Judge on the d. C. Circuit court. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee looks at the u. S. Response to the pandemic internationally. See it at 9 30 a. M. On cspan3. The House Judiciary Committee met to consider justice in policing act of 2020. The hearing started with Opening Statements by Committee Chair jerry nadler of new york and Ranking Member jim jordan of ohio. Members offered amendments throughout the day. That objection can declare recess at any time. This is approving any measure or matter or adopting an amendment for which this was ordered. I would like to remind evers that we have established any mail address and just be should list dedicated to circulating amendments. Otherts, motions or amendment is that you would like to submit are to be brought here today. We will circulate the materials to the members of the staff as quickly as we can. I would also ask all members of those appearing in person and those remotely to mute your members not all appearing in person and thos
Mr. President , thank you very much for coming today. I want to again thank you for your support of everything weve been doing in this obviously very important problem. First i would ask to have Francis Collins make a couple comments about the nih in general and then i will talk about some of the things you and i have been talking about for the past few weeks. Thank you. Welcome. Its wonderful to have you here. Even though we are in fact faced with a Serious Public Health situation we have a lot of people here working hard but are honored by the presence of the secretary. Starting over here the Deputy Director of the Vaccine Resource Center ancenter and that is whee right now. Next to him the frontline on the bench making this thing happen. You know doctor fauci of course and next to him, the director of the Vaccine Resource Center and next to him the principal Deputy Director of nih and we are all thrilled to have you here. I just want to say a word about nih because we havent had the
This eventss season at wharf, look the way the legal world unfairly treats countrys disenfranchised he targets his own profession at public defender. The book titled, usual cruelty. Comes from alec karakatanis, an organization designed to advocate for Racial Justice and bring systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. Especially known for combating unconstitutionality of money bail. Karakatanis was named 2016 trial lawyer of the year by public justice. Was awarded Steven Wright award for indigent defense in the south. As introduction to his talk tonight im exciting to welcoming his guest the program. Payne the poet. In d. C. He was raised in columbus, hire, after serving 8 year sentence within the Virginia Department of corrections he began using poetry as method of healing. Among his work he taught various workshops, afterschool programs and Panel Discussions dealing with topics like mass incarceration, prison reform, social sus just, disenfranchisement and educatio
Youre concerned about a crash. I am. Even though theres a lot of construction going on moving smoothly through the area, an earlier crash cleared there. This is the crash im concerned about. Continuing for over 90 minutes now. The latest update is your left three lanes are blocked. They continue to adjust. Still worried about funneling over to one lane as that crash continues to be an issue. No major injuries when you track that. Meanwh w watching a closure over the skyline but its not quite the same. You guys have the latest on that. Thats right. Breaking news to tell you about this morning. Deputies are investigating the second homicide this morning that could be connected to another case. The investigation is underway right now along skyline boulevard. This is brand new video of officers in that area overnight. Its currently closed. Deputies telling us that the suspect is in custody and this could be connected to a more recent homicide. San mateo deputies found the 32yearolds body l
Congress passed a twoweek funding bill ahead of the deadline. Later, we talked to a reporter about al frankens host good morning, it is friday december 8 are the headline, congress reels from resignations. Said on the floor yesterday that he would resign from his seat here it the house side, republican franks of arizona will also step down over allegations that he asked female subordinates to bear his child. ,epublican line guest 202 7481 ,emocrats line 202 7488000 and independents 202 7488002. Arizona line today for residents. 202 7488003 host many of you just listend to al franken on the floor yesterday. This is what he had to say that he came to noon eastern time. [video clip] statesing in the United Senate has been the great honor of my life. I know in my heart that nothing i have done as a senator, nothing has brought this honor on this institution. I am confident that the Ethics Committee would agree. Nevertheless, today i am announcing that in the coming weeks, i will be resigni