federal -- a lot of the federal city is the seat of the federal government. as you the buildings, know, and facilities here, and monuments, are the responsibility of the federal and the proceedings and process of the federal overnment take place here, and so when you have a large scale disturbance that is damaging federal property, property, g federal threatening federal law nforcement officers, threatening the officials in government and their offices, and our great monuments, it's responsibility of the federal government to render we do so in on and with the dination metropolitan police department. later that evening on monday as we did establish a to er zone, we were able further at day without significant violence from the followingors, and the two days were peaceful. the assemblies and the protests peaceful. we're pleased with that. we're working closely with the police to plan out week.emainder of the >> -- from abc news, go ahead. afternoon, attorney general barr. a couple of questions for you, i may. yesterday, the department of the three members grou

are federal courts are no exception. i hope today's hearing will help us find answers to preserve justice and the courts and protect the rule of law. it is now my pleasure to recognize the ranking member on the senate committee the gentlewoman from alabama ms. roby for opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman. good morning and i thank you for participating in today's hearing. i want to first express -- to all affected by the covid-19 pandemic. 120,000 americans have died and continue to be infected. we are praying for families and loved ones who have been impacted that this terrible virus. chairman johnson thank you for convening a hearing on a timely and important topic and it's nice to be back at the committee hearing. the entire federal government including the judicial branch have reacted to the deadly covid-19 virus through the federal judiciary has had jury trials done in person with social distancing guidelines. we no covid-19 has not affect did each the same. our federal judiciary and the public courts know h

protect federal facilities and federal personnel. rsonnel. rioting, to address the and also, to address the rioting that was interfering with the government's function, and that was what we were doing. i think the president is the head of the executive branch and the chief executive of the nation, and should be able to walk outside the white house and walk across the street to the church of presidents. i don't necessarily view that as a political act. i think it was entirely appropriate for him to do. i did not know that he was going to do that until later in the were well our plans underway to move the perimeter. so there was no correlation between our tactical plan of moving the perimeter out by one block, and the president's going over to the church. the president asked members of his cabinet to go over there with him, the two that were present, and i think it was appropriate for us to go over with him. next question. >> thank you, sir. our next question comes from mike with the associated press. please go. >> thank you, mr. attor

the district pays more federal taxes per capita than any state and pays more federal taxes than 22 states of the union. the district's population of 705,000 is larger than those of wyoming and vermont and the new state would be a new state under one million. the $2 drp 5-- $2.5 billion is more than most states. and the triple-a bond rating is higher than those of 35 states. the d.c. has the higher per capita personal income and gross domestic product than any state. 86% of d.c. residents voted in favor of statehood in 2016. in fact, d.c. residents have been fighting for voting rights in congress and local autonomy for 219 years. the constitution's admission clause gives congress the authority to admit new states and all 37 new states have been admitted by an act of congress. the constitution's district clause which gives congress authority over the federal district sets a maximum size of the federal district of 100 square miles. it does not set a minimum size. congress has previously changed the size of the federal district including reducing it 30% in 1846. over the last few months, the

city to protect federal monuments or particular federal facilities. that were within the white house area and were part of protecting the white house and lafayette park area were under the direction of the tactical commanders in that area. in terms of requesting the resources and asking for their assistance, that was ultimately my responsibility of ensuring that the national guard that we needed to support law enforcement and the district were brought to bear. next question. reporter: thank you so much for doing this press conference. i have two questions. i would like to ask you about your thoughts on police abuse of power. last year, you said that such abuse reflected bad apples more than systemic breakdowns. today, you said george floyd's death is not the first of its thatwhile it is undeniable many african-americans lack confidence in the justice system. ift is your thinking about we're looking at a systemic issue are not shifted over time? have gen. barr: my views not shifted and what you quoted is consistent. you are addressing the use of excess

constitution. >> i think one of the ways that-- the most profound way that federal lawmakers and federal jurists can defend and protect economic liberty is focusing on restoring the twin eventually protection of the constitution. a lot of times when we think about constitutional protections, we think about substantive limitations, it's every bit as important, i would argue. like justice scalia before he passed an i-- away a few years ago, they're not worth more than the paper they're printed on unless you have federalism and separation of powers in place. you've got the vertical protection of federalism that keeps most of the power at state and local level and horizontal separation of powers. and within we will have one branch that makes the law, one branch that interprets it, and one that enforces it. and our drift away from federalism helped perpetuate powers. in general, if we started to restore these things and the assistance. courts for saying, this or that doesn't belong in the federal government because it's a purely local activity. likewise if they'd enforce separation of hours f

i hope that our federal leaders are paying attention, but also i hope our federal leaders are extending a listening ear to be able to know and hear and understand the plight of people of caller, especially african-americans. aere is and has been disproportionate amount of injustice and we must address that. host: i think we may have lost your audio for a moment, but we will ask you this for we get calls. you, as the national league of cities, what is the national league of cities on covid-19, and the federal government, what are you asking of the federal government? in terms of legislative response, funding, etc. guest: the national league of cities, have what is called a campaign. a simple, that is approach called cities are essential. certainly, the federal government has come out with the cares act, certainly has started dispersing direct funding to a number of cities and states, and even counties. if you are not a city that has a population more, you got nothing. certainly, we have been out of the equation and that l availabe to us. it is unlikely to ever be available. one of the th

than that they pay into the federal treasury. we in new jersey pay more than we get. and now that we're in the mid st of a national emergency and we have thousands dying and we should pay the consequence because we did the right thing to do job number one for the safety and security of our citizens. i don't think so, mr. president, i don't think so. i field the floor. >> senator from oregon. >> mr. president, i thank my colleagues. a number have already given eloquent remarks and we've got more to come and i know per the agreement that time to pro pound the unanimous consent request so with the support, mr. president, of thousands of firefighters, first responders, teachers, county health providers and thousands of more americans of both political parties with an extraordinary work ethic, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the state, local and tribal re leff rural stability act at the desk and read three times and motion to be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening

he was appointed as the director at the federal level of the federal writers project and interested in the commercial potential of these ex slave narratives. he wanted representations and portraits of former slaves as this rural, exotic, colorful folk people. he thought it would be appealing to a wide audience. on the other end of the spectrum, you had the only african american to be appointed as a federal director of the federal riders ex slave project. that was the very famous poet from howard university, sterling brown. sterling brown was appointed as the director of the office of miguel affairs in washington. it was his an enviable task to review all of the copy that was sent in from different state directors and state and local offices. anything pertaining to black history and black identity. sterling brown and his small staff were responsible of reading through it and correct some of the worst stereotyped or misrepresentations of black history and identity. contrasting thoughts and ideas of how this project was conceived. >> whose story was told? >> that is what is so fascinating

these men and women who inhabit our federal agencies, federal departments, federal bureaucrats who write these laws, they are well but educate, well-intentioned, hardworking and highly specialized, but they do not work for you. you can fiery congressman every. two years. ey dyou can fire your senators every six years. cannot fire a bureaucrat. they do not stand for election. they are not accountable to anyone who does intern stand for election. this is really something that we need to do. we really need a republican or e democratic -- either liberal or -- this is a constitutional mandate that we ought to be fulfilling. also has the added benefit, because of the fact that he would bring elected officials back into the accountability change of lawmaking. make sure that when we doo something, putwh something in place and federal law, it will be reallying t expensive, let somebody whose name is on the ballot will be on the line for putting sys that there. nomythe u.s. regulatory system costing the american economy but about two trillion dollars a year. some say it is more. it is difficult to

meaning these many women who inhabit our federal agencies can our federal departments, the federal bureaucrats to write these laws are well educated, well intentioned, hard-working and highly specialized, but they don't work for you. you can fire your congressman every two years. you can file your senators every six years. you cannot fire a bureaucrat. they don't stand for election. they are not accountable to anyone who does intern stand for election. this is really something that we need to do. it, neither republican or democrat. this is a constant semantic we we are to be fulfilling. and it also has the added benefit because of the fact it would bring elected officials back into the accountability chain of lawmaking. of making sure we do something, put something in place in federal law, it's going to be really expensive, that somebody who stand is on the ballot is going to be on the line for putting that there. the use bruce ohr system cost the american economy about $2 trillion for you. some say it is more of, it's very difficult to ascertain but those are not born something by large blue-

--need the federal goal federal government partnership here. we need additional flexibility and additional resources. none of us would want the people who stayed on the frontline to put themselves in harm of -- and harm's way. when the biggest parts of our budget are consumed by public health, public safety and public education, those are the frontline heroes that we want to support. obviously the health of our economy depends on us being able to balance these budgets so we can continue to make the right decisions for the right reasons in our states all across the country. >> thank you. >> we were certainly grateful for the health and cares act. i honestly don't know where we would be to address these anonymous response costs that our local agency has from the cares act money. we would be extremely appreciative of the health and human heroes act reaching the president's desk. it is very challenging for states. unlike the federal government, we have a balanced-budget requirement and we are not able to borrow. we have anonymous cutbacks at a time

while federal officials such as dr. brett and admiral john have been candid and open about the enormity of standing up a testing structure in the middle of a pandemic messagecy. nearly every state is now in a better position to test anybody they have determined to be a high priority. congress stepped up to the plate in the cares act and other stimulus packages with billions of dollars in funding per state to use for more testing and more contact tracing. these actions are getting results. since the beginning of this pan democrat inc., many experts have argued the u.s. needs to reach a level of conducting 500,000 covid-19 test as day. in may the united states achieved more than 400,000 tests a day several times. with more rapid point of care testing at home and saliva based testing and antigen testing are expected to be rolled out in the coming weeks. this benchmark is expected to rapidly increase. no question some states responded to this pandemic better than others both in focusing resources to address the public healt

it is already against federal law if it is on federal property or against a federal official. that's already on the books as a criminal, sometimes a capital criminal offense in some states. are somem that, there worthwhile elements in this piece of legislation that the democrats have provided. some of the concerns i have related to the effort to mandate standard forts-all police across the country. for example, use of deadly force --vision in this peaceful piece of legislation has several pages that the individual officer would be held to account for the four they use deadly force or afterwards in terms of a review or a lawsuit. it is unworkable what this law, what this legislation provides. for example, before the officer would be allowed to use deadly force permissibly, he would have to essentially know what is in against of the civilian whom he is confronting. he would have to take into account for example according to this legislation whether the individual is pregnant. how would the officer know that in many cases? the officer would have to know and to take into account w

excess of 60% is owned by the federal government. same in oregon and idaho and over 50% of wyoming and the concern that senator lee has is eroding the tax base once the land gets in the federal ownership and there's no money for maintenance and we are very quick to add lands but not provide management or maintenance bonds and management is not the best management. i canes tell you here in montana one of our valleys here that accesses yellowstone national park, paradise valley, with the for the service land oftentimes without the resources and the ability to manage the weeds and build up grasses and they are not in good condition so they moved to the privately owned that attempt to be managed better andnd so i think that's what you are hearing from senator lee. it is a fair point. the west out here is an old west and a new west conflict that is occurring and there are states that are still reliant on natural resources extraction and commodity eating economy and other states are leaning towards outdoor recreation amenity type economies

a federation, a federation of states. no one who there's is a greater supporter of states' rights than i am. states' believe in rights, i cannot support this state.coming a d.c. is simply not equipped to statehood.f burden of if democrats were serious about granting representation to the d.c., they would retroseeding the land back to maryland. rejected roposed but over and over. if the d.c. residents would go maryland, they would go back senate representation which is what this bill is after but statehood proposal is about olitics, all dressed up in noble arguments about isenfranchising and taxation without representation. but it's just a big sham. the constitution is clear. a new state can be formed from or from erritories xisting states with their permission. but the current federal district is not an existing state. nor is it a territory. it is unique. and our framers specifically the constitution with a soimum size for the district as to prevent it from becoming a state. e've been over this time and again. but h.r. 51

and of course federal funding is essential. but we've already done the federal funding.ngress gave states $150 billion, all of which could be spent on contact tracing. that is a month ago. and then in addition to that congress gave states another $11 billion as part of a $25 billion testing package that was expressly for the purpose of contract funding if the state chose to use it that way. we decided not to tell states to use it that way but they could use it that way. and that is plenty of money to hire all of the contact tracers that you need. according to one estimate by a professional firm, average salary for a contact tracer might be $37,000. if that he were the case, the cost of 100,000 would be $3.7 billion. a lot less than the $11 billion that was specifically allocated to states for the purpose of hiring contact tracers if they senator blunt, chairman of the appropriations committee for health wrote a letter to cdc asking them to make that clear to governors, that they have that money. and many states have not spent the $150 billion that we gave them earlier. t

page 32 of the it said no problem with federal law. they got federal law wrong. if any, on the federal question nothing else would have flowed, the trial court wouldhave been affirmative and everybody would have gotten scholarships . the application of the constitution, the only basis to impugn the state law so you should reverse the federal layer andsend it back . on the merits, i get that you can say it's a harder case because it's education and it's not a playground and in that sense it may be a harder question of the montana supreme court didn't take it as a case about youth, didn't say this was covered by dd or any of the rest area and it said religiously affiliated schools. i don't think we can distinguish back from trinity lutheran . >> thank you counsel. mister yeah makowski. >> mister chief justice and may it please the court. theconstitution does not bar the state of montana from applying a state constitutional provision that keeps its own state legislature out of the business of funding religious schools . the cost of not prohibit anyone to write exerc

federal personnel. the decision was made to have at the ready and on hand in the vicinity some regular troops. but everyone agreed that use of regular troops is a last resort, and that as long as matters can be controlled with other resources they should be. i felt-- and the secretary of defense felt-- we had adequate resources and wouldn't need to use federal troops. but in case we did, we wanted them nearby. there was never-- the president never asked or suggested that we needed to deploy regular troops at that point. it's been done from time to time in our history. we try to avoid it. and i'm happy that we werably to avoid it on this occasion. >> brennan: so there were active-duty troops put on standby. they were not deployed. the 82nd airborne was put on standby, but not sent into the streets. >> the 82nd airborne military police were brought into the area, but they were not brought into d.c. >> brennan: so what part-- i just want to make sure-- what part of that conversation, as it's been relaid to

and federal police, from other federal entities. reporter: did you push back on any of these options? mayor bowser: absolutely. we don't want armed national guard, armed military, and we don't want any of those things on d.c. streets. federal assets and monuments and memorials are appropriate for federal assets. i already mentioned the federal police who we have worked with and who are helpful to us for the f.b.i. and d.e.a. that have been helpful to us in establishing perimeters. oin this response. reporter: who have you reached out to the federal government? mayor bowser: as i mentioned already, we have had a flurry of conversations with federal -- with our federal folks. in the white house, main justice, and involving the national guard. yes. reporter: people are clearly squared of police brutality, are you concerned the curfew starting an hour before polls are closed would oppress voters? do you think -- mayor bowser: our curfew will begin today as mentioned in my mayor's order at 7:00 p.m. hrough 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. yes, we hav

at the federal writer's project federal level and was very interested in the potential of these ex-slave narratives. he wanted portraits of former slaves as this kind of rural, exotic, kind of colorful folk people. and he thought that would be appealing to a wide audience. on the other end of the spectrum, you had the only african-american to be appointed as a federal director of the federal writer's ex-slave project and that was the very famous poet, from howard university sterling brown. so sterling brown was appointed as the editor of the office of negro affairs in washington. and it was his, i would say, very unenviable task to review all of the copy that was sent in, all of the submissions sent in from different state directors, state and local offices, anything pertaining to black history, black culture and identity. sterling brown and his very small staff were responsible for reading through it and trying to correct some of the worst stereotypes or misrepresentations of black history and identity. so you kind of got contrasting objectives and thoughts about what this project was r

what residents across america should know is that the federal enclave that will be the seat of federaler will continue to operate under the jurisdiction of the congress of the united states. the president will have access to the secret service, the united states park police, and the congress to the capitol police. but the residents of washington, d.c., our new state, washington, d.c., will be fully autonomous. we already operate like a i donu that, i operate as the governor, we have a $15 billion budget, we balance our budgets every year, we see improvements in our schools, city services, and our amenities. so we know what we're doing to manage our city. our residents elect people to control every aspect of our life, and the federal government has to stay out of it. >> and very briefly, you have said that you do not support pulling down monuments, you want this to be debated and done in a democratic way. >> absolutely. first of all, we don't support any disorder or destruction of our public spaces in d.c. there is a lot of debate about monuments and memorials and other references to hi

i think it is all the more reason why the federal district of columbia should stay a federal district. cause, like common any other territory, they should not be subject to federal income taxation. mcclintockessman tom of california, thank you for your time ahead of a busy day. current and former justice department officials testify at an oversight hearing. we will hear from one of robert mueller's former deputies. watch live coverage at noon eastern on c-span. week, house on policing reform and d.c. statehood legislation. thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span, the house will vote on the democrats' policing reform bill. eastern, at 9:00 a.m. the house will vote on legislation to designate the district of columbia as a state. watch this week live on thursday and friday on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free span radio app -- c-span radio app. night, university of california at berkeley historian of medicine, author of "vaccine " what the 1950's can teach us about the covid-19 vaccine. >> we will face this region problems. we will face problems of equity. ev

penal and i'm concerned that the federal government will penaliz. america's governors and mayors and people in urban areas and poor areas, and all of us in gre general. and i'm worried that, they'll y take the stance, like with police, be aggressive first, dominate, have that kind of behavior with the citizenry. and i worry that the federal t government does that all the time to ourur mayors and governs who are trying do right by the people. >> peter, thanks for the call. vince williams. >> thank you. >> any thoughts on what our cea caller had to say? >> well, you know, certainly, what the caller stated is true. you know, there are many leaders around this nation that are doing the right thing, you know. and certainly, we must at all times do our best and strive our hardest to do the right thing., you know, the national league f cities, we are one of the organizations, if not the only organization, that has created an opportunity for local leaders to understand how to navigate through this issue of racial equity, but also leadership. so, through the

>> statistically that terrorism applies to the federal government.e got groups like in teeth on one side and the blues on the other side and you have plenty of voldman like china and russia as they try to gaslight these activities and divide americans one from the other thread there are statutes that apply. jon: i want to change to a different topic. there was a big legal win for michael flynn this week. senator graham, senator lindsey graham talked about the senate judiciary committee and what it has been up to. listen. >> we are going to look at the flynn case and how it started. i'm going to call somebody from the department of justice to explain to us why they decided to drop its and allow the democrats to call a witness to oppose that decision. jon: we are also waiting for the durham investigation results as the flynn case and other issues that go back to the obama administration. it's going to be an interesting summer and fall when it comes to the department of justice and what transpired under the former administration. >> absolutely. there ar

crime under us federal law.s not allowed to name any domestic organisation, if antifa, this was collective of seemingly autonomous groups is actually an organisation. nobody can be arrested for belonging to a domestic group. we have freedom of assembly. congress tried to do that during the horrible mccarthy days of anti— communism in the smith act, and the supreme court said, not so fast. it is only allowed for foreign terrorist organisations and there are no indications that this is an organisation or that this is an organisation or that it that this is an organisation or thatitis that this is an organisation or that it is foreign. therefore nobody can be arrested for a crime in the us for being a so—called member of antifa. they can, however, just like the white aryan brotherhood, or the white aryan brotherhood, or the other white supremacist groups, which have not had president trump label is a terrorist organisation even though they were in cha rlottesville though they were in charlottesville and have been p

i'm not sure it should be a priority for the federal government. further, if people aren't wearing their masks -- and i think they should wear this -- >> tammy: sure. >> if they are not doing that, people in the federal government need to ask themselves why? because the federal government and public health officials, you know, sacrifice a lot of institutional credibility over the last couple of months -- >> tammy: let me get sara into this, as well. this is now part of it, as well. we're looking at a growing illegitimacy of some sense, and americans are a different breed of people, if you will come and we need to be able to take the government seriously. sara, do you think that is something americans will ever accept? >> no, this is the united states of america, and all of the federal government has a wide latitude, it's up to the individual state, every state, unfortunately, affected by covid-19, has dealt with this in their own way, in the best way possible. some states have done better than other states, but it is not up to the federal governmen

louisville, kentucky, those were not federal agents. so the complaint and the concerns about what actually helps situations in places like louisville, kentucky, isn't answered by the house bill. this is a chance for these two bodies -- and i'll be honest, our legislation, we want to get the data around no-knock warrants so that we can actually direct the resources and the decisions in the right way. so, yes, you can say ours take a more deliberative process. well, let's debate that. let's come to an agreement. next, you've heard and i heard that the justice act would not end choke holds, and their legislation actually bans choke holds. well, let's take a closer look, madam president. that's false. with strict penalties facing local police departments, they go after choke holds by holding off on grant dollars for a local agencies and state agencies. our legislation does the exact same thing. we go after local departments and state agencies by withdrawing some grant dollars. what theirs says about the ban on choke holds only applies to fe

chief: that was a federal asset. hat decision was made by a federal agency to do that. don't know if it was helpful, i can say that. helpful now if it was and if asked in the future if that was a helpful tactic, my would be no. reporter: and, mayor, can i ask you about voting. have you voted yet, what are your plans for voting? mayor: i'm voting after this. reporter: in person. mayor: yes. reporter: are you telling us who voting for, not a lot of wouldn't mind having a little sound on -- for everybody st watching, this is our primary. district of e columbia i think six council on the ballot, a r wards will be nominating councilmember and two, i guess, on one of the at large is the ballot now for the democratic primary. this year because of covid and a pandemic, there has been heavy focus over the last weeks, i think one of the first probably in the first eek where we are at the d.o.h. command center, the chairman of the board of elections briefed about how the board f elections would focus on mail-in ballots. the concern was that because of not want to would go to in-pe

weha need to strip federal funds from departments that violate civil rights. we need to provide funding to states and municipalities to create a civilian call of un- armed first responders to supplement law enforcement. for so long we have asked police departments to do things which they are not trained or prepared to do. we have criminalized societal problems like addiction and homelessness and mental illness. homelessness and mental illness. severe problems that exist in every state in this country. but these are not problems that will be solved by incarceration. we are not going to solve the crisis of addiction or homelessness, or mental illness by incarceration buried we have done that for too long and it is a failed approach.s unchecked mr. president we need to make records of police misconduct publicly available so that an officer with a record of misconduct cannot simply move to towns over and start again. we need to require all jurisdictions that receive federal grant funding to establish independent police conduct review boards that are broadly repres

that is a federal decision. it is the responsibility of the secret service to move the president of the u.s. anywhere in the country or the world. >> the primary reason to do all that was to put a fence around the park. do you find that as well? >> i am losing you as to what we are talking about. it did not happen until well after the movement of the president. what is the question? >> have you seen the park police statement? >> i have not seen the park police statement on this, no. andiven all the protests pandemic, are you encouraging those protesting to get tested? mayor bowser: i think they need to call the testing site and get tested if they were asked those or if they have reason to think that they need to be tested. thank you. -- thank you, guys. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] brad rosenstein's testimony before the judiciary can -- rod rosenstein's testimony before the dj -- judiciary committee. see t

we've had federal hate crimes for over 50 years and it o has been a federal hate crime to murder someone because of their race for over a decade. additionally, murder is already rather than considering good intentioned but symbolic bill, the senate could immediately consider addressing qualified immunity and ending police militarization. you can and must do better. that's why no one in the senate has been more involved in criminal justice reform than i have. no one has introduced more criminal justice reform bills in my time in the senate, i've authored a cosponsor at least 22 unique criminal justice reform bills. i am acutely aware of the injustices perpetrated year in and year out in our cities. reform needs to be more than this. that's why i am on the floor to offer expedited passage as of today, the lynching bill has amended. lynching is a particular vicious kind of murder. federal law should treat it as such. for these reasons, emmett hill anti- lynching act should be adopted which my amendment. it would apply lynching only and not for other crimes. thank you. >> i ask unanimous con

this is not federal agents. so the complaint and the concerns about what actually situations in places like louisville, kentucky isn't answered by the hospital. this is a chance for these two bodies and i be honest, our legislation 12 get the data around those no knock warrants so that we can actually directing the resources and the decisions in the right way. we are taking a more deliberative process. let's debate that. let's come to an agreement. next, i heard the justice act would not and shall cold in their legislation. and actually there's actually bands it. well, let's take a closer look madame president. that's false. with strict penalty spacing local police department, they go after two holds by holding off a grant dollars for local agencies and state agencies. ourge legislation does the exact same thing. we go after local departments and state agencies by withdrawing some grant dollars. butir there's this about the ban on so-called only implies two federal agencies. that's really important. why? because

that should be a federal government responsibility as well. it is all about having business able to be open and employee people to generate economic growth and i haven't gotten into the things which are even larger access to housing, access to healthcare, access to so many other things, basic human necessities but i have talked too much. why don't i yield to you guys for anything you want to summarize or ask me to do research on. >> you actually touched on a lot of things, how to go to work in a safe environment, what is the plan for some people in my community who will not go back to work that once the unemployment runs out? >> you cannot let as long as this crisis exists you have to make sure that unemployment is -- for unemployment these guys put together is the most generous unemployment program in american history, $600 is what you expected unemployment to be. look at the states that have been so slow in getting to that, states like florida and others that have been terrible, your state has been better because they even put money in, half

not because the federal government lacks the will, not because it lacks the wallet, but because the federal response plan is based on focusing primarily on localized disasters. gratefully, the h5n1 avian influenza did not becomeiz a pandemic. but the process has taught us a lot, and the lessons we need to learn are still true today. i'll just highlight four. first, the need to clarify roles between states and national government in advance. second, having a vaccine is critical but it's only beginning. while we have manufacturing capability, still finish and distribution priorities will inevitably be a problem. and they still need planning. third, providing situational awareness is a critical role of the federal government, the disease a gathering information gathering capability of the federal government needs investment and it needs modernization. lastly, i will echo what my colleagues have said, pandemic preparation requires investment every year. mr. chairman, i look forward to our conversation. >> thank you, governor leavitt and thanks to each of you. we will now begin a five-minute rou

money and some federal programs got it started. and the indian leadership then begin to exert some power and some pressure. in when you think of matters 1968, as you mentioned as a template, at that time, american indian tribes really were only beginning with a certain role over the reservations. the had been thwarted over years by states trying to intrude on them, and what bob was mentioning, to regulate matters on indian reservations, to tax indians on reservations because states resented it, competing with separate sovereignties in their borders. i think the nixon message was that tribesnizing should control their own reservations and not federal bureaucrats. there were well-meaning, non-indian bureaucrats that that they knew better. nixon rained that in. reigned that in. we never had to put up with that practicing indian law. peripherally, of people from the justice department talking about establishing an indian -- independent indian council, which will have the ability to sue the united states. we will fund an organization th

security officer at the federal building in oakland. we are here now and one of the man is also accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in santa cruz county. >> reporter: two officers were killed by the same man nine days apart according to the fbi. they say the alleged murder was a santa cruz county man who had ties to an antigovernment extremists movement. >> reporter: the department of justice announced charges against these two meant for the metro of david patrick under and the attempted murder of his partner. >> we are reaffirming our commitment to protect those who protect us. >> reporter: the announcement made in the federal courthouse where on may 29 to two officers were shot in a drive-by shooting. federal authorities say the shooter was 32-year-old steven carrillo . the same man already arrested in the murder of a santa cruz county sheriff's sergeant. his accomplice is robert justus junior arrested after coming forward with information. according to unsealed federal documents, justus was captured on video outside the courthouse

if i cannot get federal moment -- money, i am not doing a good job as your federal representative.hat is one of my issues with mr. nadler. i have $150 million in my last legislative cycle working for the governor. one of the biggest ways i knew i had to run against you was that is not anything. that does not help anyone. it gives a few people broilers -- boilers. 600,000 people are living in inhumane conditions and it is totally unacceptable, and it is getting worse. i do not accept the premise of the question that there is no way around that, because if there is no way around it, that is a messed up system. createdve federally public housing and no way to deal with that in a federal solution, then why do we have congress and a federal government. before the congressman says that i do not know anything about federal government, i was at 15.ng on capitol hill >> let us find out where he is going. we cannotr: well, give up on federal funding for iusing, which is why sponsored legislation to give $72 billion to public housing. it is why a have succeeded in getting nominees for billion

i speak for my colleagues throughout the federal reserve system when i say there is no place at the federal reserve for racism and there should be no place for it in our society. everyone deserves the opportunity to participate fully in our society and in our economy. these principles guide us in all we do, from monetary policy to our focus on diversity and inclusion in our work place and in our work to unsure fair access to credit across the country. we will take this opportunity to renew our steadfast commitment to these principles. we understand that the work of the fed touches communities, families and businesses across the country. everything we do is in service to our public mission. we are committed to using our full range of tools to support the economy and to help assure that the recovery from this difficult period will be as robust as possible. thank you. i look forward to our questions. i look forward to our questions. >> for the first question, nick timeros. >> yes, hi. thank you, chair powell. nick timmeros at "the wall street journal" i want to ask about the economic projectio

he mentioned federal incentives. you're right. it's important to acknowledge that this is a really positive acknowledgement by the federal government that there needs to be change and a widespread one at that. one that addresses culture, one that addresses trust. one that isn't just about changing legislation and love. it's important equally, however, for people to understand that change needs to happen at the local and state level. how does federal policy impact your local and state policies and procedures? especially in the sanctuary cities and states where they refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement? so it's important to understand that overarching structure and this is an excellent message, of course. but that change fundamentally happens at the local level and especially because we're talking about community elevation. the relationship between law enforcement and communities and nobody knows those better than those local leaderships, the local law enforcement and those community members that are most impacted and as

that's our own federal bureau of investigation. again, we wish we had taken more rapid and comprehensive action in the past. they don't say that often, but it's true, and i commend them for saying it, to hearing it, and for starting to make up for it now, because they have made a number of arrests just in the past few months with regard to the program. it's our hope that the p.s.i. has opened the eyes of the government to the systemic problems. i think that's what we have seen in the trump administration is they have taken a firmer stance to the chinese government in every one of the four areas i have talked about. as pz s.i. was nearing the end of its telecom investigation, for example, the federal agencies announced that he would review whether these chinese state-owned carriers we were studying should continue to operate in the u.s., given the national security threats. the department also issued an executive order to establish team telecom as a formal committee, which is a good idea, as well as addressing many of the issues the

>>any justine it was right here at the oakland federal building where that federal officer was shot and killed on the 29th. now we're learning more about the motivations behind the shooting. >>federal authorities have charged 32 year-old stephen with murder and attempted murder for the may 29th shooting outside the oakland federal building that resulted in the death of security officer pat underwood and the wounding of his partner. >>creal elected to travel to oakland to conduct this murder and take advantage of a time when this nation was mourning the killing of george floyd law enforcement officials have also charged robert justice junior. >>with aiding and abetting the murder and attempted murder. prosecutors allege he was the one who drove this 1992 whiteford cargo van as creo opened fire on the security officers. >>this courthouse exists to administer justice to uphold the rule of law and to protect the freedoms that we all cherish. in announcing the charges today we are reaffirming our commitment to protect those who protect us. >>surveillance photos of that wife and led officers

key federal to freeze pending regulations. i want to start a new regulatory oversight process and prevent certain last-minute regulatory decisions in the previous administration, the so-called midnight regulations from taking effect without proper review and approval. all of us should remember that the foo federal government is .ot some mysterious institution the people are the government. what we create, we are to be able to control. i do not intend to make wildly skyrocketing deficits and runaway governments simple facts of life in this administration. have come our ills upon us for several decades and they will not go away in days or weeks or months but i want the american people to know that we have begun. now, i will be happy to take your questions. will your posture towards iran be one of revenge or reconciliation? you approved of most of that during the campaign. pres. reagan: i am certainly not thinking of revenge. i don't know whether reconciliation will be possible with the presence of a government or absence of a go

the federal government wasn't recording data.y put together this national database here in june actually, starting end of may into june, and we don't have a complete record going back to the start of this pandemic. it's absolutely ridiculous. so with 40,000 deaths, that's actually probably an underestimate to a lot of us. >> we've seen the federal government not do very much when it comes to nursing homes, particularly from my view, given the scale of death in these facilities, just how many americans have lost their lives, how many infections there have been. we have seen a sort of highly publicized effort from the federal government to send boxes of ppe to nursing homes. there's been some pretty harsh coverage over the past few days, though, that it seems like a lot of what the government has been sending to individual homes is not expected. it's not designed to meet the specific needs of those homes, and in some cases, it's junk or at least unrelated to the needs of a typical nursing home in terms of how they serve their patie

federal and state. in the federal government, we know that this right is in peril. look at what's happened in wisconsin and in georgia, the lines, the closed ballot places, the other kinds of confusion and deterrence that has been created. in kentucky's recent primary, fewer than 200 polling places were open instead of the 3,700 usually there in a typical election year. that's unacceptable. but that state is hardly alone and we will see that pattern repeated unless we act soon. in the last decade, 25 states, literally 25 states have enacted new voting restrictions, including strict photo i.d. requirements, cutting back on the availability of early voting, and registration restriction. these constraints should be of paramount concern. the supreme court has gutted the voting rights act allowing states with long histories of voting discrimination to make it harder for voters of color to cast ballots. and coronavirus has added an additional layer of voter suppression which will further result if mass disenfranchisement. a secure and resilient electoral process is critic