Just once known as the bride of the sea was one of the major port cities in the middle east until the 1948 pound state of war and its aftermath. The city fell into a state of neglect with high rates of crime, poverty, and garbage. The in the last decade, johnson has become a popular destination with real estate, investors, and tourists from all over the world. The former flea market is now bustling with organic shops, high end galleries, and design or stores. Yet the changes are also violently affecting the people who have been living in java for decades. The are Real Estate Developers and authorities aware of their responsibilities and know how their actions affect jobs as residents. The yeah for the job is it kind of zombie city in either c method . Its only half a live. However, its assessed at the cities alive and vibrant facade is hiding an underlying urban sick. Many obama certificates of gentrification is a process where poor social classes within an urban area are swapped out f
Bring your parents. At the end of the day, you are the next generation of american patriots. Come up and take part of this. All right, everybody. Here we go. Ready . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [ applause ] all right. Firstoff, i cant tell how loud i am. Firstoff, thank you, everybody, for coming. First up, we have Grammy Nominated singer and conservative radio talk show host Monica Matthews from atlanta, georgia, who will lead us in a blessing for the day to keep everybody safe and she is also going to sing the national anthem. Here she is. Thank you. Thank you. An honor to be here. If you can stand, please stand. If you have a hat on, please take it off. Thank you. Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hail as the twilights last gleaming whose bright stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts
Lets get all the youngsters out there. You want to take part of the pledge allegiance, come up and bring your parents. At the end of the day, you are the next generation of american patriots. Come up and take part of this. All right, everybody. Here we go. Ready . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [ applause ] all right. Firstoff, i cant tell how loud i am. Firstoff, thank you, everybody, for coming. First up, we have Grammy Nominated singer and conservative radio talk show host Monica Matthews from atlanta, georgia, who will lead us in a blessing for the day to keep everybody safe and she is also going to sing the national anthem. Here she is. Thank you. Thank you. An honor to be here. If you can stand, please stand. If you have a hat on, please take it off. Thank you. Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hail as the twilig
News on the future of catawba hospital. Jean, the new budget proposals confirm what we heard last week, that keep the Mental Health facility open, at least for now. Proposals strip the funding that governor mcauliffe had proposed, to begin the process of closing the hospital in roanoke county. Lawmakers did call for a study of Psychiatric Services for geriatric patients, to be completed year. Roanoke county supervisor Martha Hooker says she is pleased catawba hospital will remain open for now, but doesnt view it as a permanent victory. Martha hooker r catawba supervisor i think that Mental Health care is changing. And were going to have to adapt to that, but this does give us a reprieve and we can gather our resources together and study, and most of all just take care of our Mental Health patients. Thats what we need. Passenger rail is another issue that received attention in the two budget proposals. Both plans include language designed to protect funding for the extension of Passenge
Agree more. We hope the congress will enact a new authorization based upon the principles that we are outlining here today. I want to thank you mr. President , and i hope that our colleagues will take this seriously and hopefully we can turn this mess around. With that, i suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Hatch mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Hatch i suggest the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination which the clerk will report. The clerk nomination. Executive office of the president , michael p. Botticelli of the District Of Columbia to be director of the National Drug control policy. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided. Mr. Hatch i notice the absence of a quorum. T