mr. alexander: mr. president, i want to thank the senator from alaska for her eloquent remarks, and i'm glad i was here to have chance to listen to them, both of equal rights for all americans. it's not possible for us to make -- speak on any subject today without recognizing what's going on in the country. a couple of comments come to my mind as i think about what's happened as a result of the incident with george floyd in minneapolis where first the comment of the leader of the peaceful protests in nashville. there were more than 1,000 there. she said the next day she was disappointed by the rioters and looters because they dishonored the memory of george floyd and dishonored the peaceful protests against racial discrimination. i thought she said that well and expressed the feeling of most tennesseans. and the other comment i thought about was that of our colleague, senator tim scott of south carolina, who is one of three african american members of the united states senate, who told us a couple of ye

mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: i ask consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 12:01 a.m., friday, june 12. further, following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and that morning business be closed. finally, upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate resume consideration of calendar number 75, h.r. 1957. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. alexander: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the te

mr. alexander, that wouldn't be what it would mean. i wanted to get to the broader point of charles ramsey. charles ramsey, you see him on our air all of the time, former fill delfia police chief and on 21st century policing and he said with all of his knowledge behind him that the biggest obstacle nationwide in terms of change is the way police departments are organized. so let me read you, regionalizing is a solid first step but you get into the politics, every mayor, they want their own chief, so is national reform even possible. >> let me say this, chuck ramsey and i served together on the 21st century task force and he's one of the more brilliant minds when it comes to safety and law enforcement and well respected across this country. so i think what ramsey is alluding to is correct. but here is the thing about reform. we know that police departments across this country need to make some exceptional changes. and those changes need to be done in concert with those communities in which they serve. there are a lot of policies that ne

mr. alexander -- what role do they play and the problems of police and the community? mr. alexander, you are on. unions innc. about general. the unions are there to make work,hat employees that members of the union have an opportunity to have good salaries, good benefits and safe working conditions, etc.. police unions in this country have one responsibility solely and that is to take care of the membership. unfortunately, often times, what we see, we may see departments and chiefs who want to old those relationships with community, but then you have an event occur in which an officer now has been involved in some incident that has evolved to everyone's attention. often times, what people see, that will see a union stand up for officers any field -- many people feel they should not serve and many officers are dismayed by the fact that some of its membership are being protected and guarded by unions and try to protect them when they commit very egregious acts. so unions are challenging because their goal is to protect their membership at all costs. we have to begin to look a

the least is serbian progressive party the ruling party says 22 while by president of the state mr alexander and they do have a huge support among of voters and every research before they showed that serbian progressive party will easily win these elections we even more than a 50 percent who vote also after many years in syria we have part of the opposition. boycotting these elections there are gathered now around the alliance for serbia i have to say among them their very known well known of politicians here in serbia a former representative seen parliament also former ministers and as they said and as they've been saying for the past couple of years that everything in countries controlled by a serbian progressive party a day and they didn't want to participate today and they called voters to stay home well there's been a spike in corona virus infections in several u.s. states with new daily cases at their highest level there was 2 months for a reported more than 4000 new cases on saturday while in south carolina another 1200 infections were accorded lockdown measures have been eased in bot

the list is serbian progressive party the ruling party since 22 while by president of the state mr alexander and they do have a huge support among the voters and every research before they showed that serbian progressive party will easily win these elections we even more than a 50 percent who vote also after many years in syria we have part of the opposition. boycotting these elections they are gathered now around alliance of 4 serbia have to say among them there are very known well known of politicians here in serbia a former representative in parliament also former ministers and as they said and as they've been saying over the past couple of years that everything in countries controlled by a serbian progressive party a day and they didn't want to participate today and they called voters to stay home . now british counterterrorism police are joining the investigation into a stabbing attack which killed 3 people others were also injured on saturday apparently at random they were sitting in a park in the town of reading not far from london a 25 year old man was arrested and police suspect. fr

mr. alexander: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. mr. president, it's harded to -- madam president, it's hard to think of much good that's come out of the three-month experience with covid-19. but here's one thing -- the number of patients who have seen their doctors remotely through the internet, facebook, all of the other remote technologies we have, including the telephone, we call that telehealth. our health committee this morning had a fascinating hearing on telehealth. there was a lot of bipartisan interest from the senators, democratic and republican senators. the senator from minnesota was the ranking member of the committee today at the request of senator murray. and my sense at the end of the hearing it is what there are a number of things that we agreed on. i ask unanimous consent that my opening statement at the hearing this morning be included in the record following my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: my colleague, the senator from tennessee, who is

mr. alexander: madam president, i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee, without objection. mr. alexander: i ask that i be allowed to speak for as much time as i may require. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. madam president, the late historian, arthur schlesinger jr. said this, that self-righteousness in retroexpect is easy and cheap. the late samuel huntington who was a professor at harvard of united states history and politics wrote in effect that most of our politics is about setting great goals for ourselves, we, the american people, and then the struggle we have with the disappointment we feel when we don't reach those high goals, like all men are created equal. ben hooks, who was from memphis, and a well-known citizen of our state and a good friend, and once president of the naacp, used to tell his students at the university of memphis, remember that our country, america, is a work in progress. we have come a long way, but we have a long way to go.

mr. alexander. think it's going to require folks committed to the work of government joining -- going to city council meetings, talking to experts and changing policy. there was an article in the "new york times" just today about the work minneapolis is going to have to do with their city council to fundamentally reimagine that police department as they've been talking about could take a year at least because of the ins and out of that local government. that means don't lose patience. keep focus on the work and the leaders and keep vision of the change and stopping police brutality and reimagining a police force. it takes a thick skin, dedication and resilience. local government is tough. my book goes into what it was really like. it has never been more important than now because this is where change happens. that's what i would ask folks to concentrate on is commit to government working. >> on day 19 of protests across the country is about accountability and call to action. i want to bring in ellie

mrs. alexander sort of bonded that day, and they exchanged children. my mom became surrogate ros's mom, and ros's mom became sort of my mom, although it would take a long time before i got to west virginia to meet ros's mother. ros went home with me that very, very first break that we had, and she went home with me for all four years. my very best friend to this day is roslyn smith. she is actually living in greensboro. >> isn't that nice? dr. terry: and so, it's -- she retired here some ten years ago from new york, where she had been working in social work. so, she came back when she retired to greensboro. i often laugh at her and say, "why'd you come back to greensboro? did bennett have anything to do with it?" but she came to greensboro, and then, of course, when i took the job here, i was delighted that she's here. and so, we are where we met. >> she was, as i think i understand, she was on -- really kind of in a different part of campus in the classroom, so to speak. dr. terry: yes. >> because she studied sociology and political science. dr. terry

mr. alexander: madam president, in the middle of the great depression, the people of tennessee and north carolina looked around and said is why are all the national parks out west? and so tennessee contributed $2 million, north carolina $2 million, john d. rockefeller, jr. said i'll give $5 million in honor of my mother. if you can match it. then the children of north carolina and tennessee in the schools raised another $1 million through community efforts. the great smoky mountain national park was created and i have goening to the people of the united states -- and given to the people of the united states. so the people gave that to the united states and today more than 12 million americans visit it. there are a lot more people that visit it than live in tennessee and north carolina. and part of the deal was there's no entrance fee. the one thing we wanted or our grandparents wanted at the time was that the american people be good stewards of what we gave to the american people. and today, thanks to the leadership of senator warner, senator portman, senator king, senator manchin and he

mr. alexander: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. i have is it requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. alexander: madam president, united states senator tim scott, who is an african american republican from south carolina, once told our bible study that police in his hometown stopped him several times for being a, quote, black man in the wrong place, even though at the time he was serving as chairman of the charleston city council. during these last few days, i've been thinking a lot about what tim scott told us. and i wondered, how many white americans know that things like that happen, white americans like me. and i wondered how i would feel if i were stopped for being a white man in the wrong place in my hometown, especially if most of the people in the town were black. would i feel hurt, scared, disillusioned, angry, wary, disappointed, intimidated? probably all of t

mr. alexander: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee is recognized. mr. alexander: while he is on the floor, i want to congratulate the senator from west virginia for his leadership. sometimes you say too many cooks spoil the pot or whatever the phrase is. there can be too many cooks, but not in this case. senator manchin has, because of his senior leadership on the energy committee, and on this bill has been really a bulwark in bringing it to this point, and i thank him for that. and he has been excellent about including all sorts of us in th. we have an unusual assortment of united states senators, outside sportsmen groups, conservation groups, a president of the united states, all of the former secretaries of the department of interior from babbitt to zinke, someone said, going alphabetically. we all support this bill that came up last night with 80 different, 80 different votes. and among the -- among those who are -- deserve a lot of credit is another member of the united states senate who is also on the floor right now, senator warner of virginia. he

italy david alexander is a professor of risk and disaster reduction university college london mr alexander welcome to the news what's your reading of the timing of opening the borders is it too early too late or just about right. that is difficult to say one of the problems here is that the decision to pierce are made a number of cases more on the basis of political prejudice than scientific fact 2 things to bury money there are 4 countries play there appears to be a 2nd one and eve if we look at iran the 2nd wave appears to be larger than the 1st wave other countries are still heading towards the peak of the 1st wave and that's important to bear in mind although the majority of countries seem to be in a phase that at the moment tentative decline of the disease whether or not they will lead to lead to the 2nd the other fact to bear in mind about this is that very often the infection rate is some of highly variable on a regional basis and you can see this in the u.k. for example we are in front of us in the final of western sheffield in the northeast and parts of the southwest 100 or rather

the least is serbian progressive party the ruling party since 2012 by the president of the state mr alexander and they do have a huge support among voters and every research before they showed that serbian progressive party will easily win these elections we even more than a 50 percent who vote also there are some new parties running today such a. movement to free citizens to lead it by a very famous actor in this country so get the fun of each and also he's completely new on the serbian political scene and also we have party but your article lions by also very famous person former athlete water polo player alexander shop iching he's been active in politics a couple of years now but on the local level and for him this is the 1st time to run on the national level also after. many years in serbia we have part of the opposition. boycotting these elections they are gathered now around alliance for serbia i have to say among them there are very known well known politicians say here in serbia a former representatives in parliament also former ministers and as they said and as they've been saying fo

mr. alexander: madam president, reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i'm glad to see my distinguished friend from vermont of many years, and what i would like to say to him is that we altogether appropriated a record amount of $3 trillion, another $3 trillion in credit, most of which, much of which has not even been spent yet, some of which hasn't been distributed to states yet. we are in the midst of reviewing the spending of that money. i know our own committee has had five hearings this month on covid and its consequences. i think the wiser course with the taxpayers' money is to wait until the $3 trillion we've appropriated has been distributed to states, has been -- is carefully reviewed, and in the meantime we'll work very closely with our friends on the other side to determine what else needs to be done during the month of july. so i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. leahy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i would

mr. alexander: mr. president, i agree with the senator from illinois that there ought to be a legislative solution to the daca children. in fact, we had one in 2013. we worked on it in a bipartisan way. it solved a large number of immigration issues. trying to have a legal immigration system, sent it to the house, and the house didn't consider it. i'm ready to continue to -- to do that. i disagree with one thing that happened today, though, about bringing bills to the floor. he talked about the importance of bringing the daca legislation to the floor. that is important. once we have an agreement, either in the committee or among us informally, the second bill that's very important to bring to the floor is the national defense authorization act, which has been enacted for more than 50 years in which -- in which members in the armed services committee have a chance to offer amendments. but senator mcconnell, who is the majority leader and because he is has one right, really, which is to decide what to bri

mr. chairman. chair alexander: we now move to senators questions. welcome all four witnesses, we introduce all four but let me ask senator braun to introduce the first witness and then i will introduce the other three. sen. braun: mitch daniels, first time i met you was in 2015 as a freshman legislator and you came into the ways and means committee. the third year into the tuition freeze. tuition increases for 36 years prior to when you did that. what are you going to do to lower cost? remember it vividly, purchasing across all our locations, made sense. tackle fringe benefits especially healthcare costs. that is a rowdy affair when you do it, but when you make it sustainable, it is great for your employees, no doubt about that. you'd turn a four-year degree into a three-year degree. that impressed me. it was the kind of entrepreneurial spirit and across the federal government. it addresses high education costs postsecondary and healthcare costs, the two most uncontrollable sectors in our economy. it's noteworthy you did that from full-timeg faculty

usual while others will have to get used to a new normal we rejoin mr smith for part 2 of his chronicle of lockdown and reopening. alexander kyle and his team are resuming production spring is in the air and ice cream parlors are reopening so they hope orders might start to trickle in. until that happens they're doing repairs and maintenance having something to do helps lift the spirits. journalists aren't allowed to go on location to film reports they could spread the virus only a single camera person can go out interviews are done via video calls. we're building up inventory for now we assume that as the lockdown eases our customers will reactivate existing orders and start spending money again. and that's really the challenge was finding ways to involve the people who do the metalworking or the graphics in the new production process. saying ok today you're not welding you're sticking lettering on plexiglass screens and helping with packaging i'd say that was the biggest problem the hardest adjustment. but you know it's april the peak of the coronavirus crisis in germany with no income frank it gets a loan of 15000 euros

mr. rolfe. >> i think you've had too much to drink to be driving >> reporter: cedric alexander says the situation could have played out differently if policing was more about protecting than prosecuting. >> could we have called a family member to him, could we have called him an uber could we have done something more in the realm of helping opposed to just arresting? >> reporter: the next flash point recorded on police dash cam appears to show brooks trying to break free from custody followed by an intense scuffle on the ground. you get tased stop, stop >> reporter: from both squad car dash cam angles, you can see brooks wrestle away a taser and get up then comes the final escalation and the deadly use of form the demdywendy's drive through a capture thing moment it appears brooks pointed the taser and the officer draws his gun. three shots are fired and brooks go down. steve gainer says the police were justified >> based on the split second where the taser shoots at him, he makes the decision to shoot back i believe based on the videos i have seen, he had the right to return fire. >> reporter: h

guest george samuel ian would have as he is author of well mr pease nato's humanitarian war on your was lobbying and in london we crossed to alexander mature as he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief duran are joining cross up rules and news in germany combine rounds we're going to how it's 1st in london for . those of us that are very interested in what's going on in the international system obviously read the article the vladimir putin at published in the national interest it was titled let me approach in the real reasons of the 75th anniversary of world war 2 why did you write it and what is its importance here now the 1st reason he wrote it is because it's the sentence he sets out it's necessary it stops all the sort of the victory i should say well which washes up so that right so it's timely but of course it's also calmly because it's to reset firstly these attacks the top. place in the west and in some countries in eastern and central europe on the sets it mainstream understanding at the start of that all the origins of the 2nd will these attempts to clayton russia with nazi germany as the region of the 2n

mr. george floyd's death now out on bail. j alexander king faces charges of aiding and abetting murder. and other events honoring mr. floyd are expected to continue all weekend. mike tobin is live in minneapolis with the story. mike? >> hi there, arthel. more than a dozen events in twin cities area to recognize juneteen juneteenth, all of them prop propelled by the death of george floyd. one particular act is generating some controversy, lacey johnson running against congresswoman omar, who set up the campaign tent here at the memorial for george floyd, which prompted only south rage from the opponents, who tweeted their outrage igt writing that they were shocked and appalled that johnson the trump backed republican should immediately apologize. johnson responded. >> i will apologize when they apologize for all the destruction that they've caused to this city, when they apologize for the decades of leadership that has not addressed the issue, so if anyone owes an apology, they do. >> johnson also called his opponent congresswoman omar reckless as well as the minneapolis city council for

sister, diamond alexander, along with activists, now demanding answers, after they say the sheriff's department rushed to conclusions. for example, in one release, officials said it "appears mr. fuller tragically committed suicide," even though homicide detectives were still investigating. a second statement released by the city linked fuller's death to covid-19 related-depression, reading "sadly, it's not the first such incident since the covid-19 pandemic began." but fuller's sister said he wasn't depressed. >> robert was a good little brother to us. we've been hearing one thing and then another, and we just want to know the truth. >> reporter: it's the second recent hanging death of a black man in the area. on may 31, after a night of george floyd protests, malcolm harsch was found hanging from a tree in neighboring san bernardino county. officials said there are no signs of foul play, but said detectives were still investigating the cause and manner of death. meanwhile, demands for an investigation into fuller's death have gained national attention, after tweets by both senator kamala harris and kim kardashian went viral. palmdale officials are now calling for an indepen

mr. president, to all of my colleagues, senator lankford, senator capito, sasse, lindsey, barrasso, alexander, thank you. thank you for giving voice to a serious issue. >> first like to associate my remarks, 100% with everything senator scott just said. somehow i'm supposed to speak after he just said it. the frustration that i've had over the past couple of days is we've worked very hard on pulling legislation together. we've talked to people all over. i've talked to people all over oklahoma of all backgrounds, talked to members of the community, talked to law enforcement, talked to leadership in law enforcement. we've worked to be able to build a coalition of ideas, things that would pass. answering the question that tim scott started with, could we pull together a piece of legislation that would actually help? not to just pass something so we can walk away, pat each other on the back and say we passed something knowing quietly it isn't going to make a difference. is there something we could do that would actually make a difference? and over the weeks we have worked to be able to identify w

that this is part of the legacy there mr putin wants to pass on saying russia's back we are united country and we have brought popular support for this course alexander putin does seem to have popular support for these changes doesn't it looks like a whatever the turnout the going to go through. well. those amendments are going to go get through anyway because this procedure has nothing in connection with the legal procedure of referendum it's more like a poll because it's not a referendum officially it's just a voting procedure how they call it the federal goading procedure and you almost cannot control it. so the the the blob ballots are not being they don't have the numbers they're unique numbers as it usually happens on ordinary elections and referendums and on the re would referendum he would have had to pass every single amendment separately and that would've been a great threat to the to the to the to the to the only one important amendment about his. terms about the fact that he can. be reelected for 2 more terms so. i think these amendments are going to they will say of course any necessary numbers they will show us any picture they want to

alexander and myself, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. baldwin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: i thank the chair. i am very disappointed. i think this is one of the most critical actions that our country could take in the face of this pandemic that has created so much havoc in our economy but also taken too many precious souls from us. i would state that on examination of this bill, that it is not in fact a one-size-fits-all. and if there's any agency anywhere that has the wherewithal to promulgate an emergency temporary standard and ultimately after 24 months a permanent standard, it is the department of labor and its occupational safety and health administration. the failure of leadership that this administration as in osha is not doing its job is unfathomable to me. but i believe that it sits at the best position to issue a standard and protect our workers and customers and students and patients who necessarily interact with these workers. so i am disappointed but again, we will continue to press this issue unti

alexander, and worn for their efforts as well, to have this strong bipartisan product toward the finish line. i look forward to continue to advance us legislation today. and passing it this week. >> mr. president. this morning, the long march for equality for lgbtq americans took a step forward. the supreme court handed down a landmark decision that federal employment discrimination protections do in fact extend to lgbtq americans. believe it or not, before today, it was allowed, the federal government did not say you could prevent let me say that in a different way. believe it or not before today, it was not a settled legal matter that you could sue your employer for firing you solely on the basis of sexual orientation or sexual identity. in 2020 in america, it was still okay to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation or identity. is that unbelievable? twenty-first century, still alone. well, now it isn't. because of the supreme court. and, they deserve credit for that case. and one of the cases that formed the basis of today's ruling originated in my home state of new york where skydiving instructor was fired for admitting his sexual orientation. so, today

si, diamond alexander, along with activists, now demanding answers, after they say the sheriff's department rushed to conclusions. for example, in one release, officials said it "appears mrller tragically committed suicide," even though homicide detectives were still investigating. a second statement released by the city linked fuller's death to covid-19 related-depression, reading "sadly, it's not the first ssaid he wasn't depressed. >> robert was a good little brother to us. we've been hearing one thing and then another, and we just want to know the truth. >> reporter:it's the second recent hanging death of a black man in the area. on may 31, after a night of george floyd protests, malcolm harsch was found hanging from a tree in neighboring san bernardino county. officials said there are no signs of foul play, but said detectives were still investigating the cause and manner of death. meanwhile, demands for an investigation into fuller's death have gained national atteby both senatora hris d kardashian. palmdale officials are now calling for an independent investigation and autopsy. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, los angeles. >> garrett: president trump is celebrating h

i'd ask him if he believes alexander vindman behaved correctly and if he deserves to be promoted. that's my question. >> mr. hudson, yours? >> well, i'd ask him what does he plan on doing with the advance that he got. he said this was a priority, that the republic is at stake, as he said, but when push came to shove and the impeachment hearing was going on, he said he didn't show up, and he's using his book as an opportunity to second-guess the way that the house conducted the impeachment hearing. so it is a moment that you'd think someone would reflect. there's a lot of criticism he's getting about cashing out on this book. you'd think there might be pressure to use it for charitable cause, something like that. maybe it's going to get pulled from him in this ongoing legal dispute the white house is trying to stop the publication. obviously, that's not going to happen. but at least extract as much pain as possible. those are all different things he could think about when looking at that large multimillion-dollar advance. >> well, it sounds like no matter what, he's probably not going to spend it all right

mr. brooks was killed on friday. so we don't have another hour to wait in atlanta. >> nbc's blayne alexander is in atlanta. what's the latest? >> well, stephanie, as for those police reforms taking place now in tlntatlanta, the mayor point to two aspects. saying it's necessary if officers see something going wrong that they need to step in and try and stop that situation. and then, two, de-escalation. she says right now those things are either not present in their policies or are not spelled out very clearly. they're going to go through and make sure in all aspects both of those are strongly represented. the other thing is we watched protests continue across the city. at least three different protests planned for today all in the name of rayshard brooks. and many people are calling for those two officers involved to face criminal charges. i spoke with the district attorney for this area. he tells me that he plans to announce his decision on whether or not to bring charges as early as tomorrow, stephanie. we could find out. he tells me he's reviewing a number of things, including trying to determine whether

her brothers david and alexander who were students at princeton became, upon the suggestion of mrs. gardiner, her buying agents. when the mirror comes, she is very distressed because the edges of it cover the edge of the window facing. her mother writes her back and says, do not be so picky. she did love to entertain and we do have the record. her sister margaret, who came here very frequently. the portrait is a portrait of julia and margaret. she was two years younger than margaret. this portrait was painted to represent the water and the background. they were very very young when the portrait was done. the ball that she had for margaret started at 9:00. she said they danced the virginia rail and the waltzed until the sun rose. the family champagne flowed unceasing lee. among one thing that julia did here as well for entertainment, is they allowed all the house servants children to play continuously with the children of the big house. the letters, julia tyler speaks of her children playing with the children in yard. she speaks of their dancing with the children in the yard. the sup

mr. chairman and be happy to answer questions later. thank you. >> thank you, dr. fauci. dr. redfield, welcome. >> good morning, chairman alexandernking member murray and distinguished members of the committee. i want to thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today with my hhs colleagues. covid-19 pandemic is the most significant global public health challenge that we have faced as a nation in more than a century. in the united states, daily cases are increasing. after an extended decline. we're seeing significant increases in the southeast and southwest regions of the nation. the number of jurisdictions and upward trajectory continued to increase now 29 of 55 jurisdictions fall into this category. the evidence tells us that these cases are driven by many factors to include increased testing, community transmission, and outbreaks in the settings such as nursing homes and occupational settings. hospitalizations now are going up in 12 states. and as of this weekend, daily death now has increased in the state of arizona. cdc is closely monitoring these increases and have 48 teams with more than 140 staff currently deplo

mrs. interrupting demanding schedules to be part of the hearing. doctor paxton, welcome. chairman alexander, members of the health committee thank you ffor inviting me to testify at today's hearing. before i begin i want to acknowledge the pain the country is experiencing and in times like these the colleges and universitiethat colleges andunil role helping the communities build understanding and they call for action, so thank you. chairman alexander, you might appreciate the fact that your university of tennessee the great recession which i experienced. whether it's a public or private institution large or small, rich or poor. the universities had no choice but to shutterte the campuses. it will not do so unless they can open with cdc and state guidelines g. i'm cautiously optimistic we can develop for the campus. what's include all the things we heard a about the testing and more testing, tracing isolation for 19 social distancing and measures. we are changing how we use the classroom spaces and developing glans among the multitude of other staff. it is complex and all consuming and expen

alexander keung. he has been arrested and you will see that picture there. and you will see the picture of mr. thomas lane. officer lane, all of these officers have been fired already so they are former officers and then someone you will recognize from the video, he was prominent in the video tou thao and their mug shots sent out for everyone to see and just like in any case, in any criminal case weal see those normally and people expect that the police be treated no differently, but i do want to give you just a quick view of the scene right now. this has grown exponentially since i've been here over the past few days. you will see all sorts of signs and of course, as you heard from kyung, say their names is the rallying cry and there are dozens of names and dozens and dozens of people here who are saying them. so it is quite a scene here, still very emotional, just because this is the area where george floyd lost his life. erin? >> all right. sara, thank you very much. i want to go now to stephanie rawlings blake, paul martin, criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor and president-elec

mr. chairman, and be happy to answer questions later, thank you. >> thank you, dr. fauci. the dr. redfield, welcome. >> good morning chairman alexander, ranking member murray and distinguished members of the committee. i want to thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today with my hhs colleagues. the covid-19 pandemic is the most significant and global public health challenge that we've faced a nation in more than a ten industry. in the u.s. daily cases are increasing after an extended decline. we're seeing significantic increases in the southeast and southwest regions of this nation. the number of jurisdictions and upward trajectory has continued to increase. now 29 of 55 jurisdictions fall into that cat try. the evidence tells us that these cases are driven by many factors to include increased testing, community transmission and outbreaks in the settings such as nursing homes and occupational settings. hospitalizations now are going up in 12 states, and as of this weekend daily death now has increased in the state of arizona. cdc is closely monitoring these increases and have 48 teams with more than 140 staff currently

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator jones. senator rosen. >> thank you, chairman alexander.ranking member murray, i want to thank all the witnesses here today for the work that you do to help our students and those that work at our universities. but i believe we really need relief for dreamers and our student veterans and the covid pandemic affected nevada's colleges and universities. the cares act which provided more than $6 billion to our institutes of higher education, to provide emergency financial aid to students most affected by the pandemic. the new law intentionally provides significant flexibility to institutions in determining how to distribute funding among students, including those who are most in need. up fortunately, the department of education has decided that not only students who are-- not only students who are eligible to receive financial, federal aid qualifies for cares act assistance. this decision excludes student veterans, individuals who haven't completed the application and daca recipients, many of whom have the added financial burden of supporting t

mr. clean. >>> at its best father's day's a time when dads are celebrated,n. tony dokoupil has the story. >> how are you? >> two. >> two! yay! >> these are our three-year-old twins alexanderrn three? >> believe it or not this is father's day number 10 for me. i have an almost 11-year-old son, an eight-year-old daughter and then the baby. >> ok. one more finger. >> of an evening when you have that privilege of becoming a father, you have a higher sense of purpose. you now turn into that selfless zone where there are individuals who are far more important that you are. >> how do you define being a good father? >> more meaningful for me -- i wasn't raised by my real d. i' oy met him three times. what it meant to be a dad. >> time is most important thing. that's how i would define a great father. >> a father to three sons. what's important for me is not for them to emulate me or essentially grow up like me but to be better than me. >> somebody that gives their kids the confidence to tackle the world with a full held of steam. part of that is kipping kids with tools to overcome adversity. >> father's dayhood did that for me. >> to be a citizen of the world and to look at thing

mr. chairman thanks to all of the witnesses. i'd like to thank chairman alexander, senator burr for working with me over the years to help address this issue, particularly during our work on something called pandemic all hazardous preparedness act in response to the covid-19 pandemic. we are making progress. in march congress passed the cares act which included the priority so wanted animal drug provision. this provides a pathway for expedited approval of animal drugs that have the potential to prevent or treat also wanted or vectorborne disease. this isn't new, mr. chairman. it is as if the dogs have been barking about this back in the day when had the privilege of being chairman of emerging threats committee on armed services committee. we were in charge of the nunn-lugar program, and we were allowed into secret cities in russia at that particular time. obviously we are not now but there was one that i visited about 60 miles north of moscow, and it was there that we had a whole range of scientists, and i saw warehouses full of pathogens. it was stunning, it was s

alexander kueng ad police officer tou thao for aiding and abetting in a felony offense. i strongly believe that these developers are in the interest of justice for mr. floyd, his family, our community, and our state. i am the lead prosecutor in this case. i will be addressing the public. but this is absolutely a team effort. we are working together on this case with only one goal, justice for george floyd. i want to thank first, district attorney mike freeman who has been a true partner in this matter in every step of the way. it experienced an insight in every way will continue to be counted on by the team. i also want to thank county attorney freeman's professional staff who have cooperated and worked together with my staff and the investigating officers from the very minute this case started. i also want to thank superintendent drew evans of the bureau of apprehension and its professional staff for their care and speed of which they are conducting this investigation. and i want to thank especially u.s. attorney erica mcdonald and special agent in charge who are conducting a parallel federal color of law investigation. i have heard it directly fr

mr. president, you have got to let this go. mask wearing is the only way that you're going to improve the coronavirus situation and thereby improve your political standing going into november. >> mitch mcconnell included. lamar alexander saying clearly there. this gets to where the country is right now with this surge. le let's bring in elizabeth cohen. you interviewed dr. fauci about the status of things and the path forward. when dr. redfield said that they're so concerned because hospitalizations are now going up in 12 states, and now they're seeing the death rate now going up, in arizona, what did you take from the tone, the tenor of what you heard from dr. fauci today in when he said that the country's headed in the wrong direction? >> kate, it was a very similar tone to what i heard when i spoke to him a few days ago. he genuinely sounds sad. i have been interviewing him for years. hiv, h1n1 and a man of great energy and a man of great we can do it attitude and you still hear that but i also hear a certain sadness like how did this happen. none of this is surprising, kate. that's so important to remember. experts have been on your show, on cnn for months saying, hey guys, watch out. it may feel like the first wa

mr. floyd. >> madam mayor, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate your time, and good luck in your city tonight. let's go over to atlanta, georgia. we find nbc's blayne alexander. the last time i saw you you were getting over coughing from pepper spray. the intersection behind you is empty, quiet. does that mean the city of atlanta is the same? >> reporter: you know what, that certainly seems to be an indicator. this is the best way to tell the story of what's going on in atlanta right now. to get the understanding of why exactly i was choking, coughing, me and my team were right in the direct path of that tear gas because, yes, this is really kind of command central for law enforcement, for national guard troops. this is where they've been holding the line. and just within the past few minutes or so, katy, we actually saw a lot of the troops line up, walk away, get in their transportation and leave. we've been checking with our crews on the ground and what we've seen typically over the past few nights is once that tear gas is kind of sprayed among the crowd, they scatter. they disperse among different places downtown. and then officials go off and try and fin

mr. floyd, his family, our community and our state. >> reporter: in new charging documents the state says former officer j. alexanderer officer thomas lane held his legs, those acts captured on video at the scene the documents also say former officer tou thao restrained a bystander. chauvin kept floyd down after his condition continued to deteriorate, such that force was no longer necessary to control him. >> we got all four. >> reporter: protesters at floyd's memorial overwhelmed with emotion, later silently holding up their hands, showing the number four, the momentary relief giving way to reality. >> it feels amazing but the fight is not over. >> reporter: some confident the new charges proved their demonstrations are working. >> we put our foot on their necks when it came to attorney general keith ellison and governor walsh and mayor frank, saying we're not backing down >> reporter: george floyd's son quincy seen kneeling in the crowd. the charges against the officer until we get the justice we deserve. >> reporter: george floyd's son quincy seen kneeling in the crowd. the charges against the officer involved in

mr. floyd. >> madam mayor, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate your time, and good luck in your city tonight. let's go over to atlanta, georgia. we find nbc's blayne alexander. the last time i saw you you were getting over coughing from pepper spray. the intersection behind you is empty, quiet. does that mean the city of atlanta is the same? >> reporter: you know what, that certainly seems to be an indicator. this is the best way to tell the story of what's going on in atlanta right now. to get the understanding of why exactly i was choking, coughing, me and my team were right in the direct path of that tear gas because, yes, this is really kind of command central for law enforcement, for national guard troops. this is where they've been holding the line. and just within the past few minutes or so, katy, we actually saw a lot of the troops line up, walk away, get in their transportation and leave. we've been checking with our crews on the ground and what we've seen typically over the past few nights is once that tear gas is kind of sprayed among the crowd, they scatter. they disperse among different places downtown. and then officials go off and try and fin

mrs. carr filled with their daughter, or her down the kitchen preparing food for him. so it was a little bit of hyperbole because it was a desperate situation, and as we had spoken about earlier, alexandergraham bill offered to bring in a new fangled, electromagnetic machine to try to find the bullet, and ask that any metal springs be removed, and they weren't. so -- >> he was trying to trace a metal bullet and the machine saw all the bets brings. >> is it true that president garfield that now from the gunshot but bacteria from dirty instruments used by the doctors? >> well, you know, that's a little bit yes but also the bullet was dirty. it was a foreign object that it was in him, so it did -- he might have eventually died, it's just a circumstantial situation. of course, there's also ignorant at the time. i will say that he had one woman doctor, doctor susan ensign, an act from the federal government had paid those doctors, they paid that woman doctor half the amount, at mrs. carr field wrote the letter and less outrage. she used the word discrimination and the woman doctor received the same amount as the male doctors. >> lorraine watching in tallahassee, hello, you're on. >> my quest

mr. casten? >> thank you. thank you so much for your time, chairman clayton. if it were up to me, we're nearing the end. alexandera college student in naperville, illinois, in my district. recently took his life. he took up trading during the covid lockdown when he saw that his robin hood account had a negative balance of $730,000. turns out he didn't know the whole amount. i want to read you most of his suicide note that his father found. if you're reading this, then i am dead. how is a 20-year-old with no income able to get assigned almost $1 million worth of leverage? the puts i bought/sold should have canceled out. i have no clue what i was doing now in hindsight. there was no intention to take this much risk. robin hood added three million users in 2020. it's my understanding that they have made changes to their platform, and mr. st. nicholas, you know, spoke about protecting retail investors, and i certainly share your view that -- people should not take risks they can't afford. other than reg b.i., what is the sec doing affirmatively to ensure that people like alex can't get exposed like that again? >> yea