but sustainable community housing programs, which has financed 5,000 units of affordable housing up and down the state. this is a marriage, in addition to all the wonderful things this project has, a marriage of affordable housing and a better environment, and, you know, transit so close. we're making funding available for units but gardens and rooftops that make it more efficient and sustainable for the communities, so that's part of the purpose of the housing and sustainable opportunities program. we're proud to be able to share our congratulations and our thanks to you for making over 150 units of affordable housing in such an incredible community. so again, on behalf of the state, thank you for having us, and now, it's my pleasure to introduce rich ibarra, the c.e.o. of mission neighborhood centers. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, gustavo, and thank you, marsha contreras, sam moss, everyone from mission housing as well as bridge housing. i want to thank you and congratulate you for this great accomplishment. it's an honor to be here today with mayor breed, who -- whose work i ad mired long bef

>> that was republican representative justin lafferty on the floor of the tennessee state house clearly confused about the purpose of the three-fifths compromise of 1787. he went on to claim that the deal was about ending slavery even though a cursory google search would tell you it was about southern states keeping more power. ironically the comments came during a debate over legislation meant to restrict how students are talk about systemic racism in america. this is not the only recent example of this, i will have more on that coming up on "new day." >>> developing overnight, two people died when a small plane crashed into a house in hattiesburg, mississippi. not clear if deaths were people on the plane or on the ground. authorities are asking residents do not touch or remove any debris. no word on what led to that crash. >>> a hammer attack on two asian women in new york city now we want to warn you this video is really disturbing. police are investigating this ass assault, it shows the women walking when they are suddenly attacked from behind. one of the victims suffered a

in the next hour or two we expect the texas state house to begin didn'ting senate bill 7. now, they have a midnight deadline to vote on this. and this is the final step of potential approval. if the house votes to approve senate bill 7, then will it go to the governor's desk. he has indicated that he will sign it. texas already has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country without sb 7. this little would add new restrictions, new regulations, and it would add criminal and civil penalties to the voting process, for example, if a public official sends an unsolicited absentee ballot application that would be a crime. it also prohibits overnight, late night, and sunday morning voting. it expands access for those partisan pole watchers. it stops drive-through voting something that harris county used during the pandemic during the 2020 election. and it allows judges to more easily overturn an election by lowering the burden of proof. representative hakim jeffries was talked to about this today. lawmakers across the country are looking into it. here's what he had to

well, they walked out of the state house before a vote could happen. the measure would have made it much more difficult to vote by mail and would have empowered partisan poll watchers while making it easier to overturn election results. >> this fight is far from over. republican governor greg abbott says he'll call a special session of the legislature to start the process all over again as soon as tomorrow. dianne gallagher is live for us in austin, texas, with this top story. catch us up here, dianne. >> this was a dramatic walkout happening on the floor just before the midnight deadline for senate bill 7, the election overhaul bill that would add a slew of new restrictions to the already very restrictive voting laws in texas. basically, it deprived the house of having enough votes for them to push it through, effectively killing it for this session. you mentioned that republican governor greg abbott, who named this as a top legislative priority before the session even began, has said that he will call a special session to bring it back, but i don't w

louis politics, serving in the missouri state house and then as the city's treasurer before winning theyear. your challenge will require you to transcend race. >> uh-huh. >> jimmy: right? >> ye >> are you prepared for that? >>. >> i already had to transcend race and be known as someone who is going to get the work done, someone whose word is their bond, and someone who can work across the aisle. >> with all her success, her proudest achievement may be her 13-year-old son. >> i'm here today as the proud single mother of the most adorable 13-year-old son aidan. >> what has being a mother meant to you? and how has that changed your life? >> it totally changed my life because it happened right when i entered politics. but my faith is huge. so if god brings you to it, he'll bring you through it. >> reporter: she share atmosphere with so many other black mother, that her son will one day have a dangerous encounter with police. >> he and i were having a conversation about what the mayor is responsible for. and he found out i was responsible for the police. and then he tells me, well, that mean

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a controversial voting rights bill is on its way back to the texas state senate after passing in the houseower partisan poll watchers, prohibit election officials from mailing out absentee ballot applications and impose strict punishments for nose who provide assistance outside the lines of that permissible. democrats debated with republicans on friday trying to add amendments. it is a tall order when the whole point of the bill is to make sloeting harder for those populations. as one state representative pointed out, the bill's statement of purpose declaring its intent to, quote, preserve the purity of the ballot box, end quote, is itself a relic of racist voter suppression. >> that provision was drafted specifically to disenfranchise black people, black voters, in fact, following the civil war. did you know that? >> no, that's -- i'm sorry to hear that. >> did you know that this purity at the ballot box justification was also used during the jim crow era to prevent black people from voting? >> no, those are troubling things. >> those are, in fact, troubling things. i actually spoke with

state. chuck? >> monica alba at the white house for us.ica, thank you. >>> for what it's worth, folks, we just got a two-minute warning for secretary blinken's press conference but it is a two-minute warning overseas and sometimes two minutes isn't two minutes. but, look, when it gets under way, we'll take you there live when it happens. but i do have ab important guest with me now. i'm joined by california democrat, former chair of the black caucus, congresswoman barbara lee. congresswoman, we had a lot of talks about in some ways the history about -- i think about the history of the civil rights movement, importance of oakland, california, your home district, of it. george floyd's death has become quite the symbol. what do you think it will mean five years from now, ten years from now? >> chuck, thank you for having me with you. first of all, let me once again offer my condolences and prayers to the floyd family and community on this very difficult day. i attended mr. floyd's funeral in texas, and i knew then and i met many of his family

h.r. 3008, a bill to amend the national housing act to authorize state licensed appraisers to conduct appraisals and to require compliance with existing appraisal education requirements and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 403, the order of the yeas and nays on the postponed motions to suspend the rules with respect to such measures as vacated to the end that all such motions are considered as withdrawn. the question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from maryland. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- the gentleman from maryland. >> mr. speaker, on this i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for politic

state. the house of representatives has 435 members elected by the people of the states and according to its population. the house originates appropriation bills and brings impeachments. the capitol building only part of the work takes place. here are the house buildings where congress men have their offices and do much of their work. there are meeting rooms for committees, both large and small. this is the library of congress that holds one of the world's largest collections of reference books at the service of our lawmakers. to the north is a senate office building where senators have suites of offices for themselveses and for their assistants. let us go in and walk down one of the corridors. senator margaret smith of main, senator tomas of oklahoma, senator green of rhode island, senator taft of ohio. here is the senator himself. his daily work typifies of all senators. reading and answers letters from his constituents. this is as it should be are his neighbors and those that support made him a senator. this pile of 10,000 letters was received in two weeks. many constituent come to call i

state house republicans failing to pass one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country. in a surprise move, democrats walking out of the chamber in the middle of the night to prevent a vote. >> essentially looks like to me the democrats left the house floor. >> reporter: the democratic caucus chair chris turner send a text message to spread the plan. "members, take your keys and leave the chamber discreetly. do not go to the gallery. leave the building." >> we know what those bills are aimed at. they're aimed at making it harder for all texans, but especially texans of color, to cast a ballot. that is wrong. >> reporter: now, gop governor greg abbott threatening to not pay lawmakers. tweeting he'll veto funds for the legislative branch, "no pay for those who abandon their responsibilities." stay tuned. over the weekend, late night, closed door gop negotiations. the rules suspended to rush the voting bill to the senate floor for a vote. the sweeping, massive legislation, bans drive through voting, restricts mail-in-ballots, adding a new id requirement and pushes back earl

. >> john weiner served as the 53rd speaker of the united states house of representatives. from january 2011 to october 2015. during his tenure he led the drive for smaller, less costly and more accountable federal government. he grew up in a large roman catholic family in southwestern ohio. he attended an all-male high school in cincinnati before earning a degree in business from xavier university. he took a job at a plastic company new site sales where he became president. in 1984 he was elected to the ohio house of representatives and remained in office until his election to the house of representatives in 1990. he represented the eighth congressional district of ohio in the u.s. house from 1991 - 2015 serving as house minority and house majority leader prior to being named speaker of the house. weiner now serves as strategic advisor llp one of the law and public policy firms. his appearance with us this afternoon is fortuitous for us given the enormous notoriety about his book and his public comments over the last week. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen please h

governor is proposing to use nearly 2 billion dollars to fast track thousands of affordable housing projects across the statesing an accountability unit to keep an eye on local governments and their housing production in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >> now to our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside from our mount tam camera shaking just a little bit from the wind. but we are also tracking some rain right now kron four's, chief meteorologist lawrence karnow was here. i heard you mention some showers earlier. yeah, i know. that's coming up. it was like, whoa. yes, even some thunderstorm. in parts of the north bay to some. we don't want with the fire danger, right. but seeing rather active weather around the bay area. winds along the coastline. that's been the big story. very blustery out toward the beaches right now and that continues to be that way. winds gusting as high as 41 miles an hour at sfo. 41 downtown san francisco or do in the east bay. 44 miles an hour. napa 32 same with sonoma and the degas bay 43 mile an hour gusts and. >> that's where they've continued to the high wind advis

i i, these houses in los angeles have been bacon for years, owned by the state. they've been on the market, though. no one's been living in them. so when a deadly pandemic course through the city, the homeless families came up with a plant, an empty houses ridiculous. they would try to take over these homes that are abandoned for 30 years to be born on the recall, didn't $1003.00 climbers and martha as it was one of them. there's several people that lived out of their cars. one wasn't 10, another one was living in hotels. some of us had been in the house already for a long time, some for months, some for years. but since the panoramic and since the locked on in march, it just made it a lot more urgent for families to keep safe and shelter in place. these empty homes are in el reno, a predominantly mexican american neighbourhood, and e l, a. and their own bi caltrans, california department of transportation. the sate agent be acquired hundreds of properties in this area in the 1960 used to expand a major freeway. but it was never built. and the project was official

herself in a battle over a badger-sized piece of history pitting the gray lady against the wisconsin state house. >> it did not surprise me at all that this is quite a thing of contention and that people are pretty upset about. >> reporter: the historian is talking about this statue of a badger that features thein 1988 the wisconsin governor's office whereisitor rubs it nose for luck. >> there are generations of people remember going to the capitol and touching the badger's nose. they have a connection to it. it wasn't surprising at all the state does not want to give it back. >> reporter: badgers are a big deal in wisconsin. in the state's early days miners were compared to badgers and it became the state animal, the namesake of the university of wisconsin football team ands it mascot, bucky the badger. the badger was part of the original uss wisconsin, but the ship was scrapped after world war one. this is the new wisconsin, built in world war ii, the last battleship the u.s. navy built and could be the badger's next home. it was crafted by a milwaukee . whheorldne e was scrapped, the badger m

thousands of affordable housing projects across the state. he's also proposing an accountability unit to keep an eye on local governments and their housing production in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >> developing news now out of the middle east, israel and the palestinian militant group hamas. they have agreed to a cease-fire. the deal puts an end to an 11 day war that saw hundreds of people die. joining us now force, washington correspondent alexandra limon. alexandra, do we know what led to this cease-fire. >> hi there. good evening. we'll president joe biden said tonight that egypt helped to broker this cease-fire between israel, hamas and other groups in the region. and this comes after mounting pressure from the u.s. and from the international community for the violence. there to come to an end. >> you know, we've held intensive high level discussions hour by hour literally president joe biden said days of quiet diplomacy had the goal of avoiding a prolonged violent conflict already. israeli airstrikes in gaza have killed more t

none of them have been considered yet by the state houses, but which laws and which bills in which statest of concern? >> i think we need to be mindful about what these laws in toto are suggesting. it is a clear backlash against an unprecedented turnout. we had americans say very clearly in the 2020 election that they care about voting. they are willing to brave a once in a century pandemic. what we see legislatures doing is going in, and instead of looking at ways we can make our elections more accessible, they're trying to put up barriers. one of the things that is pernicious in texas, they stopped pretended they're trying to fix anything. they're looking at future elections. what does that future election look like? different demographics, different political wins, one which puts the leaders of texas legislature right now in job security peril. and that is not what we should be using our legislative process for. our legislative process should not be manipulated so that folks who are on the wrong side of political and demographic changes are not -- are going to be able to be guaranteed

states across the country. yesterday we saw a new voter restriction bill pass in the texas house. emonstrations across the state. on thursday, florida governor ron desantis signed law that mandates that ballot drop boxes must be staffed by opening strategically limiting where the drop boxes can be placed. do republicans really think their way back into the white house is by suppressing democracy through a slowdown in voter turnout? >> i think they think that and they might be right. the republicans have not won the popular vote for presidency in at least seven or eight elections. so if you have a party like that, you can either moderate or somehow sort of change your governing approach to appeal to a majority of people, or you can double down on the strategy that made donald trump president in the first place, which is to, you know, sort of manipulate the countermajority. as the divide between rural america and urban america grows and try as hard as you can to make sure the majority of america is not able to exercise its will in the political system. and so i think there's an overl

governor is proposing to use nearly 2 billion dollars to fast track thousands of affordable housing projects across the state. he's also proposing an accountability unit to keep an eye on local governments and their housing production. >> in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >> and after that governor newson headed to up north to richmond to pick up trash off the side of the road as a part of his california comeback plan. newsome has pledged to remove litter and engage communities on beautification efforts. the job creation, education, public art work. the plan is also expected to create 15,000 jobs over 3 years, including opportunities for people that are experiencing homelessness at risk youth and people reentering society following incarceration. still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news. >> first on the scene, how a local police officer scramble the save a man who was lying on a busy road near a burning car. check out my new mini munchies with mac & cheese bites. ♪ one more bite- ♪ ♪ just ♪ ♪ gimme one ♪ ♪ more bite. ♪ woah. ♪ cuz i can't wait forever. ♪ my $4 mini munchies. only at jack in the b

, state houses that are increasingly -- state republican parties that are increasingly going to interferes, all sort of working together to make it harder and harder for the majority in this country to govern, for its represents to do the things that the people elect them to do. there's only a couple of opportunities to break this log jam before it really strangles our democracy to death. and one of those opportunities is to end the filibuster. and yet we unfortunately have a couple of senators who see this tradition that's not even a very long tradition of a 60-vote threshold for normal legislation as being more important or else -- they either don't recognize the threat to our democracy or they believe that this very recent quirk of senate procedure supersedes, see, . >>> the attempted insurrection on january 6th. mitch mcconnell whipped votes against it as a, quote, personal favor to him. what kind of government can we have is "f" fact-finding after an attempted coup? >> we shouldn't make any mistake about it. what the republicans are trying to do right now is hold our democracy hostag

. >> republicans in the state house, very critical of democrats for, quote, choosing to vacate their constitutional duties in all of this. and, ana, it isn't the first time that democrats here in texas, they have been in the minority for almost three decades here in texas. so this isn't the first time this has happened. it actually happened in 2003 during a fight over redistricting. democrats left the state, went to oklahoma, so that there couldn't be a quorum. the governor of texas is vowing that this issue will come up again in a special legislative session that we will probably be scheduled for later this year, when the state house has to debate redistricting, so imagine that scenario here in the coming months, redistricting and this voting bill in the same special session, the fireworks will be uncanny. >> and, yet, you point out, how republicans have been winning in texas for decades. it makes you wonder why they need to change the rules at this point, especially given there has been no evidence of any voter fraud that would suggest that this is a necessary change. ed lavandera,

this after democrats walked off the state house floor. >> the quorum is apparently not present. the point of order is well taken and sustained. >> well, that move in the final hours of the state's legislative session left the majority republican state house without the minimum number of lawmakers present required for a vote. the bill would have installed some of the toughest voting restrictions in the country today, including making mail-in voting more difficult, severely limiting early voting hours, and also making it easier for a judge to overturn an election. >> so republican governor of texas greg abbott says this is far from over. he is going to call in special session of the state legislature, to finish the job. also, this. on this memorial day. soon president biden will lay a wreath at the tomb of unknown soldier, arlington national cemetery in virginia. we'll bring you that ceremony, the wreath laying, his remarks, all live as soon as it begins. >>> let's start first though with our colleen dianne gallagher in austin, texas. the governor says this is not over. this is goi

the state house is not a day care per se; however, they are treating you like kids. >> yeah.s. and now to be told that they don't have to wear a mask anywhere else in the state but that to come into their people's house they have to wear a mask, that just doesn't make any sense. steve: we got a statement from the speaker of the house ryan fecko who is a democrat we have hundreds of nonpartisan workers in the building who are still required to wear masks in the workplace. it's the least lawmakers can do to wear their mask in crowded indoor common spaces for a few more weeks. and i don't get the disconnect between the speaker and the governor. both democrats. governor says you don't have to wear them. this guy says you do and you didn't so he stripped you of your committee assignment. that is outrageous. >> it is. it is outrageous. and to replace us with democrats makes it clear that it's a political game. and it's fun i couldn't bring up the nonpartisan staff. what i noticed before the democrats decided to implement this rule in the state house, i was there. i have been there

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. matsui: as the member designated by mrs. napolitano, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mrs. napolitano will vote yea on the amendments en bloc 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yea on the amendments en bloc 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. ruiz, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gent

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. raskin: as the member designated by mr. ruppersberger of maryland, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. rupe ers berger votes -- ruppersberger votes aye on h.r. 275. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. crenshaw of texas, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. crenshaw will vote no on h.res. 275. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on h.res. 275. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from il

this morning, protesters rallied outside the texas state house in austin. passed a different version of the senate bill in the wee hours yesterday. it includes a ban on unsolicited applications to vote by mail. it does not have some of the more controversial decisions ban on drive-thru voting or early voting. lawmakers will figure out the bill in coming days behind closed doors. texas governor greg abbott signaled he intends to sign the new restrictions. that's what florida's governor ron desantis did on thursdays. he held a sieng ceremony in my hometown of west palm beach. the governor said it was a measure to increase transparency but he blocked local reporters from covering it in person. they had to watch it like everyone else. on fox and friends. >> right now i have what we think is the strongest election integrity measures in the country. i'm actually going to sign it right here. it's going to take effect. so. >> there you go. >> the bill is signed. >> now, he did not actually sign it right there. a spokesperson for the governor said that he didn't sig

a familiar story in state houses run like texas by the gop around the country.n texas have come out against the bill. cnn's dianne gallagher joins us now. dianne this is something we've seen in georgia as well. what's the response from lawmakers? are they feeling the pressure or no? >> well, jim, like you said, i think there is a key difference in what we're seeing here in texas from what we saw in georgia. and that's these businesses are coming out before any sort of final votes have been taken or before this legislation can be signed into law. and so the idea here is that potentially there is some sort of influence or impact these corporations and organizations may be able to have on lawmakers. if they can't stop the legislation, perhaps they can soften the legislation. but the idea is that they're getting out ahead of time. and so i want to read a little bit from that letter from those 50 different organizations and corporations that included some big names like american airlines, hp, microsoft, they said we stand together as a nonpartisan coalition calling o

is what we did see on january 6th with the deadly insurrection, and we have seen it play out in state houses all across the country with real legislation that turned out as a law limiting the right to vote. >> yeah, it's not just the state houses, and we're seeing it in city halls and cities across the country, too. tell us about that. >> yeah, take wyndham, new hampshire for example, there's a discrepancy of 400 votes, and the people in the community didn't like the auditor chosen to do the audit, and they showed up at a meeting and just take a look at this. >> i want to prove to these people -- [ inaudible ]. >> again, they are sort of chanting the name of the auditor they want to do the audit instead, and it just again crystallizes the nature of how this is playing out. look, we have auditors and state reps and supervisors and secretaries of state that have had to have police protection because of death threats. the anger that surrounds this, be it rooted in conspiracy theories it's very real and scary for people that just want to run elections right now. >> dangerous in many respect. tha

. >> the bill passed the senate early yesterday morning and came up in the state house for final approval. texas governor greg abbott announced he would order lawmakers back to the capitol for a special session but it's unclear when that will happen. >>> turning to memorial day weekend and america is bouncing back, that is evident over the holiday weekend with beaches packed, businesses booming and in some areas, what travel experts say could be the busiest travel day in over a year. "today in the bay"'s tracie potts looks at how america is looking past the pandemic. >> piece ate a washout in the northeast, beaches across america were packed this weekend. >> everybody is so excited to be out. >> reporter: myrtle beach brought in extra protection. >> i'm glad we're almost back normal. >> heliocastroneves. >> reporter: the 135,000 people and covid vaccines on site. in washington thousands of motorcycles roared through the nation's capital, rolling thunder is back. >> feels good. >> reporter: crowds packed national parks and movie theaters as president biden reminded the country why we comme

last time we visited the texas state house, it was to speak to lamar about the public and push to keeps of the kkk and the state responded. she joined us from -- she's back tonight after debating tennessee's critical race theory. lamar, welcome to you. my understanding, representative is you are on the floor for this debate and i'm just curious what it was like to be in that room, but that debate was like, your reaction to colleagues monologue on the three fifths compromise. >> it was a very intense conversation because it's uncomfortable for republicans to talk about race. and in their attempt to not being held accountable but the historical implications of racism in this country, it's just unfathomable. i spoke on the floor today because the house sponsor set and his debates on this bill that anonymous young white girl felt trauma because she felt like an oppressor based on the history of white america and what we've done regarding slavery. what i don't want any child to feel any sort of trauma, i took this opportunity to bring to light the trauma that black people feel living in ame

could get a vote in the state house. s dianne gallagher is on the ground in austin. >> reporter: good morning, christine and laura. well, the lone star state is now front and center when it comes to the battle for voting rights. much like we have seen in states from coast to coast, republicans in the state of texas have introduced a whole host of bills. that would, in part, add new restrictions to an already-very-restrictive voting process here in the state of texas. now, we're talking about dozens of bills that have been introduced, so far, this session. they would make a lot of different changes, in texas. we're talking about adding criminal penalties for voters and election officials at different parts of the voting process. like, making it a felony to send unsolicited-ballot applications. it would, also, further empower those partisan-poll workers, poll watchers, and it would add mail-in voting requirements. new ones. it's already, very restrictive, here, in texas. it would, also, target some of the tools that are use

the state house passed a bill adding new restrictions and penalties.major political party abandoned truth for lies? what is going to happen to the republican party at this point? >> you know, i feel like i have been covering the civil war within the republican party for more than a decade now. and it just keeps going. it is an endless war. it is like afghanistan or something. they just keep fighting and nobody ever trains their forces well enough to actually win the thing. so i -- for all of the well this is going to have to come to a head and it will explode or fall apart, i think they just sort of limp along like this. and they have already clearly shown that there is still enough popular support for party but they could win elections in disorder the state and lies and arguments that they're having. >> this is devolved into fantasy land. we talked earlier about the arizona audit. this is the explanation for the search for bamboo in the ballots in arizona. listen. >> there is accusations that 40,000 ballots were flown in. >> into arizona? >> into ariz

we're looking at the floor of the united states house where, as you can see, 250 members of congresshe big issue of the day, whether to begin a full investigation of the january 6th insurrection. 175 on the right there in opposition. 35 republicans voting with the democratic majority here. they can see -- you can see the clear majority. this has not been gavelled into a final vote. we can see the outlines of support to do this commission. 175 republicans, the bulk of the party opposing the commission. this comes after a busy and turbulent couple of days. republican leadership turned not only on the commission, but on their own negotiators. we're watching some business there, you can see, right near the -- if i'm seeing correctly, it looks like we're seeing the speaker approach the lectern at the gavel. let's listen in. -- >> on this vote the yays are 252, the nays are 175. the bill is passed. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> there you have it. speaker pelosi gathering in the vote. a largely party line. we saw the gavel there still next to a nicely

i wonder, first, if you buy that, and then how the start of her political career in arizona state houseo think it seems like from the people i spoke to who are close to her that what she views personally doesn't always dictate how she legislates, because she sees herself as representing the interests of her constituents. now, which constituents she's representing most currently is, you know, up for debate. but when she started out in the state house, she was a very left-wing, anti-war, code pink activist who basically acknowledged in a book that she wrote a few years ago that, you know, her first year in the legislature was a complete bust. she described herself as giving kind of speeches to no end on the floor, so after that, she decided she was going to change the way she approached things. so she started working with her republican colleagues a lot more. she started moderating the language she used to discuss things. the difference now, of course, is that for the first time in sinema's political career, her party is in the majority. and she's still taking great pains to have the opti

including my home state of pennsylvania. they introduced house resolution 25, calling for the removal of those members from the house of representatives. they didn't bother telling you that they themselves objected to more states in 2016 than the republicans in 2020. canceled. let's cancel them. free speech has been canceled. if you want to protest and burn your city down, protest is great. violence and rioting is not accepted except when it is. but think you're going to the church in the same town? canceled. right to protest. you can riot, yes, but come to the capitol and address your grievances with your elected representatives, no. ladies and gentlemen, cancel culture is a synonym for fascism. and the sooner we recognize it, the better off we're going to be at dealing with it and the sooner we can get to it. with that, i yield back to my good friend from colorado. mr. buck: i thank the gentleman and thank the gentleman for not naming my home state as he was talking about the all-star game. thank you for that. i now recognize mr. tiffany for fi

this election and continue to fanned this delusion of donald trump's and the stuff going on in state houses radio station in harrisburg, that has a story they are telling listeners. i want to read to our viewers what it says. as part of the commitment to factual reporting, we use language in a reporting to show how elected officials actors are connected to the fraud lie, and the insurrection. we are taking this lightly and will apply to lawmakers who took at least one of these actions signed on to a texas lawsuit, aimed at invalidating pennsylvania's election, signed on to a state house or state senate letter urging congressional representatives to object to or delay certification, and voted against certification. do you think that kind of think thing works to bust up the big lie? >> sure. it's something we have to push against. the bottom line is this -- everyone knows there is no voter fraud. everyone knows that, in pennsylvania, we've had a total of four or five documented cases of voter fraud and of nearly 70 million ballots passed. donald trump got 100% a bit, but the truth of the matt

and in that clip you played from the republican elections chair in the texas state house talking about the texas constitutional convection of 1875, after which you have a wave of jim crow voting laws throughout the state of texas. you have elections overturned, stolen and in some cases violently, like in the case of washington county, they produce such outrage that congressional committees and the united states congressman house, and in the senate took up the issue and proposed a federal elections law that would safeguard the right to vote for everyone who is electable, especially african americans who are being denied that right violently, that is in 1980, it passes the house and it is pending in the united states senate where it dies on the horns of a filibuster. really, you really questions about predicting what we are going to see if we do not get our act together this year. it will be 75 years until the voting-ites in 1965, under lyndon bains johnson, you begin to have a multi racial democracy in america again, and now that is being rolled back, 360 bills pending and over 47 state

>> yes, because like i said community solar has been a lot of the state houses at the state level. even when that was taken place it still got caught up and a lot of local politics, being an advocate and also a community organizer -- attending hearings to get out of the moratorium stages with something i saw on capitol hill at the federal level but advocating at the state and local levels, it wasn't a new experience for me. that definitely helped with being one of the very first pioneers in the space to get it off the ground, even once the past at state levels to make sure that it is active on the local level. >> what of the things that's happening in congress now is we have these efforts to pass a fairly large piece of infrastructure legislation, and from a community solar standpoint what policies or provision should be in the mix? >> yeah, i think the solar industry is heading in the right trajectory and, therefore, it directly impacts the solar committee space. the organization has to recent study that shows there was a slight dip in solar jobs, and so there's about 6.7% dip con

according to the bill, the governor said today this new law will help to address our state's housing housing that's focused on density and infill housing that's focused on incomes at all levels, including the set aside here for 1000 of the 4000 housing units to be set aside for affordable around transit corridors if there's any kind of housing that should be built in state of california is exactly the kind of housing that we're celebrating here today that's being promoted by this project. the bill was co authored by state senator dave corte z, who believes it will expedite affordable housing and other developments without compromising california's strict environmental standards. the legislation did have strong support from housing advocates. the governor also says this bill will create good jobs and help to boost the state's economic recoveries. we try to move beyond the pandemic a big boost here for developers in the midst of a deepening housing crisis in california, frank. alex savage in our newsroom tonight, alex. thank you. go ahead tonight, a parent's worst nightmare. their chil

what other states tried to create their own privacy laws swarms of tech lobbyist descended upon state houses like they were melinda gates d.m. in march virginia governor ralph northam signed off on his state's consumer data protection act a law that was actually written by an amazon lobbyist and a digital rights group called the electronic frontier foundation said this group is over consumers by offering an opt out framework that doesn't protect privacy by default allowing companies to force consumers that exercise their privacy rights to pay higher prices or accept a lower quality of service and offering no meaningful and for spent and unfortunately according to the market $14.00 of 20 proposed states. privacy bills were built upon the same industry backed framework as virginia's or weaker i get why these companies are so desperate to water down these bills when you're used to just getting your way with little to 0 consequences for your actions disorienting when people all of a sudden start asking for accountability i mean how do you think jovan feels right now. so that we're creating a pat

state rock collection. mr. speaker, members of the house, staff, dolostone. mr. ten: i hope my colleagues will join me in supporting the effort to make dolostone's illinois state rock and i couldn't be prouder to represent such great teachers and students committed to science and to democracy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. kim: as we speak, israel is under attack by the terrorist group hamas, with thousands of rockets launched since may 10. israel has a right to defend itself. the united states would never allow rockets to be launched by our enemies at civilians in our soil -- on our soil. and israel cannot allow rockets to be launched at tel aviv or jerusalem. i was proud to join more than 3/4 of my fellow members of congress in april to support bold funding for security assistance to israel. mrs. steel: as we said i

when other states tried to create their own privacy laws swarms of technology has descended upon state houses like they were melinda gates d.m. in march virginia governor ralph northam signed off on his state's consumer data protection act a law that was actually written by an amazon lobbyist and a digital rights group called the electronic frontier foundation said this group is over consumers by offering an opt out framework that doesn't protect privacy by default allowing companies to force consumers that exercise their privacy rights to pay higher prices or accept a lower quality of service and offering no meaningful and for spent and unfortunately according to the markup $14.00 of 20 proposed state privacy bills were built upon the same industry backed framework as virginia's or weaker i get why these companies are so desperate to water down these bills when you're used to just getting your way with little to 0 consequences for your actions this orienting when people all of a sudden start asking for accountability and mean how do you think derek shogun feels right now. so that we're creat