if it can happen in the iowa legislature, it ought to be able to happen here. we have a role then to play in the senate, but let's not forget that while we're doing that, we are also encouraging our state partners to also lead the charge in effecting real change. in fact, 50 state legislatures, every municipality ought to be moving forward on police reforms of not only our type but whatever they might think is best for their states or municipalities. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the american people have been asked to swallow a number of contradictions over the past few weeks. i have already discussed some of them here on the floor. many citizens were told by their mayors and small religious -- that small religious services were just too dangerous. at the same time, massive political protests were not just allowed but encouraged. americans have been told they should very carefully distinguish good people from bad apples if they are talking about protests and riots. but they must not

hong kong local legislature as well as the basic long so that means future is very uncertain although some people say that this legislature we're only at fact a small number of people but you can see that under the definition of a national security in china it covers a very very wide range of specs for example light economies education as well as religion so i really don't know what's what will happen in even tomorrow so it's very much a pence on whether ministration will exercise self-restraint very briefly then i want to ask you about your reaction to news that joshua longer nates in law are stepping down some you might say the high profile role they played in pro in the pro-democracy movement in hong kong what's your reaction to that and do you expect the international community to take you might say the mantle of criticism of the way beijing have handled this to protect the likes of joshua long and nathan law. well by passing this law within such a short period of time i do believe that the chinese government have a scary strong determination not only to send a warning but probabl

or the executives if the legislatures can't meet. i don't know of any state legislatures that have met to as the president to send troops in. this president again is trying to distract everyone from the terrible failures of his administration to meet the public-health needs and economic health needs of the people, as 3 do,ion unemployed americans are as we have 2,000,002nd americans , and families are mourning the death of more than 105,000 people in this crisis. fromresident is lurching crisis to crisis. we will hear from janice on our democrats line. caller: in 1989, donald trump stated, "an educated black in 1999, i used to work in westchester, and a coworker would drop me off at fdr. one date they dropped me off and --lock ahead they were doing checking for drunk drivers. i got out of the car with two bags for macy's. stopped meofficer and he asked me where i was coming from and i said my friend got me off. he said can i see some id? i got a knot in my stomach. he said can you show me some id or you will be arrested. i was in the

the legislature in 1984 adopted the flag, so why should the legislature make a decision now? gov. reeves: technically, the legislature did not have a state flag. mississippi did not have a state flag until 2001. it was the state legislature in 2001, after the vote, in which they put the current flag into state statute, that it was the official state flag. prior to that, we had one that we flew, but we did not have one that was an actual, official state flag. 2001.hanged that in as we look back on many of the decisions made by politicians in 2001, they probably would not make the same decisions. >> but that was the same flag adopted in 1894, with the confederate emblem. gov. reeves: it is the same flag that has flown over the state since 1890, but it was not official until 2001, after the vote occurred. >> erica? >> i have a two-part question for dr. dobbs. can we get an update on the number of contact tracers working on trace investigations at the health department? am wondering about how many investigations are concurrently opened and closed per day. especially with community spr

from my grandson who is speaker at the iowa house it is divided 53 / 47 both houses of the iowa legislature passed of these reforms unanimously why can't senate democrats let us go forward with the scott bill we just need for more democratic votes if they can happen in it shouldegislature happen here. we have a role to play in theat senate the let's not forget we also are encouraging our state partners to lead the charge in affecting real change in fact 50 state legislators and every municipality out to be moving forward on b police reforms whatever they think is best for their stay i yield the floor. >> madam president the asked to swallow a number of contradictions over the last few weeks. i've already discussed some of them here on the floor many citizens were told by their mayors small religious services were too dangerous and at the same time massive political protest were not just allowed but encouraged and told they should very carefully distinguish good people from bad apples if they talk about protests and riots. but they must not make that same if they talk about the police. recen

by 1982, he had won a seat in the mississippi state legislature, in the legislature, he worked insistently on trying to change the state flag. aaron henry introduced a bill to change the flag in 1988. that never got a vote. neither did the bills he tried in 1990 or 1992 or 1993. they wouldn't even hear him. not long before he died, representative aaron henry talked about that struggle. >> you see, we have the -- the residue of the confederate flag in the coffin corner of our state flag. and that confederate flag is the banner under which white males marched under to keep my grandma and my grandpa in slavery. i will keep on trying to get that residue out of the state flag, as long as i can have a voice in trying to do it. i just think it's absurd. it's -- anybody who reads the history of the confederate flag know why it's there, know how it came about. >> aaron henry died in 1997. the confederacy outlived his best efforts to remove its symbol from the flag of the state that he called home. a few years after mr. henry's death in 2001, mississippi held a statewide referendum. the state at tha

i will plan to call a special theion of our legislature end of next week. because of the economic downturn caused by the pandemic, our state revenues have taken a hit. revenuesa decrease in of what we had planned when we put the budget together. not only for fiscal year 2020 but for 2021. it is necessary for the legislation to meet -- legislature to meet and make modifications for the budget of 2020. we need to close it out in the black. also, anticipation of what we will have to spend for the next fiscal year of 2021. we don't as of yet have the precise numbers of funds which will be available. picture a lump sum of money we need to carve up and find the best prioritization of the use of the money, the budgetary process. a numbereve, paste in of things, we will be able to weather the storm and provide services to the people as they need. it is going to be a challenge to do more with less. i believe we can do that and here are the reasons why. fiscallyeen very prudent and responsible in good times. you prepare for the bad times by doing the appropriate thin

when i was in the state legislature we voted to change of california's statue. we added ronald reagan. pelosi iss that nancy talking about is kind of a struggle within her own party. voted upon in the legislature and brought here under democratic majorities from other states the which she speaks about. states unfortunately, when you governing law of replacement statues, u.s. code 2132. those encourage legislatures to be able to what from the path of they brought forth. i know in north carolina there to change movement for quite some time and one is billy graham up. states have the power to do that. i know the democratic party and what they have voted to bring up i think they should work towards that. > in all likelihood to vote on this, so how -- >> how will we have an this?tunity to vote on it's governed by the u.s. code. do you want to change the code? have the s not jurisdiction -- >> i'm also asking about military bases. noticed that president trump said yesterday he doesn't want them renamed. on, the senateng armed services committee voted on a bipartisan b

he convinced the territorial legislature to enact this slave code. miguel otero went to congress, being hispanic from new mexico, but he fell in love with a southern belle from south carolina. she had three brothers, very involved in politics, and they turned his head. he became this advocate and just misjudged it. but without a war, it's different. it's a different ballgame. yes? >> two questions. one is, the theology question that you brought up. theologianshern counter it, or was it just the southern ones? dr. pitcaithley: i can't answer that. the material i have looked at was focused on defending slavery, not the other side. so, i don't know. i don't know if it is there or not. >> then a question is, is there anything that you have not said that you thought you would want to share with us? dr. pitcaithley: good question. i think i have covered most of what i wanted to talk about. one of the things was the through line of white supremacy that struck me in reading this stuff. one of the things in my notes i was going to suggest, in 1860, s lavery w

>> side of the state legislature was endorsing barack obama.nk goodness i chose the right person. inside, the community for so many people. programs and etc., is something i was proud to accomplish. >> i want to thank both of you for being here. you are very inspiring to me personally and to all of our viewers. thank you so much for being here tonight. >> before we close, thank you so very much for bringing me on this journey if you have an opportunity, read these books. give it a chance. >> thank you for the kind words. it's good to be virtually reunited this way. >> a loss of confidence in our institutions in a way that's unable to trust what we are told by anyone who calls themselves an expert. it becomes very difficult for us to rise to a challenge like this. first reactions to say no, they are lying to us. a lot of our institutions have got to take on the challenge of persuading people that they exist for us, they are here for the country. >> sunday noon eastern on in-depth, live conversation with author and american enterprise institute s

that kind of manipulation was possible and state legislatures. where it was not in the popular vote. the tendency by 1828 is even more, and then by the end of the period as we move to the civil war, the only state by the outbreak of the civil war that still does legislature choice, is south carolina. all of them go to a popular vote as part of the democratization project of the american political system. especially in the second american party system. the electoral college is wonderful mechanism because it does prevent populace states dictating to others. less populous states. the idea that the federal system and parts a sovereignty and importance to both large and small states, that otherwise would be removed in the absence of that. the national referendum is essentially -- it would give you a national executive based on three or four highly populated areas than the rest of the country would have to live under that. they saw that that would be a recipe for division and ultimately, this union. >> but the constitution does not provide, does not fi

i will reject any proposal that comes out of legislature that does that. we are committed to the cause of equity. that is the reason why we put that money in the budget. to focus on equity. governor brown said it better than any of us. there is the equal application in unequal systems. you cannot just spread the money out equally. we need to concentrate its focus. i want to make that clear to the legislature. i will not budge on that budget proposal. we have to do more and better. not just in education, not just addressing issues as it relates to birth, 0-5. we have to think more systemically, more broadly about income support. we are proud in this state to have doubled our earned income tax credit. -- to proud to beginning be beginning to do more on childcare and empowering caregivers by organizing caregivers and giving them the power, the capacity, their voice to lead the focus on pay equity. , i can go on and on, except to say that we are seeding a lot of these things in the state of california, but it is not enough. we have work to do and a responsibil

is necessary for the legislature to meet and make some modifications closing out the year on june 20 we will close out in the black and also anticipation what we will have available to spend the next fiscal t year 2021 we don't as of yet have the precise numbers of funds which will be available picture a lump sum of money to find the best prioritization in the most effective use which is the budgetary process. i do believe we will be able to weather the storm and provide services to the people as they need that would be a challenge to do more with less but i believe we can do that here are the reasons why. we have been fiscally prudent in good times and prepare for the bad times to do the appropriate things during the good times as a state we have done that very well we are in much better shape than any other state in america only one of a handful of about nine that have a aaa bond rating from those on wall street. a which gives us certain advantages if we have to borrow money with lower rates of interest we have done that because we don't spend more than we take in and live within o

that's the job of the legislature. so i'm hopeful that the legislature will come up with a more comprehensive policy. this executive order is directing the department of justice and directing funds in certain directions but really, the job falls on the legislature to come up with what those national standards are going to be. all of those things that the president talks about, we've been doing in san francisco for many years. when i was on the police commission, we started the early warning system and that documents any time a police officer gets into some sort of disciplinary action and it tracks that police officer, so we've been doing that since 2007, approximately 2007. on the issue of chokeholds, chokeholds have always been illegal in san francisco. really, what's going to happen is it's nice to have a national standard, but really, where the rubber meets the road is going to be at that local level. right? it's going to be up to the police department, the local level, the police commission if they exist, the mayor

i will reject any proposal that comes out of legislature that does that.e are committed to the cause of equity. that is the reason we put that $4.4 billion in the budget, to focus on equity. governor brown said it better than any of us, there is no equal application in unequal systems. you can just spread that money we need to concentrate its focus. i just want to make that clear. as responsibly and respectably as i can do legislature, i won't budge on that budget proposal . we have to do more. and better . not just in education. not just addressing g issues as relates to birth and 0 to 5, but we also have to start thinking more systemically. more broadly. about income supports. we are proud in this state to have doubled our earned income tax . credit. proud in the state to begin the process of doing more on childcare and empowering caregivers by organizing caregivers and giving them the power and capacity, their voice to lead. the focus on pay equity. all of these issues . i can go on and on except to say that we are exceeding a lot of these things in the

that might impact the legislature here. we are not sure yet. the lawsuits involving redistricting have shown even while republicans were winning the general assembly, democrats got more votes for congress the same year. it is a balanced state. cities are getting more democratic and the rural areas are getting redder. host: what is the swing area in the swing state? jim: the swing areas are the suburbs. some of the closed in suburbs are trending democratic in countries like mecklenburg where raleigh is. nose counties have republican legislators anymore. they are all democrats. the swing counties are generally in the suburbs. host: charlotte has seen a remarkable change in the last 20 to 30 years in the time you have been covering the city. jim: certainly. in mecklenburg county, it is pretty balanced in terms of partisan representation on the council and county commission. it wasn't that long ago that republicans dominated the county council. that doesn't happen anymore. the city council has two republicans left. they are in safe republican distr

, congress and the state legislature. it has turned to the courts and often with success managed to get enshrined in our constitutional law matters that could not possibly have passed congress or the state legislatures. the left recognizes how important the court is to benefit, john roberts and other conservatives on the court which stand to for the imaginative expansive readings of the constitution which would create new rights that had not been imagined by the framers but that is what the left is wanted, sought and often gotten in recent decades and that is one reason that the left is so determined to get a democrat into the white house so the effort to stall that will not succeed. >> whether it is rallies or debates we expect the court will be another big election-year issue. always appreciate your time, thank you. cancel culture strikes again, the latest target and where will it end? harvard professor cornell west next. >> shannon: more than 18,000 >> more than 18,000 people signed an online petition urging dc public

the united states is the only democratic country that denies both voting rights in its national legislature and local autonomy to the residence of its nation's capital. as we approach jeweluly 4 it's long pastime to apply the national's oldest slogan, no taxation without representation, and without consent of the governed to district of columbia residence. h.r. 51 would do so. and congress has both the moral obligation and the constitutional authority to pass the bill. h.r. 51 would admit the state of washington douglas commonwealth into the union and reduce the size of the federal district. the state would consist of 66 of the 68 square miles of the present day federal district. the reduced federal district over which congress would retain mrenery authority -- pleneray authority would have two square miles. the reduced district would have washington visitors to the capitol capitol, the supreme court, and the principal federal monuments. h.r. 51 has both the faxcts and the constitution on its side. the constitution does not establish any prerequisite for any new state. the congress has cons

had been thinking i was disappointed that we didn't get to unveil our new state seal, that our legislature just changed to at the words e pluribus unum. out of many, one. we did it back in april because we thought the country needed to remember at this time of division that americans are one, that we are united. to remember that our nation's founding premise and enduring promise is unity. wayshen i realized in many we did something even better. we didn't just put the words on our state seal, we made the words come true. -- we made the words come to life. in this crisis, we were united, we were there one for another, we did act as one. it was extraordinary. i've never seen or felt anything like it. , and today i ask you, why did it take a crisis to bring us together? why does government usually appeal to the worst in us rather than the best? why do our politics today play to our fears and weaknesses rather than appeal to our strengths? why doesn't government challenges to reach higher and speak to our better angels? why can't it motivate us by love rather than hate? why doesn't government u

republicans continue to dominate both houses and the legislature. but they had a lot of redistricting challenges. the redistricts they have drawn years ago -- redistricting is almost an annual event here. that might impact the legislature here. we are not sure yet. pretty evenly balanced state. some of the losses involving redistricting have shown even while republicans were winning the general assembly, democrats got more votes for congress the same year. it is a balanced state. andes are getting bigger more democratic and the rural are getting a little bit redder. the political at demographics of north carolina, what is the swing area in the state? jim: the swing areas are the suburbs. counties, if you will, are. some of the votes some of the closed-in suburbs democratic in counties like mecklenburg where charlotte is and ray county is.e raleigh nose counties virtually have republican legislators anymore. they are all democrats. i think the swing counties are generally in the suburbs. host: charlotte has seen a remarkable change in the last 20 to

thosehe legislature representatives.having served in thed repr legir andces, represented constituento diffehose policy choices, i'm keenly aware of the differences in serving in the judicial branch where i treat every the la candidate spare lee and partially according to the law as a legislative branch and acts it and as the president handed down by the mississippi supreme court and the u.s. d supreme court. it was decided back in 2012, nearly eight years ago, if confirmed as a member of the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit you'd be bound to follow that and other presidents, is that not right? >> yes, that's correct senator. ettlthe >> and that does nothing for -- that fact isn't diminished by previous political positions you might have taken whene operatingof t outside the judicl role? >> not a lot, senator because i see the judicial roll extinct by the electoral. >> in fact, is not a convenient excuse or convenient answer for this moment, as i understandd on your judicial philosophy based on my review, your

would you prefer the legislature, will you take a referendum as sort of a compromise out of this?all, chuck. the governor wants to have a possibility just pilate approach to this state flag. we were here. we were elected to vote and make tough decisions, and if he does not have the courage to support a change, after everything that has gone on in this country, especially with african-americans, then the legislature needs to take over and make this vote. we celebrated juneteenth today. we just had george floyd. i mean, there are instances where we have in the state of mississippi, we still have individuals holding on to the old flag as their religion. and that is not right. he said that he wants to be a governor for all of mississippi. if you want to be a governor for all of mississippi, let the legislature vote to remove that flag. >> mississippi state representative chris bell, i appreciate you coming. on sharing your perspective on this and we'll be watching. it sounds like now so is the s.e.c. and the ncaa as well. >> thank you. a lotta folks are asking me lately how to get the

can keep up future investments, including another millionaire tax the legislature has until june 15 to approve an operating budget and it's not the state constitution says they won't get paid in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>all right as we get a little closer to the weekend time for another check on the forecast here is my producer rodrigues hi catherine yeah, we notice some modest cooling throughout the bay area coastline today even extending throughout the east bay shoreline. they said that stronger sea breeze and the return of that marine le or so little bit of a june gloom influence out there today in the bay area and temperatures out there right now noticing that cooling trend widespread 60's and 70's around the bay area's shoreline. but warmer temperatures as you make your way inland with upper 80's and even low to mid 90's right now so very toasty temperatures there overnight lows will be on the mild side mid to upper 50's and let's take a look at your microclimate thursday forecast near average highs for downtown san francisco add that cooling trend continues 68

, by congress and the state legislatures.has turned to the courts and often with success managed to get enshrined in our constitutional law matters that could not possibly have passed congress or the state legislatures may have been depending on it for years. the left recognize how important the court is to that effort. john roberts and other conservatives on the court were supposed to stand and thwart the imaginative, expansive readings of the constitution which would create new rights that had not been imagined by the framers. that's what the left is wanted, sought and often gotten in recent decades and that is one reason why the left is so determined to try to get a democrat into the white house with the effort to stall it will not succeed. >> shannon: whether it be rallies or debates, we will expect that the court will be another big election-year issue. brit hume, appreciate your time. cancel culture strikes again. the latest target and where will it end? harvard professor cornel west next. kraft. for the win win. you ca

when i was in the state legislature we voted to change one of california's statutes. doesn't refer to anything confederacy, california wasn't in that. we added ronald reagan. the statues nancy pelosi was talking about is within their own party. brought from mississippi to the other states she speaks about. states unfortunately when you look at the law governing replacement of statues is u.s. code 2132. i encourage those legislatures to be able to change from the path of what they brought forth. i know in north carolina there's been a movement to change for quite some time and bring one of billy graham up. states have the power to do that. i know the democratic party and what they voted to bring up in the past, i think they should work towards that, in these -- you know, fortunate be able to. >> in all likelihood to vote on this, how will you -- >> how will we have an opportunity to vote on this? governed by 2 u.s. code 2132. you want us to change the xoeco? >> i'm asking about military bases. you probably noticed that president trump said yesterday he doesn't want the

it's republicans in the iowa state legislature that want to do that. why would they want to cripple this system that worked so well? why would the state want to cripple the process that led to such success? raise your hand if you think you know. this was the editorial today in "the des moines register" just ripping iowa republicans for what they are trying to do here, for what they are trying to screw up. headline, message from gop lawmakers to iowans, we don't want you voting. republican state lawmakers are on a mission. make it as difficult as possible for iowans to vote. participation by more people in our democracy is a success, but that's not how legislative republicans see it. perhaps they fear being voted out of office if more people cast ballots. for engineers of voter suppression, though, that is exactly what needs to happen. des moines register today in iowa. but i mean seeing what's happening in georgia today, what happened in 2018 in georgia, what's happening in georgia today, that's what's happening in iowa over this past week. pull back t

in hong kong you can see that not only the legislature and the administration is under pressure you can see also our judicial independence is all the also under a very great pressure in the sense that it may affect. the hong kong judiciary in the long run although some people said that this legislature would only as fact a small number of people but you can see that under the definition of a national security in china it covers a very very wide range of espec for example light economies education as well as religion so i really don't go what's what will happen in even tomorrow so it's very much depends on whether our administration will exercise self-restraint the coronavirus is far from over fast the warning from the world half of an evasion agency says a pandemic isn't close to being under control as a number of cases continue to fetch globally that the us show is sending a team to china next week to investigate the origins of the disease. we all want this to be over we all want to get on with our lives but the hard reality is this is not even close to being over although many cou

hong kong's legislature votes for a law abiding the national anthem a chinese national anthem despite protests inside the chamber. thank you for joining us all 4 police officers involved in the arrest of george floyd in the united states have now been charged in connection with his death the charges against the officers seen kneeling on freud's neck have been elevated to 2nd degree murder while the 3 others are accused of aiding and abetting his actions floyd samnee say it's a significant step and as john hendren reports from minneapolis protesters on the street say it proves the movement can deliver results. for the crowds feeling. street here and across the u.s. a sign their demands are being heard i filed in a minute complaint 3 charges the charges former minneapolis police officer derek shaaban thoughts murder in the 2nd degree through the death of george floyd for officer derek show been who was seen with his knee on george floyd's neck the charge was increased from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree alleging floyd's death was intentional is seen they are forces make a difference th

can keep up future investments, including another millionaire tax the legislature has until june 15 to approve an operating budget and if not the state constitution says they won't get paid in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news writers from not pretty hot today depending on where you have been a time for another look at the forecast here is my producer rodriguez some some relief coming debris saw yeah that's right catherine let's take a live look outside golden gate bridge and not tracking that marine layer just yet, but it is going to make its way. >>even into the interior valleys by your thursday afternoon temperatures out there right now tracking that cooling trend with widespread 60's and 70's around the bay area's shoreline and the scene some more 80's as you make your way inland but in the low 90's right now for parts of the tribe valleys like conquered and and check at 92 degrees. and santa rosa 90 degrees out there right now for your wednesday night and for overnight lows tonight we're going to notice small temperatures mid to upper 50's and talk though, only cooling down

sellers is a political analyst and served in the south carolina state legislature. recently named to time magazine 40 under 40 list, he's also a practicing attorney. he will be in conversation enea served as two-term mayor of south bend indiana and wasn't democratic candidate of the president of the united states in 2020. a graduate of harvard university and a scholar. and it in the u.s. navy reserve and became a lieutenant when h n 2014. in elsa candidacy for president in november 2021 the iowa caucuses becoming the first openly gay person to ever win a presidential primary in the caucus. he authored the shortest way home in 2019. and now i am very proud to welcome them both and allowed to plot even though you're at home. >> it is great to be with you. thank you shane, and from the young man from south carolina, i just want to say thank you for welcoming me into your homes. with your friends at and your families. and to pete, we've known each other for very long period of time and i really, how well you did for president of the united states. we all know you are ex

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some defer to their executive legislatures. power goes away. this is a well-known view of emergency power. one of the key findings so far as we look at democracies is that has not happened in most places. in most places, we have actually seen a lot of involvements by courts more so than in the u.s. perhaps. they have inserted themselves in questions, scrutinizing the lockdown measures on constitutional grounds. we have seen a legislature's involved, passing brand-new laws. we have seen some national unity state within federal systems, sometimes provinces were cities, resist lockdown orders or impose them when the central government does not. we have seen something like much more of a dialogue between different branches. i actually think that is a good thing. in a world where we don't know what the right response is, nobody really knows what the right response to this crisis is, maybe the best we can do is make sure multiple actors are involved. and reduces the risk of making a colossal mistake. having a dialogue between branches of different go

can keep up future investments, including another millionaire tax the legislature has until june 15 to approve an operating budget and it's not the state constitution says they won't get paid in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>for 26 on the clock, here's a quick live look outside the bay bridge toll plaza showing us traffic is moving along just fine as you make your way from oakland in the san francisco, no issues at the bay bridge will be right back. and we're back at 4.30 we want to start the half hour with a check of the weather as we take a quick live look outside here. this is our camera in walnut creek. >>and as you can see the views pretty clear so we're not looking at any fog at least not from this perspective, let's find out what the weather is looking like overall, i know when i was driving in john i notice the clouds were a little bit low as it passed over the bay bridge. yeah, definitely some low clouds and fog today, james that may be impeding your visibility a bit closer to the coast or even on our bridges that fog pretty evident in downtown san francisco bloc

minimize the damage inflicted by the pandemic also coming up scuffles break out in hong kong's legislature as lawmakers vote on a controversial national anthem bill the latest measure imposed by china's hard line president xi jinping. plus the disappearance of a british toddler madeleine mccann from a resort in portugal has been unsolved for 13 years now police in germany think they make out a new lead. time soon so misconduct that you could join us it is the biggest stimulus package in germany's post-war history the measures agreed on by the government after marathon talks are aimed at helping the country's economy economy recover from the coronavirus lock down the $130000000000.00 euro plan includes cutting the sales tax giving cash to families and providing extra funding for municipalities. after 2 days of intense talks their marriage where $50000000000.00 euros more than anyone expected under a dramatic surprise aim to get germans reaching for their wallets v.a. t. will be cut by 3 percent until the end of the year. we're missing the physical because the it would know that the longer.

and as we said really big crowds gathered there and today as contacts are you know the hong kong legislature passed a law criminalizing insult china's national anthem and there is that new a national security legislation you mentioned that beijing is set to enforce where the protesters say their movement goes from here. parts when you see it like in the telling crackdown when morial gathering people keep saying that this guy. you know last time to express our anger and express our concern about it one part of china so this is such a cool in the mainland china but hong kong is one of the plate or probably now the only place on the on the chinese territory in ways that allow such an open commemoration in such open office and so people are really afraid that the upcoming national security law what further will press their freedom of expression and free speech that they are no longer allowed to say such things like in the future and talking about laying the upcoming protests we we have the empress 3 of antigovernment protests next week. calls have been made on social media and online people are

, from state legislatures, to capitol hill, to the white house, to nascar to other sports to now aunt jemima, i mean the cultural wave, it does seem to be dovetailing. what are your thoughts as you watch all of that? >> so, yeah, i'm excited, alisyn. i mean, this warms my spirit. you have two sets of emotions here. i mean, watching young people -- i mean, the reason that aunt jemima is pulling this down, they went viral over the last 24 hours because of a young woman on tiktok. she reminded people of the symbolism of aunt jemima. watching bubba wallace, watching taylor swift and et cetera, i give taylor swift props, watching them raise their voices to speak out against injustice. this is what this country was built upon. but let me remind you and be clear to you and jim. the reason we're here, the reason we got to the federal housing act in 1968, the reason we got to the civil rights act and the reason that the confederate flag came down has always been because of black blood that's gone through the streets of this country. the reason we're here is because of george floyd, ahmaud arbe

even in mississippi, both chambers of the state leng legislature advanced a bill to remove the confederate emblem from the state flag. against a mismanaged pandemic and global unrest stemming from multiple police killings of unarmed black americans, trump's gamble of speaking to the a his may be a losing bet.

it must be approved by both house and senate oversight committees, the full legislature, and agreed to by the governor. immediately following our decision to delay our spring elections, my staff began working on an emergency plan that would provide for safe elections in the midst of a global pandemic. the emergency election plan agreed to by a democratic governor and approved by a majority republican legislature establishes the following. first, an additional six days of in-person early voting. while in person early voting happens over seven days, we added an additional six days to provide for the necessary social distancing measures. second, we created an emergency covid-19 absentee ballot application. currently, louisiana allows 11 different ways to request an absentee ballot. this application covers those at higher risk for covid-19, though subject to quarantine, to experiencing symptoms, or those caring for an individual that is subject to quarantine. personal protective equipment that every polling site will be available. hand sanitizer will be provided to voters. voting machin

and so lots of people voted, and so republicans in the iowa state legislature apparently believe that that must be stopped. and don't take it from me, take it from the association of local elections officials in iowa who are raging against this. in their words they are, quote, baffled by it. here's the statement from the president of their administration. quote, county auditors as local commissioners of elections are baffled by this. the 2020 primary was very successful based on a variety of metrics. counties experienced record or near record turnout. election day went very smoothly. results were rapidly available. why would the state want to cripple the process that led to such success? well, it's not specifically the whole state that wants to do that, it's republicans in the iowa state legislature that want to do that. why would they want to cripple this system? that worked so well. why would the state want to cripple the process that led to such success? raise your hand if you think you know. this was the editorial today in "the des moines register," just ripping iowa republicans f

it's about the admitting privileges, the legislature in louisiana voted several years ago on a democrat bill, by the way, bipartisan landslide isiana majority in both houses, that pl said an egabortion provider in louisiana need today have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles to a clinic in event of emergencies. that's to protect women's health.hat it's not whether you're pro life or for abortion, it's about osi protecting the women who go in e for procedures. tragically, the abortion industry choosing profits over people, they challenged that. i was ironically one of the lawyers who defended the law ins the federal district court five years ago when that case started before i got elected to public i office. nows week it's. come full circls in the supreme court. we expect the decision any day, and it will be a landmark opinion. it's the first abortion-related decision since president trump's appointees to the supreme court have been tkthere. the composition of the court is really important, and we hope they will make the right decision to uphold women's health. the second

. >> you ever office and ultimately got elected to the state legislature serving two years in congress and the competent lawyers a lot of people worked in congress did anybody say this man is destined for greatness? >> it's interesting. theodore roosevelt once wrote something about the importance of a crisis making a leader great and said if lincoln had not had a war no one would have had his name but he is wrong because all the people who have seen him from the time he was young even if he never became president knew they were in the presence of somebody special they saw how much he was trying to learn they would land him books. the village keeper we keep a his fire on late at night so lincoln could lead. they watch him help people that needed something done for them. even his sense of humor as a young kid he would tell stories the one thing that he valued was the storyteller and he became a fabulous storyteller and he had a sense of humor that matches melancholy because he had a sense of sadness around him he set out never reach the goals then you there is something about this guy. >