U. S. And the world with interactive maps. Watch ondemand anytime unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. All month on cspan, we are featuring the winners of our studentcam documentary competition. Middle and High School Students created videos answering the question what issue do you most want the 2020 president ial candidates to address . Our second prize High School Central award goes to tyler connaher, a 12th grader at Bay Port High School in green bay, wisconsin, where cspan is available through spectrum. Their winning entry is titled americas digital divide. Scott i really asked myself a question what is the fastest way to destroy a democracy . At least one person is dead and several injured tonight after protests and counterprotests turned violent. The great divide in american politics shows no sign of closing. Many are now questioning whether their information is truly safe on the social network. I think the fastest way to destroy a democracy is to poison the information. Tyler w
Downstream to rivers and bayous and areas south of houston and people are still, their lives are still being disrupted and unfortunately more and more bodies are being found as the water has receded in places that have been flooded. Eight days ago harveys wrath was still being felt but we are still counting the cost. He as one lady in houston told my off staff, she said normal is a long way off. Its more than just days we are counting. Families return to their home and peace their lives back together, the numbers keep rolling in. T the numbers are how we keep track and i want to mention a number of numbers that i think will help all of us understand the magnitude of what has occurred. The numbers will help usst wrapper had around what this disaster has meant for not only texas but for the country. The largest numbers of the toughest. Not the toughest to swallow, i will get to those in the moment, but simply to comprehend. They are the ones that make your jaw drop like 27 trillion gallo
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Almighty god, thank you for giving us another day. In your presence, dark nights of challenges are dispelled by the dawn of your love and you know our needs before we express them. Thank you for daily providing our lawmakers with guidance and strength. E pause to thank you for the courage and Sacrificial Service for our Capitol Police. Forgive us when we take their daily Courageous Service for granted. Forgive us, also, when we seem to forget that words matter and can become seeds that will bring a bitter harvest. Bring speedy healing to our brother Steve Scalise and all those injured in yesterdays shooting. Bring peace and solace to all those affected by yesterdays tragedy. Today, use the members of this peoples house as part of your peace, bringing unity from division, light from darkness, from m sadness and hope despair. Dear god, continue to bless america
In trenton, new jersey chasing bail reform. Controversy and dog the bounty hunter. End of june is always a hectic time, they struggle to put together a budget to pass there was an additional wel ele. Dog the bounty hunter. Stopped by to argue against bail reform. This is ridiculous. This is the stupidest law i have seen, the criminals are winning the fight. There is no war on crime in new jersey. They flew from hawaii, it eliminated bail for a lot of people, some say, it is not only releasing criminals back on the streets that should not be there but crushing bail bond industry. Bail agents are trained and licensed. They have a continuing education. They have skin in the game. You dont just get do write bails for free. I want to ask, about what governor christie has said in defense of his bail reform law, a lot of those who oppose is are bail bonds man, basically sour grapes. I am startled by this comment. He has no regard for the people in his community. He has no regard for the victi
Christi this morning with the very latest, don, good morning reporter good morning, Hurricane Harvey continues to show little mercy on this part of the texas gulf coast, and while daylight will soon reveal some of the initial damage, the slow motion disaster is far from over. Band of torrential rain high wind pounded texas gulf coast all night, harvey made land fall 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi as a category four hurricane most intense storm to hit the u. S. In more than a decade. 125mile an hour winds, took aim at the town of rockport high school, Senior Housing center and parts of historic downtown, all hit. Hours later, the monster storm made a second land fall, and started weakening, but it is on track, up to 3 feet of rain in some areas. Already more than 200 you this people are without power, and it has prompted a boil water advisory here in Corpus Christi, anyone who stays behind has been told to boil their water before they consume it. As harvey approached officials urg