And airports. This is an hour and a half. Welcome to todays hearing on support for healthy air travel. Air travel plays a Critical Role in business, commerce, education, travel, and tourism. We take for granted that we can travel great distances by air. That weredestinations once reserved for imagination. Air travel moved from our imagination to a real audi reality that has changed the way we with each other. Our dependence will only continue to grow. Global air travel will nearly double. As with many other industries, the pandemic has dramatically impacted commercial air travel. In the u. S. Alone, Passenger Air travel was down 96 . Worldwide, the air travel industry is projected to use more than lose more than three hunter billion dollars in operating revenues this year. Shiftpple effect of this goes well beyond the airline. Full recovery requires ensuring safety and reestablishing the confidence as we continue to face the risk of covid19. These are positive steps, but are they enoug
Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text this morning, that number 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. You can also catch up with us on ter at cspanwj m and facebook with facebook. Com cspan. We begin with the scene outside. He capital yesterday this is congresswoman karen bass, chairwoman of the congressional lack caucus and one of the chief sponsors of this legislation. [video clip] 12yearold tamir rice would be alive today if this had past six years ago. It is fitting that today we will legislation. Toric it is sitting because today, june 25, would have been to mayor rices tamir rices 18th birthday. This is a profession that requires highly trained officers that are accountable to the public. Host hours later, the bill was passed in the house. Here is Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the final vote. [video clip] on this vote, the as are 236. The nays are 181. The bill is passed. Objection, the motion to reconsider i
Elections and a democratic e cii sovereign nation was born. Its president was sigmund reed. In may 1950 the citizens of thii young republic went to the polls again to exercise their democratic democratic constitution. Kore even as the citizens of the free korean republicic voted in free elections, the north korean communist leaders were boasting of their intention to unify ther country by force. Ountai and this was their target, a partly mountainous peninsula an the 20 million peace loving citizens of the republic of korea. The attack by the north korean communists came suddenly and without warning. The heroic Republican Army faced by superior forces with all the advantages of deception and eeth surprise, rallied to the defense of the republic. Imp virovising quickly, korean republican troops were thrown against the invaders south of the 38th parallel. Against a prepared enemy armed with modern tanks, planes, and h guns, the republican troops were ill equipped to meet the onslaught. Nc
I brought a notebook and made sure to get receipts. We mulled around in the store, just trying to get some fix on where we work and what we were about to do. I was having some anxiety get to me. I felt my temperature increase. I could feel my sweat coming off the side of my face. I didnt have to ask joe what he was thinking. We looked at each other and of bus looked at the counter at the same time. We just started to walk toward the counter. Without a single word. That is how it happened. Chair nadler host traci parker joins us now for a discussion about the lunch counter sitins of 1960. Traci parker, who with the who were the greensboro four and why did they decide to sit down at that woolworths lunch counter . In that february day in 1960 . Thank you for having me. Those were young men who were just College Freshmen at North Carolina state university. Three of them had already met in high school. And so, already had a rapport. They met the fourth as freshman in college. In college. E
Kor corps. My name is alan b. Clark. My age is 92. Yes. My birthday is 10 september 23. Okay. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Okay. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, theyre primarily from the english continent. My mother felt it from the welsh. But my wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point, but we cant go back much further. Were back to about 1760. Wow. And we have all that in a genealogy book and i can show that to you before you leave here. Sure. And but i was born on the farm. My dad raised tobacco. And corn. And horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i. Two boys that were older than i and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all had deceased now. Okay. And so youre part of the chosen few association, which means you were at the reservoir during the korean war. Is that