the houston police, six of them, calling for father investigation and release of videos, the houston chronicle, what is your response to that? >> first, the most important thing, we have a balance here. i believe in transparency, i believe everything should be released at the appropriate time. the number one responsibility is to the family of the deceased individual that was killed. we have competing interests, in our city, one of the shootings involved adrian adaros, african american gospel leader. his brother called for the release of the video. we spent three hours, with adrian, after he saw everything, he asked us not to release it. the most important thing is, i worry as a police chief, in a case where an officer does get indicted. if you create too much publicity. i know you have been to houston, look at this city, minority majarity city. if we are not careful, a change of venue to a community that is not reflective of this melting pot progressive place, we have an acquittal and a separate set of problems. the most important thing, transparency at the appropriate time. we have to have th

according to the "houston chronicle," quote, the sites administer thousands of tests per day and includeackbone of houston's testing effort. >>> and during a news conference, ron desantis held a news conference. when asked if the rise in cases would mean business closures, this is what he said. >> we're not forcing them to do it. if that's the choice they're making, they're making it. i think the folks following the guidelines, people have been able to do it in way that are low risk and that's been the case since the beginning of may. remember, we did the opening at the beginning of may. we had steady manageable cases. we've obviously seen that turn lately. but we've had a very quiet may and i think everyone has to acknowledge that. >> and the president attended yet another public event yesterday, and he wasn't wearing a mask. this time he was surrounded by veterans to honor the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war. the white house says all the veterans who participated were tested for covid ahead of time. still you could see the president and first lady were relatively close

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i'm rick dunham, washington chief of the houston chronicle and creator of the texas political blog. been hijacked to presidential because some governor is running for president right now. in my extracurricular life i am the president of the national press club's journalism institute, of which the crown jewel is the -- and libraries are important, because libraries are with the texas book festival is all about. the book festival raises money for public libraries and texas and for literacy programs, all of the books to buy benefit the libraries of the state of texas. i highly recommend that you buy gunfight. our author will sign books after our program in the book signing tent a congress avenue. . i've been asked by the folks at c-span to ask you to turn off or silence your cellphones. we have had some problems earlier today. if you want to take out your concealed weapons now would be a good time as well, concealed weapons, if you take them out they are not concealed anymore. what we are here today to talk about, gunfight: the battle over the right to bear arms in america. it is writt

. >> so an infectious disease expert talked to "the houston chronicle" and this is a houston-based expert who said what's going on is absolutely horrifying. now we have no choice. we have to take action before the weekend, which starts tomorrow by the way. what do you see needs to be done right now in houston and texas? >> well, i know and love dr. peter hotez, he works with me at the college of medicine. i think we needed to take action weeks ago, because we see this lag of about two weeks' time before people get exposed the vir virus, until they develop cases, become sick enough to come into the hospital. what we have to do is dial it back. we have to dial back the order that the governor put in place back on may 1st to reopen the economy, because when we did reopen the economy, cases went up but they went up at a linear rate. when he did phase two of the economic reopening we started going up at an exponential rate where we find ourselves now where it gets really scary. we need the people of the public to wear a mask, they need to remain physically distant from one another and we need

the "houston chronicle" says texas reported nearly 6,000 new covid-19 cases wednesday. that's the state's highest single-day increase. texas governor greg abbott has paused the state's reopening plans. as of today, he's ordered hospitals in four counties to suspend elective surgeries for starters to preserve hospital space for coronavirus patients. those counties include the state's largest cities, houston, dallas, austin, san antonio. hospital admissions have been steadily rising, and the texas medical center in houston reports its icus are now full. health care workers say they're concerned how they'll handle more patients. >> right now we're finding the situation is we don't have any hospital beds available in the houston area. >> we're trying to prepare for this surge, and we're trying to find ways to be proactive because we want to have enough beds for our patients that need our help. >> uptick in kind of clusters of patients that were out at bars and clubs over the past two or three weeks have been coming in in droves, testing positive unfortunately. >> i am very

. >> in fact, the houston chronicle is reporting that a judge in harris county wants to reinstate stayhome orders. do you think that that should be reinstated statewide at this point or is that too big of a risk to the economy? >> well, look, there's no question that the economy is going to take another pounding but let's look at the facts. we are in some places a week or two from overrunning hospitals with a combination of covid-19 patients and then patients who would come in ordinarily in normal times for other issues. so when your hospitals get overrun, you get to that point you're in big trouble. i think that's pretty much where we're headed, i believe. >> congressman, what more can congress do? what responsibility do you bear to try to tackle this problem and what would you like to see happen in the halls of congress? >> i think people at every level of government bear responsibility. the federal government has passed four rounds of coronavirus legislation. the house of representatives has the heros act that we passed going on a month now. the senate should take up that bill immed

even the editorial board at the houston chronicle says it's time to release the videos.why haven't you? >> first of all, i think it's important for the community to know that the one thing that's missing from that narrative is almost every single one of those officer-involved shootings involved armed suspects that were confronting our officers. one happened right after an 80-year-old woman was stabbed to death in a walgreen's park lot who proceeded to attack her officer with a knife, and i could go down the line. there are almost always consequences to our actions. this is the most diverse city in the country and in the event one of the officer-involved shootings leads to indictment, if we release everything, and there's so much pre-trial publicity, we run the risk of moving the trial to another county that is not as diverse or progressive, that is not as reflective of our jury pool, and the worst thing that could happen is we have a case moved to east texas, west texas, a place that isn't reflective of this community that's the most diverse in the country and we have an

on an article from the houston chronicle. police, art elevator, who spoke with protesters in a video that has gone viral, joining those protesters. what can other police departments learn from the way houston has handled the demonstrations very act go guest: -- there? guest: a lot of things can be learned from houston. a lot of the processing in been peaceful. that does not mean there has not been civil disobedience. gandhi gave us this context of civil disobedience and dr. king picked it up. it does not mean -- it might mean you go to jail -- dr. king wrote his letter from the birmingham county jail because he had been arrested at that time. if you are arrested and go to jail, that is a part of a peaceful process. for a peaceful protest to be effective, you have to be a little bit disruptive. i think in houston, we have had a fair amount of disruption without the kind of behavior that we have seen in many other places. dr. king never went to jail for throwing a brick or for destroying property of other folks, committing some

we know here in harris county, the "houston chronicle" did an analysis. a quarter of the newest cases recently are people between the ages of 20 and 29. the young demographic is incredibly concerning. they seem to be the ones out and about, socializing. it's why the governor on friday decided to close down all the bars in the state of texas. it is why, starting today, restaurants have to pull back to 50% capacity instead of 75% capacity. it's why texas is basically putting everything on pause right now. there are some fears from health officials looking forward to this week end. we have another holiday weekend coming up. we know memorial day celebrations, experts believe they played a role in spreading the virus. now, another holiday weekend on the horizon. here in houston for the fourth of july, they're planning a 15-minute fireworks show, but there is no festival or gathering like they normally have. they're telling people, stay at home, watch it on tv, or watch it from your yard. do not come out and have the gatherings. >> joe fryer live in houston, th

and in houston, "houston chronicle" zac despart covering the hospitalizations over there. vaughn, three straight days of the record number of hospitalizations for arizona, and also there is a problem with the member of tests that can be administered. give us a reality check for what's happening on the ground there right now. >> reporter: number one, the vice president's words are a complete 180 from president trump who was here just six days ago and held a rally with more than 3,000 folks inside of a church with hardly a sole wearing a single mask. the vice president was slated to come here to arizona to hold his own campaign event tomorrow. that campaign aspect of the trip has been canceled. and he's now going to be meeting just with governor doocy, as well as other local officials, about the spread of covid in the state. the question is, you know, in the back and forth with vice president pence to what extent is the message going to change in the state? it was just last week, governor doug doocy has so far resisted to make any changes to policy in the state. there is no

from "the houston chronicle," abbott rescales openings and from asheville, north carolina businesses prep to enforce face masks. >> the task force briefed the public for the first time since april, but the president wasn't there, and it wasn't even held at the white house. when vice president pence was asked about the wisdom of holding trump rallies in coronavirus hot spots, he pointed to the first amendment. we have team coverage this morning, and we begin with our abc's trevor ault in atlanta. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: well, whit, good morning. huge portions of the country are seeing this apparent resurgence of the virus, and it goes well beyond simply more people testing positive. almost half the united states are seeing increasing hospitalizations, and deaths are on the rise in a dozen states. this morning, coronavirus cases surging in parts of the united states. the country logging three straight days of record high totals as the death toll rises above 125,000. despite those figures at friday's coronavirus task force briefing, the first in two months, vice president mik

"houston chronicle" today is how with an editorial blasting governor abbott for his, quote, foolish and short sighted leadership in down playing the impact of the virus. harris county where houston is says they will exhaust their available icu beds within 11 days. there's 5 million people in harris county. they've got 134 icu beds left as of today and case numbers doubling week to week. late last night, the texas children's hospital announced that it will open its doors to adult patients in and around houston to try to alleviate some of the strain. the children's hospital is going to start taking adult patients as of last night. in utah, the state health department is also raising alarms that utah hospital capacity is on track to be overtopped in as soon as four weeks. they're advising the state of utah to start opening alternate care facilities now so that people have somewhere to go when the hospitals are full. health officials in the state are now asking the governor of utah to make face coverings mandatory. they are not right now mandatory in utah. bluntly, the state health departme

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and john, adrian peterson, the running back for the washington redskins told the "houston chronicle" without a doubt will be kneeling for the national anthem next season. and remember when president trump said that players should be fired back in 2017 if they weren't standing, we had teams across the league all kneeling in solidarity together. i would really expect something like that to happen when the nfl season begins. >> and again, andy, we've been talking about it in a political sense. it does seem like a lot of what the president is doing become firing. he kneelleaned into that issue kneel kneeling. >>> we have this brand-new cnn poll showing a huge drop in the president's approval rating and startling numbers in the 2020 election matchup. "new day" continues right now. >> the peaceful fight for change is continuing across america. >> we need to look at how we are spending the resources and invest more in our communities. >> be committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city of minneapolis and to rebuild a new model of public safety. >> i'm not for abolishing the en

this particular houston chronicle article, i ask unanimous consent? withoutker pro tempore: objection, so ordered. the gentlewoman's time has expired. he gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i my consume to say as usual, friend from new york is absolutely right. there are 17 bipartisan in order to this bill that moved through committee in a completely partisan fashion. last time this bill around, the bill that passed on voice vote because of the bipartisan nature coming out of committee, we made 34 bipartisan amendments in order to improve further. the now chairman of the transportation committee, then the ranking member, said this the rule as i was presenting it. mr. speaker, in terms of what the gentleman from georgia just appreciate the fact that we're debating so many policy amendments. process he way the should work. both sides of the aisle great.ute and this is stark contrast from what you heard from our ranking member process.ut the at that time, the ranking member, now chairman,

here's a headline at the houston chronicle. urge to heed red alert threat level.ext message from bill in connecticut. "i do everything to keep my immune system strong by eating fresh food and not eating processed junk food and sugar. the u.s. obesity epidemic paves the way for this one." laura says, "i can no longer hug my daughters and grandkids. my husband is a wreck trying to keep everything infected so i do not get sick. we have not lost any family or covid." , "i am on themina go all the time. now i am a homebody and learn to embrace it. i'm catching up on my lover reading, cooking, gardening, putting puzzles together. i'm getting back in touch with me and loving it." from the white house briefing here is dr. birx on how to stop community spread. [video clip] >> we really want a call to action. when we started talking about what can be done we said the most important thing that will stop the spread -- i know tony is going to talk about it -- is individual behavior and respect for one another. i just want to end by thanking the millennials who have come forwar

host: the houston chronicle reporting if you want to get a sense of where texas is sanctions memorial they've seen a 6% increase in hospitalizations due to covid-19 and information released tuesday, they reported 2056 hospitalizations, the highest number since the pandemic first reached texas in march. greg abbott told viewers he is watching carefully without much the state can reopen businesses. john in anderson, south carolina. caller: hi, it's joni. host: my apologies. caller: that's ok. my concern is with the nursing homes. my 90to pull something-year-old mother out of their because they are still not letting people see their loved ones. i don't think that's right. you talk about people's rights, their civil rights, that is not right. these nursing homes that take in billions of dollars every year could let one family member suit up. and then at least come in and visit their parent before they die. i have a friend who tried to get in because her mother and they threatened to arrest her. you can go out and tear down cities and burn them. your own elderly mother or father and it's a

the "houston chronicle" highlight some of what you can expect at the funeral service for george floyd, saying he will be laid to rest at the houston memorial gardens, the same cemetery as his mother, following private funeral. according to the police department, it adds to save the police department will escort the body. the funeral set for 11:00. he will travel the last mile of the procession in a horse drawn carriage. that memorial service for george floyd takes place at noon today. you can see it live on c-span, and get our website for more information on that. that is how you can view it there. we go to michael in andrews, north carolina. hello. caller: this is michael george druid from cherokee county north carolina. we get back to our foundation, until this country gets back to god, we will have no peace. god is peace, love, and tranquility. is of everything going on right now. jeff in richmond, indiana. hello? caller: i think what we need to do, instead of doing what we are doing, we need to do something about the democrats' money and do it with their money instead of taking it

john barned—smith, a reporter at the houston chronicle.ady seen is there is clearly an incident on going onto the streets. from the helicopter shot we're looking at, it would appear they are quite a large number of protesters, a big police presence. we have seen teargas being used and the camera focusing in on people who are looting as well. just looking at some of the comments locally from portland police this morning, tweeting, thousands peacefully protesting in courthouse square, a group in the hundreds near the justice centre, square, a group in the hundreds near thejustice centre, want not to temper the fencing or force would be used. six nights in a row there have been demonstrations in portland and this is the same now. it is 10:22pm over there and a moment ago you saw what looked like more police reinforcements coming in. we will keep an eye on those pictures for you this morning and talking to a number of correspondence in various cities. minnesota, of course, right into the centre of events. they have filed a human rights complai

let me ask unanimous consent to place this headline on chronicle houston yesterday that they march in his name 13000 ask unanimous consent. >> evidenced is the fact and the messages that came out of that people for change it comes through the power of voting that's why this hearing is so crucial to assess how we ensure in 2020 voting for all american americans. my friends are correct we have had disparate impact of covid-19 across the nation and right here we have lost pastors and political activists and people you see every day who happened to be african-american. my first question is in light of the fact the president indicated he plans to file lawsuits against the state that had 1 million ballots and rules of inscriptions as they should to adhere to the democracy of the nation, what should congress put in place and how important is the restoration of section five of the voting rights act? >> thank you for that question. obviously we believe it is of critical importance to voters all across this country and i do think it's ironic on the one hand critics about congressional efforts t

joy sewing is a journalist at the houston chronicle, and has been covering the george floyd protestst his death has had on the community. shejoins me live now from his memorial. he spent quite a few years of his childhood, didn't he, at school there, involved in music, involved in sports, as well. so he knew a lot of people and was part of that community? he grew up in a community that i live in here in houston. he was active in his high school, he played sports, he was into music, i believe you did some rapping. so people knew him, and people really like george floyd. he was in the third ward out there, wasn't he? eager up there. so how many people have been there to pay their respects? i don't have that number, i'm actually going to the private funeral tomorrow, so i asked my collea g u es funeral tomorrow, so i asked my colleagues there today, and i know there are thousands of people who we re there are thousands of people who were pouring in, they were there earlier this morning ready to pay their respects. there were no cameras allowed near the casket area, and it was an open ca