covington's story, though extremely tragic, is sadly, not unique. her death is a just a snapshot of the crime running rampant in our communities, rural and urban. republicans have long been the party of law and order. but it can't just be mere words we speak, or a catchphrase for a bumper sticker. it has to be more. we actually have to be willing to do what it takes to ensure safety. yes, that's funding and wholeheartedly supporting the police, but it's also ensuring mental health access for students and families. it's ensuring our prosecutors are holding everyone who breaks the law accountable for their actions. it's once again restoring hope in our federal law enforcement agencies through greater transparency and accountability. and most pressing, it's restoring the value of life and the family. maybe more than ever in our nation's history, we must stand up for the rule of law. but i would contend it begins with defending and valuing human life. ronald reagan once said, "an america that is militarily and economically strong is not enough. the worl

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and we would actively through this process not discourage business from covington k, but also be in a position to encourage people back to the table. everybody wants security in their jobs for to pay the bills and then be in a position to go to work and give a, give a, give a performance. i think if we just touch on the rail strike, that feels very heavily, politically motivated. and it's harm fire strategy that's been advocated by the transport minister is aggravating the situation. we were dealing with just cost issues. and a recognition that we've got an unprecedented post coven situation, a 40 year following costs. let's get back to negotiating a let's find a solution, of course, and, you know, when the bank of england comes out and says, well, because shouldn't ask for piracy, i think that doesn't reflect reality men or women in the u. k. and not just the guy is joel said the rising cost is, is extremely high, but the u. k, as one of the free is markets. and we have no caps or caps be withdrawn or running out. we're seeing a moment where people are very scared and you know, let's

in covington, i threw us and karen nicely considered the living conditions in lebanon, a gloomy omen for europe. the scenario of the future, which many would have loft as a year ago now no longer seems so unreal. i believe that what you see here will happen in europe. the main similarity is corruption when the system ceases to inspire confidence among taxpayers, because the population taxpayers simply ceased to believe in the state and institutions. and this is exactly what is happening now in many societies when people can no longer afford daily life, as inflation is rising, because salaries are no longer enough. rents for many years are too high for the average family. this is a combination of many things and if you add to this, the fact that the cost of energy becomes unaffordable than much collapses. as an expert on the middle east, nice understands the differences between western and arab societies. in her opinion, countries such as lebanon, coke, bess, it with crisis than for example, germany. i admire the lebanese, the strength of many of my friends who are there, bringing the

i think i was here and it says francis covington and my name is not on the roll call. on the first page. >> oh, okay. sorry about that. >> and there is one other under b, vote on closed session. i believe i was excused,b if you will from that being as i was not involved in the previous item. the previous work that was done on that item. i wasn't here yet. >> what page is that? >> it is--item b. it is i guess the third page in. >> okay. >> alright. madam secretary, is that acknowledged? >> yep. that is acknowledged. >> thank you very much-for that. need to take a vote on that item secretary. >> do we have a motion? >> motion. >> second. >> who moved? >> commissioner morgan. >> who second? >> commissioner fraser did you move first? >> i didn't say anything. >> are we making a motion to approve the minutes? >> rightism . >> i second that. >> i second that. >> thank you for your cooperations commissioners. [roll call] >> moving along. >> okay, and the regular meeting on july 13, 2022. >> madam secretary, you indicated there is no public comment on that, 13 july? >> that is

let's go back to the phones and talk to mike, calling from covington, louisiana on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. like several of the tweets, i think we failed to learn anything from the vietnam era. once again, those that wish to engage with the united states on the battlefield believe that they can always outlast us in these very much guerrilla wars. we are not going to win those by attempting to convert them to democracy. we need to take some lessons from the israelis. when we have an issue like the first bush president, we need to go in with the capabilities we truly have, the technologies we have. we don't need to carry on and on and on with these wars. even ukraine has the potential to do that for us now as we pump billions upon billions of dollars. i am a supporter of the effort in ukraine, but it seems like we are just feeding the war beast again. we have a bloated military that cannot turn sharply and operate quickly and get out. we cannot change the world's philosophy on government. we need to build our strength as a democracy and put the right leade

host: let's go to charles calling from covington, georgia. good morning.ler: good morning, c-span. host: go ahead. caller: how you doing? i graduated in 1983. my father, he was going to send me to college, but it was hard back then. i did not grow up in a rich family. [indiscernible] i went to work and help him out and stuff. a lot of young people do not do nothing with their life and i feel good about what joe biden is doing. i am all for joe biden doing this. that is all i got to say. host: what type of money do you make in salary in the united states with or without a college degree? forbes.com has the average, the median yearly earnings, of 25-year-olds to 35-year-olds depending on the type of degree. according to forbes, if you have less than a high school degree, you make a median salary of somewhere around $29,800. if you have a high school degree, it jumps up to $36,600. if you start college but do not finish, you can make up to $39 ,000. with an associates degree, it is 44,000. with a bachelors degree it jumps to $59,600. with a masters degree, yo

point that a lot of the very high profile kind of racial incidents that we've seen in recent years covington catholic here in kentucky. jussie smollett, obviously mocked by dave chappelle is the mad frenchman juicy smilier. so on turned out simply not to be true. so the topic of both these books i think which we'll get into is that a lot of things that we're all expected to believe aren't real. and so the question is why we're expected to believe them and there are there are many people that object to this sort of line of inquiry taking place. i think. so that that's it for me. oh, i'm i am an associate professor at kentucky state university here in frankfort quick drive over from lexington glad to be here. thank you will and michael. can you briefly tell us about your book thought criminal and how it's prepared for you to talk about this discussion. sure. yes. i'm michael rutkin walton and -- criminal is my 11th book. i was a professor full professor at nyu in global liberal studies and um, i was basically a leftist a marxist and then the social justice excesses in the university started to

makes the point a lot of the very high profile on the racial incidents we've seen in recent years , covington catholic inkentucky . jesse small it obviously mocked by dave chapelle as a mad frenchman. turned out simply not to be true. dso the topic of both these books i think which we will get into is that a lot of things that we're all expected to believe are real. so the question is why we're expected to believe them and there are many people that object to this sort of line of inquiry i think. so that's it for me. i am an associate professor at kentucky stateuniversity in frankfurt . a quick drive over from lexington, glad to be here . >> and michael, can you briefly tell us about your book for criminal and how it's relevant to this discussion. >> i'm michael brecht and walt and thought criminal is my 11th book. i was a professor, full professor at nyu in global liberal studies and i was basically leftist, a marxist and then the social justice excesses in the university started to alarm me. and i saw this sort of totalitarian character of what they represented and i started to speak out ag

look at this, buffalo 77 today, detroit 81, covington, kentucky, 82 the system slowly pushes to the eastthe end of the week, new new york city 81 degrees, chicago will be back down to 77. it's not just the temperature because it's not just the heat it's the humidity. high humidity from the gulf of mexico has been in here. as the front pushes through it will be bringing severe showers and thunderstorms. in the meantime, by thursday, cooler, dryer canadian air, so relief is on the way. >> music to our ears thank you very much. we'll come back to you in just a moment. >>> now encouraging news in the fight against lyme disease the most common tick-borne illness, the first potential vaccine in decades is entering its final phase of testing and it comes after recent studies showed nearly 15% of the world's population has likely had the condition, including hundreds of thousands of americans every year nbc's senior medical correspondent, dr. john torres is with us in the studio let's just start with how significant is this, this potential vaccine? >> this is going to be a very significant break

host: let's go to charles calling from covington, georgia. good morning.aller: good morning, c-span. host: go ahead. caller: how you doing? i graduated in 1983. my father, he was going to send me to college, but it was hard back then. i did not grow up in a rich family. [indiscernible] i went to work and help him out and stuff. a lot of young people do not do nothing with their life and i feel good about what joe biden is doing. i am all for joe biden doing this. that is all i got to say. host: what type of money do you make in salary in the united states with or without a college degree? forbes.com has the average, the median yearly earnings, of 25-year-olds to 35-year-olds depending on the type of degree. according to forbes, if you have less than a high school degree, you make a median salary of somewhere around $29,800. if you have a high school degree, it jumps up to $36,600. if you start college but do not finish, you can make up to $39 ,000. with an associates degree, it is 44,000. with a bachelors degree it jumps to $59,600. with a masters degree,

let's go back to the phones and talk to mike, calling from covington, louisiana on the republican linegood morning. caller: good morning. like several of the tweets, i think we failed to learn anything from the vietnam era. once again, those that wish to engage with the united states on the battlefield believe that they can always outlast us in these very much guerrilla wars. we are not going to win those by attempting to convert them to democracy. we need to take some lessons from the israelis. when we have an issue like the first bush president, we need to go in with the capabilities we truly have, the technologies we have. we don't need to carry on and on and on with these wars. even ukraine has the potential to do that for us now as we pump billions upon billions of dollars. i am a supporter of the effort in ukraine, but it seems like we are just feeding the war beast again. we have a bloated military that cannot turn sharply and operate quickly and get out. we cannot change the world's philosophy on government. we need to build our strength as a democracy and put the right leaders