Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to review on going Recovery Efforts in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria, as well as efforts to rebuild it electric grids on those islands in a smarter and hopefully a more resilient manner. Were over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and john on september 6th and its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. Just a little over a week ago that senators cassdy, franken and i along with senator carper who was just here and senator harris as well as some of our house colleagues visited both st. Thomas and puerto rico. I want to thank both governors. For your hospitality. The time you gave us during that visit. It was incredibly important i think for all of us to see to be on it ground and to be hearing directly from you and those that you are working with. I know that some other members of our commi
Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to review on going Recovery Efforts in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria, as well as efforts to rebuild it electric grids on those islands in a smarter and hopefully a more resilient manner. Were over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and john on september 6th and its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. Just a little over a week ago that senators cassdy, franken and i along with senator carper who was just here and senator harris as well as some of our house colleagues visited both st. Thomas and puerto rico. I want to thank both governors. For your hospitality. The time you gave us during that visit. It was incredibly important i think for all of us to see to be on it ground and to be hearing directly from you and those that you are working with. I know that some other members of our commi
President in the United States history to have been impeached twice, and he has become so delusional, so vengeful and angry and isolated in the white house that hes now resorted to taking advice from people right off the street. Mike lyndell, rapid conspiracy theersist, right to claim making pillows with foam in the right wing less than a month after calling on trump to invoke marshall law on swing states won by joe biden. A topic of discussion yesterday as well because snippets of his notes you see on the screen captured by a Washington Post photographer including insurrection, act now, at the result of the assault on the end. Then you see, marshall law if necessary upon the first hint of any you see foreign interference in the election. Trigger eligible powers. Make clear, this is china, iran. That was apparently the advice the pillow guy gave to the insurrectionist president yesterday around the same time donald trump slis is the advice on authoritarian methods of staying power from
Brutality, including this in buffalo, new york, Police Reform is atop the list for many activi activists. Is there a viable path forward to lasting change . We ask top leaders in Law Enforcement and a member of congress. Thats just not right. To clear peaceful american citizens for the president of the United States to do a photo op. There is nothing morally right about that. And dozens of retired generals sound off against trump for using troops to intimidate protesters on american soil. Could the breach come back and haunt the president . Velshi starts now. Its been nearly two weeks since george floyd died in the custody of the Minneapolis Police officers and since then, we have seen protests erupt across the country in solidarity. As americans of all an racraces religions unite against Police Brutality, police are fighting back with more brutality. This is america. It shouldnt be. We saw it in chicago and los angeles and louisville and philadelphia and in new york city. And now in b
Since the death of george floyd in minneapolis and nationwide protests against Police Violence showing no sign of slowing down. In Southern California yesterday a number of processions led by hearses met for a Memorial Service in downtown los angeles. In portland, oregon, demonstrators shutdown an intersta interstate. Portlands chief of Police Stepping down, announcing she asked an africanamerican lieutenant to replace her. Outside the white house, protesters turned the fence around Lafayette Park into a living memorial with hundreds of signs and works of art. This comes as former Minneapolis Police officer derek chauvin, who is charged with murder in the death of george floyd made his First Court Appearance yesterday. The judge granted the prosecutions request for a 1. 25 million unconditional bail. All this set against the backdrop today of the private funeral for george floyd and the laying to rest of a man who was killed now 15 days ago in minneapolis. I mean, so many people commem