coming out. The bedrock of our republic is open, transparent, Fair Elections and thats what as andy alluded to, we are encouraging the doj and were encouraging an open transition of examining everything and where theres smoke theres fire and immediately after november 3rd, the press started calling for the president to concede and basically anoint biden. These things take time and al gore got 37 days in one
Their platforms to help fight for social and racial equality. Well catch up with members of the Players Coalition who have spent years successfully lobbying lawmakers to enact reforms, ranging from voting rihts to juvenile detention. And inside jobs. On this unofficial last weekend of summer, well explore how many are falling back into a bit of normalcy. From states opening Indoor Dining to schools overseas and the workplace of the future. See how designers and scientists are helping figure out our return to work. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Lets just try and get through this one weekend and social distance, wash your hands, and were rounding the turn. Reporter a key model is forecasting there will be 410,000 coronavirus deaths in the u. S. By january. I keep saying over and over again weve got to be very careful, particularly as we enter this Holiday Weekend. Reporter the president is suggesting that former chief of staff jo
Forecast this morning. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking warmer temperatures, also that wind which is a fire danger for a lot of us, a risk anyway. Yeah, even at my house over the weekend we had some smoke drifting by from a nearby wildfire. Weve seen the small fires popping up and so this will still be a concern especially in Solano County today. Lets head over to walnut creek with a live look outside as the sun rises this morning. We do have a cool start to the day. Weve had some Cool Temperatures especially for this time of year as we go into today its still going to be very nice as we see some spots reaching along the coastline were in the 60s and 70s. Ill talk about a spike in our temperatures and also the winds calming down coming up in the forecast. Mike, it may still be breezy for drivers heading across some of our bridges. L out for idge, richmond san chp. We dont major connector over there in between 880 and 680. Thats mission boulevard. You see slowing as you approac
The distribution list dedicating for written materials the members might want to offer as part of the hearing today. If you would like to submit submit seven materials, send them to the email address distributed to your offices and we will distribute them as quickly as we can. In light of what is going on in the world today, i ask everyone in the room where a mask at all times, except when you are speaking. Other then if you are a speaker, when you are speaking, i witnessed when you were speaking or when he or she is speaking, please wear a mask at all times. This is for public health. I recognize myself for an opening statement. We are familiar with the terrifying words i cant breathe. They were uttered by george floyd while the Police Officer pen they need to his neck a knee to his neck, taking the final breath of life. Six years ago, eric garner uttered those same words while locked in a chokehold in new york city. He died at the hands of Law Enforcement. Millions of americans now c