How its changed the conversation about sexual abuse and harass manhattan. And a world war ii veteran keeping active. Meet the neighbors who put out chairs to keep him moving. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I was stun and brokenhearted at what i saw. John kelly defends President Trump. He called four people the other day and expressed his condolences in the best way that he could. Said to him, sir, theres nothing you can do to lighten the burden. Amid the controversy over President Trumps call there are serious questions about the attack itself. Do you feel the administration has been forthcoming up to this point about what happened there . Of course not. The u. S. Senate has passed a budget plan. A major effort to overhaul the tax code. Bigotry seemed emboldened. Former president s bush and obama are blasting the politics of america. Instead of politics affecting our values theyre disrupting our community. A protest at the university of flor
Changed the conversation about sexual abuse and harassment. A world war iis veterans hometown helps him stay active. Meet the neighbors who are putting out chairs to keep him move. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I was stunned and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. Gold star father john kelly defends President Trump. The white house chief of staff talking about this call to one of the widows of the soldiers killed in niger. He called four people the other day and expressed his condolences and the best way he could. I said, sir, theres nothing you can do to lighten the burden. Amid the controversy over President Trumps condolence call, there are serious questions about the attack itself. You feel this administration has been forthcoming about what happened there . Of course not. The u. S. Senate has passed a budget plan. A major step forward in the republican effort to overhaul the u. S. Tax code. Bigotry seems embo
Senator jackson and the aclu forced him to change direction. When we proposed the 18minimum, we knew that there were certain circumstances. We just hadnt heard them yet. Reporter the aclu argued that not all underage marriages are coercive and theres not enough data to make a decision about the issue. So they passed a new version that required a Court Counselor to individually interview anyone under 18 who wants to get married. And it requires all courts to track and publish data on the courts petition and ages of the people making the request. He says hes laying the ground work for more restrictions. The purpose of the Data Collection is to be able to look in 2019 to see where we are. Reporter he says once theres more information, another law can be proposed. In the meantime, sarah says this is a good start and she wishes she had had an individual interview when she was 15. I watch people my age having careers, building their lives, and i feel about ten steps behind them. Reporter now
The u. S. Institute of peace. Thank you very much. Hello, everybody. Thank you very much for the commission and its cochairs, for hosting this very timely briefing on the political and security crisis in the democratic republic of congo, or drc. Congress is launching u. S. Policy toward drc and the wider Great Lakes Region of Central Africa using tools such as the foreign aid appropriations process, legislation on minerals, sexual violence, child soldiers, he met generally at international adoptions, oversight activities and direct engagement with regional leaders in Civil Society. Over the years many members of congress have paid particular attention to Human Rights Violations in eastern congo which is long been an epicenter of regional conflict. Perhaps in recognition of such engagement success against president s since the 1990s have appointed former members of congress to serve as highlevel special envoys and advisers on the Great Lakes Region, most recently as you all know senator
Speak. Members of the public may submit comment by e mail. Comments submitted will be forwarded to the commissioners and include as part of the official file. I will note we did receive a number of Public Comment items through e mail. They have been posted our website and transmitted to the commissioners. I will call the role. Sullivan aye commissioner ahn commissioner hunter is excused. Commissioner tompkins. Here. Commissioner yuen we have a quorum. The next is consentful items 24. Item two of the president s welcome. This is for discussion. Item 3 is staff introductions to speakers. This is for discussion. And item 4 the approval of minutes of june 3, 24 commissioner of environment meeting. Draft mantle this is is for discussion and action. Thank you. Il start with the land acknowledgment. Commission on environment acknowledges we occupy the home lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. The Ramaytush Ohlone understand the connect