Is. Lawrence 7 00 a. M. On the East Coast monday, august the 19th. This is Fox Friends. I will be coming to you live from Chicago Today as the dnc kicks off today. I got a chance to catch up with locals who say they arent too thrilled with how things are going in the country, watch. Definitely the number one issue is the violence in chicago, the gun violence. The violence. The economy is the big its a big question mark. Brian all right. And, democrat division. The city is bracing for up to 100,000 antiisrael, prohamas protesters this week. How Big A problem will this be for the party i ask you. Answer at home. Ainsley and Flash Floods ripping through connecticut, first responders jumping into action through the waist deep water. Steve oh my goodness. So the second hour of Fox Friends starts right now. 7 00 here in New York. It is 6 00 in chicago. And we start things off right now. Steve and today is Day One of the democratic national convention. It begins in chicago this morning as Pre
Im back in dallas, yall. Yeah while we often think about the black Trans Community being in big cities like l. A. And new york, we need to see that black trans folks are everywhere, even in a state like texas where 70 of the state identifies at christian. Sadly, that creates an environment where l Kbrks Btq plus rights are constantly under attack. Thats why it is important to be here in dallas because despite everything the black Trans Community is out, proud and insisting on living their best lives, whether you like it or not. So here is the word. Ezekiel 37 114. The hand of the lord brought me out the spirit of the lord and sat me down in the midst of the valley. And in that valley was full of dry bones. Listen to whAt They said. Our bones are dry. Our hope is lost. And we ourselves are cutoff. Goodness gracious. Dont i know something about that. As a woman of Trans Experience, dont i know something about that. Jesus. Preach preach i was reared in a very spiritual household. My dad w
Kenan research center. How old were you when you went to vietnam . I was 24. 24. What was your Family Status . I was married to my husband, al, who was also in the military. We went together and at home was my sister, brother, Mother And Father back in massachusetts. Your hometown . Massachusetts, small town, outside of worcester, massachusetts, about 40 miles from boston. Outside worcester. Uhhuh. What year it was you went to vietnam . I wases in vietnam 68 to 69. What was your sense of the Vietnam War before you decided to enter the military . Well, actually, i didnt have much of a sense of it at all. The way i entered the military was that the Army Nurse Corporation and the Navy Nurse Corps came around to different Nursing Schools, and they had formulated the student Nurse Corps program, which was an Rotc Program because they needed nurses. I wasnt old enough so i had to take the Paper Home and only my father could sign the paper. Not my mother, my father. I sat there with my irish
More formal introduction than that, but i will do so anyway. Congressman clyburn has represented South Carolinas six congressional district since 1993. He has been elected chairman of the congressional black Caucus And Vice chairman and later chairman of the house democratic caucus. This is his second stint as majority whip. He previously served in that role from 20072011 and has served as assistant democratic leader from 20112019. Congressman clyburn also serves as the chairman of the House Elect Subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis. He is also the chairman of the rural Broadband Task Force and democratic face working group. Faith working group. As a national leader, he has championed rule and economic development and many of his initiatives have become law. His efforts have restored scores of historic buildings, sites on the campuses of historically black colleges and universities. His legislation has created a South Carolina national Heritage Corridor and the cultural Heritage Cor