How prop 25 good overhaul californias mail system. Good evening. First our top story, devin fehely with the argument for and against prop 25. And the Current System of to be barcus to be exact same crime, and one can afford bail in the other cant, the person who can afford bail will languish in jail for weeks and possibly for months. Intellect people that just does not sound or feel fair. But opponents of prop 25 say we could replace that system with something that is even worse and far less there. Prop 25 would completely eliminate californias bail industry. No longer with someone accused of a crime have to pay money to get out of jail while they await trial. And opponents say it is a change that is long overdue. How are they going to find five, 10, 15,000 to bail someone out . That is part of the problem. Right now people are sitting in county jail because they cannot bail out. Reporter the passes of the county would have to create a Pretrial Services division. The job would be to as
Acting customs and Border Protection commissioner mark morgan testified the Senate Homeland security and government official. Pretty discuss the challenges they coronavirus pandemic posed to his agency including passenger travel restrictions. The hearing will come to order. Im looking at the title of this hearing. Cbp oversight unit i was talking to mr. Morgan earlier. Wondering if he wouldve broken of four told the future before he took this position. He wouldve done so. Is been challenging yes. Crisis after crisis after crisis. So first want to say i want to thank the witnesses mr. Morgan or your perseverance and your service to the nation. About the past and present and in the future. Things are not getting a whole lot better anytime soon a fear. I would ask consent to my Opening Statement be entered into record. This hearing on the border that we have not had of quite a few months. Obviously need to is a chart. This really what i want to talk about in my opening comments. I think c
Zoom. Good morning to you. I want to talk about the Coronavirus Response you just answer that question we had been asking viewers throughout the morning, the state of Race Relations in this country getting betteror getting worse, saying the same . I think theress and flows. Its still bad in this country, no question about that we had hearing in ways and means about healthcare disparities and you look at the effect of the coronavirus on persons of color throughout our country africanamericans, latinos, have such a higher incidence of infections and deaths and healthcare disparities, so many Different Reasons as to why they exist and not something i felt in my home county back in 2002, 2009 was the fact that in the United States of america representation of africanamerican doctors, of latino doctors, is so small in comparison to the overall dies of the population and theres a lack of cultural competence. Connecting people with the exact same Health Insurance. An africanamerican, and an a
When you were a little kid. You saw a rocket go off and said i want to do that. Is it that simple or that complex . I was interested in rockets in astronomy long before people get spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try to build some rockets. I wanted to become a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. Worked at the rocket society. I wanted to become a rocket engineer but essentially they said you have to go to mit or to caltech. I cannot afford either. So i took a secondary goal. I got an rotc appointment to wisconsin. From there i went to the Naval Academy. I got to the flight training. I became a naval air aviator. In 1958, nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. I was one of the original 110 people who were selected. Let me go back to the Naval Academy . That is right. This was right after world war ii. I got down to preflight. My mother, when i was at the university of wisconsin, told me to apply to the Naval Academy. 7z3 vi did it,
There i got into flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 1958 nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. So i was one of the original 110 people selected to go for interviews. Lets go back to your Naval Academy days, you almost didnt go, is that right . That is right. I had two years at wisconsin. I informs a Naval Aviation program after world war ii. Have been the most important project in this century. I became the first alternate that usually doesnt make it, are and i got orders for the physical to be inducted into the academy if you so desired. And then i said should i go to the academy, they said dont do that, you two years of college, you have Naval Aviation, if you go back you have to start all over again, you might not get back in aviation, but there was an old captain there and he said if you want to make the navy your career, get yourself to the academy, that is what hatppened. I term paper, my first term paper, i wrote on the development o