Debate on reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. At 8 30 american conservative , union chair matt schlapp on campaign 2020 and President Trumps reelection strategy. Host good morning, this is the washington journal for july 21. You are looking at scenes from portland last night, between a local police and people protesting against balance on africanamericans. It is the latest scenes that have prompted the Trump Administration to send officers to places like portland and seattle. In our first hour, we will show you more of what the president said about the process and get your thoughts on whether you agree or disagree with the deployments. 2027488000,call if you disagree, 2027488001, you can text us at 2027488003 or tweet us cspanwj. Websiteonian on their discusses a bit of the events from yesterday. This story saying parent groups marched in droves monday night to join the protests in response to repeated and nicely use of force by federal agents on demonstrators. They first
In the bay area alone. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken way and i pale more here is a look at the bay area broken down county by county right now Alameda County continues to lead with more than 11,000 cases of covid19 Santa Clara County not far behind with nearly 10,000 cases. Tonight, San Francisco county has more than 6,000 reported cases of the disease and city officials are preparing for a surge in hospitalization to get ahead of the curve these cities building a new temporary hospital to try to free up beds for Covid Patients. The new hospital will open for non Covid Patients who need shortterm medical care or observations kron fours tips aqui joins us now live from. Georgias avenue in the presidio where the new facility will be located taylor. Well the citys Health Director isnt sugarcoating things today. He said we are in a major surge of coronavirus cases. And thats exactly why they are opening this site here to be proactive rather than reactive now. The city says that thi
Now the entire Funeral Service for representative john lewis in atlanta georgia. Friends and family pay tribute to the civil rights leader as well as former president george w. Bush, bill clinton and barack obama. The president remembered the pre life and legacy of representative john lewis and shared personal stories. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] good morning and welcome to the historic Ebenezer Baptist church. We are americas freedom church. My name is doctor Patrice Turner and as i serve as the director of worship of the arts here today. We thank god for the life of representative John Robert Lewis and so, at 11 00 a. M. We shall join with churches and institutions all over the land and ring the bell for his life 80 times to represent his 80 years here on earth. Let us remain silent and remember his contributions and legacy to our people at this time. [bells silence]. [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing o
Pres. Obama james wrote to the believers, consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Preach. Obama let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. It is a great honor to be back at Ebenezer Baptist church in the pulpit of its greatest pastor, dr. Martin luther king jr. , to pay my respects to perhaps his finest disciple. An american whose faith was tested, again and again, to produce a man of pure joy and unbreakable perseverance, john robert lewis. To those who have spoken, to president s bush and clinton, madam speaker, reverend warnock, reverend king, johns family, friends, his beloved staff, mayor bottoms, ive come here today because i, like so Many Americans, owe a great debt to john lewis and his forceful vision of freedom. This country is a constant work in progress. Were born with instructions. To form a more perfect union.
This full Committee Nomination will come to order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations to key transportation positions. The nominees before us today are eric soskin, nominee for Inspector General for dp of transportation. Robert pmbing rimus, nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sara feinberg, nominated to be a director of the amtrak board of directors. And chris coose, nominated to be a director on the amtrak board of directors. The Inspector General of transportation oversees audits of the d. O. T. s programs with the end goal of ensuring our national frppings system is safe, efficient and effective for the american people. Eric soskin has been nominated for this Important Role. Hes a senior trial counsel in the federal Programs Branch at the u. S. Department of justice where he has served since 2006. During his tenure at the justice department, he hasing mored complex litigation an was chose fn a detailed assignment as policy counsel in