Further two week recess. There is more on this glimmer of bipartisan progress just ahead. By then administration also putting its weight behind fighting a surge of Violent Crimes in the country. Homicides up 24 , gonna salts up 22 over the same period last year, late today the president and Attorney General outlined a new anti crime strategy focused on getting more money to Police Departments and to violence Intervention Programs while cracking down on socalled rogue gun dealers. Zero tolerance for gun dealers who will fully violate the key existing laws and regulation. If you will fully sell a gun to someone whos prohibiting from processing it, if you will fully fail to run a background check, if you will fully falsify a record, if you will fully we will find you, and we will seek your license to sell guns. We will make sure you cant sell death and made him on our streets. Biden also noted crime traditionally rises during the summer months. He warned things could get worse in just the
We saw a poll coming out of the weekend on sunday, a couple polls, actually, saying a majority of americans that were surveyed had very strong feelings about the fact that the president himself managed to contract this virus. Emily to a certain extent, it has served as a little bit of a wakeup call, if you will, that the president , with all of his security, testing, and the people that have been around him, even the most powerful man in the world can contract this virus. Can contract the virus. You see republicans. They have been sort of pushing forward and saying we are going to go ahead, continue with the debate, continue from what they can do with campaigning. Look over in the senate, where there is a huge debate going on right now about filling the Supreme Court vacancy. We have not seen any changes to that schedule despite the fact that we have three republicans who currently have the coronavirus and a couple of them sit on the committee that is going to be responsible for having
Airports screen passengers coming in from china where new cases of a deadly virus have been confirmed. Lebanese police have fired at water cannon and tear gas against protesters demanding a resolution to the economic crisis there well than 200 people were injured in the capital beirut saying a honda has more from. Rage in the streets of the capital in what might be a new phase in an uprising against lebanons leadership that is now in its worst month fears confrontations between antiriot police and antiestablishment protesters turned downtown beirut into a war zone this is the epicenter of my protest movement that until a few days ago was relatively peaceful running battles began with demonstrators who want the Political Class they blame for mismanagement and corruption to leave power try to Storm Parliament Building Security forces responded with tear gas i feel like the message is for protesters to back off and that they cant win and i think that the message of. Thing here is that the
Americans 2 separate fed president ial candidate i choice most voters say that robin not house is realized to maximize every possible means. Every possible method of getting assistance for people who need us. Secretary of state says the humanitarian situation in guys is unacceptable and on sustainable. No let up in these routes from bond meant of the straits as sci fi, talk, scene, cairo, and with violent and agreements. Also this our in haiti gangs try to take control of the capital, was add ports to prevent the return of the Prime Minister, whose whereabouts on know the total rise nation, worried about the state of democracy and what the outcome of a president ial contest will mean voice future in the United States, the race for the white house has reached whats traditionally been one of its pivotal moments super tuesday. Thats the day when the largest number of states voted for the preferred democratic and republican president ial candidates. This time 15 state says voting, includin
Well. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us and welcome to Anderson House here in washington, d. C. My name is andrew brown and im the historical programs manager for the American Revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati. The American Revolution institute promotes knowledge and appreciation for the achievement of american independence, fulfilling the aim of the Continental Army officers who founded the society of the cincinnati in 1783 to perpetuate the memory of that vast event. In addition to this evenings program, the institute fulfills this mission by supporting advanced study exhibitions and other historical programs and tours, advocating Historic Preservation and providing resource ideas to classrooms nationwide that benefit teachers, students and scholars alike. Since since 1938, the society of the cincinnati has done all of this work from right here at its headquarters, Anderson House, a National Historic landmark that was completed in 1905 as the winter