It. Well, i didnt downplay it. I actually in many ways i upplayed it in terms of action. My action was very strong. Recordsetting fires. More than 5 million acres now burned in the west. Dramatic new video of how fast the enormous flames took over. Firefighters racing through the about that toxic air blanketing cities like portland. Now the most polluted air in the world. Fighting for justice. Say her name. [ chanting Breonna Taylor ] Breonna Taylors family reaching a historic 12 million settlement with the city of louisville after she was killed by police in her own home. What her mother is saying as the demand for the officers involved to be charged grow louder. Apple game changers. The tech giant Apple Unveils the tch that can track blood oxygen levels and can keep track of your kids. Stunning defeat. Jimmy butler and the unstoppable heat shutting down boston in an overtime thriller. The nug ai overnit d setting up an epicamed the lakers. We certainly do say good morning, america. G
She cant ignore the literal elephant in the room, the gop. Thats because right now republicans face a reckoning. It centers on two key figures representing two directions for the party. Congresswoman Marjory Taylor greenes comments are putting her party on the spot. Today, lawmakers will have to go on the record over whether or not to strip her of her committee assignments. In the next hour, the white house or rather, the house will start proceedings to make that happen. When it comes to conference chair liz cheney, republicans were okay saying one thing about her publically after she voted to impeach former President Trump but in a closeddoor meeting last night, a majority voted to keep her in a position of leadership even after her break with the former president. More on that in moments. Right now, the white house is trying to keep the focus on Foreign Policy. That includes a trip to the State Department and President Bidens first major policy remarks since taking office. In 30 minu
And Commerce Committees on the Coronavirus Relief bill. At a 30, more with representative a member of the Small Business committee. Host this is a wash we will get your reaction to the house voting to remove several statues of confederate historical figures from the u. S. Capitol around. Some republicans joining the democrats in passing this legislation. Heres how you can let us know your thoughts on yesterdays action. If you support removing the statues, call us at 2027488000 , if you oppose it, 2027488001 is the number to call. If you want to text us, you can do so at 2027488003. You can post on twitter or facebook. A breakdown of what occurred yesterday saying a bipartisan vote gave the buildings architect 2 million in four months to complete the job of removing the statues in question braden it past the house by a 305113 vote. Inmainly targets 12 statues century hall the memorialized confederate leaders. While the removal while the chief justices bust does not remove the historical
Good afternoon everyone. Here we are. When we invited you to this meeting, we were going to be talking about three things. Testing, testing, testing. Testing to open up our economy, testing to send our kids back to school. And testing, the coronavirus. What little did we know that we would be coming here almost at the exact time when her country would be registering 100,000 people dying from the coronavirus. 100,000 people. In about a hundred days. Think back 100 days. Think back to president s weekend. Would you have ever thought that we would be observing 100,000 people. So im honored to be here. A distinguished chair, energy and commerce committee. He is about saving lives prayed and testing, they have seen outstanding horses in the congress on the subject. Were also going to be joined by a man of illinois who is the chair of the Congressional Health franchise. And grace in new york and the leader of house of representatives. Another member of the appropriations committee. And deb h
Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 83. The noes are 9. The motion is passed agreed to. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley ive got a couple of issues i want to speak on. One would be trade and section 232 issue. That would be my second one. The first one, i want to speak about commonsense entitlement reform. In the past year weve seen a flurry of drug pricing proposals. Im encouraged by efforts from my colleagues here in the senate, especially Ranking Member wyden, colleagues in the house that agree in the house of representatives who agree with this effort to reduce drug prices and the president of the United States who has already been involved for a year and a half in lowering drug prices. All have made lowering Prescription Drug costs one of the Core Principles of our efforts and particularly a core principle for this administration