Really good afternoon, everyone. Right. Apologies for the delay. We had the administrator was actually briefing the president in the oval office. So we wanted to make sure that she was ready to go and the president got the briefing that he needed before we came out. So apologies for a late start in the briefing. So in a minute, you will hear directly from the fema administrator on how the Biden Harris Administration has mobilized a robust whole of government response effort to support immediate and long term rescue and Recovery Efforts in maui. Hawaii. First, as the president said yesterday, we are praying for those who lost so much who lost loved ones, their community, their businesses, their households. We are also incredibly thankful to the First Responders and also the the very brave firefighters who are on the front lines who are dealing with this response and recovery effort. Early today, we announced that the president and the first lady who will be traveling to hawaii on monday
Faith. Both sides kept their word. I think we did pretty dang good for the american public. Can both parties claim victory . Ill talk to democratic senator joe manchin of West Virginia and mike rounds of south dakota. Plus, a crowded field. Former Vice President mike pence, former new jersey Chris Christie, and north dakotas governor are all set to officially announce their 2024 bid this week. Meanwhile, the 2024 gop frontrunners, ron desantis and donald trump, attack each other. He used to say how great florida was. His whole family moved to florida under my governship. Are you kidding me . With a crowded field help trump win . And trump on tape. The special counsel has an audio recorder of the former president taking a classified document after leaving office. All i know is everything i did was right. We had the president ial records act. With the grand jury set to meet again this week, will the former president face more criminal charges . Ill talk to former trump attorney timothy p
Unless theres a peace deal, the draft resolution, unless the president leer but the state Department Says that he told secretary of state, john kerry, today that he intends to sign. National guard troops, hundreds of wildfires in washington state, the army units were joining the crews on the fire lines, and later this week, the fires have blazed through about 1500 square miles in eastern and Central Washington over the past weeks. Sabrina register joins us with more. And sabrina, youre in shalen, washington, and my understanding is that these days, its virtually a ghost town. Reporter it is, tony. You know, you walk around town and you do see some people, but those are really the longtime residents here, and this is a very popular vacation town. Certainly in the month of june, july and august and the tour resists have stayed away. There are massive wildfires not just burning here, but all over the state, several of them, including on one to close to the town of chelan. This is a supply
Radio. This coverage comes to you from wcve Public Television in richmond. Greetings to those of you who may be joining us from whtj, Public Television in charlotte charlottesville, or other parts of the state. Address, we will go to the republican responses. All of that coming up in the next hour from your local Public Television station. The governor will lay out his legislative priorities for the 60day session of the General Assembly. He is sure to make the case for twoyear budget budget, the only one who can claim credit for. In that are over 1 billion in investments for public invests education. The sergeant of arms will announced terry mcauliffe. The joint assembly will come to order. Sergeant at arms . Mr. President , his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe thank you. [applause] as speaker of the house of delegates and president of the joint assembly, its my pleasure to present to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealt
Commerce Committee Representative joe barton a republican of texas. Congressman barton a lot of proposals are coming out now not from the fcc yet but for members of congress in different groups about how to treat Net Neutrality. Your colleague henry waxman recently wrote to the fcc asking it to be reclassified as title ii. What is your reaction to back . Guest i respect henry a lot obviously but he is wrong. You are trying to use an old law passed back in the 1930s for an industry in the 21st century. Its been proven over and over again that the best solution to allocation issues and usage issues is an open transparent market with appropriate oversight by the federal and in some cases state and local government. We have a booming internet. We have a booming telecommunication system and by and large its because for the last 20 Years Congress and various president s have adopted more and more open marketbased policies towards telecommunications. For henry or the fcc to try to use and alm