Housepassed government funding bill. Now, live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, help us. Turn us back to the paths of integrity and faith. Be for our lawmakers a protecting rock of safety, rescuing them from the powers of evil. Help them to fix their hearts on you, trusting your guidance and wisdom. May love for you be reflected in the ordering of their priorities, as they seek to give you first place in every important decision. Lord, make them servants of your purpose, as they seek to increase the treasures of your kingdom. Satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts. And, lord, in these toxic times, bless america. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, o
At risk, including gay men, blacks, latinos and other at high risk of infection. We will continue to support americas Ground Breaking programming. That was a platform in 2012. How should we expand on this . That is a good place to start. Somenk there are from of the mental things to address. We can virtually, nearly eliminate transmission, treatment as prevention. We need to make sure we had treatment on demand. Any person living with hiv should have access to lifesaving treatment. Not only for their own health, but also because of the dramatic reduction in transmission. We can enter up acquisition of the virus. Anyone at risk of hiv should have access to treatment that would prevent acquiring hiv. Number three, we need to address the issue around stigma. For example, if you are trance trans woman and your state discovered it against you, you, we have to deal with the stigma issue. Number four, when he to continue to be a leader we need to continue to be a leader in the research front.
There needs to be records so people with Mental Illness cant get guns. Im glad you asked that. I want you to think about something. Were focusing on the guns. Lets talk about the people. This person, this guy who committed the mass murder in oregon, it was his mother. He and his mother. Where was dad . Where was brother or sister . Where was neighbor . An, folks, are marriages our marriages, too many of them have eroded. The relationship with our neighbors. Whats happened todd neighborhood . You see, we are all really our neighbors keeper. And we all have a responsibility to live a life bigger than ourselves. Its about justice and healing and who is helping this woman down in virginia . This is something the government could have done. There was not an emergency bed for his son, he took his son home and the next day, a tragedy occurred where he was stabbed and his son is gone. Why didnt we have the beds . Was it because we run over eople who we dont understand . What are we doing to he
No im booktv we will introduce you to ucla professor otto santa ana what do you teach here . Department of chicano studies. Host what courses are you teaching . Language did in the media, language in the classroom provide teaching of class on political humor and all aspects of language sitters socially relevant. Your book is named juan in a hundred the representation of latinos n network news. Here is the cover but what does the word latino mean . Guest all the people who are of latin american origen now citizens of the United States. Host as professor of chicano studies what does that mean . Mexicanamerican descent another way to say mexicanamericans. Host what is the latino population today in the United States . Guest 52 million a huge portion of society. Host your book is about representation on network news how many stories are about latinos . Sad to leave less than 1 of all news stories on the evening news have to do with latinos. Why . Because theyre not considered by the media
There could be violence . This is Aljazeera America good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. The war in yemen is inching close to the border with saudi arabia. Overnight 30 airstrikes hit two provinces in yemen in the north near the border. The Coalition Said the strikes are in response to houthis firing mortars and rockets at a saudi town. Three people died. Secretary of state john kerry is calling on the saudis to stop the fighting for humanitarian reasons. Aid agencies say yemen has a shortage of fuel and those agencies may have to halt their work. We have a correspondent live in riyadh. Is there any word that saudi arabia will consider suspending the airstrikes to allow humanitarian relief . I cant yeah, i think it will depend on what kind of truce or pause the United States will ask for. To stop the campaign now when the houthis have been able to shell saudi cities and inflict damage in civilian areas i think its not likely, but the saudis have already talked abou