Leading up to the vote. Nized. Mr. Butterfield thank you, mr. Speaker. I bring this legislation to the floor today on behalf of the committee on house administration. I want to thank our chair, congresswoman zoe lofgren, for her leadership. I thank Ranking Member rodney davis for his friendship and leadership on our committee. Thank you, mr. Davis. I said this to you privately, thank you for the spirit in which you have approached this important but delicate issue. Recognizing the issue of removing confederate statues from the capital has been simmering for years. Since i recognize that, ill now approach the issue today with the utmost respect for those who are opposed to the goal of the legislation. But, but i ask the dissenters to consider that america has been a divided nation since its founding. And its past time for us to close this chapter of American History that remove statues that depict an era that caused enormous pain to africanamerican citizens. Mr. Speaker, as you, i grew
Bill with a final vote scheduled for this morning. Theyll also work on the nomination of Justin Walker to serve on the u. S. Court of appeals. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord, god of heaven and earth, today teach our lawmakers to do things your way, embracing your precepts and walking in your path. Lord, make them powerful instruments for goodness in our nation and world. Remind them at the narrow and difficult road leads to life and few find it. You honor those who honor you. As our senators receive guidance from you and following your leading, replace anxiety with calm and confusion with clarity. Give them attentive hearts and open minds as they seek to find in the diversity of ideas what is best for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to o
A hoax. Small town spirit. How the pandemic is hitting main streets across the country both economically and emotionally. Plus, the good news about their chances of recovery. And fighting online hate. Big Companies Like starbucks used their financial power to try to erase hate from social media. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Covid19 has taken a very swift and very dangerous turn in texas over just the past few weeks. At least a dozen states say theyll not move to the next phase of reopening because of surges in cases. We knew that there would be more cases as people go about their business. Wash your hands. Avoid touching your face and wear a mask. Despite the advice from Public Health experts, President Trump continues to be seen without a mask while in public. Donald trump is for masking up like George Wallace was for integration. The white house says President Trump did not hear part of a video he retweeted in which one of his supporters yelled white
Republicans putso forth a propol by the senators of t south carolina. Weve only had the bill for a few hours, but what is clear is the Senate Republican proposal on policing doesnt rise to the moment. The democratic bill has a ban on federal drug cases while the republican bill requires data. The democratic bill has a publicly available nationwide database on misconduct the republican bill would keep such information almost shielded from the public view. If dans choke holds and tacti tactics. The republican bill purports to chokehold but only those that restrict air flow and block blood flow and provide exceptions when deadly force is needed. Who determines when deadly force is needed, usually the police themselves. Usually the police the republican bill is silent on racial profiling of local policp departments and perhaps the greatest flaw in the republican proposal is that it is missing the real meaningful accountability for individual officers misconduct. There are no refunds to qua
A full report from the ground next then hong kong passes a controversial law making it a crime to insult chinas National Anthem meanwhile thousands defy the ban to hold a vigil in Tiananmen Square all right its time to boost your news i. As protests against Police Brutality continue across the United States lines of armed guards have formed as a barrier around the property surrounding the white house here in washington d. C. But who are these guards and what agency are they actually from arties Rachel Blevins is joining us now live from outside of the white house with the latest on this so rachel what can you tell us who are these people. Woman i know we actually have an update for you because while we saw those armed guards that were surrounding this area around actually out right now they seem to. All but disappeared this morning so today we are much much closer to the white house than we were able to get yesterday and right now as you can see behind me there is a crowd of protesters