Washington journal, we look at the latest on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with virginia ben clinen and thomas suozzi. Good morning. Thursday, may 28, 2020. The house returns at 9 00 a. M. Totern to vote on renew federal surveillance powers. President trump will receive a briefing at the white house on the 2020 Hurricane Season after the first launch on u. S. Soil was delayed due to the weather. On the death in minneapolis monday have an unarmed black man at the hands of police. After some protest turned violent overnight, we open our phones to hear from you about the state of Race Relations in this country. If you think Race Relations are Getting Better, 202 7488000. If you think they are getting worse, 202 7488001. If you think they are staying about the same, 202 7488002. You can send us a text this morning. That number is 202 7488003. If you do include your name and where youre from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media on cspan cspanwj. On facebook, facebo
Pass h. R. 6544 and h. R. 4984. The first electronic vote will be conducted the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 6544, a bill to advance the benefits of Nuclear Energy by enabling efficient, timely and predictable licensing, regulation and deployment of Nuclear Energy technology and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 365, the nays are 36. One is recorded as present. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rule is suspended and the bill is passed and the moti
but, did call it a sacred mission to do so. these new comments are coming, as we are seeing a whole lot unfold on the ground there as well, over the last 24 hours or so, including residents fleeing parts of southern gaza today, under a warning to do so from israel, as the idf strikes on the southern city of in announces what they call expanding operational activities. we re going to have a live report from jay gray in tel aviv, in just a moment. we want to start first though, with ambassador dennis roth, counselor at the washington institute for near east policy. msnbc foreign affairs analyst, he was the on the peace process in the clinton administration, and was instrumental in assisting israelis and palestinians to reach an interim agreement in 1995. ambassador, thanks for joining us on, this inflation. i have wanted to speak to you, ambassador, throughout this entire conflict. i m so happy that you are joining us this hour. i want to talk first about this new op-ed out
The sheriff served as a texas police commissioner. He served martinez and was of ed to the rank elected sheriff of elverde county and the sheriff of yuma county, arizona and Law Enforcement in yuma for over 30 years. Since service in the United States marine corps and elected sheriff of uma county in 2012 and continues to serve in this capacity. Final witness is the honorable eddie travino, served in Cameron County for 15 years. A partner and founder of travino and baudon law firm and from brownsville mayor from 2003 to 7 and november 2016 elected to the Cameron County bench where he currently serves. I want it thank all of you for being here today. Statements will appear on the record. I know many of you have flights to catch. With that, the chair recognizes mr. Mccrawfords testimony. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And ranking Ranking Member thompson. We have testimony about how big texas is and congressman, thank you for pointing that out. It is obligatory to note that 1200 to 1900 miles b
Announcer sunday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Our series of interviews on new members of withess, we met congressman thomas suozzi, democrat of new york. Congressman tom suozzi represents new york democrats in the third district. Tell us what you were doing before you ran for the seat. Rep. Suozzi i was trained originally as a lawyer and a Certified Public Accountant and i worked for Arthur Andersen and company and i clerked for the chief judge of the Eastern District in the federal courts and i worked for a big law firm and thentirling i was the mayor of my hometown for eight years and then i was the county executive of a very large county Nassau County on long island one point three Million People two point eight billion dollars budget. I did that for eight years. I had actually run for governor of new york state against Eliot Spitzer in a democratic credit primary that did not turn out very well for me than turned out very well for Eliot Spitzer either. But then i lost my ra