A. Terrorist and locked up with no chance of being freed a white supremacist who killed 51 muslim worship is in new zealand is sentenced. In u. S. Courts takes an unprecedented stand against Racial Injustice basketball leads a boycott of games following the Police Shooting of a wisconsin resident complained. 24 hours ago turkey warned greece not to test its patients now it is revealed what that actually meant so he will hold live firing exercises in these to make the east mediterranean next week the latest escalation in a maritime dispute with greece over control of potential oil and gas reserves both countries have been holding military drills already near a patch of sea which they both claim the turkish. And is also extending the work of its vessel conducting seismic surveys of the area and greece is expected to ratify a maritime agreement with egypt which turkey opposes so theres a lot going on there also germanys top diplomat has been calling for an end to the exercises as the e. U
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
Leading up to the vote. Nized. Mr. Butterfield thank you, mr. Speaker. I bring this legislation to the floor today on behalf of the committee on house administration. I want to thank our chair, congresswoman zoe lofgren, for her leadership. I thank Ranking Member rodney davis for his friendship and leadership on our committee. Thank you, mr. Davis. I said this to you privately, thank you for the spirit in which you have approached this important but delicate issue. Recognizing the issue of removing confederate statues from the capital has been simmering for years. Since i recognize that, ill now approach the issue today with the utmost respect for those who are opposed to the goal of the legislation. But, but i ask the dissenters to consider that america has been a divided nation since its founding. And its past time for us to close this chapter of American History that remove statues that depict an era that caused enormous pain to africanamerican citizens. Mr. Speaker, as you, i grew
Politicians from holding their 1st parliamentary session in a month. In sports there is in a recurring returns as manager of spain the former barcelona boss returning to the job 5 months after the death of his baby daughter. The United Nations says israeli settlements in occupied palestinian territory. A breach of International Law thats after a u. S. Decision to not longer consider israeli settlements and legal well russia has also reaffirmed at stars that the settlements are illegal while palestinians have been condemning the decision israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to the west bank he celebrated the announcement as a quote huge achievement that fixed a wrong rosalyn jordan reports from washington d. C. For 41 years the u. S. Has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under International Law that u. S. Policy changed on monday calling the establishing of civilian settlements inconsistent with International Law hasnt worked it hasnt invents t
Information ok. And and ultimately the Vice President went to canada for a u. S. M. C. I. Event thats right during this. This window of time correct correct so its entirely conceivable that the president decided that he wanted the Vice President to go to canada on behalf of u. S. M. C. A. Instead of doing anything else correct im really not a position to speculate what the motivations were behind the president s decision you know the various president s and quite a bit of us m. C. A. Events correctly yesterday and are you aware of whether the. Any one of the state department inquired with your office about the Vice President s availability for the trip to canada for the trip at what point. Early may may be may 8th. I i was on volved in the trip planning for canada and one of my colleagues who covers western hemisphere was in charge of that song not aware of specific ok requests about the Vice President s bill dudley i was aware from my colleague who is planning the trip that we had com