donoho decided to leave, new mexico. he left so quickly that he had to return a year later and then he sold the exchange hotel disposed of his merchandise sold all their mules and horses and then he returned to missouri where he took his family to texas and they operated the very successful donoho house. sadly william died in 1845 which left mary a widow at 40 years old with five children. she lived fairly long life to passing away in 1880 at age of 72. now our next bride is susan shelby mcgoffin. who was the first woman to write an account of her journey on the santa fe trail. she was the granddaughter. are the granddaughter of the governor of kentucky isaac shelby she was born to wealth and privilege and at 18 she married kentucky traders samuel mclaughlin who was 45? now samuel took his bride susan on a honeymoon to new york. but while he was there, he purchased merchandise for his next trading expedition. therefore giving susan if you will and extended honeymoon on the santa fe trail. for the previous two decades sam

when of new mexico's highest profile attorneys, despite available evidence, u. s. law enforcement likewise failed to determine the virtual background of the man behind the tech shooting had the f. b. i simply done their job and looked through the online, you know, gallery of statements that were being made had the f. b, i actually looked at. they asked actually school file, they would have realized that he was serious about committing the crime that ultimately he committed. they knew how to identify it and they just simply didn't do it in this case. and in germany to the authorities had clear evidence, pointing to the far right network. but despite witness testimonies, describing william acheson as a potential attacker information was not forwarded to agencies in the us. it is our mission to hold those accountable who allowed this tragic event to occur . and if the german authorities are in fact at fault for this, they should be held accountable and we would consider pursuing litigation. if the evidence supports it, it would be a horrible thing to find out. and

quote, no one in new mexico has ever heard of wake tsi. quote, alex curtis, a spokesman for the new mexico secretary of state said he's unaware of wake tsi doing any work for the state or for any new mexico counties. there are two counties in new mexico where losing republican candidates demanded audits, but when the arizona mirror contacted those two counties, they had not heard of wake tsi either. one county clerk said i've never heard of them doing anything in the state of new mexico for anything. okay, well, that was supposedly half their previous experience in elections. what about their other claimed experience in elections, which was in pennsylvania? well, thanks again to reporting from the arizona mirror, we now know that their pennsylvania experience was something very specific. it was the guy who invited rudy giuliani to gettysburg, pennsylvania, after the november election to do a fake hearing with republican state legislators about how if you squint at pennsylvania's ballots you can see satan in them. the state senator who brou

it was 2017 when the boys and their mother crossed into new mexico asking for asylum.ause of the trump administration policies, they were separated. gonzales-brebe was charged with illegal entry and then deported. her sons were sent to live with family in pennsylvania. last december, matter of fact correspondent jessica gomez visited the mexican border city of juarez. the distraught mother told us she fled to the u.s. with her sons after several family members were killed in honduras. to stay in the u.s., her asylum petition still needs to be approved. the aclu, which is helping with reunification efforts at the border, estimates another one thousand families are waiting to be reunited. and sadly, they say parents of another 450 children have not been located. lots of lives hanging in the balance at the border. we will beasley keep you updated on this story. that is it for this edition of "matter of fact." i'm soledad o'brien. we'll see you next week. announcer: if you missed our top stories about the innocence project and criminal justice reform, the challenges for sm

more flooding is possible today from new mexico into texas and . mother and two children had to be rescued over the weekend when floodwaters swept away their vehicle in new mexico. no one was hurt. showers and thunderstorms are also being expected today across the plains and lightning during afternoon storms in northern california today could spark wildfires there. checking today's high temperatures, 70s around the great lakes and across the northeast, 80s for the southeast and in florida. >>> coming up, a new home for the tiger that was on the loose in texas. >>> also ahead, the new bombshell in the bill gates divorce drama. what we're learning about his alleged behavior, including an alleged relationship with someone at microsoft. >>> and later it's being called the new rush hour. the time of day to avoid hitting the roads this summer. dignity. it demands a rapid covid test, because we all deserve an answer. it demands your heart stays connected to your doctor, so you know it's beating as it should. and a rapid test to help evaluate concussion, i

i know minnesota's great but it can't be as nice as new mexico. anyway.ou all are nice to take the time. >> it's always summer. president biden: yeah. i'm just waiting for them to tell me when we get going here since we're livestreaming this. >> you're good. president biden: oh, ready to go? ok. first of all, hi, everybody. it's good -- i'm stosed to look over here, not at you guys. we have six governors with us today. democrats and republicans. they're meeting the moment. governor mills of maine, dewine of ohio, cox of utah, walz of minnesota, baker of massachusetts, goverpb lujan grichle of -- lujan grisham of new mexico. it's great to connect with you all. last week i provided an update on the vaccination program. and what comes next. i said our goal by july 4 is to have 70% of adult americans with at least one shot and 160 million americans fully vaccinated. that's a pretty huge goal, you've done a remarkableon -- job. if we succeed we can take a serious step toward return to normalcy by independence day which is a goal that, based on talking to the d

to louis roblis, one of new mexico's highest profile attorneys. despite the available evidence, u. s. law enforcement likewise failed to determine the virtual background of the man behind the tax shooting had the f. b. i simply done their job and looked through the online, you know, gallery of statements that were being made had the f. b, i. ashley looked at the aspect curious school file. they would have realized that he was serious about committing the crimes. and ultimately he commit. they knew how to identify it. and they just simply didn't do it in this case. and in germany to deal storage, he had clear evidence pointing to the far right network. but despite witness testimony is describing william acheson as a potential attacker, that information was not forwarded to agencies in the us. it is our mission to hold those accountable. who allowed this tragic event to occur. and if the german authorities are in fact at fault for this, they should be held accountable. and we would consider pursuing litigation. if the evidence supports it, it would be a horrible thing to find out. an

lauren atkinson of the university of new mexico. next is matthew campbell, a native american rights fund, the next is, i know i will botch this, so please excuse me, and she can correct it when it is her turn to speak. but thank you, from michigan state university. the next is andrea santino of the mexican american legal defense and education fund. and our final witnesses lori roman of the american constitutional rights union. dr. atkinson is the director for the center of the study of voting, elections, and democracy in the institute of social research at the university of new mexico. dr. atkinson is an internationally recognized expert in the area of election science survey methodology, voting rights, election demonstration, public opinion, and political behavior. she has written over 50 articles and book chapters and dozens of technical reports, monographs, and other works on these topics. let's talk about matthew campbell. matthew l campbell is a staff attorney with the native american rights fund. stir campbell -- mr. campbell

i'm professor lana atkinson for the university of new mexico when i study elections, voting behavior and voting rights and have written extensively on voter id limitation in voter confidence. almost of the focus on issues relating to voter id policies have been on how they affect turnout and equally important and alternative question to consider is whether voter id policies are administered equally across groups. this is an important question because historically laws like voter ids have been used to create barriers to participation and have been implemented unequally across segments of the voting population. in the case of voter id the effects of minorities might be difficult to discern because these laws may not directly result in reduction attorney or turnout but may in fact voter confidence and satisfaction which may have long-term consequences on voter turnout or lead to increases in provisional voting. several studies of poll workers and voters suggest that implementation practices can result in unequal implementation and application of voter identification laws. in my original

it was a time when is sinister for seemed to be snatching women off the streets of new mexico's largest city. in the devoutly religious detective, knew she needed all the help she could get. >> i think it's somebody who is very organized. i think he has been praying on his victims, has a particular victim in mind. >> sticking up for victims comes naturally to ida lopez. it's the same instinct that drew her to police work years ago, when she was a kid, growing up in albuquerque. >> i was about nine years old. actually it was my grandfather who raised me. he was outside. he was about in his eighties. and i'm in the porch area. and there's a foot chase, and the guy goes toward him and he's tackled by police. and i just thought that was the coolest thing i had ever seen. and so that curiosity. and then there was the service part, the helping people part of police work. >> after college ida graduated from the police academy enjoying the force as a uniformed officer. some >> most of my areas that i work, especially in patrol, i was assigned working the prostitutes in the area. >> in so she le

says as families throughout the city now cope with unimaginable grief morgan chesky, nbc news, mexico city. >>> now to the growing covid catastrophe in india. that country setting a new world record with nearly 3,800 deaths in a single day and hospitals and families are in a desperate scramble for oxygen. let's get more from keir simmons >> reporter: desperate for oxygen for his patients dr. sumit ray makes call after call. >> till last night 2:30 at night i was struggling for oxygen. and again from morning. >> reporter: while fighting to keep patients alive they just resuscitated this man india has the worst covid outbreak in the world. more than 20 million cases. over 225,000 dead. and now some experts estimate millions are infected every day >> we do not have time to feel sorry for somebody else. we are losing patients here >> reporter: alex crawford from our sister network sky news reached this hospital outside, patients are waiting for space. with oxygen their families have often had to find for them inside, dr. sumit ray finally receives some good news. >> the oxygen has just re

>>> finally tonight in our series "celebrating service," an important lesson from a teacher in new mexico who knows all about tolerance, diversity, and overcoming obstacles >> good morning. good morning good morning benes dias >> reporter: first period in mr. avila's class. >> love it love it. why would that be important in ancient rome >> reporter: and his las cruces middle schoolers are talking history. >> i want you to draw your pyramid and i'm going to show you on the board how i want you to do this >> reporter: the 26-year-old teacher was born with cerebral palsy, a disorder that affects movement and posture. telling the kids about it on day one is their first lesson your students see that you walk differently what do you tell them? >> it's critical for students to see me as an individual and to see disability as a normal normalization. and i'm big on, that building a classroom community where we all see each other as individuals who deserve respect. >> reporter: he was diagnosed at 8 months when his mother noticed he couldn't sit up straight. after multiple surgeries and physical th

since a deeply mediocre document governor of new mexico, that's courageous. dings are needless to say, super-spreader events. [laughs] yesterday some news reader interviewed a woman who would like to get married in washington, d.c., soon, and that woman pleaded with the ayatollah mayor to reconsider her anti-dancing ordinance. >> let me just challenge you a little bit, you know that weddings have been super-spreader events, what were you planning to do for precautions? kdd >> for sure, and really the safety of all of our guests should be the number one priority. i really think at this point there's a reasonable solution for this. we were planning to all wear masks this entire time during thee wedding. if d.c. wants to meet half way and allow standing dancing, mingling, we can even require a negative covid-19 test or show a vaccination card. >> tucker: the most important thing about the wedding is the safety of the guest -- the most important thing about the wedding is the wedding, the marriage between a man into woman. if that's too dangerous, don't come. if y

another 19 million acres of public land with solar energy potential in california, nevada, colorado, new mexico. we identified more than 20 million acres with wind energy potential. in 2016, we developed competitive leasing rules. in our initial efforts, we developed a proposal to establish renewable energy coordination offices and working an interagency memorandum of understanding to enhance coordination. we are prioritizing a short list of key programmatic actions. this includes updating areas of focus for solar, wind, and geothermal development as well as designation of power lines. on may 3 of this year, the solar project in the california desert has the potential to deliver enough electricity to power 87,500 homes. the projects will include 36 wind projects, 37 solar projects, and operating power plants with a collective total of more than 12,400 capacity -- megawatt capacity. 3000 additional megawatts of renewable energy and is evaluating dozens of other renewable energy sources. the act seeks to expedite solar, wind, and gmr -- geothermal projects on blm-managed lands. this legislation a

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you've got -- i think everybody in new mexico is a democrat elected official now. two united states senators and the governor, and the secretary of the interior for new mexico, and they are willing to throw their state into the toilet, so to speak, to support this administration. i don't understand that. i don't understand how people think that their political affiliation is more important than the people that they represent, and so, you know, newt is absolutely correct. i mean, the speaker nails this when he talks about this being such an important national security issue. not only is it the economic side of a lot of people in states, union workers and what have you, but when you think about who is this really helping? it's helping the chinese because the administration wants to do away with american fossil fuels and rely totally upon the renewable side of things, and a part of your portfolio being renewable makes sense but to see the way they are moving away from everything that has to do with fossil fuel, this green new deal insanity that we're seeing, and the p

in new mexico, a legislated some of these cases.it wasn't until the 1960s the native americans unless core casing have the right about wherever they lived. i found it interesting that they tried historic disconnection of native american voters for the example of north dakota. because precisely because of high native american voter turnout, we then filed these restrictive voter id laws. i think that is what we are saying today. so i appreciated that. mr. campbell, could you respond a bit to questions that we been hearing as well is the idea that not a problem and should not be considered a problem, the issue of but her high deep and may be tied that to litigation w and of the solution that we should intention to try to find a solution otherwise for example, and congress and some of our laws. >> thank you rep. fernandez. i think absolutely saying in the country, it is a problem. the highest levels of poverty and the distance it takes to get to the dmv and lack of transportation in your absolutely disproportionate native buffers and re

boudreau popped back home the left and senator collins secretary hollen's home state of new mexico. mr. buchter testified if confirmed by commit to have an open door and open mind on important challenges before us and i commit to listening to and collaborating with this committee and with each of you. the department needsar to listen and collaborate with the people of wyoming and the west. in the mr. boudreau will service a voice of reason administration is waging an economic war for energy workers in my home state and across the country. america needs in all of the above energy strategy that includes coal oil natural gas nuclear power and renewables. i believe he understands this reality and i will support his nomination. >> thank you senator.n. we will turn to the hearing untilth we have our 11 members that will be present and go right into the business meeting. want to thank everyone for being here today to discuss the energy bellman, of oil gas and wind the administration ofan the pause on leasing programs. it's my understanding activity on existing leases at continue with 250 u

and it's but new mexico in an incredible position.look, 60%, we know we create a baseline of immunity. i think that's where the president is going with 70% at least having one shot. we need as much of that baseline across the country to protect us from variants that are here, more that are potentially coming so we don't regress in our fight against covid. and i think new mexicans will make the president and vice president very proud. we're likely to get beyond that. i do want to point out. even though we've created that incentive, we've been very clear that all of our very strict covid safe practices will remain intact, including everything, including mask mandates except for cdc guide ans for individuals engaged in outdoor activities in small groups. we'll continue to stay the course to continue to protect new mexicans. >> is there dancing allowed in new mexico? >> you're socially distanced, irwhatting masks and meet the other requirements with our level of vaccinations, yes. but i will say -- >> yes. >> but i want to give the mayor

in march governor of new mexico president biden on the impact of his oil and gas leasing. she explained the least bad (and gas producers to new mexico for private and state lands in texas . the resultsgoing to be a force for jobs, less revenue , more revenue for texas. is it fair to say that if the biden leasing plan does not consume offshore oil and gas will ship their investments from us waters to other parts of the world and is it fair to say that shift is going to mean fewer jobs for americans and less revenue or state and the federal government? >> thank you senator, absolutely. we have seen that already in our company. we had a rate working and we decided we pick up a second rig which establishes about 100 people and we had trouble getting the people to get on that rig and come to work. part of the reason was they saw a lot of uncertainty and leaving their current position. they were committing to a higher wage job in the gulf of mexico that's true among capital providers, shareholders and investors across the board . chilling impact of what's been done already in my

one in new mexico and one in pennsylvania. while the arizona mirror, which has been doing fantastic reporting on the story for weeks, they dug into this supposed previous experience the arizona republicans worked outing for week technologies. the arizona mirror reports this, quote, no one in new mexico has ever heard of weak technology. as. alex curtis, a spokesman for new mexico secretary of state, said he's unaware of any work week tsi is doing. but when the arizona mayor contacted those two counties, they had not heard of week tsi either. one county clerk saying quote, i've never heard anything of them doing anything in the state of mexico for anything. okay, well that was supposedly half of their previous experience in elections. what about their other cleaned experience and elections which was in pennsylvania. well, thanks again to reporting from the arizona mayor, we now know that their pennsylvania experience was something very specific. it was the guy who invited rudy giuliani to gettysburg pennsylvania after the win w

this family in new mexico rescued by firefighters after their suv was caught in a ditch. the mom and two children all said to be safe. severe weather reaching as far as kansas. these scenes from parts of the town still underwater. rob, what can we expect? >> well, linsey, the immediate fire issue is pretty low but the long-term trend is extreme and exceptional. up it, their driest two years in over 30 years, but where they're getting the heavy rain is across the central plain, flooding in kansas, new mexico, dallas-ft. worth area where they've seen wind damage so thunderstorms are bringing wind damage and heavy rain, more than half a foot as we head towards thursday in east texas, linsey. >> rob, thanks so much. >>> and now to the gas crunch along parts of the east coast heading into the workweek. some places facing significant shortages still days after the pipeline started moving. washington, d.c. and parts of the southeast the hardest hit. here's abc's elwyn lopez reporting in from atlanta. >> reporter: tonight, at gas stations along the east coast, fuel is flowing aga

new mexico is holding a special election. it has been a blue seat for years.est is working hard to flip it. mark moores is trying to flip it. biden beat president trump and holland, now secretary of interior. how can you turn it around for republicans? >> such a critical race. democrats have gone so far left that they've nominated an incredible radical that would fit into the aoc wing of the party. the district has been democrat for the last decade. before that it was 40 years in republican hands. it has gone back and forth. they just went so far radical with a candidate who wants to defund the police and called for eliminating ice and border patrol. we're only 200 miles away from the border. so that kind of radical agenda is scaring people in albuquerque and central new mexico. we have a crime wave. we've had 50 homicides. 70% increase over last year. things are really going out of control in albuquerque and she wants to double down on the defund and devest in in police agenda and it's radical. we have been able to talk about the issues that matter here in ne

the flight from new mexico is seen as a critical step.ut virgin galactic back on its track. that is related business flash. guy: thank you very much. i hear people are emailing you about space in your register. alix: they are light, space is cool. i'm like no, i would not. so scary. i can't tell you how much -- guy: that is one of the questions i want to ask. how much gear have you got to wear. if you are richard branson going up in one of these things, how much stuff do you have to wear? how much training do you actually need to be able to get on board? within a year upon time, this is kind of you and i or maybe me could go on this thing. how much training do i need? i'm assuming i don't need that kind of training. alix: also, is there going to be an age limit at some point? guy: are you saying i'm getting too old for this? alix: i'm just saying, i guess you clearly have to be in really good health. guy: i imagine you have to have a physical. i would imagine that probably is part of it. i imagine there are quite significant forces that a

think about the state of new mexico. it will be devastated because of the fossil fuel decisions made in the current administration. i think everybody in new mexico is a democrat elected official. they are willing to throw their state into the toilet to support this administration. i don't understand that. i don't understand how people think their political affiliation is more important than the people they represent. newt is correct. talking about this being an important national security issue. not only the economic side of people and states and union workers, but when you think about who is this really help something well, it is helping the chinese. the administration wants it do with american fossil fuel and rely upon the renewable side of things. part of your portfolio being renewables makes sense, but they are moving away from everything that has to do with fossil fuel. this green new deal insanity. the people this helps is chinaa. 60% of solar panels come from china. so the idea that we area -- we have to address t

new capacity. so are you committed that they will lease in the gulf of mexico? >> and then very glad. >> if you speak and with that constructionrs jobs by more hurricanes. speaking to the american and public of the great american outdoors act from the land water conservation fund which depends onn the funding. i yield back i'm just frustrated by this in action. >> thank you senator. mr. chairman. so who is it that you work for? is this a government agency? >> it is a group of an offshore oil and gas companies. >> sometimes we hate to be right. and then to cross-examine but the failure to adequately the pipelines. because of the cyberthreat. i can guarantee your systems are vulnerable to cyberattack today. whatever you tell me i can guarantee putin's hackers could be ine the written several weeks. the data systems are vulnerable the valve serve helpful level. what type of strong systems do you have in place, let me rephrase the question, would you accept regulation by another agency of the federal government to ensure cyberprotection? and we w will see what that

for example the state of new mexico just decided to shut down a coal plant and instead to build new solar farms that store large amounts of the energy they produce and batteries lithium ion batteries have become a lot better and a lot cheaper than expected in the last few years and they're now a viable option for storing and shifting at least a few hours worth of solar energy is needed so the storage problem that's always sad is actually not that much of a problem anymore. sometimes though we might want a longer term storage places without much sunshine for example and that's why companies are offering other solutions let's just run through. another type of battery called a flow battery separates the charging outside so that has 2 advantages it can store more energy and for longer the problem is still relatively expensive. hydro storage which is already used quite a bit you need 2 legs and one of them needs to be on a hill during the day you use solar energy to pump water from the lower leg up to the highly when you need energy you can just let it run down through a target but for that yo

in march governor of new mexico president biden on the impact of his oil and gas leasing. she explained the least bad (and gas producers to new mexico for private and state lands in texas . the resultsgoing to be a force for jobs, less revenue , more revenue for texas. is it fair to say that if the biden leasing plan does not consume offshore oil and gas will ship their investments from us waters to other parts of the world and is it fair to say that shift is going to mean fewer jobs for americans and less revenue or state and the federal government? >> thank you senator, absolutely. we have seen that already in our company. we had a rate working and we decided we pick up a second rig which establishes about 100 people and we had trouble getting the people to get on that rig and come to work. part of the reason was they saw a lot of uncertainty and leaving their current position. they were committing to a higher wage job in the gulf of mexico that's true among capital providers, shareholders and investors across the board . chilling impact of what's been done already in my

will grant, bbc news, mexico city. m bbc mundo reporter marcos gonzalez, who's in mexico city. the official number of coronavirus cases in india has now topped 20 million. there's been no let up in the rate of infection, with more than 300,000 positive tests recorded for the 13th consecutive day. there are still reports of oxygen shortages in the capital, delhi, and the army has been asked to set up medical facilities to take the strain off hospitals. devina gupta sent this report. desperate hope. that's what family members in this hospital in delhi are holding onto. it's a fight for life—saving oxygen that some are losing fast. translation: | came - here because a man died. his death freed up a place and oxygen for my mother. translation: they put us in a shed when she needs i to go to intensive care. this oxygen bottle came from my house. we bought it ourselves. as india crosses over 20 million infected cases, many hospitals like this one, which was overwhelmed over the weekend, are struggling with scarce resources. t

there was one special election we were watching in new mexico's first district. this is an albuquerque district, deb haaland was appointed to be secretary of the interior by president biden, so we are watching this special election. republicans nominees are trying to make ryan the focal point of the race. it is interesting because this is a democratic district. biden defeated trump by 23 points. we have a baseline metric where democrats have about a 17 point advantage. democrats have the advantage in this race, but we are looking at the margins. are republicans able to move the conversation, move the electorate significantly with an issue like this? i expect republicans to be talking about crime and defunding the police because that is where the things helped them over perform in 2020. i do not think i was the only one who thought democrats could have expanded their majority, turns out republicans had a net in of 12 states. part of that is because of republicans using that message effectively. host: insideelections.com, plenty of free content, but subscriptions a

will grant, bbc news, mexico city.senior editor at vice news, based in mexico city, has more details on the investigation. mayor sheinbaum said that the investigation will be done by an international company, a norwegian company, which i think speaks to the general distrust that there is in mexico of the country's institutions and leadership, so it will be interesting to see what the international investigators make of this. as will mentioned in his report, the same thing happened when the 2017 earthquake struck and a lot of buildings fell down. there is a reckoning around the regulations and supervision over the construction of infrastructure projects. now the linea rossa that was the part of the line that fell down was actually sort of problematic from the start. it was meant to be one of these lines that connected mexico city's outer boroughs with its central boroughs because millions of people commute into the city every day to do typical working—classjobs, like domestic helpers, nannies, construction workers, peop

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new mexico is recognized. ms. leger fernandez: thank you, mr. speaker. sunday we celebrate mother's day. today we protect mothers to be. every pregnant worker must support their family without risking the health of their pregnancy. especially those in low wage must choose between their health and a paycheck. the pregnant workers fairness act will correct these flaws in our system to ensure that pregnant women are treated fairly in the workplace. women carry the brunt of losses during the pandemic, losing a net 5.4 million jobs. we need to make it easier for them to get back to work and that must include pregnant women. i'm proud my home state of new mexico passed legislation to protect pregnant workers last year. it's time for congress to do the same. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the aclu in support of the pregnant workers fairness act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. leger fernandez: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carol

the white house collection in particular o'keefe is known for her depictions of flowers and of new mexico landscapes, both of which have been featured in the white house next slide. during the george w bush administration o'keefe's floral painting pictured on the left named jimson weed white flower number one came to the white house on loan and it hung in the president's dining room as you see it here on the right hand side. we also see a an o'keefe painting that's in the white house permanent collection. it's titled mountain at bear lake taos. it was painted in 1930 and acquired by the white house in 1997 during the clinton administration next slide, please. the painting which you see here above the fireplace in the white house library depicts land near taos, new mexico, which is a sacred area to the local taos indigenous people o'keefe employees shifting light deep colors and abstract outlines to show the beauty of the desert, which is very characteristic of her works. next slide now i'd like to discuss one of my personal favorites alma thomas who was the first black woman represented i

senator anderson from new mexico, author of the bill and senator from wyoming, they must decide the final tactics to be deployed on the floor of the senate. the bill is in the balance. it could be defeated. just as they had made their decision a page boy enters to call them and they leave to a private door to the senate chamber where debate on the farm bill is in full swing. senator aiken, senator morris, senator romani joins the debate. the opposition whip refuses. while the debate is underway there is activity on the house side. minority leader joe martin learned the majority party is making a desperate effort to pass its bill through the senate. congressman martin favors legislation to aid the farmers but he is opposed to the methods proposed in the administration's bill. he is determined to block this bill in the house, plan a counter move or force a compromise. he has his secretary summon the republican rep for the house, congressman aarons, a quarterback directs the maneuvers on the floor. they decide they need the advice of congressman leader howard former republican leader of the

this is after a saturday flight into space from new mexico.the first time virgin galactic has a plane into orbit in more than two years so that's put the company closer to a couple of goals. billionaire richard branson is --will get into suborbital space sometime this summer. the other part of it is being able to sell seats to paying passengers. that is the business ultimately virgin galactic so they have to make those sales. tom: what else do you have? >> cabin oil and gas. tom: too little companies. >> a 7.3 billion dollar all stock deal where the cabin shares are being combining with simerex each company's investors will have half the stock and the cabinet ceo will be the chairman of the combined company and cimarex will take on the ceo role. it looks more like a merger than your typical deal which they described as a merger of equals. tom: thank you so much. lisa is all over this story. jonathan: parents across the city and the state are listening. the new york mayor saying all students will be back in school in september. there will be no

michael: this is our third flight to space with humans, first from the state of new mexico, which is place to look back down upon the planet. what follows next, we have three more flights in our test flight program. our next one will have a full crew of specialists in addition to our two pilots, followed by a repeat, but we are asking our founder, richard branson, to come and test the private astronaut experience for us. who better to do that? both of these will happen in the summer. that will be followed by our final test flight planned with the italian air force, showcasing how our system is used for microgravity science research as well as for professional astronaut training. that will likely happen in late summer, early fall. >> let's get to the in-flight training. how healthy do you have to be? what kind of training does there have to be for a regular person to book a flight? michael: what is unique about virgin galactic is we take the first 50,000 feet or so with airplane technology. so we take up horizontally on our mothership, and then from there, the spaceship drops and rock

will grant, bbc news, mexico city.mber of coronavirus cases in india has now topped 20 million. there's been no let up in the rate of infection, with more than 300,000 positive tests recorded for the 13th consecutive day. there are still reports of oxygen shortages in the capital, delhi, and the army has been asked to set up medical facilities to take the strain off hospitals. devina gupta sent this report. desperate hope. that's what family members in this hospital in delhi are holding onto. it's a fight for life—saving oxygen that some are losing fast. translation: | came - here because a man died. his death freed up a place and oxygen for my mother. translation: they put us in a shed when she needs i to go to intensive care. this oxygen bottle came from my house. we bought it ourselves. as india crosses over 20 million infected cases, many hospitals like this one, which was overwhelmed over the weekend, are struggling with scarce resources. translation: the situation is really critical. _ there are no beds available

the extreme weather today, i think, the main focus is across texas in portions of new mexico. that's where we have the really potent system pushing eastbound. unfortunately today is memorial day. there's memorial day plans that could be in jeopardy across portions of the southern plains and also across wisconsin. here in southeastern new mexico and west texas, this is where the storm prediction center has level two out of five risk for severe weather. we could see damaging winds here and large hail. in wisconsin, we could also see some damaging winds. we is the. pushing across the plains is a slow mover. we have picked up a lot of rainfall. we'll pick up more in the days to come. we have flood alerts in effect from north texas on to the panhandle of oklahoma. across east oklahoma in the green country. going on into arkansas and missouri. we will see as the system moves slowly to the east 4 to possibly 6 inches of rainfall in that region. it's enough to cause the rivers and those small streams to swell which will lead to flooding. on the flip side, across the west coast, it's t

senator anderson of new mexico, author of the bill and the senator from wyoming.y must decide the final tactics to be employed on the floor of the senate. it is teetering in the balance. it could be defeated. just as they have made their decision, a pageboy has entered to call them and they leave through a private door to the senate chamber where a debate is already in full swing. senator aiken. senator morse. senator roy. he joins the debate. the opposition who refuses. while a senate debate is underway, there is activity on the house side. minority leader has learned that the majority party is making a desperate effort to pass its bill through the senate aired congressman favors legislation to aid the farmers but he is opposed to the methods proposed in the administrations bill. he is determined to block this bill in the house, plan a counter move or force compromise. he has a secretary summon a republican writ for the house. at party writ like a quarterback directs the moves on the floor. they decide they need the advice of another congressman. he is invited to