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the foyle mp named soldier f during a debate in the house of commons on the armed forces bill this afternoon bbc is not naming soldier f for legal reasons. a senior eu official has warned the greek government to stop the alleged deportation of migrants arriving at its borders. some migrants trying to seek asylum in europe claim that greek coastguards have forced their small boats back into turkish waters. others allege that even after landing in greece they've been taken back out to sea, actions greece has denied. the bbc�*s fergal keane reports from the island of lesbos. a warning — you may find some of his report distressing. 0n europe's southern frontier, the guardians of the law are accused of breaking it. wailing please! pushing asylum—seekers across international border, time and again. loud speaker: greek coast guard, greek coast guard, this _ is turkish coast guard. you are now pushing back the migrants to turkish i territorial waters. quite aggressive how this operation took place, it's violent. in some cases, shots fired in the air and into the water. all to intimidate. we've been

i introduced a bill to that any members of the armed forces, and it now has 24 sponsors.people say you're going to quit. first of all, you can't really just quit, that's now how it works. >> unfortunately it's not. >> what do you read in this? >> we have been here before. i have been in the military a number of years. i was active duty in the repeal of don't ask don't tell, and when president obama did the repeal of the transgender ban. both times you had many, especially in the media, and certain parts of the government, you know exclaiming we were going to lose service members, they were going to quit in mass, i think you're seeing the same thing now here. it's someone trying to use a talking point. vaccines are common within the military. this is not something new. we're certainly vaccinated with the flu vaccine every year, and the long list of things you get when you're deempployed. the service branches have been talking about the fact that when the fda approves the vaccine it will likely become mandatory for everyone in the military. this isn't new, and i don't think

the clerk: calendar number 85, s. 894, a bill to identify and refer members of the armed forces with a health care occupation who are separating from the armed forces for potential employment with the department of veterans' affairs, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on veterans' affairs be discharged and the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 1910. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 1910, a bill to authorize major medical facility projects of the department of veterans' affairs for fiscal year 2021. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and

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arms for the security of the state? thatmendment is an outlier this bill of rights. and that outlier is because it was the payoff to the south to have a force state corol that could contain black aspirations, black freedom quests, that cld contain what is seen as a dangerous black population. amy: that is carol anderson, professor at emory university. her new book is "the second: race and guns in a fatally unequal america." we will be back with her after a short break. ■■ [music break] amy: this is democracy now! democracy now.org. i am amy goodman. we return to our conversation with carol anderson, professor at emory university, author of the new book "the second: race and guns in a fatally unequal america." i recently interviewed her with nermeen sheikh. nermeen: professor anderson, another issue that you raise in the book as absolutely critical has to do with the denial of the rights of citizenship to blacks. so if you could explain thcrucial supreme court decision here, dred scott v. sandford in 1857, and how evenfter the 14th amendment was passed, dred scott continued to take precedence? >> yes. and so the dred scott decision was desig

the clerk: h.r. 4300, a bill to direct the secretary of the interior to make free national parks and federal recreational lands passes available to members of the armed forces, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. steube of florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. steube will vote aye on h.r. 4300. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrz -- ms. kirkpatrick will vote yes on h.r. 4300. as the member de

force them to pass this regressive voting bill. so i wonder just how much they're going to be applauding whether the speaker of the house calls for the sergeant-at-arms to arrest the minority lead tore come and testify. i think they'll be singing a different song when that shoes is on the other foot, to mix a metaphor. >> charlie, could you respond to that? do you think jordan would show up in fact to testify? >> i think they all in on fighting the trust. they do not want a fair investigation. they do not want awful facts to come out. they about beat their chests and finds all kinds of ways to obstruct this. you now the adage,ist not the crime, it's the cover-up? they're not even bothering to cover up. they're just try to go discredit it. >> there's two sides the way i see it. why this happens, making sure it never happens against, and then there's all the politics of it. speaking to that bublgt of this, who is this january 6th select committee for? >> well, it's for the american people. if you look at recent polls, it suggests a majority of americans, democrats, and independents, some republicans, really do believe there's more to be learned from th

bill. we heard that, from joe biden, even one point walked it back, then we heard it from from my house speaker nancy pelosi, repeatedly, announcing me iowa senator armed forcesyou not. >> yes, i did i haven't seen text of the bill yet, so for me to decide whether it is the right move for iowans or not i really need to see what is in the bill, and the impact it will have to my great state of iowa, no doubt about it there is a lot of good things, that will be in the bill infrastructure is really important. the all americans. but, again, i need to see the text of the bill make sure the democrats have not slid any provisions in that would be unacceptable to iowans, so let's review the bill first, that before we actually proceed on it. >> as tim scott also a no on this along with rick scott, and ted cruz. tim scott put this on twitter about 12 hours ago, voted "no" a week ago because there was no legislative text my mind hasn't changed still no legislative technicality or explanation how to pay for one trillion-dollar infrastructure plan, also, what are the republicans going to be out of this? is there -- the "the wall street journal" is written about this, back

the clerk: h.r. 4300 a bill to direct the secretary of the interior to make free national parks and free recreational land passes available to members of the armed forces and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuan t to the rule, the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. dingell, and the gentlemanfrom arkansas, mr. westerman, each will control 20 minutes. binge. mrs.dingell: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mrs.dingell: i rise in support of h.r. 4300 the alexander lofgren v.i.p. act. this bill would provide free annual america the beautiful passes to current military servicemembers and free lifetime america the beautiful passes to veterans and members of gold star families ensuring that those who have sacrificed so much in the service of our nation are able to access our national parks and public lands at no cost. anyone who has visited america's public lands understands the significant mental and physical health benefits of getting ou