general granger addressed the entire city declaring all slaves in texas to be free and granting them-- quote -- an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property." close quote. upon receiving the news, the newly freed slaves couldn't contain their joy. they were crying. they were hugging. they were celebrating because they were previously confined to shackles. they were slaves in the true sense of the word. so today, 149 years later, we once again celebrate the occasion of the emancipation so long overdue. juneteenth is a reminder of promises kept, but while maybe late in coming, it is the duty of the government to honor its word and not forget any of its citizens. there are millions of americans, mr. president, who need help today. right now, on escaping the bonds of hunger, unemployment, inequality. so may we here in the senate come to their rescue just as general granger did for the slaves of galveston those many years ago. i would ask that the brief statement i just made appear in the record at one place and what i say now appear in another place. the presiding offic

when i was home in granger county last weekend, a concern of tennesseans was it's too hard to find a job, it's too hard to keep a house. what can i do to get a job? this legislation we're dealing with today for the first time since 2003 reauthorizes about nearly $10 billion of funds that will be spent through local councils, through community colleges, through state governments to help individuals in north dakota, in washington, in tennessee and georgia have the job skills to find a job. it will make it easier for them and it has the great advantage, madam president, of not doing it from washington but creating an environment where people can do this for themselves. our former democratic governor, phil braddison said to me, when he first became governor and went over to find about the $145 million or so from this funding that came to tennessee, he just threw up his hands, said it's too complicated, i can't do anything with it. so he told his cabinet member, do the best you can. well, working together with the house of representatives, senator murray and senator isakson and a group of

he says jeff miller of florida, granger of texas, and another tweak that tom graves of georgia, and one more, just outside that meeting room, whistles and claps heard from inside 1100 longworth where gop members are deciding leadership elections. some reporters say we may hear the vote by 2:45. we will take you to the news conference earlier today. she talked a little bit about the gop elections and about the comments the president would make later, and did make at about 1:15 on iraq. >> good morning. everyone rested up after the ballgame last night? congratulations to sportsmanship. yesterday we appointed conferees to vote on the veterans bill, the various veterans bills, the senate bill and the two house bills. chairman jeff miller's bill. as we go to conference, it would probably have been cleaner if we could have just taken up the senate bill, sent it to the president, and gone down that path. the conference does afford us the opportunity, though, to make clear as we would on the debate in any event, that while we need some emergency assistance for health care, for our veterans, acc

kay granger and i are going to talk about it. i live on the border.o not just go there for a few hours. i am very familiar with the border and i believe this is not a democratic or republican issue. let's figure out as americans how to address this issue in a logical, smart way, and one that works for the parties involved. host: danny in jamestown, south carolina, republican caller on the air with congressman henry cuellar. caller: thank you for c-span. learned inomething i high school -- wants, needs, and desires. i did not go to college, and i am proud of that. i worked my whole life. it seems when the president does not get what he wants he uses the desire of his pen to get what he wants. maybe the republicans should give him what he wants, and see if he could give the country and the american people what they need. thank you. guest: thank you for the comment. my father and mother went only to a first and third-grade education, so i understand where you come from. i am the oldest of eight kids. my parents sent us off to college. i appreciate your b

earlier montgomery granger said, get him down there. listen. >> we are in a global war on terror.d i believe we are. it's white hot right now if you look at what's going on in iraq. then if we are in a global war on terror, you need a safe and secure place to put a unlawful combatant that wants to kill us and there's no more secure place that the military detention facility in guantanamo bay, cuba. >> he can be thoroughly interrogated at gitmo. he's responsible for benghazi attacking the u.s. embassy killing for americans. if he's at gitmo, he can be interrogated but instead he's being tried in washington d. c. and treated very well. >> the safety argument doesn't wash with me. we saw six bullet-proof suvs carrying this guy. are you worried about him being released? >> people say guantanamo bay is inhumane but they have no idea what to talk about. the prisoners get better treatment than the military americans. i'm happy to see this guy tried in our courts. and i think he'll get justice because i trust it and the american citizens to render that judgment. and i think they will. >>>

guy granger, ceo at jll. >>> a quick check on the yo european markets this morning. similar to last check, you can see the cac now in negative territory and the ftse in italy also going south sliding a bit. so we are giving up the positive gains. on the bond markets, very diverse levels over the last few days and still there. the u.s. treasuries 1.25%. and the 3% mark on italy, no change there. the foreign exchange market is showing the dollar on the back foot. and the numbers are flatlining through. there's been a lot of strength in the trades, which is difficult to extract namely on the sterling and the australian dollar. the particular trades look softer in the morning session today. >>> to our top stories, don't panic is the message from bulgaria's president who promised savings in the company's banks are safe following a run on two major banks. he also insisted savings would be fully guaranteed by the state. the central bank runs on corporate commercial bank and first investment bank as part of the attempt to destabilize the banking system. the crisis coincides

american history and in particular african-american history. 150 years ago today, union general gordon grangerlavery in texas. it's called juneteenth. it's the oldest national celebration of the end of slavery in the united states. around the country, there are festivals and prayers and other ceremonies marking june teeent. a lot of -- june teenth. a lot of families make it a time for assessment as they plan the future. >> an important day -- day in our history. >> very. >>> sal, you have an update on the breaking news regarding the bay bridge. you say the situation is under control. >> someone set the pickup truck on fire. they got out there quickly and put the fire out for 20 minutes they had the person -- they had the fire on the truck there. they had get it out. now the person is being evaluated for mental instability. the lanes are open and traffic is getting better. there is the truck that's on fire there at the toll plaza. this person allegedly set his own truck on fire right there at the toll plaza. all right. let's move along and take a look at 880 still slow getting up to downtown lo

i think they should be but granger will be flying over america in about six months legally some of the grange will be able to go into some twenty thousand feet they will have facial recognition software it's really very difficult i can see people are telling me they're going to buy a house but you know you that the movie signs were they were the aluminum. yeah yeah. but at a certain point it's going to become so invasive what we need is are these projectors our congress should pass an electronic bill right say and they should be doing it on i'm sure if they have evidence that some terrorists some crazy sure go after him but i'm not doing it why should they be watching me sleep in creating a three d. facial recognition back it to me at least for the men that we're looking for some evidence of illegality before they do these things they don't hear about that our goal is a rogue government well i suppose i suppose at this at this juncture with trying to get as you say get the courts to catch up you've got a petition your you know your your legislators to get something on the books to at l