Protected civil rights writ large. So this is going to require a longterm bipartisan commitment. But not just from us in washington but folks in the state capitals, city halls, and Police Departments across the country. Because ultimately its the local officials that have the responsibility to hire and fire the police chief, to make sure that bad Police Officers are removed from the force. And thats where the nearterm responsibility needs to lie, because we dont have that capability here. But we do believe, i do believe there are concrete steps we can take right now to address the racial injustices that were exposed once again with the death of mr. Floyd. So i appreciate senator scott and leader mcconnell for responding to this crisis with the urgency that it deserves, and im proud to be part of this effort in the senate. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from. The presiding officer the s
Degrees. Its still cold but not nearly as bad. I should have wore a hat. Media 26 degrees. Glassboro same number. And cape may youre up to 36 degrees. Now when you factor in the winds it feels a little bit colder. It feels like 22 in wilmington, 25 in millville and 26 in allentown. Another cold start to the day but we are expecting temperatures to start moderating as early as later this afternoon and especially monday and tuesday. In the meantime as you look at the satellite and radar shot you can see the cloud cover out to the west in the lefthand part of your scene. We enjoyed quite a bit of sunshine yesterday. Were going to say mostly cloudy skies expected this afternoon. Well call it chilly. The normal high for this time of the year is 44. We hit 42 yesterday, well hit only 41 degrees today and with the wind it will feel more 37. So its a fairly chilly finish to the weekend, starting tomorrow temperatures are way off to the races. Could be as warm as 56 by tuesday and wednesday. De
National archives. And see a gun stacking ceremony at ap mat ox historical park. At 9 00 p. M. A look at the American Revolution scheduled to open near Independence National park in philadelphia in early 2017. Starting at 9 30 p. M. Civil war medical history and some of the civil war artifacts at the National Museum of health and medicine. And at 10 00 p. M. Philadelphias Independence Hall and the story of the declaration of independence and Constitutional Convention from inside the halls assembly room. Coming up at 4 00 eastern on cspan2, a hearing on Diabetes Research and funding efforts, medical professionals, diabetes patients and advocates testify before the senate aging committee. Four months after the terrorist shootings at Charlie Hebdo magazine in paris, an editorial cartoonist discusses the role of satire. The george hosted this event in new york city. Let me quickly introduce our panelists. Tomorrow gary trudeau will receive the george polk career award, attained a status of
Central to american anxieties related to immigration and who could and who could not become a u. S. Citizen. Often chinese immigrants, the issues start in california and from that moment in california in the 1850s and 1860s, comes a National Phenomenon that will ultimately lead to our first legislation on the federal level that targets a particular nation of origin. In terms of the chinese immigration, there are three major issues that people often focused on. That is Racial Attitudes in the 19th century. There are notions of inferiority and superiority that affected chinese immigrants. People of european ancestry often saw asians in general as inferior. They were also concerned about practices. The majority of chinese coming to the United States, although not all, were not christian. They practiced a mixture of it buddism and taoism. In california, people were concerned that chinese immigrants were taking jobs from the white working classes. They were also worried that they were takin
Itss my pleasure to welcome you todays program places of healing and expression, National Parks and the next century. I would also like to welcome those of you who are watching us live on the National Archives youtube channel, as well as on pleased span. Were pleased everyone is here to jien us. The National Archives is honored to clollaborate with program a tha will explore issues of public dialogue and personal meeting and National Parks and what this means moving forward into the next century of americas best idea. Before we get to todays program, i would like to tell you about two upcoming programs that will take place in december, in september, september, the people and the police, produced in the aftermath of 1968 riots in washington, d. C. In an effort to highlight the district pilot project, created to foster the development of Community Programs and improve the shattered relationship between the citizens and its police force. After the screening nbc foreign reporter will moder