that is beautiful nebraska.ate this tuesday as we "rise & shine" from the picturesque farmland 80,000 miles of rivers and did you know nebraska claims to be the home of the ruben sandwich? >> oh, yeah, ooh. >> we were just debating between the ruben and pastrami. >> you got on it.. >> i'm all about the kraut. >> you got to own it. we'll have more on that coming up. beautiful pictures from nebraska. >>> first, though, the top hadlines we're following right now, including hundreds gathering overnight to remember the victims and those still miss ing from the building collapse. new pictures showed cracked concrete in the building's parking garage taken 36 hours before the tragedy and the city of miami beach announcing last night that it's canceling its annual fourth of july festival out of show of respect for the victims and their families. >>> also right now, facebook's market value is officially more than $1 trillion. this comes after a judge dismissed two antitrust lawsuits ruling complaints by the federal trade

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also here, nebraska governor pete ricketts, his state tied for the lowest unemployment rate in the country -- oh, my god! and our final red state trailblazer, of course mississippi governor, one of the first to lift a statewide mask mandate and his state would soon ease restrictions on all indoor activities as well. ladies and john, these are your red state trailblazers, let's give them a round of applause. [scattered applause] so tonight, this is going to be kind of wild. we are going to go to a lot of different topics but we are going to talk to them about how they lead their states, the way they lead them, the strategies they decided to use, communications, policywise, all to preserve economic freedom and also advance the freedom that, again, we all have become accustomed to having but others were eager to take away. don't think this is just limited to covid, it's not. we're going to discuss how they plan to combat the left's injection of race into every argument, the current anti-police agenda, the efforts to indoctrinate our children and how democrats in washington are looking to stri

georgia, iowa, montana, florida, alabama, utah, arizona, nebraska, oklahoma, indiana, kentucky, kansas, arkansas, this is where some of these policies that i just mentioned are now

you are in the first district and nebraska member of the house appropriations committee here with us this morning to talk about a number of issues including federal spending. congress and fortenberry welcome to "washington journal." .. season, let's start with the proposed budget so far. what is yourwhat is your imprest the president is asking for? guest: it is important to offer insider process, the president proposes a budget and congress can ignore it or take part of it's ultimately congresses decision. the president budget greatly accelerate spending, has massive amounts of new debt that has to be financed more importantly, i think it's a philosophical partg of the country, are we going to centralize more government washington what are we going to let america run as we

of the things we know about young kids is they are the ones least at risk, we look at our data in nebraska are twice as likely to have a fatal car accident as you are to have a fatal outcome from covid if you are young child. it would be completely unnecessary a huge violation of parental rights, telling them they had to do this. laura: what about flying? what about airlines? florida is a home for airlines, huge airline travel, in the orlando airport. what if airlines begin requiring vaccine certificates? >> they are not going to be able to do it in the state of florida, there will be statutory very soon. we work hard to get it, we did seniors first on the vaccine, never required but offered it, millions of people, you have the opportunity to take it, it is there for you, take it if you want to take it, protect yourself. but we are not going to condition this. it's not going to be like you are part of the club -- there are some people who have valid reasons for not doing it, some people decided not to, to say they can't participate in society based on that decision particularly given young

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from nebraska, mr. bacon, for five minutes. mr. bacon: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to address the very concerning uptick in hate crimes against members of the jewish community in recent weeks. to be clear, these incidences have not been isolated and their shear volumes should frighten us all. we must do more to acknowledge these crimes against our jewish brothers and sisters and ensure the perpetrators of these crimes are held accountable. perhaps the most telling sign of how dangerous things have gotten is the statistical data. those who clearly identify with jews with their gash have been viciously and frequently targeted. according to the a.d.l. there have been an 80% increase in anti-semitic incidents in the united states. some include nazi propaganda in public parks and synagogues, spells schools related to anti-semitic attacks. in lincoln, nebraska, the south street temple was spray painted with swass particularas. omaha almost 45 head stones were toppled and $50,000 in damage caused. i

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from nebraska, mr. bacon, for five minutes. mr. bacon: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise to recognize charles jackson french, a world war ii hero with ties to omaha who made one of the most underappreciated sacrifices in american history. his story is an american story. one of courage, sacrifice, and hope. charles, a black man, was born in racially segregated arkansas on september 15, 1919. in 1937, charles enlisted in the united states navy. after completing his enlistment he moved to omaha, nebraska, to be with family. after the attack at pearl harbor, he re-enlisted. according to accounts, on september 5, 1942, petty officer first class french was serving as a mess attendant on the racially segregated u.s.s. gregory. as a black man growing up in the 1930's arkansas, charles lived in a time when segregation laws prohibited black people from swimming alongside white people in public pools and beaches. yet when the u.s.s. gregory was attacked and sank by japanese gunfire, it was petty officer french

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this is more states are answering texas, greg abbott's call to send resources to the border, nebraskar pete ricketts announcing in a statement he will send state troopers to assist local authorities saying while the federal government has fallen short in its response nebraska is having to step up to provide assistance to texas as they work to protect their communities and keep people safe. georgia's lieutenant governor jeff duncan explains why his state has already joined the fight. >> we want to do our part, we are in this as americans, all 50 states are in a crisis because of this border. >> a final note about who is come across the border, among the apprehensions over the weekend four rick convicted sex offenders, one a known gang member. >> apparently there is no crisis at the border so i am told. vice president kamala harris tapped to leave the child tax credit push to fight criticism from is managing the border crisis. >> what we know is one more families know about the relief included in the american rescue plan. when more families know how they can get the relief that is how w

nebraska's when unit and so forth. something that's worth thinking about is whether not that could be submitted on a more precise level pics of think substate of the state or if it's a go something which potentially and please note i'm saying potentially would allow usda to report differently and address confidentiality that way. their hands are sort of died by the way data issued with them at the whole state level currently. thank you. >> thank you very much. dr. hendrickson, i really appreciate your perspective as a think about how we're going to move forward after the pandemic. announcing the framework for funding to improve resiliency in the food supply chain, the usda identified four pillars of focus. supporting production, improving processing, investing in distribution and aggregation, and creating new market opportunities. so i'm wondering what are some the factors that you think that the usda should consider as they designed the program so that we can ensure these investments have real impact and sustainabilit

nebraska is nowhere near the border of mexico, but nebraska's governor pete rickets was so concerned'll send troops to help you out on that. beef up the border security. pete ricketts, thanks for being here. what are you doing? how many troops are you send something. >> thanks for having me on. let's be clear. these are state troopers, not national guard. we're going to send 25 for up to 16 days probably towards the end of the week to help out with the immigration crisis at the southern border. >> neil: thanks for clarifying. florida and georgia with among those that have expressed interest or committed troops of their own or at least looking with great interest at it. how many states do you think will join yours. >> well, we've had a number of states reach out since we made the announcement to ask for more information. some neighbors like iowa and south dakota. it's difficult to say how many other states will participate. it is the situation where because the biden administration is failing so miserably at the southern border that greg abbott, the governor of texas feels like he has

response nebraska will provide assistance as they work to protect their communities and keep people safe, georgia's lieutenant governor jeff duncan says they have already joined the fight. >> we want to do our part. we are all in this together as americans was all 50 states are in a crisis because of this border. >> a final note about those who were apprehended over the weekend four were convicted sex offenders, one a known gang member. neil: vice president kamala harris tasked to leave the child tax credit despite facing criticism about the border crisis. >> what we know is when more families know about the relief included in the american rescue plan, when more families know how they can get the relief that is how we will be able to lift our children out of poverty, that is how we will lift up our nation's middle-class as well. >> biden's 80% hike in child tax credits will see parents with salaries of 112,$500 a year given as much as $3,600 to raise each of their kids. child tax credits of $300 per child per month will hit bank accounts on july 15th. jillian: a federal judge rules

omaha, nebraska got to admit as a basketball fan, just a little disappointed to hear the news today thath curry will not be playing in japan representing team usa is decided to sit it out. no official explanation. you figure that he wants to rest that he had that tailbone injury. he's 33 rights. could be 37 when he gets his next crack at it in the olympics, but he could make it happen. and speaking of olympics we all have our ways of getting ready for big events. you need to check this out case. you missed this young american athlete over the weekend. child that's nothing got dead. oh, no. well they color the dancing queen. her name is sarah schmidt from scottsdale, arizona. at the u. s swim trials and a video that went viral. but the sad news with regard to this is despite her great moves, she didn't qualify for the olympics. what are you gonna do? she's got the dancing moves down. yeah. alrightk up the bassinet. or we can save five hours and go around the corner to baby town. what are you doing all day? jay! it's fine, mom. no, it's not fine. today's manny's birthday. aw, jeez. i'm sor

because after bridger went to washington, d.c., douglas, who was the senator running the kansas-nebraska bill was considering reducing the boundary belonging to utah territory and increasing nebraska territory, basically cutting out fort bridger and the green river fairies and keeping them part of nebraska instead of giving them to utah, and that is where the money was, the green river fairies, which bridger operated. they were the first to get the money before the saints in this explosion of immigration came to salt lake city. jeremy: it looks like one final audience question, it is a good one to wrap up. they were curious how the bookstore is going. it is different, different type of tour with zoom presentations, online presentations, maybe not a traditional bookstore. where will you be speaking next? where can people get the book? jerry: this is my fourth of five online events, i'm doing one wednesday. you probably have a local bookstore that you would like to suggest they can get a book? jeremy: yeah, i think rainy day books in kansas city would be a good one. of course, look for it

they were in nebraska.s father was i guess you would call him a circuit -- not -- recruiter -- >> organizer. >> and there's this moment, this night when reverend earl little is not at home and the klan arrives outside the house where they were living in the reliving in what had been an all-white neighborhood. as matter-of-fact was a lot of black folks. take it back. there were more black people in omaha than in any other area of the plane states, but that didn't necessarily mean a whole bunch of folks, right? >> no. but it was growing. what he would do, he would look for places where the family to go with a black families were not organized already. his energy, his energy, his know how come his ability to talk with people, earl, and particularly black people in helping black people with marcus garvey philosophy. that and teachings come he was very good at that. he would go and omaha, nebraska, was when the first places we open up the book in actually, and louise is pregnant with malcolm. i'll read that part

or bill actually was considering reducing the boundary belonging to utah territory and increasing nebraska territory basically cutting out fort bridger and the green river ferries and keeping them part of nebraska instead of giving them to utah and that's where all the money was the green river ferries which bridge are operated as well as bridgers ford which bridge are operated and they they were the first ones to get the money before the the saints in this tremendous explosion of immigration, you know came to salt lake city. so we have a looks like one final audience question. it's a good one to wrap up wrap up wrap up this segment. we they were they were curious how the book tours going. you know, it's different, you know different type of tour with the zoom presentations online presentations. a traditional. a book tour where we be speaking next where can people get the book? well, this is my fourth of five online events. i'm doing one wednesday. well, well you have probably a book a local bookstore that you'd like to suggest they could get a book. but yeah, i think rainy day books in ka

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and so enhanced risk of severe weather across kansas and nebraska, damagingwinds, large hail.t is looking like a christmastime radar here, a lot of colors, but the point to take from this is that the storms will be moving over the same location hence our floor flood potential across the area. the other big story, the heat building across the pacific northwest. we're flertingflirting with all record heat. we've already tied or broke over 6,000 highs. and now we have excessive heat watches and warnings portland to seattle, temperatures in the triple digits easily through this weekend. so very, very hot. >> thank you so much, appreciate it. >>> thursday is a big day for microsoft, the company is expected to unveil the newest version of its windows operating system. it posted this on line owing, join oig, join us to see what is next with a link at a live stream that begins at 11:00 a.m. the company's ceo is expected to lead the presentation. a number of tech experts say they have had access to a leaks version of windows 11 and some say the changes are mostly cosmetic. but we'll fi

jerry, nebraska, good morning.ler: yes, this all started with the democrats in the news media villain icing the police departments. the pandemic has nothing to do with this. it all started when they started villain icing the police departments and the police. it's just a democrat ploy, thank you. host: in the bronx we hear from carmine, go ahead. caller: good morning, good morning. i would like to start with a question to you, the moderator. about the inner cities of chicago. host: go ahead. caller: i think you understand, i blame the media. i do blame the media. for instance in new york, the mayor who allowed [indiscernible] detectives, police officers off the street. i know you may want to cut me off [inaudible] i'm not a trump supporting liberal sorry, conservative, but whenever people speak outside the mainstream media narrative, you cut them off. we know why crime is the way it is in chicago. we know why crime is rising. this is why eric adams is winning in new york. because the media promoted aoc. and i'm not

i have spent over 40 years in the sand hills of nebraska.ave experienced first-hand the drought, changes in herd size and smaller regional packing facilities being shuttered around us. the shift in the industry that occurred after 2016 and how we find ourselves with more cattle and less shackle space but i also understand that no one could have predicted covid-19. mr. tupper act thank you u. for tesner love your points about the second bidder in the cow calf producer things guys but you left out the -- beef. mr. gardiner and doc are tonsorc i appreciate your testimony. nebraska i represent every segment of supply chain cow calf operations feed yards of every size. we have packers of every size including three of the big four. i understand that every region is different and what works in one state might now work in another so i take the merit and mayonnaise and i understand why they may be more popular in certain regions. to stand they provide greater economic returns as well as operational efficiencies both for packers and for feed yards. in

now nebraska's governor is doin the same.federal government has fallen short in its response nebraska is happy to step up to provide assistance. the move comes a week after texas governor announced plans to resume building a border wall . they are coming out of washington. 26 states are ending enhanced unemployment benefits early lon before congress set them to expire in september. >> i philosophically don't believe the government should b competing against the private sector to keep people out of th workforce. it's not challenging governors who cut benefits off early. >> we know governors are going to make their decisions. we continue to believe with mor than 7 million people out of work there is additional assistance we should get. republican say their ready to block any new gun control laws coming from congress. to get this month he signed int law a bill banning state and local officials from enforcing federal gun laws. st. louis is suing to overturn the measure, but the city's mayor calling it both unconstitutional and da

and it's been digitized, it's available free for the public at the university of nebraska press. and it's a national treasure because it can be searched, keyword searched for almost any kind of topic you can think about. now the expedition was kind of a village on the move. lewis was the trained scientist. jefferson had sent him to philadelphia to meet with his friends, the philosophical society in the university of pennsylvania to receive training on how to take astronomical observations and the equipment that he would need and things like that. clark was the soldier. he's the one who made the expedition happen. he's the one day to day that's getting the boats up the river, getting the maps, he's overseeing the men. york was his body servant. they had been lifelong companions, and clark took him with him on the trip. they will meet sacagawea a third of the way into the expedition. we'll talk more about her when that happens. they had french voyagers that were the boatmen to take them upstream. they had regular army. and they also had civilians who were hunters and interpreters,

also looking at funders, storms quite likely, maybe severe as we head toward nebraska into iowa on thursday. see those darker colors pop up there. and where we have also seen some violent weather swing through is for the canadian province of quebec. just northeast of montreal and f 2 twister here, winds 220 kilometers per hour. the premier has pledged to help with the clean up here. now we do have a front sliding across the great lakes on thursday, and we've got a temperature of 20 for the high for toronto on thursday. sponsor cut on airways. not in america is a region of wonder joy, tragedy, and violent. but it doesn't matter where you are, you have to be able to relate to the human condition away. no country is a light and it's my job to shed light on how and why i this is al jazeera ah hello there on the saw the hey, and this is the news i live from headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes. we share the goal of a sovereign stable unified, securely, the free from foreign interference, a new hope for water libya as well. leaders meeting and violence focus on plans, elections,

now nebraska's governor is doing the same.e federal government has fallen short, nebraska is happy to step up and provide assistance. >> gop governors are rejecting plans out of washington. 26 states are ending enhanced benefits early long before congress set them to expire in september. >> i don't believe the government should be competing about the private sector. >> governors will make their decisions. we continue to believe that with more than seven million people out of work, we should still help. >> and it's our time to protect the second amendment. >> this month governor mike parsons signed a bill banning state and local officials from enforcing federal gun laws. st. louis will overturn the measure with the city calling it unconstitutional and dangerous. rnc officials say they see a political upside for republican governors getting more involved in national issues and could swing overswing voters next year. >> bill: thanks, mark. calls are growing tonight for the withdrawal of president biden's nominee to lead the burea

omaha, nebraska. eight teams. there is a stanford cardinal against nc state.ng to it. the 21 blast. the wolfpack jumped out to a 6- 0 lead. kristian robinson cracked the two run homer. no comeback. luca tesh at left center. they wanted 10-4. the cardinals must find a way to win monday or else. >> we did not play as well as i would like to. i'm hoping we can get that one on the way and move that went to the next one. we could play more baseball like we used to. >> snake in the grass. rattler. you have to watch it in san diego. the u.s. open's third round. mcelroy, these are the best in the world. for under 67. russell henley from the cat box. mackenzie hughes 368 from the back of the 13th green. how about another fresca for -- for eagle at 18? enjoy being part of a leaderboard with henry and hughes. at 500. final-round coming up on sunday. >>> today's juneteenth and the warriors hosted at observance of the national holiday. oakland-based vendors serve great food yesterday and today as we observe the 1/55 year after the abolition of slavery. this 30-year-old bak

so you know, this is at a time we have the population the size of nebraska crossing.hat is happen doing. what are republicans going to do about democrats moving to defund border security? >> look, we're coming up to the appropriations time. it is important to direct the dollars where they need to go for the purpose of homeland security and the defense of our nation but it is important for people to understand it has never been this bad. i've been making trips to the border now since, one of the first migrant surges back in 2014. i have never seen it as bad as it is right now. and this administration, this administration has to recognize just, just how much jeopardy they're placing the american people in by not responding to their responsibility. elizabeth: congressman michael burgess. thanks for joining us. good to see you. >> thanks, liz. elizabeth: let's bring in former acting i.c.e. director tom homan. you were with former president trump on the border today. let's show the viewer a list of democrats who protested at the border and border facilities under the trump

nebraska wonderful state with s her sometimes rise to very interesting rules. in a member of the only state that has a single on the governor happy show last evening was you i like the idea of a single legislature. that iseale very good, very good reform. dealing with two different bodies starting at a single legislature and headed chaplain and says it is territory, they had a chaplain. but mr. chambers, when he objects to it, goes all of the way up to the supreme court in violation of the establishment clause. as interpreted by lemon and the primary purpose of having a chaplain. what's the america, what about this committee, this hiring and interviewing candidates for the chaplain. in reviewing his or her work and excessive entanglement and so forth. and it upheld the practice of the chaplains, based upon another one of the great principles which is is mitigated by our history. it didn't even respond to the dissent who said this is a clear violation of our settled doctrine of women spent. did naaman respond. and it could be criticized for not responding but th

provocÓ el cierre de todas las plantas procesadoras de la compaÑÍa en estados como arizona, texas, nebraskae tenÍa que venir el lunes y no tengo confirmaciÓn. reportera: en plena temporada de feriado por dÍa del padre y dÍa de la independencia hay preocupaciÓn. >> me preocupa como consumidor porque aumentarÁ el precio. reportera: hace poco fue con la gasolina, se dice que se podrÍa poner en riesgo todo tipo de industria en estados unidos. ambos ataques vinculados en rusia. no se hizo oficial el nombre, ni jbs pagÓ rescate para detener el ataque. >> el problema central de la fragilidad y cÓmo buscan burlar la seguridad. es responsabilidad 100 % del gobierno. es proteger y garantizar la infraestructura del paÍs. reportera: el presidente biden piensa que el gobierno ruso y tienen un rol en detener el ataque. se refiere a la reuniÓn de ambos lÍderes. la crisis es seria no se puede resolver conversando. >> no, ambos lados deben saber que tiene una consecuencia. las consecuencias pueden ser severas. ilia: unos piratas vulneraron sistemas la agencia la que viajan millones de personas en nueva york

referring to the date of the enactment of the kansas-nebraska act. he said let that pernicious hour stand accursed on the calendar. later that day congressman john milson of virginia took the floor. milson also knew his shakespeare. he responded the gentleman from ohio favored us with a quotation from macbeth. i will give him an answering quotation from hamlet. he then quoted from the scene in which ophelia's brother expresses. his exaggerated grief at her death by leaping into ophelia's grave quoting from hamlet's reaction milson said dost thou come here to whine. to outrace me leaping into her grave. i'll rent as well as thou. the most notable example of the use in shape of shakespeare in congress occurred in 1830 during the famous debate between senators robert haynes of south carolina and daniel webster. of massachusetts although ostensibly about public lands policy. it was the first major debate. about the relationship between the northern and southern states. after webster gave his speech about public lands policy. hain argued that websters sta

so it's sparking storms as we hit toward kansas, nebraska. i was hired as while right into the great lakes where we could see some hail and very strong winds. with some of these severe storms. we're talking about the heat toward the pacific northwest also for canada. so vancouver, a heat warning kamloops as well. and if we look at the next few days, this could be a historic heat wave. look at these temperatures. we're going to walk in around 40 degrees, while above the average of $26.00, off to south america right now and our season range. they're falling where they should, has we head toward the amazon basin. but i want to take it further to the south because that weather maker that was impacting uruguay, southern brazil and paraguay out toward the atlantic. but it's still feeding rain back for southern areas of brazil and paraguay sponsor cut on airways. something was going to change, has anything really changed? this is systemic violent that needs to be addressed at its core. we are in a race against the barrier. you know what to say. we a

to see that in action, you only have to look at states like nebraska. we have been a no-excuse state for absentee and early voting for years, which means that anyone who has already provided an i.d. when they register to vote can vote by mail for any reason whatsoever. in fact, a bill that originally allowed for male-in voting in -- for mail-in voting in alaska was -- in nebraska was the first bill i passed as a state legislature in 2005. many other states go out of their way to make it easy to vote regardless of which party is in power and regardless of whether they are red states or blue states. that is the beauty of the american system. each state can do as it sees fit and respond to events like covid-19 pandemic while still producing positive reforms. by keeping states free from federal mandates, we are allowing them to innovate and introduce the changes that work best for them. washington, d.c. isn't what makes america great. our 50 states, each with its own history and its own needs, are what make this country so unique. this bill jeopardizes that

ali khan, epidemiologist and dean of the college of public health at the university of nebraska medicale's the former director of the cdc's office of public health preparedness and response, and the author of "the next pandemic: on the front lines against humankind's gravest dangers." welcome back to democracy now! explain what the delta variant is and why it is so significant when it comes to low number of vaccinations throughout the south and in states like utah in missouri. >> always a pleasure to chat with you. before talking about the delta variant, let's talk a little about the good news. 50 million americans have been fully vaccinated here in the united states and after a two week pause, stall of cases, slowly seeing cases come back down again in the united states. unfortunately, there are multiple states that have not been very aggressive in vaccinating people. what we're seeing now our cases, small efforts in areas where there has not been good vaccination. the delta variant. the virus mutates all the time nest multiple types of variants. sometimes those variants become variant

. >>> stanford swimmer katie ledecky graduated from stanford yesterday but in omaha, nebraska, that'sthe road to tokyo. there's the g.o.a.t., michael phelps. >> wow, with a beard. >> and his wife and son boomer. phelps in retirement, new superstar ledecky wins the 400 free and officially makes team usa. no surprise there. u.s. swim trials continue all week. week. we're ahhh. beautiful day in baltimore where most people probably know that geico could save them money on car insurance, right? you see the thing is geico, well, could help them save on boat insurance too. hey! okay...i'm ready to come in now. hello? i'm trying my best. seriously, i'm...i'm serious. request to come ashore. geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. >>> three, two, one. woo! >> check it out, new to the great mall in milpitas, 31,000 foot playground full of legos. legoland discovery center. atmospheric theater with mist and fogs and all big things in the bay area. golden gate bridge made of legos. super cool, check it out. >> good night. [ cheers and applause ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rock

. >>> another story we're walking, the road to tokyo goes through omaha, as in nebraska. the u.s. swimming trial the happening now. the world record holder for nearly seven years and a three-time world champion in the 300 free. josh prenot, look for him in the 100 breaststroke. again, the u.s. olympic swimming trials. >>> another story we're watching, the push to get more californians vaccinated. fun things, disney land passes, lakers tickets. the state's going to give away six all-expense paid trips to vaccination winners in california. and any californian who has at least one dose is automatically entered. they are to various california hotspots, palm springs, san diego and of course here in san francisco. >> we are confident these vaccine incentives have worked. and that's why we want to continue in that spirit. >> tomorrow the governor will announce ten grand prize vaccine lottery winners. remember those lotteries here? each of those people will get $1.5 million. facebook is taking a role in the fight against food insecurities. the numbers, though, are bleak. let's start with

i know that two of nebraska's three republican house members voted for the commission, and i'm very glad vote for it, you would have to ask her specifically. but what's happened here and you look at the vote, i think in the senate it's pretty clear. six republican senators voted for an independent commission, a fair, free, independent commission. equal number of republicans, democrats, model on the warren commission. it's the right thing to do. what we've seen, chuck, it isn't just the vote on the commission last week. we've seen a breakdown in trust and confidence in our institutions in this country over the last few years in our leaders. we've segmented our politics, we've polarized our society. and so you've got variations of each party. you've got the trump republicans, then you've got traditional republicans and then you have variations of those republicans. same thing in the democratic party. the only way we can all be brought back together is some trust and some compromise to try to move america forward. i'm at a loss, chuck, why our elected officials don't understand -- i guess t

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the stanford grad dominating on day seven of the olympic swim trials in omaha, nebraska.e womens 800 meter free. ledecky has owned this event. she has 23 of the fastest times recorded, and she just blows away the field cruising to victory. she sets a new female record with eight career wins at the olympic trials. >> kind of been super happy with my times but i still feel i'm in a good spot and i'm so excited about this team that's coming together. >> the semifinals of the mens and womens 50 free, former cal bear nathan adrian and former cardinal samone manuel both are in spots. and kaleb who swims with the condors in san francisco won the 100 meter butterfly. joining him will be tom shields who finished second. the giants five game winning streak comes to a halt after allowing a season high 13 runs against the phillies. bottom flea, brandon belt knocks it in. that ties the game at 6-6. all philly after that. reese hopkins jacks his second homer of the game, a three run shot. the phils beat the giants 13-6. >> curve ball. hits one high and deep. left centerfield, gardener

i said, i'll be participating in meetings with many of our closes partners to g 70 in cornwall, nebraska. now summit of the u. n. n e u summit. this diplomacy is essential because no single nation acting alone can meet all the challenge we face today because the world is changing. quote, another arch priorities to the world, change change utterly. a terrible beauty has been born. were in a different place and we were 10 years ago. better position, but a different place. we have to build a shared future we seek future nations are free from coercion or dominance by more powerful states. we're the global comments, the see, the air, the space and space remain open and accessible for the benefit of all to tackle the century's most pressing challenges. we have to do it together. we have to end covered $900.00, not just at home, which we're doing, but everywhere. there's no wall high enough to keep us safe from this pandemic. for the next biological threat we face and there will be others and requires coordinated multi lateral action. we must all commit to an ambitious climate action if we're g

incendios de maleza, la ola de calor se mueve tambiÉn hacia otras Áreas afectando missouri, kansas y nebraskala gente pueda mantenerse fresca y conservar energÍa a la misma vez, es encender el air acondicionado durante el dÍa, cerrar las ventanas, las puertas, persianas y cortinas para que la casa se refresquere luego en la tarde apagarlo y si es necesario prender ventilares y abrir puertas y ventanas para que entre el aire natural a la casa, asÍ mismo cocinar en microondas o en el patio si es posible para que la casa no se caliente mÁs cuando se estÁ preparando la comida, regreso contigo. >> importantes consejos, muchÍsimas gracias, marÍa paula, no solo es una ola de calor, no olvidemos que estamos en plena temporadae huracanes y ya hay una amenaza de tormenta tropical en el golfo de mÉxico, y carlos robles meteorÓlogo de noticias telemundo tiene todos los datos. cuÉntanos quÉstÁ pasando primero con la ola de calor. >> realmente el momento mÁs Álgido de esta ola de calor ocurriÓ durante el dÍa de ayer, rÉcord de temperaturas mÁximas, la localidad nicole y amigos televidentes mÁs cÁlida, no s

. >> yesterday the final day of the trials in omaha, nebraska, olympic gold medalist and former cal bear nathan adrian was the favorite in the men's 50 meter free and just missed out finishing third as caleb dressle beat everyone to the wall with an american record. also winning his third event. so dressle actually swims with a san francisco based club. michael andrews also qualified in second place. in the women's 50 meter freestyle, sierra. >> former stanford cardinal simone manual made up and punches her ticket by beating out former cal bear abby whitesell who made the olympic team. watch the summer games exclusively on nbc bay area start to finish. the opening ceremony happens just over one month from now on july 23rd. >>> and we're following breaking news in richmond where witnesses say a celebration turned deadly. the latest on the shooting in what we believe are multiple victims. >>> president biden home from his first trip overseas facing a mounting number of foreign policy issues. our washington insider breaking down new nuclear threats and the looming threat of hacker attacks.

originated from a criminal organization likely based in russi >> production is on hold at this factory in nebraskathe employee parking lot empty. the meat processing plant is highly automated. animal slaughter, invoicing, everything relies on a centralized computer system. without that system, production is tapped to shut down at one of the biggest meat production companies in the world. jbs accounts for one quarter of all beef and 1/5 of all work produced mystically in the uned states. >> in grand island alone, that is 5000 head each day. the stores, the restaurants that they supply, that is their supplier. >> the biden administration says jbs believes the ransomware attack originated from a criminal organization most likely based in russia. many gangs develop and use software to encrypt victim's files on demand payment for the cryption. >> we are not taking any options off the table in terms of how we may respond, but, of course, there is an internal policy review process to consider. we are also in touch with the russians, as well, to convey our concerns about these reports. >> the fbi says it

in lincoln, nebraska, the temperatures causing this road to buckle. california's death valley is the record holder for the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth, 134 degrees back in 1913. the forecast for death valley this week flirting with that record with temperatures in the mid 120s. california and texas are asking customers to cut back on electricity. >> start thinking about things that you do that use a lot of electricity that you can move to different parts of the day. so maybe you're running your dishwasher later in the evening or earlier in the day. same with the washing machine and dryer. >> reporter: the heat now baking areas already parched by extreme drought. with no rain in sight, lakes and reservoirs that millions of people rely on for their water supply are drying up. abc's matt gutman is at folsom lake in california. >> the drought so severe this last year, this entire boat ramp was underwater, but the drought so severe this year that this lake has shrunk, and now you have to go a quarter of a mile just to find water's edge. >> r

i come from a rural part of the country as well, nebraska, and the nearest v.a. facility was over three hours from where i was. the have increased in those areas but to the point where you cannot have access to health care we need to find the flexibility. we know they do better with v.a. health care. >> mr. butler, anything from you? >> the chicago facility has demonstrated to be a proven model. >> yeah. >> i have also been to alaska and seeing how the integration between dod and the alaskan health care system works together. >> yeah. >> i think there is opportunity for improvement in those areas and expansion in those areas. there should be serious concerns and hopefully this administration will look to do more in those efforts. >> good. thank you. let me go back, mr. liermann really quick, the burn pit exposure. you have been really strong supporters and reference in your opening statement challenges with the current claims. what we are trying to do here is, you know, get in front of this and not have an agent orange situation. but also make sure the v.a. is ge

year-old swimmer couldn't make it to the actual ceremony so she celebrated from the pool in omaha, nebraska. it's not clear what career path ledecky will take. one thing is for certain. her chance of winning more gold medals. she has secured her spot in the tokyo olympics. the 2020 summer games kick off on sunday, july 23rd. and you can only watch it right here on nbc bay area. and turning this morning, dwayne the rock johnson is being named "people" magazine's number one reason to love america. he is gracing the cover of this month's magazine with the top honor. he tweeted a picture of the cover and wrote, i realize things that matter most in high of are the things are right in front of us. well, the things that made people's list. covid vaccines which took second spot and country icon dolly parton, country's ability to pivot, and fourth of july, rounding out the magazine's top five reasons to love america. >>> a final look at the forecast for us. a hot one. >> yeah. it will be very hot today. we're reaching our triple digits. up to 106 today. a few spots reaching 108. still hot tomorrow.

swim trials are under way in omaha, nebraska. among those trying to get a spot, former cal bear nathan adrian. it will be quite a challenge for the 32-year-old adrian. he admits having to retrain after two surgeries in 2019 to treat a testicular cancer diagnosis. >> when you get a cancer diagnosis, the hardest thing is that through my entire life, and it's definitely been taught through sports, through swimming, you have the ability to control something. here you just have to kind of throw your hands up and you have no idea what's going on. >> sporting a mustache now. adrian will compete later in the week for his spot. you can watch night two of the swim trials from 8:00 to 10:00 right here on nbc bay area. the summer olympics begin july 23rd and, yes, they're right here on nbc bay area. >>> festive grand openings are something we haven't seen in a long time so the south bay opening of a legoland discovery center, extra special. >> 3, 2, 1 -- [ applause ] >> it's new at the great mall in milpitas. besides lots of hands-on play, t

trial will use 15micrograms for five and 11 or vermont is 59% fully vaccinated, mississippi 27%, nebraska right in between at 42%. >> well, as we ponder the three options, facebook friends, please tell me which you think is the lie. i am going to rule out c. i think those figures based on what we have been hearing of states and their vaccination rate that sounds about right which leaves me with a and b. as i'm buying time, stretching here waiting for facebook responses, people, come on. jump on it. erica says a is a lie. you know, she is usually very well read. she know what she is talking about. i will go with a. i don't think we had a peak around june 20th and i think you would have chosen a date we are had more of a surge. i will say a was the lie. >> a is true. >> erica. erica. i'm blaming aircast. >> you can't blame erica. she had your back. i respect you. a offhand is good news. you know it kind of makes sense. you can see that overall the virus is a little lower. we may also not be testing as much as we were in the past as well. couple of things to remember. we are in a good place.