a project for the american bar association. --- probar. we strive to empower immigrants through high-quality legal education and representation and connections to services. we provide information to navigate the immigration system and make informed decisions about their cases. we also represent them and assist them in their cases in court, as well as connecting them to legal and special services that they need, if they pursue their immigration cases outside of our area. our primary focus has been to serve the needs of adults and unaccompanied children who are in federal custody in our area, the rio grande valley border region. our team serves children detained in custody by the office of refugee resettlement and those children released from custody and live locally in our rio grande valley area. due to the number of unaccompanied children typically detained in the rio grande valley, and within our community, our work reaches some of the highest numbers of unaccompanied children nationally. some of you may be wondering, where these children

. >> coming up live today, the american bar association looks at the legal challenges of unaccompanied migrant children at the u.s. southern border. that's at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span. at 1 p.m., the discussion about the pandemic and vaccine hesitancy from the center for strategic and international studies. on c-span two at about 10 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin who is charged in the death of george floyd. >> book tv on c-span two has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. saturday at 8 p.m. eastern, the columbia university professor looks at america's approach to individual rights in his book " how right went wrong." saturday at 9 p.m. eastern, the bowling green state university professor talks about free speech and the free exchange of ideas in his book " why it's ok to speak your mind." sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on afterwords, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and her life in the military in his interviewed by politico. watch book tv this weekend and be sure to tune into in-depth sunday,

also a member of the american bar association and located in houstonn texas.a opened their doors five years ago last fall created in response to the first significant increased of unaccompanied children coming across the southern border in 2014. with the increased numbers also an outpouring of interest and immediate need for legal services. we quickly realize there was a demand for training in targeted information with the growing nonprofit organization and the pro bono attorneys calling forre representation as a second year law student 15 years ago i traveled year to on - - travel down to corpus christi to conduct legal screenings for children detained at an office resettlement facility and was just learning immigration law that we had the task to teach 15 and 16 -year-old boys from central america about us immigration system. it was an overwhelming task and more soff because we knew it might be the only opportunity they have to learn about their rights and responsibilities from the living - - legal community. of unaccompanied children i have worked with hund

. >> coming up live friday, the american bar association looks at unaccompanied migrant children at the border. this is at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. at 1:00 p.m., vaccine hesitancy. from the center for strategic and international studies. on c-span two, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin who is charged in the death of george floyd. ♪ >> c-span's long-running series book notes is back as a podcast. notes plus. here compelling interviews. -- hear compelling interviews for you this week, on the inaugural episode, find out which u.s. presidents were, in sex scandals. author eleanor herrmann joins us to share those stories from her book sex with presidents. a new podcast from c-span. subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and get your information about all the c-span podcasts at c-span.org/podcasts. ♪ >> president biden announced four actions aimed at preventing gun violence. he was joined by vice president harris and attorney general garland in the white house rose garden. this is about 40 minutes.

. ♪ >> coming up live, friday, the american bar association looks at the legal challenges of unaccompaniednt children at the u.s. southern border at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and then at 1:00 p.m., the discussion about the pandemic and vaccine hesitancy from the center for strategic and international studies. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin who is charged in the death of george floyd. >> c-span shop.org is c-span's new online store. go there today to order a copy of the congressional directory, a compact spiral-bound book with contact information for every member of congress including bios and committee assignments. order your copy at c-span shop.org. every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operation. >> next, a house hearing on children's internet safety. during the coronavirus pandemic, including questions on targeting , advertising to kids, and attending school online, held by the energy and commerce subcommittee, this is two hours 50 minutes. again, good morning and welcome to our hearing. children are spending t

>> , member of the virginia bar which is a nonpracticing state bar association for attorneys and american society of evidence based placing of the national association of chief of police and i serve as an advisor to the american law institute principles of the law on policing and i'm a member or i believe technically a liaison to the american bar association working group on trust in the criminal justice system and there are probably a couple of other ones that i don't remember them all on hand. >> do you occasionally provide consultation to law-enforcement agencies in conducting use of force reviews through these organizations? >> not through the professional organizations but i do work with consult or do research with police agencies, yes. >> does that include providing educational instruction? , consultation. >> yes. >> and specific use of force reviews. >> yes. >> what agencies have you done that kind of work with? >> i have done training and investigational training with the sheriffs office which is the largest of law enforcement association or largest law enforcement agency in south

take a look at what's marked as exhibit 277, does that appear to be american bar association cpr card? >> correct. >> is that the tarp of card you administer? >> yes. >> while it's not required some officers continue with them about the cards are maintained in the record of the minneapolis police department? >> if they have taken a full force to the minneapolis police department, we would not be a cardholder. >> exhibit 278, that appears to be a cpr card of a different year? >> correct. >> exhibit 277 to 78. >> 277 to 78. >> published exhibit 277 and highlight that portion. does this appear to be a cpr aed card issued to derek chauvin? march 2012 through march 2014? >> correct. >> if we could slay exhibit 278. cpr card issued to the defendant january 14 -- >> correct. [background noises] when you provide training, medical training to law enforcement officers, does that training get reported into the workforce system to report? >> yes. >> when did you start personally delivering the training? >> i've been part-time instructor since 2017 and assumed full-time january 2020. >> how many t

. >> coming up live friday, the american bar association looks at the legal challenges of unaccompanied migrant children at the u.s. southern border. that's at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. at 1:00 p.m., a discussion about the pandemic and vaccine hesitancy from the center for strategic and international studies. then on c-span2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. he is charged in the death of george floyd. >> next, a discussion about economic policy with the financial leaders, and federal reserve chair jerome powell. the discussion is 50 minutes and begins with remarks by the imf managing director. >> it is great to be bringing some good news. we have upgraded the growth projections for the world to 6%, and it is on the basis of three things. one, vaccinations advancing, two, major economies putting in more stimulus, and the united states recently did that, and three, lockdowns do not cause the same decrease in economic activity, but there are two things to watch. one, the virus is mutating and still roaming around the world.

bar association, a member of the international association of chiefs of police. i serve as an adviser to the institute of law on policing. i'm a liaison to the american association's working group on trust in the criminal justice system. there are a couple of other ones, i don't remember all of them off-hand. >> do you provide consultation to law enforcement agencies in conducting use of force reviews? >> not through the professional organizations, but i do consult or do research with police agencies, yes. >> does that include providing educational instruction consultation and specific use of force reviews? >> yes. >> what agencies have you done that work with? >> i've done training and presentation to officers in the richmond county sheriff's office, the largest law enforcement agency in south carolina. i sit in what are called command review boards, which can involve assessing use of force in that context. i've done presentations and training at the federal law enforcement training center, which is not an agency, per se, but the audience had representatives of a number of different agencies. i've provided training to senior staff, to the command st

the american bar association looked at legal challenges as the rise of migrant children at the borderontinues. they talked about the process these children go through and what children are released to as they await a legal decision.

all five received well-qualified ratings by the american bar association. both of the circuit nominees are federal public defenders as well as the result bringing that perspective and experience that is far too often missing from the bench. and that is not a partisan point of view in fact scholars at the cato institute hardly a liberal bastion have highlighted the critical importance of adding more public defenders to the ranks of the judiciary. we are on our way to doing just that. today's district court nominees represent the depth and breadth of experience that will serve them on the bench and the people of new jerseyl and colorado. this district court panel includes julia neils an expert dedicated public service who presided over more than 6,000 cases in the newark municipal court system. a decorated military veteran who confirmed will be the first american muslim to sit on the article three court. regina rodriguez a pathbreaking former chief of the civil division in the colorado u.s. attorney's office and whose f family was interned during world war ii

>> associate member of the virginia bar, which is a nonpracticing member of the law of. i'm a member of the american society of evidence-based policing and the international l association of chiefs of police. i serve as an advisor to the american law institute's principles of the law on policing. i'm a member, or i believe technically liaison to the american bar association's working group on trust in the criminal justice system. there are probably a couple of other ones. i don't remember them all off lien. >> do you provide consultations to law enforcement agencies in conducting the use of force review for these organizations? >> not through the professional organizations, but i do work with consult or do research with police agencies, yes. >> does that include providing educational instruction? consultation? >> yes. >> in a specific use of force reviews? >> it has, yes. >> what agencies have you done that kind of work with? >> i've done training and presentation to training officers and the county sheriff's office, which i believe is the largest law enforcement association, the largest law enforce

his grandmother had -- grandfather had started the american bar association. so it was in his jeans. it was pretty clear that he was going to be a lawyer. he would've had to finish college when he got out of the air force and then go on to law school. i said i have a year or so. so i'm going to do this. that is why i ended up saying i'm going. now, what would be a question you all would want to know from what is going on. you know i have now landed, i found myself in d.c.. required all of the shops that the men got. they made you sick. half the time we were there, none of us were feeling very good because we were so overwhelmed with the shots. same in the military to take. we were going abroad for one year, just like the men. their tour was one year. we are going to be facing the heat and the dirt and grime. we would be out there in the forward areas like the guys. so, -- interviewer: you knew at that time that you were going? camilla: i was selected, yes. my class was like 12 girls. there were a total of 627 girls who were doughnuts dollies during the entire

i am the legal director at probar which is a project for the american bar association located at the southern border of texas. at probar we strive to impart immigrants to high-quality legal education through representation and through connections and services we provide information to healthily and parse people to navigate through the immigration system and make informed decisions about their cases. wells represent them and assist them in their cases in court as well as connecting them to legal social services they need if they pursue their immigration cases outside of our area. our primary focus has been to serve the needs of adults and unaccompanied children who are in federal custody in our area which is the rio grande valley border region. our team serves children were detained in custody by the office of refugee resettlement as well as children who have been released from custody and live locally in our rio grande valley area. due to the number of unaccounted children that are typically detained in the rio grande valley and within our community, our work reaches some of the high

speaker, first i ask to place into the record a letter from the american bar association supporting passage of the paycheck fairness act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. norton: i am pleased to strongly support h.r. 7, the paycheck fairness act. a critical -- critically important bill. as the first woman to chair the u.s. equal employment opportunity commission, i enforced the equal pay act. i particularly appreciate that h.r. 7 would bring long awaited strength to the e.p.a. i especially appreciate congresswoman rosa delauro, a great champion for equal pay, has included my pay equity for all act in h.r. 7, where i will focus today. the pay equity for all act would prohibit employers from asking a job applicant their salary history. even though many employers may not intentionally discriminate against applicants or employees based on gender, race, or ethnicity, setting wages based on salary history is routinely done in the workplace and can reinforce the wage gap. evidence clearly shows that members of historically disadvantaged groups often start out their careers with unfa

standing committee on law and national security at the american bar association and a lifelong counselor to the committee. and a member of the council foreign relations. but elizabeth's real expertise of this panel for national security lawyers is that she has held, i think, more national top level legal positions than anybody i think i know. she was general counsel of the nsa, she was principled deputy legal adviser at the department of state and she was general counsel that central intelligence agency, which is where i met her as a junior attorney in o. g. c at cia. after that, public service, she was the general counsel for the 26 camp is university of wisconsin system, she was then dean of the mcgeorge school of law at the university of the pacific in california. and she founded the journal on national security law and policy. and she was most recently executive director of the state bar of california. and elizabeth, it is my pleasure to turn over to you to moderate this terrific lineup of national security lawyers on the topic of the national security lawyer and civics education. >>

i'm as meredith mentioned, the legal director at crowbar, which is a project for the american bar association located at the southern border of texas and as probar we strive to empower immigrants through [inaudible] education, three representation and through connection to services. we provide information that hopefully empowers people to navigate through the immigration system and make informed decisions about the cases. we also represent them and a system in their cases in court as well as connecting them to vehicle and social services it if they put to pursue immigration cases outside our area. our primary focus has been to serve the needs of adults and unaccompanied children who are in federal custody in our area which is the [inaudible] rio grande valley border region. our team serves children who are detained in custody by the officer of refugee resettlement. as well as children who have been released from custody and live locally in our rio grande valley area. due to the number of unaccompanied children that are typically re-detained of the rio grande valley and within our community, o

all five received well-qualified ratings by the american bar association. both circuit court nominees are former federal public defenders and will as a result that perspective and experience that is far too often missing on the bench. that is not a partisan point of view. scholars at the cato institute, hardly a liberal bastion, have highlighted the critical importance of adding more public defenders to the ranks of the judiciary. today we are on our way to doing that. today's district court nominees represent the depth and breadth of experience that will serve them well on the bench. they will in turn serve the people of new jersey and colorado. this district court panel includes julien neals a dedicated public servant who presided over more than 6000 cases in the newark municipal court system. judge zahid quraishi. a decorated military veteran, federal magistrate who if confirmed would be the first american muslim to sit on an article to record. regina rodriguez. a pathbreaking formal chief of the civil division of the colorado u.s. attorney's office whos

let's hear from the american bar association. not going to pass because people will stand up in the united states of america and say don't fiddle with supreme court. it is a well-functioning branch of government. >> trace: if it is not going to pass and democrats know it won't pass i wonder what the goal in your assessment is. is the goal to get this in the bloodstream and maybe to chip, chip, chip away so this could really happen in two years, four years, six years? >> i think there is a multi-factor dimension to all this. first it is just the raw politics and appealing to the most progressive or i would simply say the most radical and destructive dimensions of the democratic party. so shame on them. where are the elder statesman and wise people who 80 years ago told fdr who had a real mandate, this president has no mandate? he was barely elected in terms of the popular vote and so forth. look how closely divided congress is. fdr was told don't go there, mr. president. we're not with you. don't fiddle with the supreme court of t

. >> coming up live friday, the american bar association looks at the legal challenges of unaccompanied migrant children at the u.s. southern border. that's at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. at 1:00 p.m., a discussion about the pandemic and vaccine hesitancy from the center for strategic and international studies. then on c-span2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. he is charged in the death of george floyd. >> next, a discussion about economic policy with the financial leaders, and federal reserve

. >> coming up live today, the american bar association looks the legal challenges of unaccompanied migrant children at the u.s. southern border. that's at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span. at 1 p.m. come the discussion about the pandemic and vexing hesitancy from the center for strategic and international studies. on c-span two at about 10 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for the former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin who is charged in the death of george floyd. >> head on "washington journal," your calls on the news of the day. at 8:00 a.m., we're joined by brian craig. then we will talk about affording housing provisions in the infrastructure plan with sunny is intermittent from the council of large public housing authorities. [video clip] pres. biden: they have offered many thoughts and prayers, members of congress, but they have not passed any laws to reduce gun violence. enough prayers, time for some action. host: this is "washington journal" for april 9. president biden is calling for the justice department to propose legislation on red flag laws, allowing for the removal of firea

speaker, first i ask to place into the record a letter from the american bar association supporting passage of the paycheck fairness act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. norton: i am pleased to strongly support h.r. 7, the paycheck fairness act. a critical -- critically important bill. as the first woman to chair the u.s. equal employment opportunity commission, i enforced the equal pay act. i particularly appreciate that h.r. 7 would bring long awaited strength to the e.p.a. i especially appreciate congresswoman rosa delauro, a great champion for equal pay, has included my pay equity for all act in h.r. 7, where i will focus today. the pay equity for all act would prohibit employers from asking a job applicant their salary history. even though many employers may not intentionally discriminate against applicants or employees based on gender, race, or ethnicity, setting wages based on salary history is routinely done in the workplace and can reinforce the wage gap. evidence clearly shows that members of historically disadvantaged groups often start out their careers with unfa

american standard of living. you know how you get it? build a trade union movement. >> you should have gone tonight school, you could have been a lawyer. >> the bar association. even let a doctor in it. >> alexander brody! >> who knows, maybe it's good for the stomach. >> settling peace rates with the boss thanks to the union. it's always easier than settling anything with jenny. ♪♪ >> a dispute under collective agreement. strike? no. the boss calls representative of the employer association and we call the shop business agent. ♪♪ >> $1. >> $2. when jenny said, no. it was no. when the employer and the association says no, it goes to an impartial adjuster. $1, $2. trouble. when the lower court is in trouble, what do you do? you go to the supreme court. instead of nine judges in black robes, one impartial champion chosen by the union and the employers. this is collective bargaining. you give a little. you take a little. $1. $2. you work it out. all right. $1.75. collective bargaining. ♪♪ >> in 1910, because we wanted to be people, we went on strike. and now, today, what people can do. hands that can take cloth and needle and thread and make a living thing. such

[silence] coming up live today, the american bar association looks at the legal challenges of unaccompanyigrant children at the u.s. southern border. at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span. then at 1 p.m. a discussion about the pandemic and vaccine hesitancy from center tray strategic international studies. and on c-span2 at about 10 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. who is charged in death of george floyd. ♪ ♪ c-span2 is your unfiltered view of government created by america's cable television companies. today we're brought to you by these television companies. who provide c-span2 to viewers as a public service. ♪ ♪ >> back now to day nine of the trial for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. this portion includes witness testimony from a forensic toxicologist. >> next witness please. >> thanks your honor. thanks. [silence] raise your right hand please swear or affirm that testimony you're d about to give will be e truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> please be seated. if you wouldn't mind remoing your mask for testimony if yo

with the national bar association we represent over 65,000 mostly african—american lawyers.y is almost 39 witnesses testify for the prosecution, laying out the case, a clear and convincing case that derek chauvin murdered george floyd and yet because of our system ofjustice floyd and yet because of our system of justice and floyd and yet because of our system ofjustice and because in this country as an african—american i knew what the odds were, what history have proven out in our country in terms of convicting police officers for brutality, for excessive use of force, and you history told us it was highly unlikely there would be a conviction. ifelt some unlikely there would be a conviction. i felt some type of anxiety waiting for the verdict but when it came i felt this sense of extreme relief, tremendous relief in knowing that this was the first step in a long journey towards healing and a long journey towards policing reform. real policing reform in the united states the. you reform. real policing reform in the united states the.— reform. real policing reform in the unite

they don't care if the american people are protected, but they want to make sure that those in the local bar association get paid to represent criminals flooding into our country. democrats don't have time to fix our broken illegal -- our broken immigration system, but they have time to visit minnesota and incite riots. disturbing the current -- during the current crisis, illegal immigrants are being housed in convention centers and hotels across the country. my liberal colleagues, trying to address the homeless problem with americans rather than placing immigrants in hotels. the c.b.p. announced the arrest of one on the terrorism watch list as they tried to cross the southern border. if this bill was enacted, they would have paid for their lawyers to help terroristings stay in this country -- terrorists stay in this country. this will not let our apparatus from working. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from ohio. mr. nadler: ma

. >> coming up live today, the american bar association looks the legal challenges of unaccompanied migranthildren at the u.s. southern border. that's at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span. at 1 p.m. come the discussion about the pandemic and vexing hesitancy from the center for strategic and international studies. on c-span two at about 10 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for the former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin who is charged in the death of george floyd. >> head on "washington journal,"