delgado: today we applaud the women who organized in upstate new york in seneca falls, who marched down pennsylvania avenue, and who lifted their voices across this country to demand votes for women. as we prepare to celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage, let us work the tireless work of women to demand the right to vote and the women, including -- sorjourner truth. i want to recognize the men and the men who stood on the right side of history. they set the stage for the historic 116th congress full of trailblazing women and first in their own right. madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my raveragets the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. rodgers: i rise to celebrate susan b. anthony a o-life women, emma smith davow who led the suffrage movement in washington state. it was exactly 100 years ago today that this body passed a constitutional am

and we have from this convention, 300 women meeting in seneca falls and they produced a declaration. and in many ways it is similar to the declaration of independence but it is there declaration of sentiments and among those sentiments is a demand for equality under law. black women sought inclusion in this new suffrage, excuse me, new suffrage movement, leaving that there was a common cause to be found among them all. however, their reception ranged from toleration to some who actually rejected the presence of black women because although women claimed, white women claimed that there should be equality for all, as we know the saying goes, some are more equal than others. and in this point, they thought there was a hierarchy of equality. and then in this hierarchy, black women could not be at the same label as white women. not all white women felt this way but certainly some did. and so this leads to the truth and what i like to say about the truth is this amazing woman who was born in 1791 in slavery. and she was an abolitionist, she was a preacher, she brought three different lawsu

you'll be detoured to seneca road. that will add an extra couple of minutes to your commute, especially if trafficp. picks just factor that in. again, river road is closed here between longacres reserve court and esswohy road. right now, traffic's light. not seeing a huge impact. it will take a little longer to get where you're going because of the detour. back to you. >> than for the heads-up. >>> 5:07. when mgm national harbor came to town, executives promised ndreds of jobs for local workers. now the company has laid off 62 people. mgm'sspokesperson says it's part of a companywide downsizing. 557 people were laidcr offs the country. the company says it's working to streamline operatins heading into 2020.on casinogoer told us to lay people off so soon after mgm opened is a broken promise. >> i think it's disappointing that they make promises to these communities. i moved to d.c. in 2003 and my home city opened an mgm last year. there's already word of layoffs up there, as well. >> the company says the layoffs do not

a drivers being detoured to essworthy and seneca road.re and detour will likely be in place in next week. . first 4 traffic alert. we're talking about eastbound 7 au're approaching the south mountain rest area, myersville. again, we are shut down. chopper 4 showingli the ear tractor-trailer fire, a five-mile back up. take 40 or alternate 40 instead. cluck? >> if you're beach -- chuck? >>> if you're beach-bounds, great weather for today, tomorrow, showery. statement around the washington area. showery on sunday. no real washouts. >> very niceweekend >> thank you, charles. >>> that is the news for today, we appreciatu waking up with us. >> the "today" show is ♪ ♪ ♪ free range eggs for free range living. nellie's free range eggs (chicken clucks) >>> good morning. breaking overnight. crisis point. multiple levees in danger of failing across the midwest and south today. new evacuations underway with rivers cresting at historic levels. zone.ons in the danger we're live with the latest. >>> h standinger ground. the new comments overnight from ho

after seneca falls and 1848. in most places the politicians said the women don't want it and it is not clear they would vote at all. it didn't seem to anyone at first like a could possibly be a good idea to reform the electoral law which takes a very long time without knowing something about what was going to happen after they extended the boat to women. and a lot of things were said under the sun, they were going to be --, everything under the sun was said about the women's vote. i argue that mobilization of women is important not only for getting this issue on the agenda for many women around the world but also because the things that women did when they mobilized, the types of arguments they made, the ancillary causes that they fought for along the way to the village gave politicians an idea about what women were going to do with the pallet. it can change people's minds and also sends a signal to people in elected office about what women are going to do after the car and franchised. >> in your novel you focus

in seneca new york there is the women's rights national historical part. in dayton you can can attend the aviation national historical park or walk into the bicycle shop where orville and wilbur write conquered the skies. . they'll recognize in utah the place where the world changed, where not only history was made that day but the herculean effort of those who organized this as well as the immigrant manpower of irish coming from the east, chinese from the west who provided the muscle to accomplish this project. a national historical park is accomplished by an act of congress. but the spike 150 commission has mobilized a literal army of history lovers to -- who will host a series of events befitting this historical moment. started with treemont and a country church service. come to all of you to utah to see the 150th anniversary of the gold spike, which is about the spirit and economy of america and also when that gold spike was driven, america welcomed a new frontier. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman f

after the seneca falls women rights convention, the first organize gathering of suffragettes, she wrote, all that distinguishes man as an intelligent, and accountable men, is equally true of women. if that government is only just, this governs by the free consent of the governed, there could be no reason in the world for denying two women the exercise of the elected franchise. or a hand in making the laws of the lands. leaders of the early women's movement, would certainly be pleased to know that today women voting outpaces that of men. [ applause ] they would also be extremely proud of the amazing, powerful women in this room. a true testament that what we are exercising is our franchise. thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentleman, the retired state senator from maryland. >> hi everyone. [ applause ] hi everybody. i am going to speak from my chair, so i am just delighted to be back in the house of representatives where i served for more than 10 wonderful, joyful years. i am going to thank the speaker for organizing this fantastic event. and the cooperation from congressman mccarth

after the seneca falls women's rights convention, the first organized gathering of suffragists, frederickouglas wrote, all that distinguished man as an intelligent and accountable being is equally true of women. and if that government is only just which governs by the free consent of the governed, there can be no reason in the world for denying to women the exercise of the elected franchise or a hand in making an ad-- and administering the laws of the land. leaders of the early women's movement would certainly be pleased to know that today women's voting outpaces that of men. [applause] they would also be ex-teemly proud of the amazing, powerful women in this room, a true testament that what we are exercising is our franchise. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable bar rah mikulski, retired united states senator from maryland and vice chair of the women's suffrage centennial commission. ms. mikulski: hi, everybody. i'm going to speak from my chair. i hope c-span can get me. so i'm just delighted to be back in the house of representatives where i served for more than 10 wonderfu

seneca bank and unicredit down 2%. deutsche bank. there are the banks that are performing better.se based in paris or ireland or elsewhere. it is the italian and other banks seeing the worst of the losses. let's move the united states and see where we are two hours into the u.s. open. this is our s&p 500 and many of the groups are lower. up .3%. the chip stocks are doing well today. we also have a deal in the works. we be talking about that in the moment. let's move to our next board and show you more movers. 2.8% right yield at now. the s&p 500 has turned into the decline,t is on the having spent the first couple of hours in the green. 5.6%.and services up this will be the third megamerger in this space this year. quite difficult to believe but a lot of consolidation going on. global payments ceo jeff sloan will join us to talk about that $21.5 billion merger with total systems. amazon suppliers are on notice. the retail giant funding a purge of its smaller vendors as it looks to focus on wholesale pricing with major brands. our reporter joins us with the latest. amazon went off

delgado: today we applaud the women who organized in upstate new york in seneca falls, who marched down pennsylvania avenue, and who lifted their voices across this country to demand votes for women. as we prepare to celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage, let us work the tireless work of women to demand the right to vote and the women, including -- sorjourner truth. i want to recognize the men and the men who stood on the right side of history. they set the stage for the historic 116th congress full of trailblazing women and first in their own right. madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my raveragets the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. rodgers: i rise to celebrate susan b. anthony a o-life women, emma smith davow who led the suffrage movement in washington state. it was exactly 100 years ago today that this body passed a constitutional am

now when i used to work in seneca, i saw this young ma that would work, help, and listen. we need more community ambassadors. we need more in the tenderloin, but not only in the daytime, we need them in the evening, and the afternoon, because our community is hurting like we say, we keep saying it. the police captain over there had a coffee and greet at the golden gate the other day and he really listened to our complaints. it was just a coffee and greet, he was there, his officers were there, and i felt that it was a good step forward. i do see an improvement in our streets. i do see an improvement in the city cleaning up our parking lot areas, but what i don't see is more visibility of community ambassadors that are on the streets, and the pit stops, not just open from day or the evening, but even 24 hours. i have two dogs, i walk my dogs at nighttime because they have to go out. dogs go out and we have poop bags and stuff. i'm scared to go out at night. i'm a senior. i'm scared to go out because a drug dealer may get me, kidnap my dogs, but visibility of community aware

cars a beingtoured on to seneca road but folks traveling through potomac should allow for some extra time to get where they're going. so they're digging now to make room for the new replacement pipe but again for folks who go along river road through this stretch of potomac, this is not an easy fix ore so we'ring told. this is going to drag on through the weekend and possibly into early next week. back to you. >> that is going to be a nightmare for people. thank you, so much. >> thanks, megan. >>> well chopper4 flew over the scene of a truck fire in frednick county this mornig. this was on eastbound i-70 after the south mountain west area while approaching myersville. this caused a four-mile back-up during the morning rush hour. at last check all o lanes arepen but delays remain. >>> there is major changes coming to one of the area's most dangerous. roadways starting tomorrow, there will be three new roving speed cameras hlong indiaad highway. over the past decade more than 60 people have died i crashes on route 210. the new roving speed cameras will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a

it was 7 years from the seneca halls convention in 1848 to the affirmation in our constitution that women were owed the right to vote. but the ultimate goal was not just a vote. it was what the vote means that american women, all women, could enjoy the same rights and freedoms as american men. in the last 100 years, we remain well short of that goal. in fact, this past week's latest assault on women's bodily autonomy is proof of that. the fact that women make 80 cents on the dollar compared to men and much less for women of color shows that we have a long way to go. when there is so much work left to do to realize full equality for all american citizens, we can can cannot afford to move backwards. it's clear we need women's voices now more than ever. and i am very proud of the fact that 40% of the democrats in congress are women, but we need more. i'm proud to serve with the largest group of women in congress in u.s. history and call these incredible congresswomen my friends, colleagues, and speaker of the house. i look forward to working with them towards full gender equality. we will no

suffrage movement began in july of 1848 with the first women's right convention which was held in seneca falls, new york, senator gillibrand's home state, and that fight concluded in august of 1920 in nashville, tennessee, my home state. tennessee was the 36th and final state needed to ratify the 19th amendment, and so we did in true tennessee style. on that hot august day in downtown nashville, a 24-year-old freshman state representative named harry byrne from mcmin county, tennessee, changed his vote from no to yes, securing the amendment's adoption. why did he change that vote, you might ask, because his mother wrote him a letter reminding him be a good boy and to vote for the amendment. as we get ready to celebrate mother's day this month, the story of harry byrne and his mother is a great reminder of how important it is for each and every one of us to heed our mother's advice. mothers are always right. mr. president, consider how remarkable it is that the 19th amendment was not ratified until 132 years after the ratification of the u.s. constitution in 1778 -- 132 years. the 19th am

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they're going to detour you onto seneca road.or a lot of people who travel tough this area. with more ontravffic, we send it to melissa. >> good morning. that's right. eastbound i i-70 southb ond, only lane getting by that earlier tractor-trailer problem there. >> thank you. later on news4, harris' heroes will introduce us to a volunteer who spent decades working with a nonprofit calledkeane. >> it provides exercise classes for people with developmental and physical disabilities. that's on at 5:00. we'll take a break now. your forecast is next. >>> morning, everybody. temperatures in the 60s for most of us.ty humidi noticeably lower this morning than yesterday. your planner for today, we'll see a gradual buildup of clouds today after highs in the low to mid-80s. and theain chances across central virginia now could inch their way a little farther north later nonthe day today. main the southern half of the area has our rain chance for today. today, sunny and warm. any rain tomorrow doesn't come until after the sun goes down. >> tha

she was counting from the july, 1848 seneca falls women's rights convention. and upstate new york organized by elizabeth cady stanton which called for women to vote. historians have identified three generations of suffrage leadership, the acknowledged founders, stanton, her co- editor susan b anthony, whom she met in 1871. and her rival, abolitionist lucy stone, who stanton attempted to exclude from her multivolume history of women's suffrage. in the 1880s. anthony had recruited a second- generation, anna howard shaw and carrie chapman cat, or college educated and conservative. the third-generation, alice paul and her friend lucy burns had imported outsourced toxic, tactics they learned when they were pursuing graduate studies in europe. by 1913, stanton and anthony were dead. but there were certainly elements of generational mother- daughter conflict between catt and paul. most recently, african-american historians like ruslan had offered a different timeline, because they argue that the women's movement began in the 1830s in the abolition movement, universal