mr. watkins' situation was brought up several times. >> officers involved in detainment of mr. watkins. >> unjustified detention. >> reporter: police chief has said the department is restructuri restructuring deploy resources and conduct services. saying will no longer respond to calls like this one where someone complained he was intoxicated or suffering from mental illness. still some have called for officers involved to be fired. city attorney explained it's not possible. >> that would be a violation of the charter. >> reporter: watkins said he didn't watch the meeting. he remembers very well what went down as he exercises that saturday morning in may, pinned to the ground. >> very aware of everything happening around me. >> intense video there. alameda officials established a subcommittee to address policing policies going forward. they plan to meet again in late july or early august. j.r. stone, abc7 news. >>> well, is it blatant racism or something else? display that's rattled a north bay nei to be bigger problem than before, what some bay area communities are doing. >>> h

mr. watkins' situation was brought up several times. >> officers involved in detainment of mr. watkins. >> unjustified detention. >> reporter: police chief has said the department is restructuri restructuring deploy resources and conduct services. saying will no longer respond to calls like this one where someone complained he was intoxicated or suffering from mental illness. still some have called for officers involved to be fired. city attorney explained it's not possible. >> that would be a violation of the charter. >> reporter: watkins said he didn't watch the meeting. he remembers very well what went down as he exercises that saturday morning in may, pinned to the ground. >> very aware of everything happening around me. >> intense video there. alameda officials established a subcommittee to address policing policies going forward. they plan to meet again in late july or early august. j.r. stone, abc7 news. >>> well, is it blatant racism or something else? display that's rattled a north bay neighborhood. >>> illegal fireworks seem to be bigger problem than before, what some

mr. watkins? gentle men from texas? mr. wright? gentle man from texas, mr. wright? tech --an from pennsylvania, mr. mishler? you, chairman and ranking member, dr. foxe, appreciate all those testifying today being here with us on a very important subject. certainly essential we safely and responsibly open our schools to all those who can attend. it is equally as important as safely and responsibly opening our economy mr. johnson, the plans you have outlined and worked on and discussed at includezed, do they funding for ppe use and other safety precautions such as areaslass and perhaps new for spacing out the students properly? >> the short answer is no, we have not gone to that decision point yet. there is work for the north carolina governors department of health and human services to work on funding for the school nurses and pp for them. under the governor requirements we are not looking at having the requirement for ppe. the federal cares act dollars will be going to district that is something districts could use that money for if they decided to go be on the guid

mr. watkins. >> do you think they have a mental influence or under the influence? >> either one. >> what we are not going to do is respond to mental health evaluation calls. >> reporter: i've reached out to the district attorney's office to see if the citation issued will be dropped but we are still waiting to hear back. for the i-team, abc 7 news. >> thank you for the latest on that. >>> a new call now for police free schools within the oakland unified school district. the proposal will be heard at a schoolboard meeting in less than half an hour. abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez joins us live from met west high school where organizers talked about that today. >> reporter: yeah, earlier around 2:00 an organization called black organizing project held a press conference. they announced what is called the george floyd resolution. for the past nine years they've been pushing this plan to eliminate ousd police officers from oakland schools. >> we got to fund education not police. we got to fund mental health counsellors not police. we got to fund college counsellors

mr. watkins lived in the neighborhood and continued to dance in the street for exercise. >> we are here doingt he was doing. we are asking, what is the problem? he was doing normal human things. stop doing this. people, stop calling for these activities that are human things. just because someone is black or a person of color, get rid of your fear. >> the dance continued with a march to the police department where the dancing resumed. >>> major banks across the country could shutdown more branches as fewer people are heading to the bank. most customers were forced to shift to online banking during the pandemic. according to research firms, teller transactions dropped 32% in april compared to the same period last year. >>> short-term rentals are on the rise. the industry essentially shut down in march. according to the l.a. times, a san francisco-based airbnb is seeing a surge in bookings as people are ready to get out of their own house. other companies are also seeing a jump in domestic vacations. international travel is only slowly increasing. >>> american airlines is working out deals for

mr. watkins. >> do you think they have mental illness? >> what we are not going to do is respond to mental health evaluation calls. >> reporter: now, i've reached out to the district attorney's office to see if the citation issued will be dropped, and we are still waiting to hear back. for the i-team. abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> an update to another i-team story. an independent investigation of the vallejo shooting and killing of shawn monterrosa. as of today, they have that yet received a formal request from the city. a vallejo officer shot and killed him outside a looting at a wall greens. the officer fired after he dropped to a kneeling position and placed his hands above his waist, revealing what the officer believed to be the butt of a gun. it turned out to be a hammer. >>> there is a new call for police-free schools within the oakland unified school district. it is being discussed right now. lauren martinez is live with the story. >> reporter: the group behind us is called black organizing project. this is just an acceleration of a

mr. watkins pending independent review. >> the police department has said it will no longer respond to calls like the one they received about watkins. someone complained that he was intoxicated or suffering from mental illness. the city council plans to meet again to discuss police tactics in late july or early august. >>> joseph deangelo is going to serve several life sentences. he admitted in court that he is the golden state killer. >> you admit the special circumstance of murder in the first degree? >> i admit guilty. >> deangelo admitted guilt to 26 formal charges and took responsibility for 161 other crimes. many of them rapes where charges were never filed. the four charged cases in contra costa county happened in the late '70s in danville and walnut creek and concord. here is how one of the victims reacted? >> i know he is guilty and i knew he was guilty and i knew his day would come. i just had to tell myself his day is going to come. and here it is. >> deangelo's formal sentencing is set for mid august, that's when the victims and their families can give their impact statements. th

mr. watkins pending independent review. >> t >> the police department has said that it will no longer respond to calls like the one they received about watkins. somebody complained he was intoxicated or suffering from mental illness. neither one of those things proved to be true. the city council plans to meet again to discuss police tactics in late july or early august. >>> joseph deangelo is going to serve several life sentences. he admitted in court he is the golden state killer. >> you admit the special circumstance of murder in the first degree? >> i admit. guilty. >> deangelo admitted guilt to 26 formal charges and took responsibility for 161 other crimes, many of them rapes. those were charged thas that we never filed. his brother-in-law spoke exclusively to abc news. >> later you find out he's this monster, evil person that is crazier than you could ever imagine. >> deangelo's formal sentencing is set for mid august when the victims and their families will be able to give their impact statements. that hearing is expected to last a full week. >>> we are just days away from the fourth o

mr. watkins? >> present. >> mr. wright? mr. muser? >> present. >> mr. johnson? >> present, ma'am. >> mr. keller? >> present. >> mr. murphy? mr. va ndrewk? >> present. >> chairman scott, this concludes the roll call. >> excuse me, susan wild, present. >> thank you. anyone else want to note their presence? >> david trone, present. > david trone, mrs. underwood? hello? >> mr. chairman, it's congresswoman fox. i just want to note that congressman thompson was here and stepped out for just a moment. and also that we have several members at mrs. barr's funeral today, both kentucky people as well as other states. so there are several absent because of that funeral going n right now. >> that is certainly understandable. thank you very much. pursuant to committee rule 7-c, opening statements limited to chair and ranking member alius us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide members adequate time to ask questions. i now recognize myself for the purpose of making an open statement. first, following up on the ranking members' comment, i want to express my deepest con

mr. watkins. >> present. >> mr. wright. mr. mus are. >> present. >> mr. johnson. >> present. >> mr. calorie. >> present. >> mr. murphy. mr. van drew. >> present. >> chairman scott, this concludes the rollcall. >> excuse me, susan wild present. >> does anyone else want to note they are present? [inaudible] david sharon, ms. underwood -- hello? >> mr. chairman, it's congresswoman fox. i just want to note that congressman thompson was here and stepped out for just a moment and also that we have several members at misses bar's funeral today. kentucky people as well as other states. so there are several absent because of that funeral going on right now. that is certainly understandable. thank you very much. pursuant to committee rule seven c, opening statements are limited to the chair and ranking member and witnesses. i now recognize myself for the purpose of making an open statement. first, following up on the ranking member's comment, i want to express my deepest condolences to our colleagues mourning the loss of loved ones. our thoughts and prayers are with representative omar for th

mr. watkins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized. mr. watkins: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to the costly resolution that would allow more fraud, waste and abuse. no one condones fraud. especially when it's perpetrated by an institute of higher learning. every student who is financially defrauded is entitled to relief and forgiveness. period. but we should make sure that we're helping those who have been defrauded. it's our job to do due diligence for the american taxpayer. the trump administration has made this a priority, unlike the obama administration. they used the rule to forgive as many student loans as they could. they'd even target institutions they didn't like as -- like. it's partisan, it's costly to the taxpayer and it's harmful to the student. that's why i support secretary devos and president trump. their borrowers defense rule takes taxpayers into account. after seeing the enormous price tag of $42 billion that the obama rule created, president trump and secretary devos acted swiftly to take that burden off

mr. watkins? wright? here. >> present. >> mr. johnson? >> johnson is present. >> mr. keller? >> here. >> mr. murphy? >> present. >> mr. andrews? [indiscernible] >> if people would re-mute. we've a lot of background noise. pursuant to committee rule 70, it allows us to hear from our witnesses and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. i now recognize myself on opening statements. before i deliver opening remarks, let me first acknowledge the recent protest against police misconduct and in favor of racial justice. times are demanding we address this country's centuries-old challenges. we canday's hearing, begin to answer the calls to rakel at -- rachel equity. i will note this marks the committee's first remote hearing pursuant to house resolution 965. we are going to examine how the covid-19 fed -- pandemic has effected state and local revenue. shortfalls -- nationwide school closures to two covid-19 have had a profound effect on all students, especially in what has been called the "summer slide." this year, it started a few months earlier than usual. our cou

mr. watkins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized. mr. watkins: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to the costly resolution that would allow more fraud, waste and abuse. no one condones fraud. especially when it's perpetrated by an institute of higher learning. every student who is financially defrauded is entitled to relief and forgiveness. period. but we should make sure that we're helping those who have been defrauded. it's our job to do due diligence for the american taxpayer. the trump administration has made this a priority, unlike the obama administration. they used the rule to forgive as many student loans as they could. they'd even target institutions they didn't like as -- like. it's partisan, it's costly to the taxpayer and it's harmful to the student. that's why i support secretary devos and president trump. their borrowers defense rule takes taxpayers into account. after seeing the enormous price tag of $42 billion that the obama rule created, president trump and secretary devos acted swiftly to take that burden off

mr. watkins of kansas, mr. mercer of pennsylvania, mr. johnson of south dakota, mr. cellar of pennsylvania are all permitted to participate in today's hearing with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on work force protections on both sides of the aisle who are present either in person or via remote participation pursuant to house resolution 965 and the accompanying regulations thereto have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. subcommittee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on examining the federal government's actions to protect workers from covid-19 merchandise all microphones both in the hearing room and for those members participating remotely will be kept muted as a general rule to avoid unnecessary background noise. members will be responsible for unmuting themselves when they are recognized to speak or when they wish to seek recognition. a role call is not necessary to establish a quorum and efficient proceedings conducted remotely or with remote participants. participations wherever

mr. watkins. the gentleman from kansas. the gentleman from texas. >> the gentleman from pennsylvania. it is essential that we safely and responsibly open up schools to all of those that can't attend. it is equally as important as opening up the economy. are there other safety precautions such as plexiglass and perhaps new areas for spacing out the students properly? >> of the short answer is no we haven't gotten to that decision point yet. there is word for the department of health and human services to work on funding for school nurses but again under the governor's requirements, we are not looking at having the requirement that federal care act that's something that districts can use the money for if they decide to go beyond the guideline. >> are you looking at what other states are doing and having a little of communication >> absolutely. a lot of contact to share best practices. we are at the very beginning stages of that. i wouldn't be able to provide you a number now from north carolina but we are watching the state government and how that is spent. dave bluetooth connectivity d

now, mr chauvin is not due to appear in court until monday to face charges of second—degree murder. but was david willis there. -- that was. brian watkins attorney and a legal analyst. hejoins us from san diego in california. thank you very much for being with us. lots of complicated issues legally arise from occasions like this and incidents like this. let's start with the protests, more broadly, though. what has been your reaction to seeing them? you know, this is a very, very tragic event but the one good thing that is coming out of this is the protest is an example of how people can come together. we are having protests here and all throughout the united states, in california, of all races, 70% of the protesters are white people, white, mexicans, as well as african—america ns and even asians. we have protests in affluent neighbourhoods and in inner city neighbourhoods. it is something that has really united the people of the united states of america to gather this one because to stop police brutality. —— together for this one because to stop police brutality. it is not easy of course but what other challenges in trying to reform pol

watkins confectionary that was downtown springfield that we know they bought lots of those. so you could get your refreshments here. maybe relax a little more after the formal side of meeting mrlincoln. this is the double parlor. these are the two nicest rooms in the house. mary spared no expense to some extent. there are marble topped tables, brass val anss, the gilded candle sticks, a walnut what not shelf with a bust of mr. lincoln on it. that was here in 1860. not everybody in the neighborhood could say that they had a bust of their husband in their living room. this was the fancy place where she wanted to show off. mary would have held her parties in here where she would have been discussing mr. lincoln's political aspirations. this is where people started when they came to visit during a party. they started at the front door, met mr. lincoln here probably standing in the archway between the two rooms. maybe went through the dining room, picked up a little refreshment, then met mary in the sitting room before going out the front door again. this is where mr. lincoln met with the republican convention committee that told him he had been nominated to run for president. thi