We can report tonight, and The Great One, mark levin, he will be here and have a reaction. I want to first turn to a developing story on capitol hill. Tomorrows house democrats, they will force a vote to strip all Committee Assignments from a georgia congresswoman. Her name is Marjorie Taylor greene. Now, taylor green is a freshman lawmaker. I am sure probably, just maybe last week, many of you had never heard her name, as she has been on the job a whopping one month. She was elected from a district in North Georgia with an impressive 74 of the vote. Despite widespread reports about Taylor Greenes support of q and qanon and other Conspiracy Theories, the voters went out ad voted. In other words, it appears the voters in her district, they knew about some of her beliefs, and they still decided to put her in office. Very high percentage. Now, democrats, they are trying to block her representation in committees and the will of her voters because of these beliefs. Now, we have done our own
Okay, the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my opening statement, i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician. And we asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these. And while he is not mandated their use, he did share that, and i quote, my preference is that members retain their face covers when speaking as speaking is an activity which can release virus particles, especially if the speaking is of high spirited nature. And ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a high spirited nature. So were going to leave it up to individual members to decide. But i think i will to be cautious here, im going to keep mine on. Others will be mindful of the reason why there is guidance on this issue. It has been roughly three months since the First Community transmission of covid19 was discovered in the United States. Since that time, our world has changed dramatically. There are now more than 1. 3 million
One stage. The presence here today of these candidates represents an outreach hand, an important signal that they take our outreach and communities and each and every one of you very seriously. As the nations largest civil rights urban advocacy and social justice conference i also believe that their presence here speaks volumes. I would like to declare that they welcome all the candidates to come and address us and share their plans for saving our cities. As each of you know the National Urban league is a Nonpartisan Organization and does not endorse any Political Party or candidate. As a nonpartisan 501 c 3 organization, the National Urban league extended an invitation to any 2016 president ial candidate who either appeared in a reputable Public Opinion poll such as gallo rasmussen or others or reached out and contacted us before july 1st. You might be surprised but according to the federal Election Commission there are so far at least 484 individuals who are vying for the president i
The National Weather posted service posted, storm serve surge of 10 to 15 feet is expected along the south florida coast. This is a dire and lifethreatening situation. Governor scott tweeted, everyone in an evacuation zone needs to leave. Onm getting another update the Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Irma from the Orange County eeoc now. South florida is already expensing Tropical Storm force winds help and 25,000 people have already lost power. Hurricane irma is battling with dangerous winds and continues to remain a catastrophic and lifethreatening major category three with winkle of 120 miles bank. This is a deadly major storm and our state has never seen anything like it. Millions will see major hurricane impacts with deadly, deadly story storm surge and lifethreatening winco. Ds. Win there is a threat of storm surge along the florida coast and this has increased to 15 feet above ground level. Impact above ground level. Think about that. Devastating and will cover your house. The surge
Extreme uv index and hot this evening and afternoon. In fact, by 4 00, it will be warm to hot with temperatures near triple digits inland and this evening at around 7 00, it will still be mild. Hot numbers stay with us and ill let you know the accuweather sevenday forecast. Thank you. The democratic ticket is set. Hillary clinton has selected virginia senator tim kaine to be her running mate. She made the announcement yesterday afternoon with both a text and tweet to her supporters. Abc7 News Reporter Elissa Harrington has reaction from bay area democrats and republicans. Reporter a tweet and fist bump confirmed Hillary Clintons pick for Vice President ial running mate. Over in tim kaine from the state of virginia. A man clinton says has devoted his life to fighting for others. I think its a good choice. I think its a real good choice. This is a man of substance. This is a really good person. Reporter george miller, a long time member of congress met him two years ago and describes him