on that day back in 1865 major general gordon granger announced that the end of the civil war in galveston texas making all slaves free. now the war had already been over for weeks but back in those days news traveled slowly. so they often june 10th festivals around the world here in the bay area and events planned to honor that day to russ also take pilgrimages to galveston to honor that moment in history. well statue of marilyn monroe has been taken from the top of the ladies of holly, what does the people on the walk of fame. police are investigating but they have no idea what had governor who took it. so because evil celebrates women from different cultures, a in the movie industry and a lot of maryland fans visit that spot to see it so it has disappeared a leader says the artists meaningful and that they intend to get it back. the city of huntington park is deploying its very own robotic officer to monitor public outdoor areas, you know like parts. it's called 8 p robocop city officials announced this high-tech edition to the police force yesterday looks to me. >>but it's just a way f

the coast guard saying the wake from a passing vessel pushed him overboard into galveston bay without a life vest. dozens of vessels involved in that search right now, and more than a dozen agencies are looking for him. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, the coast guard urgently searching for this texas police chief. swept away friday while on his private fishing boat. >> they caught a wake of a vessel passing through the area, and became off balance and fell overboard. >> reporter: around 4:00 p.m., kemah police chief chris reed's wife making the panicked call for help. >> we need a water rescue. a large boat came by and knocked her husband off the boat. she hasn't seen him since. >> reporter: reed, vanishing into the water. his wife losing sight of him. >> she's pretty far out. she can't see anything. >> reporter: more than a dozen agencies desperately combing a channel near galveston bay. >> he did not have a life jacket on when he fell overboard. >> reporter: helicopters and a drone team scanning from the air for any sign of the army veteran and father of three. >>

and when they were forced by a storm to land in galveston the soldiers there knows that slavery hadn't really taken effect the freedom knows had been issued and general granger issued orders general number 3 there's a lot of. things around how that exactly happened but june when he issued the order and the relevance of juneteenth is that it completes the cycle of freedom the celebrations of freedom in $776.00 black people even though we fought in the revolutionary war where he was in a revolutionary war we were still slaves it took 88 years 11 months and about 22 days before granger issued general order number 3 and still that wasn't june 14th 1966 when the treaty was signed with the 5 tribes to release just slaves and make them part of the nation so juneteenth as a combination of things that happened on june 13th it's more than just texas always has been it's been to texas. think one of the things that we forgot is that there's this idea of a once the emancipation proclamation happened just the whole united states got the text and then everything was fine was a very different world do

is the your business on galveston berlin welcome as g 20 leaders are gathering in the sockets of pan am one topic dominates above all others trade and most importantly the dispute between china and the u.s. there is up to the u.s. trade representative robert life has a said this week that and one that 90 percent of the deal was done and donald trump has so far refrained from provoking the chinese on twitter on saturday he meets chinese president xi jinping to see if any kind of breakthrough can be found. getting the helo's out of the way. but soon they'll be getting down to the real business of the weekend. technology is a critical front in the ongoing us china trade conflict both nations see digital and technological supremacy essential to their economic futures the role of chinese firm weiwei in building 5 g. networks and a u.s. led attempt to ban it is a major sticking point already on friday the leaders took part in a digital economy summit it was all quite polite but while a ship shadow hung over the discussion trump preach security g. openness at the same time as we expand digi

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continuous stretch this ye the latest victim was killed nhis morning i a neighborhood on 4th street and galveston in e the ce identified as jackson. and a second victim, a woman shot multiple times. >>> it is fog to be a big week for president trump officially aunching his re-election this month and many americans want congress to hold impeachment o predings. 27% of americans now say there is enough evidence to begin impeachment hearings now, up 10 poi from last month alone. that according to the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll. most of the growing support comes from democratic voters. as the campaign heats p,u the possibility russian interference in 2020, they'll lose large. >>> in a hostile foreignr powe successfully attacked our democracy in the last election nd no indicatio they will back off from trying to do it inrÑ next election. >> what happened in 2016 what the russians attempted to do with our elections when barack obama was present doesn't happen in 2020. >> president trump's reelection announcement is in florida on tuesday. >>> another day of massive protests in hong kong tod

on that day in 1865, major general gordon granger landed in galveston, texas to announce the end of civilwho were slaves were now free. this good news was bittersweet because two-and-a-half years before that announcement, president abraham lincoln had signed the emancipation proclamation. it's still not clear why there was a delay in getting the word ex but despite the confusion and shock, made it newly freed men, 250,000 women, and children turned that day into a celebration. in 1980, juneteenth became an official holiday in texas. in other parts of the country, the holiday is sometimes called emancipation day, freedom day and black independence day. >> when we return. sloths are slow, sleep all day, but can their leisurely approach to life save the planet? dale's little girl is heading to college. luckily, her dorm is about 10 minutes from a hotel by wyndham. ashley's meeting all her in-laws, and she's about 10 minutes from a hotel by wyndham. jeff is flying to... oh never mind. but hey, 10 minutes from a wyndham. he's having the best. day. ever! and he's about... 10 minutes! 10 minutes

the coast guard and volunteers out scouring galveston bay. abc's erielle reshef is in studio with more. good morning. >> good morning to you, dan. it has been a massive effort to find beloved police chief chris reed. with more than combing the water near the city, the coast guard searching 650 nautical miles after reed went overboard. >> reporter: overnight the urgent search for a texas police chief swept off his private boat into the galveston bay. >> we're going to be assessing and we'll be searching for him as we will be able to find him alive. ed vanished into the wat. around 4:00 p.m. friday, reed's wife making the desperate call for help. >> water rescue. large boat came by and knocked her husband off the boat. she hasn't seen him since. >> reporter: telling dispatchers she lost sight of her husband who was not wearing a life vest. >> she's pretty far out. she can't see anything. >> reporter: helicopters and a drone team scanning from the air as 25 volunteer vessels set sail looking for any sign of the army veteran and father of three.

that celebration started on june 1ie when union soldrs announ announced to slave in the galvest galveston they were free. 46 states and the district recognize juneenth has a holiday. >>> matter of weeks americans and the world for that matter will celebrate 50 years since the moon landing. >> in honor of that anniversary, the air and space museum will soonxh open a new eit celebrating the achievement and the man who took those first eps on the lunar service. peek.is a sneak >> i know about moon rocks and this is one right here. >> reporter: there are certain moments we know. >> yeah, i think that's a moon rock. >> reporter: or remember as folks of all agents explore the air and space museum. ask anyone over the age of 50 and they can tell were. re they >> that's one small step tr man. >> reporter: the day apollo 11 reached the moon. >> i was 11 years old inw ioa. >> laying on the floor of our living room. >> reporter: it can also tell you how excited they are that the museum will soon open its doors to a newexhibit, one that will honor neil arm strong's famous words a the space suit he wo

celebrating and commemorating, to a certain extent, juneteenth, when general granger arrived in galveston when he announced to the slaves, if you will, they have been freed. pursuant to the emancipation proclamation. i am pleased that general granger did this. i'm pleased because liberation is a wonderful thing. nobody should be enslaved. but i am also concerned that that liberation has not completely obliterated the bigotry that ensued after the liberation. in this country, we still suffer from bigotry, hatred, xenophobia, hobia, all of the unliness that can cause people to receive less than the american dream that others receive. and here in this country today, we in the house of representatives have a unique opportunity to do something about bigotry in our country. we have an opportunity to do something about a president who has now been above the law for some 63 days, 63 days since the mueller report was presented to the public, 63 days above the law since the mueller report. my contention is he's been above the law since he fired mr. comey, some two years-plus ago. but the president,

the quintessential example is galveston, texas, in 1900. devastating hurricane, killed between 6000 and 12,000 people. literally wiped out the city council and the mayor. reformers said, well, this is sad, but it's also a great opportunity. we can try out this newfangled idea that reformers have of commission government where we actually just have this commission, a board of appointed commissioners that act like a city manager and run the city. they eliminated african-american aldermen by changing this political system. they appointed experts to run the commission. in 1900, galveston creates the first commission government with hundreds of towns in the south and the west following. governm. a city manager government is a model in which you may have been elected mayor that they are called a weak mayor. not to their face. they have limited power and the day-to-day functioning of the city government is done by an appointed, paid city manager. the west as i mentioned was a laboratory for these reforms. because the west is literally building its

including an 18-month-old in galveston, texas, one of three deaths in three days in the state. tom, police tell us that second woman may face charges too. they tell people to leave a cell phone, a handbag a work i.d., something that will make you go to the back of your car when you park to help prevent these type of tragedies. tom? >> thank you. >>> a heat wave scorches parts of the country this weekend. let's get to to rob marciano. good evening. >> from new york to d.c., we are in a heat wave which is going to expand now in the midwest. check it out. over kentucky. the southwest flow will purchase the heat and muhumidity. and 90s, new york through d.c. we will get a big of a cool front across the extreme northeast. and storms from new york to d.c. and tomorrow, cools us a little. the heat will remain in tact across the midwest. dangerous heat and we're still in june. >> tracking that heat. all right, rob, thank you. >>> to the major showdown at the women's world cup.arn ter finals. their toughest matchup so far, playing in the sweltering heat we just heard about. megan rapin

. >>> on this day in 1865 union troops arrived in galveston, texas with the news that the civil war hading slaves in texas were free it's an event celebrated to this day as juneteenth. later this morning actor danny glover and writer that me hisi coates will testify on capitol hill before a house subcommittee on reparations >>> dog owners know it's hard to resist the puppy dog eyes. a woman says her dog waffles smiles when she pets his paws and then gets serious when she stops. so if you have any examples like this of your pup, here's a chance to share them with us on facebook or in the meantime nbc's gadi schwartz explains the science behind puppy dlike you could red like when you look at those little face that's say hey, you goi didn't eat tha this and it turns out there is some evolutionary science behind these puppy dog eyes and it has to do withr eyebrows a new study by a team of evolutionary psychologists showing dogs have perfected the after the eyebrow raise, developing stronger muscles above their eyes than their cousins the wolf, whose same facial muscles are pretty weak and o

police say a 1-year-old child was left in a car for about five hours near galveston. the east on the brink of its first heat wave of the season. let's get to rob marciano. rob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, tom. we've nearly hit 90 now two days in a row. philly, you've done it twice. d.c., three times. you're in the heat wave, and here it is. looks like it's going to extend right into the weekend. we do he severe thunderstorms tonight popping across the midwest. threat for tornado in montana and a strong squall line moving through wisconsin. chicago might get hit, as well. that will cool you off temporarily, but the heat and humidity only build for the eastern half of the country into the weekend. tom? >> rob, thank you. >>> now, to a possible major break in the search for that missing student in utah, vanishing after taking a rideshare from the airport. police questioning a person of interest, searching his home. what shorts discovered inside. here's a b kbc's clayton sandel. >> reporter: tonight, a ten-day-old case that seemed to go cold, now heating up.

country, and already this year, more than a dozen have lost their lives, including an 18-month-old in galveston, texas, one of three deaths in three days in the state. tom, police tell us that second woman could face charges too. they tell people to leave a cell phone, a handbag, a work i.d., something that will make you go to the back of your car every time you park to prevent these kinds of tragedies. tom? >> a great tip. all right, thank you. >>> the hot car warning as the first heat wave of the season scorches parts of the country this weekend. let's get to to rob marciano. good evening. >> hey, tom. from new york to d.c., we are in this heat wave which is going to expand now in the midwest. check it out. big blue "h" over kentucky. the southwest flow will purchase the heat and humidity. sioux falls. kansas city, well in the 90s tomorrow. 90s, new york through d.c. we will get a big of a cool front across the extreme northeast. that will bring severe storms from new york to d.c. around this time tomorrow, onlile cooing u.s. a little. the heat will remain in tact across the midwest. dangerou

associated press reporte that cardinal daniel dinardo, the archbishop of galveston- houston, allowed his deputy to remain in the ministry after he coerced a married woman into a sexual relationship. the priest also pressured her family for hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations. dinardo is set to preside over a meeting of u.s. bishops aimed at preventing clergy abuse next week. virginia governor ralph northam has summoned state lawmakers for a special session to consider atw gun control legislation. nnouncement came on the heels of friday's mass shooting in virgia beach that killed 12 people. today in richmond, northam, a democrat, appealed to the state's republican-controlled general assembly to put safety before party loyalty. >> it is wrong that we now view e mass shootings as the normal. in fact, it is wrong that we rmew gun violence in general as the new . i will be asking for votes and laws, not thoughts and prayersir >> woodruff:cox, the republican speaker of the virginia state general assembly, called the special session, "hkety and suspect," in the of the governor's b

quickly, houston this morning, galveston, lake jackson, watch out. you could get up to 10 inches of rain which would cause more flooding. george? >> does not stop. ginger, thanks very much. >>> to utah now where nearly 50 people most children are sick after being exposed to too much chlorine in a pool. some of them fell violently ill and diane macedo has details. good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning. so an investigation is now under way after dozens of people had to be hospitalized. some even fell unconscious and police say it was all due to a malfunctioning pool pump. >> possibility of multiple patients suffering from chlorine inhalation. >> reporter: this morning a freak accident at a utah pool. >> we just saw lots of kids outside nervous, crying, looking for their parents trying to figure out what was going on and a lot of kids coughing. >> reporter: nearly 50 people, mostly children, violently ill after a pump malfunction releasing a large apt of chlorine into the water. police say the pump stopped circulating water allowing chlorine to

chris reed was last seen yesterday afternoon while fishing with his wife in galveston bay.e did not have a life jacket on. kemat, texas, and others including the coast guard on searching for reed. >>> a hiker texas has been found in in a remote area in arkansas after missing nearly a week. according to cnn affiliate ktok search crews found joshua mcclatchy on friday night six days after he went on a hike about 105 miles west of little rock. searchers spot him from a helicopter using infrared technology. he was said to be dehigh ratydrt otherwise in good shape. >> that is good news. >>> from a life of luxury to one of the most notorious jail complexes in america, former trump chairman paul manafort may be moved to riker's island. what his lawyers may do to try to prevent that. >>> in arizona look at these pictures we are getting in. firefighters are racing to try to get control of this wildfire that has already burned more than 7,000 acres. what they are saying is behind this. who used expedia to book the vacation rental which led to the discovery that sometimes a little dow

that answer is houston, galveston, corpus christi. there are places in the next ten days that could get 20 inches of rain. it's raining there now and it will rain all day. a high risk of flooding across eastern and southeastern texas from the next couple of days worth of weather. it's been a drought in the southeast. some of the white spots, that's 20 inches of rain just by friday. so this is going to be a big time flood system in a place that's already flooded. the water has no place to go, john. we have severe weather. not expecting many tornadoes. just a little bit of wind damage. the southeast and the texas coast are under the gun for weather today. >> when i was reading farm country in the midwest overnight, they are in danger of missing the entire planting season. >> correct. >> which could be devastating on tops of the trade issues. >> that's not what they need. >> thank you very much. >>> the president and world leaders in beautiful ceremonies honoring d-day. the president arriving in portsmith, england. we'll bring it to you

some of the first responders from the high life fire department and the galveston sheriff's office hadan up the mess. and, that's good news and only 3,000 of the 100 million bees were alive. >> okay, canada. >> you know the best thing to do for the summer to make money is have a little lemonade stand for young people. but all across the country these busybodies think they are doing everyone a favor on calling the police on these poor kids that are butting capitalists. but not in texas. greg abbott just signed a law that allows kids to have lemonade stands without license licenses. finally, we hope this is a trend that will catch on in other states because it's a great way for kids to hydrate their neighbors and to make a quick buck so they can buy the stuff they want. >> katie, you are up. >> not kids but adults late, commanding the lemonade stand. this morning the counsel for citizens against government waste released their book which is against government waste and of fraud and abuse. there she is with two human pig pigs. and that's a 4% increase. and the pig looks pretty happy. >> t

today's hearing coincides with juneteenth, a day which commemorates june 19, 1865, when slaves in galveston, texas, finally learned that the emancipation proclamation had abolished slavery. as the fallout mounts over the handling of the 1989 central park 5 case, president trump refused to apologize for his actions at the time. trump ran full page ads during the 1989 case, calling for the death penalty for the five teenage boys of color who were wrongfully accused and convicted of raping a white woman in central park. they were eventually exonerated and the case has been brought back into the spotlight following the release of ava duvernay's netflix mini-series "when they see us." long-time white house correspondent april ryan asked trump if he would apologize for his actions. pres. trump: you have people on both sides of that that admitted their guilt. if you look at linda fairstein and some of the prosecutors, they think the city should never have settled that case. we will even at that. amy: the city settled with the five teenagers for $41 million. former prosecutor linda fairstein was dr

this heavy band of rain about to move over to houston and galveston areas, we're very concerned withot of problems on the roads with flooding during the morning commute. the other area we have storminess, overnight in chicago, we had one round of storms roll through. these are going to push down through the ohio valley through the day. once we get in the afternoon hour, we have the heating of the day, the high humidity, we have 31 million that could experience severe storms. st. louis, lexington, knoxville, raleigh and even charlotte, too. we may even see a stray storm around washington, d.c., philadelphia, baltimore, new york later could get a storm but they shouldn't be of the severe variety, guys. we'll keep an eye on it. yeah, as i mentioned, umbrella day. it's not going to rain all day, but when the storms roll through, you don't want to get caught into it. >>> still ahead, a couple of 2020 hopefuls on climate change. we'll walk through what joe biden and elizabeth warren are each proposing, coming up next. for all out confidence... ...depend® silhouette™ briefs feature maximum

wednesday's hearing coincided with juneteenth, a day that commemorates june 19, 1865, when slaves in galveston, texas, finally learned that the emancipation proclamation had abolished slavery. this year marks the 400th anniversary of the trans-atlantic slave trade. lawmakers are considering the introduced by sheila jackson lee of houston this year after former congressmember john conyers at champion the bill for decades without success. the bill carries the designation hr 40, a reference to "40 acres and a mule," one of the nation's first broken promises to newly freed slaves. ahead of the hearing, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was asked by reporter eva mckend of spectrum news whether the government should issue a public apology for slavery. >> i don't think reparations for something that happened 150 years for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea. we have tried to deal with our byginal sin of slavery fighting a civil war, passing landmark civil rights legislation, elected an african-american president. i think we are always a work in progress in this countr

cnue to see all this weather training up into the gulf coast from corpus christi, houston, on into galvestonening. from missouri into the southeast, we've got1 3 million hazards, idensolated tornadoes. we're worried stretching fromew houston intorleans and the panhandle of florida. locally could see 6 to 10 inches of rain. an that's going to put a lot of pressure on the arkansas river, missouri, and the mississippi. 232 locations above right now. rest of the country we will see. ng storms starting to fire aup through new mexicoll the way into the gulf. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning, everybody. we have an opportunity for a stronger s day. but areasto ormf l ratainer mov parts of the shenandoah valley. parts of loudoun county could get a couple of drops here in the next couple of hours. by later on in the afternoon, here's 4:00 on our weather simulation. there could be some stronger hunderstorms from really washington southbound. temperatures in the 60s now. high today, 85. only an afternoon shower tomorrow and th

chris reid's body was recovered early sunday morning in the same area where he went overboard in galvestonassing vessel hit his boat on friday. he wasn't wearing a life jacket. dozens of agencies spent most of the weekend searching for the former army paratrooper. >>> a sheriff's deputy in florida is recovering from what could have been a fatal gunshot wound to the leg during a standoff with a suspect barricaded inside a home. >> the incident unfolded in newport ritchie, florida and was triggered reportedly after a suspect shot at an echo smart speaker. here's abc's diane macedo. >> reporter: two officers are injured, a suspect is facing multiple charges, and a florida neighborhood is riddled with bullets after a bizarre standoff that started with an argument over an amazon echo. >> i've been living here since 2002 and haven't seen anything like this go on. >> reporter: the pascoe county sheriff's office says the first call came in at 12:30 in the morning when a woman reported her parents were in a physical fight after her father shot at the amazon alexa. >> as our deputies arrived on scen

i testified about pasadena in the senate judiciary committee and the galveston county case. it seems that my district is 77% latino. and that's where a lot of stuff happens. >> that was the court order built in pasadena but since shelby evergreen alabama court found intentional disk termination in the party of greed to bail in. there are two jurisdictions that have since shelby been subject to billing. that is part and sufficient. >> one quick question. all of this, section five was meant to get to the harm before it starts. how much does this litigation cost? some of these cases go on five, six, seven years. just ballpark figure. i know every case is different. but just generally speaking, how much do we have to spend on this? >> on average, hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions. and that includes not just challenges statewide measures but even suing one county can cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars and that is both the taxpayer money to fight this termination and taxpayer money drawn by the discriminators to defend this termination. >> mr. cha

to see all of this weather training up into the gulf coast from corpus christi, houston, on into galvestons of illinois, indiana, all the way down into the southeast. we have got 31 million people at risk for storm hazards, isolated tornados, damaging winds, torrential downpours what we are worried about right now stretching from houston all the way to new orleans and into the panhandle of florida locally could see 6 to 10 inches of rain. and that's going to put a lot of pressure on the arkansas river, the missouri and the mississippi. 232 locations above flood stage right now. the rest of the country we will see cooler weather in the pacific northwest. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we start out sunny and hazy as we get a live look outside in san francisco. and that's where our temperatures will reach into the 70s today, while the inland areas still on track to have another hot day. reaching into the mid-90s in the trivalley as well as the delta. over towards the north bay as well looking at low 90s with san jose reaching 86. we will all catch a break tomorrow with stronge

[no audio] int: we will go to kevin galveston, texas.ask that you avoid profanities on the program. caller: about impeaching donald trump, they are going about it all wrong. the way i see it, the man who was president before him started everything. the way they see it, they need to get off that impeachment. i don't -- i'm a democrat, but that doesn't mean i'm against republicans or democrats or independents. i'm just above all. you know, respected. thank you, kevin. among the seven key allies for speaker pelosi, jefferies, the zoe lofgren listed as a key ally , as well as elijah cummings. you can read the details at the hill.com. tomorrow the executive editor, bob you sack, of the hill.com, will be our guest. the week in congress, lawmakers returning this week. good morning, jeffrey. welcome to the program? caller: where should i start question mark good morning, steve. host: good morning. caller: i believe that these republicans are suffering from some kind of a delusion that hope donald trump is infallible. he's only human. he's kind o

district of laredo, the second largest in the country behind los angeles. 10.7% el paso, 30.7% houston galveston, 10.1% in dallas-fort worth and 5.6% port arthur district. these slides, chris will have them so if anyone wants them we can send them to you. all these, you already know. this one is interesting. the share of trade between mexico and the united states, since 2012 to 2018 has been growing constantly. the share that we have -- that this last year, was 36.9% through the city of laredo. i don't know if the mayor is still here. another 14.9% through the rest of the ports that are rio, the pass and all the way to brownsville. that gives us 52% of all u.s.-mexico trade to our district. 12.5% here is trade through el paso. 19.7% is trade through the other ports of entry and california and mexico and 15.9% the rest of the ports of entry to the united states. this is u.s.-mexico trade, $1.17 million a minute. through all of these. maybe this is interesting for some. crime rates and ports of entry. united states, 394. this is fbi information out of every 100,000. texas, 439, and down here you h

introduced that will create the emancipation national his tore extrail which begins a at the location in galveston, texas where the general announced the emancipation of slaves on june 19, 1865. does the chairman agree that the requirements of the national historic act and nepa regarding the environment apply with respect to u.s. d.o.t. of the i-45 flooget may adversely affect historical buildings and sites in independence heights, texas? would it be appropriate for d.o.t. efficients -- officials to consider the views and input of civic and community leaders of independence highs and others in assessing whether the federally -- whether the federal support of i-45 transportation project complies with the requirements of the national historic preservation act and nepa? will you work with me to ensure the approval process for this project in my congressional district is conducted in a manner that complies with the law and preserves to the max punishment extent sites in independence heights and compliance with nepa that have national, state and local historic significance for the nation? i yield to th