Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
The coronavirus for. The 1st friday prayers it is the bulls hagia sophia after its controversial change of status from museum to mark. So that the top u. S. Health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infections spike in large parts of the country the centers for Disease Control insists its safe for children to return to class and its unlikely that they will contract or transmit the virus they say state and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools the President Donald Trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that taint the White House Press secretary reiterated that call. It is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here are considered essential workers which is why you are coming into the Briefing Room every day during the pandemic are meatpackers where meat pac
Protests in hungary accusing the government of clamping down on Media Freedom amid mass resignations of the countrys most popular with. So political and economic tensions between the u. S. And china escalating china is demanding the u. S. Close its consulate in the city of chengdu while the chinese consulate in houston ended its operation on friday just moments after that deadline to close a group of men thought to be federal agents forced their way into the building they were seen prying open several doors didnt respond when asked who they were the u. S. Government accuses staff of the chinese consulate of espionage and data theft targeting facilities including medical centers in texas beijing called the allegations malicious slander. Well the u. S. Crackdown on spies hasnt stopped on friday a singaporean man pleaded guilty to acting as an agent for chinas Intelligence Agency before chinese scientists were arrested over the alleged ties to chinas military the last to be detained tang
Time get that much time to speak. Number one, the reason why that is, is not anything about affirmative action. Its all because of one guy we were talking about earlier, scalia. You can you can listen to any oral argument on oyez. Org cspan 3 is live on capitol hill this morning where members of a house subcommittee are holding a hearing on u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Live coverage on cspan 3. Such as subcommittee meetings and hearings and so the expectation is for members and witnesses who are physically present to please wear a mask except when you are speaking. Pursuant to notice and this subcommittees rules of procedure and statement of policy for private immigration bills i call up hr 7572, a private bill for the relief of median. The chair calls the bill for the purpose of requesting an investigative report from the department of Homeland Security and the stay of removal on behalf of the named beneficiary while that report is pending. Without objection i ask unani
How the white house has celebrated the fourth of july through history. Washington journal is next. Good morning. It is Independence Day in america. At the white house later today President Trump will headline a salute to america event involving a flyover the washington on you meant. The head of those festivities ahead of those festivities, we are spending this morning asking viewers how you feel about this country this morning . Are you proud to be an american . If you live in the eastern time zone, call 202 7488000. If you live in the pacific time zone, the number is 202 7488001. You can also send us a text this morning. 202 7488003. Please involve include your name. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling in now about this question. Asking this question in the wake of a gallup poll last month that found u. S. National pride has fallen to record lows. From that pole, although a majority of adults in the u. S. Say they are either extremely proud or very proud, these