huffman: i yield to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn is recognized. mr. clyburn: mr. speaker, i rise today to call upon this august body to vote in favor of h.r. 1286. the southern campaign of the revolution national heritage corridor act. kings mount is what is described from a british commander the first link in a chain of evils that ended in the total loss of america, end of quote. when we hear the story of the american revolution, we don't often learn of the war's southern campaign or the dramatic impact that campaign had on the revolution. significant american victories in the carolinas between 1775 and 1783 such as the kings mount and the gillford county courthouse paveed the way of america's final victory in the war of independence. today, there are historical landmarks and battlefields to indicate the rich history throughout the carolinas. this legislation seeks to connect these sites to tell this unrecognized story and acknowledge the enduring significance o

hampton is a very small town in south carolina. it's in theow country of south carolina. >> it's a quiet town. everybody knows everybody. >> generations have lived here, just like you see in the murdaugh family. >> this family has been there for over a century. powerful in the legal community. elected prosecutors for three generations. >> the area of the murdaughs weren't above the law, they were the law. >> it's into this family paul murdaugh is born. father a prominent lawyer. mother maggie and older brother, known as buster. >> these three couples were going out, paul murdaugh was there with his girlfriend, morgan doughty. anthony cook was there with his girlfriend malley. first cousin connor cook was with his girlfriend, miley altman. >> 19-year-old paul was borrowing his father's boat. the teens stopped at a gas station where underage paul buys beer using his older brother's i.d. they set off for an oyster roast. >> they kept going back to the boat to drink. they weren't drinking in front of everyone. paul's uncle was there too. >> did he

author of this book published by the university of north carolina, press it's called monuments to absence cherokee removal and the contest over southern memories. i mentioned published by the university of north carolina, press in 2017. so andrew as i mentioned the theme and i'll give the official title here of the georgia history festival for 2021 and 22 is from marshes to mountains. georgia's changing landscape geography history and community really talking about the importance of place and the way the land has helped shape community and people over time. so let's start by talking about the cherokee if you will introduce our audience to who's the cherokee people or fit them into if you can a georgia history and tell us about what happened. sure. well the center of the cherokee homeland traditional cherokee homeland is in president western, north carolina. so not too far for from where i am today and really where where i work here in coloring north carolina is really the very close to the heart of jugly. jolieghi way to the ancient the traditional

also the carolinas on the mid atlantic. if you move in a little closer we are getting a small break in kentucky, a couple bubbles of heavy rain falling, then we get that break tomorrow before we see the rain returning on sunday. here is the set up. frontal boundary, the what that brought the rain to st. louis, moving very, very slowly, nearly stationary and moving to the north. right now further to the south, so tomorrow we will see from texas to the carolinas really high rainfall, a really wet sponge. when you get this, you squeeze out that sponge and that is where we are seeing that really heavy rain. look at what happens on sunday, that front moves further to the north, then we are impacted in kentucky once again. eastern kentucky. this is what we are concerned about, we are so saturated that all those devastating images, any raindrops will add to renewing of the flooding. here is a rainfall forecast, extensive, heavy rains from the carolinas the mid-atlantic, to portions of the central plains. that includes kentucky, we

>> as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, mr. katko and mr. rice and katko will vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. babin of texas, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady oklahoma seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gonzales of texas and mr. hern of oklahoma, i inform the house that they will vote aye on the motion to recommit. >> as the member designated by mr. wilson, i inform the house that mr. wilson will be voting yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. stewart, ms. letlow, mrs. mcmorris rodgers, owens, conaway, herrera beutler, curtis, i inform the house that they will all vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from californ

now it's throwing all this rain and wind up the carolina coastline. maybe 30, 40-mile-per-hourh os pas care that's the weather arod yocact i >>> well, now to a booming baby food industry. parents of toddlers concerned about metals in food turning to organic options. take a look. mounting concerns in the baby food industry, parents taking notice. this coming after two critical congressional reports released in 2021 indicating heavy metals are appearing in many popular baby foods. the foods containing potentially dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury. >> heavy metals in baby food at a very high concentration can be unsafe for those little developing brains. but parents need to be realistic and realize that heavy metals ae all around us. we can limit how much our babies intake. >> reporter: several brands have already issued recalls of those potentially dangerous products and federal regulators are stepping in to ensure heavy metals don't exceed dangerous levels in baby food across the industry. but one company is trying to goo tals in b

somara, the folks in the carolinas are in the bull's-eye of bad weather >> that's right. good morning to those living i south carolina, north carolina and virginia, you are waking up to a tropical storm. this was named at 5:00 a.m tropical storm colin could impact any travel plans you have throughout saturday and sunday we have about 50 miles southwest of myrtle beach. from myrtle beach, all the way through the outer banks and norfolk, you are impacted by the storm. moving northeast at 8 miles per hour right now, we have 40-mile-an-hour winds and gu gusts even higher. let's track this this will move out to sea. timing on this north carolina sunday at 2:00 a.m. it will hit cape hatteras and push out to sea sunday at 2:00 a.m. if you are traveling to the carolinas, virginia, you'll be impacting by this tropical storm. as far as the rest of the if you are traveling to the carolinas, virginia, you can be, you will be impacted by this tropical storm. as far as the rest of the country, flight delays because of severe weather in the northeast and we had the fire danger out west.

they're likely in the carolinas. would extend this all th, w rs guys. >> sam champion, thank you. >>> now to law enforcement on high alert this holiday weekend. there are concerns that the recent events like the supreme court rulings could be potential flash points for violence. abc white house correspondent faith abubey joins us from washington with more. good morning, faith. >> reporter: good morning to you, eva. law enforcement agents across the country are on high alert, in part, because of this controversial rulings from the u.s. supreme court, now couple that with a busy holiday weekend, fewer covid restrictions and bigger celebrations, and you have the potential for the lone wolves and extremists to have this threat environment. the department of homeland security has been warning about anger and resentment about a bunch of political issues. just this weekend, a large group of people belonging to the white nationalist group, the patriot front were seen marching through the streets of boston carrying shields and

this messes up the entire weekend for the north carolina coastline, a little bit of the south carolinare because as it is right now from myrtle beach all the way up to, well, really the cape right there. so we're looking at that passing by at about sunday at 2:00 p.m. moving off the shoreline. lots of airports affected. mostly east coast airports. remember, we have some strong storms in the kansas city area so that >> lots of trouble spots to keep your eye on. but, guy, janai, i learned one thing from your new show. i know what it would cost me or what i would take to sleep in an airport and that $10,000 to buy my ticket, i would sleep in the airport. i now learned that. >> that's right. >> sam, that makes four of us. >> and you're alread dressed for your island vacation so it's perfect. >> sam with his party shirt on this morning. >> mahalo. >> sam, we'll talk to you soon. >>> this morning, two oklahoma deputies are being hailed as heroes after saving the life of a little girl who stopped breathing at a lake. they arrived within minutes of the call coming in. the caller reporting a ch

speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote yea on the en bloc number 1. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. porter, ms. williams and mr. bowman, i inform the house that those three members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? -- the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. connolly, mr. boyle of pennsylvania, ms. moore and ms. newman, i inform the house that these four members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 1. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on en bloc 1. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey

today though, the trade is for the carolina hurricanes. the sharks will get a couple of prospects and a draft turn pick. burns is the only player in franchise history to win a norse trophy as the lead top defensemen. it acquired him in 2011. he was a defensive leader with nearly 600 points. big community guy as well. playoffs for three consecutive seasons. burns recently said he wants to compete for a stanley cup. new manager mike grier said he would try to help him out. again, brent burns traded to the carolina hockey team. >>> it is tougher some pants to stay at the park. quick nap. brandon finally woke them up in the seventh inning. his home run started the comeback. the giants eventually tied it at 3 in the eighth. back to 4 in the ninth. bases loaded for brandon crawford. the single to right field brings home brandon belt. they when 4-3. they host the brewers for the all-star break. below, the a's are wrapping up their series with the texas rangers right now.'s the mac right now at 6:00, the fight to save yosemite's sequoias from wildf

the sharks are sending burns and hl four-lane peterson to carolina. in exchange for steve lorenz goalie prospect at to mocking the m e and a conditional 2023 third-round pick burns has 3 years left on his contract with an 8 million dollars value. the sharks will retain. 34% of that contract, meaning some of burn salary will still count towards san jose salary cap. burns has been with the sharks for the past 11 seasons. the 37 year-old is a 6 time nhl all-star and was awarded the norris trophy given to the league's top defenseman in 2017. >> we'll be right back after the break. mark coleman: south florida is very transient. people are coming and going constantly. twenty-seven years ago, i planted the church that we're at now. in the first summer, a third of our congregation moved away and they were all leaders. ringing in my ear was dr. stanley saying, "trust god, trust god." welcome back. it is 4.54 on this thursday morning. we're getting close to the weekend now. and that also means we're getting close to our weekend, warm up so that you may be lookin

carolina. joie: here at the edge of the carolina low country lies a this humble artesian spring was literally deededg can ever own it. for centuries, “healing spring”" has quenched the thirst of locals like pauline brown and eugene smith. they drive 20 miles roundtrip from their home in denmark, south carolina. but even these waters aren't enough to cure what ails their community. 13 years ago, they learned their tap water was full of lead. pauline started collecting samples and found brown gunk growing in every bottle. scientists say its natural bacteria from the iron-rich soil, but "natural" is not comforting. gene: me and paula were saying, "gene, we gotta do something, we gotta let the people know what's happening. pauline: i gotta take bottled water back there so i could take a, brush my teeth, i have to use different towels for my body when i use the bottled water. joie: are you afraid of your own water? pauline: yes i am!! gene: why not? why not? it's no good. joie: a warning that echoes the line from shakespeare's "hamlet." there's something rotten in denmark. deanna: well, shakespeare, i wo

especially we post a lot of books about the state of north carolina and about the south rate large and so we want all those books to all be there. we actually have some stores in north carolina that are great. they actually have unc press sections, which is funny because nobody walks into a bookstore, you know, looking for something new by simon and schuster right? they what they want books by individual authors, but i think a lot of our stores have that sense of community that we do as well that they want to support the publisher. so, how are you different than say harvard press or yale, press yeah. in some ways. we're very similar. in fact the functions that we do are just like we did at basics so we acquire books we edit them. we design them we manufacture them. we market them and then but i think it's it's kind of the type of book that we're looking. that so even though we're using the same sets of tools and processes. the books themselves are are a little bit more. i'm comfortable saying esoteric because again, that's what the marketplace doesn't support. well, i would also say a

but i want to draw your attention to what's happening off of the coast of the carolinas. this escalated quickly. nearly 12 hours ago, the national hurricane center had this as a 10% development. they upped that to 60%. some of the convection, the thunderstorms just off of the carolina coast, near charleston, has become a bit more organized. they believe in the coming hours, we could have a newly formed tropical storm right off of the coast of the carolinas that will draw in moisture for the flooding. across the threat of the new england coastline, today, a potential for downpours, wilmington to charleston and new orleans all the way to houston, with another almost tropical influenced low pressure system moving onshore across that area. you can see the flash flood threat ongoing for the two locations. here's the good news for sunday. we clear things out for the east coast. and just in time for the fireworks, the big show, fourth of july, we will have clear skies and comfortable temperatures across much of new england. kim? >> at least one piece of good news there. thanks so

the clerk: amendment offered by ms. ross of north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1224, the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. ross, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. pfas chemicals effect our drinking water, our crops, the air we breathe and the products we bring into our homes. as members know, pfas are a large class of chemicals that are highly persistent and mobile in the environment. they're commonly referred to as forever chemicals. pfas have contaminated more than 2,300 sites across 49 states, polluting the drinking water of an estimated 200 million americans, including thousands of households in my home state of north carolina, and at fort bragg in north carolina. forever chemicals have been associated with a wide range of serious health effects, including a probable link with cancer, thyroid disease, lower fertility and more. over 500 pfas are included on the federal inventory of chemicals

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address -- i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to celebrate a recent milestone in my home state of north carolina. cnbc just recognized north carolina as america's top state for business in 2022. thanks to the american rescue plan and the bipartisan infrastructure law, north carolina's economy persevered through the pandemic and is continuing to grow rapidly. major companies like toyota and boom supersonic jets are building innovative manufacturing operations in north carolina's sixth district, proving that we have what businesses want. ms. manning: with a work force, investments in infrastructure and research and stellar institutions of higher education, it's no surprise that north carolina is garnering national recognition for its business-friendly climate and strong economy

but more storms in the carolinas, also the southeast.a really gorgeous day in the upper midwest. parts of the northern plains, into the great lakes and new england and a few showers in the pacific northwest. and then july 4th, that is on monday, a beauty, in new england, and also in the northeast, and look at the temperatures, pretty warm and typical for july, hot and with sunshine in the south central states. lingering showers in the carolinas and also the southeast. and unfortunately, it is still watching the moisture, in the southwest, and it is the monsoon season where we see rounds of showers and storms and looking at storms also into the pacific northwest into the northern plains and the upper midwest. so your fireworks forecast, i love this graphic, so fun, we're looking at the july 4th forecast for the spectacular. new york city looking really good. monday night, 80 degrees. mostly clear skies, a light breeze, not bad at all. and another fireworks across the country, we're looking at dry conditions, and in most of the nation, and

speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that joe wilson will vote yea on suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative chuy garcia, i inform the house that mr. garcia will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker -- mrs. greene: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by m

the outer banks of north carolina. likely by sunday evening clearing conditions tropical storm think conditions of warnings across those coastlines. this is your future forecast. most of the heavy rain otherwise look at rain fairly widespread there. a lot of other is getting half in inch of rain. to highlight here is this is going to be clearing off in time for the fourth of july back to you. >> that is great to hear. fox whether meteorologist thank you. officials at least one person is dead of an explosion with the country's largest airshows today. what happened at the field of flight air festival and balloon festival that's about 60 miles south of grand rapids but video shows -ish jet exploding into flames. take a look at that as it raised flames the cause of the explosion is under investigation. after meeting with nato and g-7 leaders in your president biden is back home and turning his attention to domestic issues including abortion rights. alexander hoffa's live in washington with more, alex. >> cursing at the pres

carolina. you let your voice be heard in the state that so shapes the life of the nation. you volunteered at pregnancy resource centers. came alongside women facing crisis pregnancies with love and compassion and healing. in every real sense, and no small measure, because of south carolina we had the leadership in washington dc to earn this new beginning for life. so thank you south carolina. thank you for your stand. [applause] like all of you i am not new to the cause of life. i became an advocate for the sanctity of life five years after that decision in 1973. that was the year on a hillside at a festival in wilmore, kentucky that i made a personal decision to put my faith in jesus christ as my lord and savior. when i opened his word, i read before i formed you in the womb, i knew you. i set you apart. i read see i sent before you today life and death, blessings and curses, now choose life. so that you and your children may live. i knew in that moment that his cause must become my cause. ever since then, i have stood without apology for the sanctity of human life. during

carolina. you let your voice be heard in the state that shapes the life of the nation. you volunteered at pregnancy resource centers and came alongside women facing crisis pregnancies with love and compassion and healing. in every real sense and in no small measure because in south carolina we had the leadership in washington, d.c. to earn this new beginning for life. i became an advocate for the sanctity of life five years after that fateful decision in 1973 that was the year on the hillside. in wilmore kentucky i made a personal decision to put my faith in jesus christ as my lord and savior. and when i opened his word, i read before i -- i formed you in the womb before i knew you. and life and death and i knew that cause must become my cause and ever since that day i've stood without apology for the sanctity of human life. during my years in congress i'm humbled to say that we offered legislation to defend the largest abortion provider in america is the governor of indiana we champion to the adoption reform. we reinstated the policy to ensure that american taxpayer dol

it's in the low country of south carolina. palmetto trees, sweepy spanish moss everywhere. wampy" is probably a word that you would describe the low country. but beautiful setting. >> there's an occasional church. there's an occasional farm. there's a piggly wiggly grocery store. >> it's a quiet town. everybody knows everybody, that's for sure. >> they're all in everybody's business. that type of small-town life. >> you don't just know everyone. you know everyone's grandma and their cousin. >> you do, but it's also good if something happens. it's just like you're one big family. >> when you live in a small town, you sort of have a personal relationship with everybody. and if i could help you at some point, i would help you. >> before these murdaugh cases started happening, if you knew where hampton county was at all, you associated us with the watermelon festival. it started in 1939. there used to be a seed spitting contest. the mayor of every town would get together and see who could spit a watermelon seed the farthest. welcome to life in the rural south, right? there's a l

damaging winds, large hail and possible tornadoes reaching into the carolinas. more than a dozen states under dangerous heat alerts, with temperatures into the triple digits. ginger zee is tracking it all for us. hey, ginger. >> reporter: hey there, linsey. just yesterday, we had gusts up to 99 miles per hour in south dakota. now at least 84 severe storm reports just in the last 24 hours. many of them damaging wind. two of them reported tornado, but it's all along that stationary front. so, stationary means doesn't move much. it's going to bubble along. lots of convection and that dangerous heat right below it. so, let me take you to the problem area tonight. anywhere from western virginia down through raleigh, so, the triangle there, charlotte to columbia. and back into west virginia. but remember, tomorrow, we get more of this, because it doesn't move much. so, that same region has to be on the lookout from norfolk to columbia, atlanta involved, too. as far as the heat goes, excessive heat warnings include memphis feeling like 110 tomorrow, linsey. >> still try

when the first south carolina starts doing escalating. it's raids in november of 1862 hunter instructs them to capture prominent white citizens so that he can hold them as hostages in hilton head for the safety of his black soldiers and so he collects hostages from beginning of the war to try to protect so then something i'm kind of a different way of answering that question when foster and sam jones who's the confederate commander of the department of south carolina george in florida in 1864. they try to conduct a whole bunch of prisoner exchanges, even when they're superiors, tell them not to so one of the things i talk about in the book foster is so traumatized by i mean, he's the commander on the ground. for hearing the first reports about andersonville and what's happening at macon? and so in addition to trying retaliation, he also just desperately wants there to be a prisoner exchange. so he keeps trying to arrange and exchange of prisoners with his counterpart and both of them get so out of control and and do so many special exchang

the high courts said it will hear arguments in north carolina in the north carolina case involving whattheory. now, which gives states the sweeping powers over how elections are conducted, legal experts warn this could open the door to even more partisan gerrymandering and the siri was cited by some trump lawyers in their efforts to send the 2020 election back to the states. how deeply do you think the outcome of this case could affect our democracy? >> this could be a groundbreaking praise -- case and i would expect the -- what this would basically do as say, a state legislature could actually pass any version of voting, election administration laws, so long as it does not trigger across the line in the voting rights acts and protection of minority voting rights that the supreme court has declared as a federal issue and up -- what does that mean? that means in states where, for instance, citizens have petitioned to put an amendment to their state constitution to prohibit gerrymandering, to require geography as a fairness test. when states that have pursued open primaries or rank choice

today's threats marginal across the carolinas. reater risk of severe storms across the upper plains and into montana where we have an enhanced risk of damaging winds and large hail. as we fast forward into monday, of course, the fourth of july, the large independence day celebrations across the united states. these areas here actually have a slight risk of severe weather. notice this does include the greater chicago metropolitan region. damaging winds and hail. this could be impacting fourth of july festivities, people traveling home from the extended weekend. right now things are pretty quiet. if you recall just about this time yesterday, we were talking about a rapidly forming tropical cyclone, or rather, a tropical storm just off the coast of south carolina. where is it? it's pretty much dissipated already. tropical depression. that was colin. it's moving quickly along the coastline of north carolina. but it has dissipated. the majority of the thunderstorms, wind, and rain has been offshore, good news for any of the fourth of ju

so lots of white on the map here all the way to the carolinas where you see the yellow that's the likeliestlace for severe weather. we could see winds gusting 60 miles per hour large hail also a chance of a tornado or two. 30 million americans affected. look what happens tomorrow the same amount of people at risk winds gusting, extinct miles per hour with some of those storms, damaging hail and also a chance of a tornado looking at heavy rainfall, torrential downpours could bring up to 3 inches of rain where yo we're looking stormy in the northern plains into central plains as well 85 in sioux falls. all right, guys we'll talk more about the triple difficult heat. we're looking at dangerous heat once again today >> it's important to hear. thank you, michelle. >>> "early today" is back in a minute with a heart hack, the cyber security warning for pacemakers >>> for and ecif rord gas prices weren't enough, car payments are now cruising to a new high metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to p