Parkland School Shooting. Oh, and shes also said that democrats should be executed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is very concerned about the ongoing threats to members of congress and she says now the enemy is coming from within the house of representatives. There are new developments this morning in the effectiveness of vaccines against new coronavirus strains. Earlier results from Drugmaker Novavax show it is 89 effective against the regular strain, but only 60 effective against the variant that we are seeing in south africa. That is worrying health officials. Whats more, people in the trial who had been previously infected with the first strain are getting infected again with the new strain. So this really has the potential to change some of the framing in the battle in this pandemic. The first cases of that strain were now found in the united states. That happened for the first time yesterday. It happened in individuals who had not traveled and have no connection to each oth
Shooting in oakland kron fours reyna harvey on the story for us this morning from oakland. Reyna bring us up to speed what happened. Dorian james good morning. This actually started as a pursuit with the San Leandro Police department and made its way into oakland were going to show you a map of where all and where that shooting occurred this is off pippin and apple street in oakland is in east oakland right around the corner from a 100 and 5th. Well police followed a vehicle they believed to be stolen by a driver armed with a firearm this happened a little after 11 00pm last night, the pursuit ended when the vehicle crashed into the rear of an unoccupied parked vehicle. Now police say the driver exited the vehicle while holding an assaultstyle firearms. Thats when the officer with the San Leandro Police department discharged his weapon fatally shooting that man. The driver died from his injuries at the scene. No officers were injured. Now police say an Assault Rifle was recovered at th
Good morning, i call the meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin now house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the interior and environment and appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize miss mccullum to present the bill. Good morning, and thank you, madam chair. I want to thank Ranking Member joyce for his strong collaboration and partnership throughout this entire process. Hes been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography, being a social studies teacher he borers with the great state of ohio on lake erie and in minnesota we border on lake superior. Id like to thank the subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which weve continued our tradition of nonpartisan work
States senate, and in our country. Thank you t to say for all that you have done for us. First personally when i came to congress, you were one of the first individuals to and to give me advice and encouragement and to day, every time i see you, you do that. And you will never know how much means. I just want to publicly state isakson, senator isakson, is a hero for people country. S this your brilliant mind and your leadership will always be here. We say thank you from the bottom our heart. May god bless you and your family as you go into this next chapter. You. I yield back. Mr. Scott madam speaker, rise my colleagues and i to honor the legislative legacy and the life of my good friend and fellow georgia bulldog, u. S. Senator Johnny Isakson. 20 years, senator isakson have served the people of georgia and the United States congress. Tirelessly fighting for the people of georgia. Uring his tenure, senator isakson has been a bell weather for many in our belweather, many in our delegati
There are few people in washington, d. C. , and in america had the impact of senator Johnny Isakson. Think of senator isakson, no question, there are come to our s that mind. Senator, you are, you have been incredible statesman, a phenomenal leader, both in here in the United States senate, and in our country. Thank you t to say for all that you have done for us. First personally when i came to congress, you were one of the first individuals to and to give me advice and encouragement and to day, every time i see you, you do that. And you will never know how much means. I just want to publicly state isakson, senator isakson, is a hero for people country. S this your brilliant mind and your leadership will always be here. We say thank you from the bottom our heart. May god bless you and your family as you go into this next chapter. You. I yield back. Mr. Scott madam speaker, rise my colleagues and i to honor the legislative legacy and the life of my good friend and fellow georgia bulldog