in the 1960's, the virgin islands began refining oil. our island of st. croix became the second largest petroleum refinery in america. in 2012, the refinery closed. exacerbating the shocks of the great recession, leading to unemployment rates of 18%. our government made the decision to work to bring the refinery back. after several years, the terminal and refinery reopened. in the last few weeks, my office has been in contact with e.p.a. regarding air emissions incidents, owedors, emissions around the vicinity of the refinery which threaten the health of residents and our environment. on may 19 e.p.a. ordered lime tree bay, the owners of the terminal and fine re-finery to pause all operations on the st. croix refinery due to multiple improperly conducted operation that is present an emmitt risk to public health. lime tree bay is in a community that is disproportionately affected by environmental burdens. recent incidents have raised significant environmental justice concerns. my office has continued to discuss with e.p.a. regarding the shut down of the re

virgin islands, she's a member of multiple committees. she also served as an impeachment manager during the second impeachment trial of donald trump. that and that, obviously, is what i want to talk to you about. it's kind of amazing. when i think about people who do not want to get involved in the investigation of january 6th or others like ron johnson who have described it as fully peaceful, members of congress described it as a tourist visit, you were the human who walked most of us and the senate through what actually happened on january 6th. you detailed it. you studied every frame of video and you know full well that it was not a tourist visit nor a peaceful protest. >> that's right. i think you saw on the floor the dichotomy between members of congress who want to work in reality and those blinded by their allegiance to one man, and that's donald trump. you have kevin mccarthy and even mitch mcconnell after the attack on the u.s. capitol and our democracy stated this was, in fact, an attempted insurrection. an attempted coup. these

let's discuss its from the democrat from the virgins island.ood to see you congresswoman, thank you for joining. every day some republicans are whitewashing this event. it shows so important to have this commission. what kind of testimony do we want to hear to get the truth? > >> first, congratulations on the new show, i am happy to be here on this first installation of bigger and better things for you. >> thank you. >> i think we want to hear so much from so many different sectors here. it is important for us to get as much information as feasible from federal law enforcement and those individuals investigated and arrested over 500 individuals involved in the s insurrection. they could not arrest that many individuals. i think that alone speaks volume of what actually occurred on january 6th. i think we also want to hear from individuals who were close to the president, the former president during that time, what he knew and did not know. what individuals knew before january 6th, the factors that led to individuals coming and how the prior adm

every day, i'm focused on what the people who elected me, the people of the virgin islands, want and have tremendous needs in our communities. you know that, very well, don. and there are a number of members, on both sides of the aisle, particularly the democrats, who want to work towards that. i'm excited about president biden's jobs plan. the opportunity that's there, to equalize the playing field, not just in education but, in job training. $100 billion going towards job training. creating new industry. leveling the digital divide. you know, in terms of broadband. and so many things, that so many of us are looking for. just recently, epa has executed a stop -- a stopgap on the oil refinery that is, you know, jobs for so many people in the virgin islands. so many of us are worried about climate change. on how we can provide for our families. how do we reverse -- how do we equalize equity? how do we create homeownership for families that have been denied that for a generation? that's what the great majority of democrats are working on and unfortunately, i think what is going to happ

children living in the bronx as well as children living in the virgin si islands by this bill. so you will see the republicans will be reticent. they will be dragging their feet. most of them will not vote for it. it will pass and then they'll try to take credit for it. >> it is kind of remarkable watching them take credit for the relief act. you like my former guest, cynthia alksne, are an alum of the department of justice. in this -- what cynthia calls the rising of the ashes, what we saw yesterday was remarkable. the federal charge against the four former minneapolis police officers. i want your take on that and your take on reporting that the justice and policing, the george floyd justice in policing act that we're getting closer to a deal between republicans and democrats. >> as to the george floyd justice in policing act, i'm -- i'm so grateful to have democratic leadership like karen bass, like speaker pelosi, jim clyburn who is offering support, senator cory booker and others, along with tim scott, senator scott who are working to try to find a way to bring reform to po

without telling when else at the company invited me down to the british virgin islands to spend a couple of days talking about the company. two days before i was set to leave i never should've mentioned this but i let it slip to the pr guy was down to the british virgin islands now all the alarms were going off and attenborough said richard won't do this but you can't come. so asking how i felt, i remember being really scared i could not pull this off. i remember having this conversation with my dad that night. he said you have a book to write. that is the priority. i knew i had what i needed at that point. i had mark in space and virgin galactic flying the first non- test pilot and those two special flights in december of 18 and february of 19. in some ways it was a blessing in disguise because it gave me some distance. i have my material now i can write about this soberly and realistically am no longer fighting for access. in some ways it was the best thing that could've happened but. host: access for writers is a double edged sword because you deliver on - - develop a relationship you

my constituents in the virgin islands, u.s. citizens, remain unable to vote for president, lack any voice in the senate, and have only a limited vote in the house. the second class treatment of the territories is not just unfair. it's un-american. more than 3.5 million americans are denied the right to vote simply because of where they live. whether it's puerto rico, guam, northern marianas, american samoa, or my home, the virgin islands of the united states. this number of people is equivalent to the population of the five smallest states combined. and each of the territories send more men and women to the military per capita than any state. more than 98% of the territorial residents are racial or ethnic minorities like me. a fact that cannot be a mere coincidence in our continuing disenfranchisement, which extends well past the century mark. our nation's founders never intended our country to work this way. alexander hamilton was a young man arrived in new york after spending his formative years in my home on st. croix, and h

the chair recognizes the gentlelady from the virgin islands, ms. plaskett, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the virgin islands is recognized for one minute. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of this bill, the national commission to investigate the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. i want to thank chairman thompson and ranking member katko for bringing this bill to the floor. on january 6, we witnessed one of the darkest moments in our nation's history when a violent mob attacked the u.s. capitol. these individuals desecrated the halls of congress. attacked law enforcement. and attempted to stop the democratic process. the clearest way for us to uphold our oath to defend the constitution and protect this institution, our democracy from those who directly attempt to thwart its operations is through an independent, evenly divided, bipartisan commission. we need to understand, not just what were the breakdowns in security and failures of our intelligence, but why. what are those issues which caused fellow americans t

my virgin islands, family.reciate and love you all. >> already coming up, the break, we have giant highlights. we have highlights today with some baseball today. we'll catch you up on that after the break. >> and an east bay. native drafted in the second round by the forty-niners. i talked with erin. thanks. family of former coach about what coming home means to him. >> welcome back to sports night live have been having a lot of fun watching baseball season because both the giants and a's have been leading their division. yeah. they've quite a treat to best teams in baseball still early. but yeah, you love to see the giants look to build upon their best record in the national league today. final game of a four-game set pirates. the whole to split this series day dropped 2 in a row coming into this game started the top of the knife giants up to mike yastremski. that is high and deep to right a look at pittsburgh ballpark, by the way, is beautiful place. no doubt about that. one. giants take tack on 2 more. they

virgin islands. the panel is still here, as well.ongresswoman, did you feel like new information was gleaned in today's hearing? >> i didn't think there was much new information. it was kind of stark that these individuals who had responsibility to prospect the capitol and the democracy say they had no conversation with the president during that time. nor did they come to defend the capitol, its representatives or the election on that day. and the gaslighting as you call it, the outright lies of my colleagues created an almost untenable situation in the capitol to date. >> congresswoman, i watched you and your fellow impeachment managers present this case and while republicans did not play a constructive role in the house or in the trial save for a handful, there was a sense of seriousness and seems to have deinvolved into what the congressman took today, an event to -- it's hard to understand what the effort was but how disturbed are you by the real attempt to rewrite the events of 1/6 on the part of some republicans? >> you know, t

but his father was a white danish man, and his mother was a black slave from saint croix, virgin islands. read was an abolitionist from new york, but he graduated from military school in kiel denmark. and most people think of that as being germany and it does become part of germany after the second impression war. and he served in a danish army. before coming back to the states. he would lead the first north carolina at the battle of olustee. he was taking over for the colonel who was not there. he was mortally wounded in action and died. but he was in command and he talked about the discipline of the 35th usat when the 35th and the 54th massachusetts actually held the line as the union troops were retreating. but lieutenant colonel william in reed is recognized as the highest ranking african-american officer in the civil war. and his muster papers right under his name. but the other guy you see his picture colonel john wells jefferson. actually last year. well, yeah last year i went to monticello. and i saw pictures of african-americans with ties the monticello who actually served with

those who you know want to support the people of america and willing to sit down, i represent virgin islanders who needs jobs training and need the components in president biden's bill, i am willing to work with them. unfortunately, what i think will happen is we'll attempt to negotiate, we'll work on something that's bipartisan among the american people and many of these republicans most of them are not going to believe it and they're going to take credit for it in their districts. that's their mo and that's what they'll do. they did what the american rescue plan and bringing support to the american people during the covid pandemic to stop the bleeding that's going on in this country. i suspect to do the same of the american jobs plan to jump start the economy and move us into the 21st century >> congresswoman plakett. thank you very much. >> i want to go to dana bash. >> thank you. >> dana, you see and hear the reaction. congresswoman plaskett says she's being generous of her stability. and you have the new leadership of republicans, elise stefanik replacing liz chaieney. a lot of conservati

virgin islands and former impeachment manager. congresswoman, so happy to have you. i know you just celebrated a birthday last week on thursday so happy belated birthday to you. you were an impeachment manager. after you heard your federal congressman tell us don't believe your lying eyes, do you think some of your colleagues played a role, intentionally or unintentionally, in this insurrection? >> well, i think that's one of the things that the commission is going to be able to tell us. i'm sure that many of us are suspect about some of the intentions and, you know, allowing even passively allowing what happened on january 6th to happen and the commission will be able to work with federal investigators to find that out. what's even more troubling are those members who are at this point gas lighting what happened on january 6th and maybe in some ways developing a scenario that gives comfort to the enemy, those individuals who attempted to execute a coup detat and may be able to ferment a second january 6th from happening. >> i know there are no current sitting member

virgin islands. don't want to miss that. that's tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins right now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 122 of the biden administration which ends this week having survived its first major foreign policy crisis. tonight the cease-fire that ended 11 days of back and forth fighting between israel and hamas militants has now been in effect for just over 24 hours and appears to be holding. the challenge now of course to prevent skirmishes with police like the one that erupted today out in the open in jerusalem and keep them from escalating and getting any larger. the president has credited quiet intense diplomacy for bringing about the truth, and late today as he hosted south korea's leader at the white house he suggested this would be indeed his strategy going forward. >> one of the reasons why we were able to get the cease-fire in 11 days i didn't do what other people have done. i don't talk about what i tell people in private. i don't talk about what we negotiate in private. >> the president adde

virgin islands where they -- i don't know if they still do but they require people to be weighed beforeinteresting. >> the planes don't fly. >> we have to recalibrate because we are getting bigger and heavier steadily. >> some of us. >> i need to drink another smoothie. i am losing too much weight. nobody wants to hear that. >> people are literally working themselves to death. don't i know it? it? it? really. according to a new world health organization study, working long hours poses risks that kill hundreds of thousands of people every year. i am telling you. if you work 55 hours or more a week you face a 35% higher risk of for stroke and 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease. employers should be more flexible in scheduling andschedd sharing to keep ours below 55 per week. >> this could be a serious thing. stress is a slow, silent killer that i don't think we really think that much about in the workplace. kristin, -- >> 55 hours a week in this country doesn't even sound like that much we have become so used to working 60-75 hours a week. people from other countrcountrcr shocked

i'm joined by democratic delegates stacey plaskett of united states virgin island. nancy northam. tomorrow atm eastern, 11th hour with brian williams begins right now. well, good evening once again, they 122 of the biden administration. which ends this week having survived its first major foreign policy crisis. tonight, the cease-fire that ended 11 days of back and forth fighting between israel and hamas militants, has now been in effect for just over 24 hours. it appears to be holding.

virgin islands. she was also an impeachment manager during donald trump's second impeachment trial earlier this year. representative, thank you so much for your time. speaking of mitch mcconnell and making his position clear as we just played there, here's what he had to say about it just two days ago. watch. >> what would an additional report be about? i think at the heart of this recommendation by the democrats is that they would like to continue to debate things that occurred in the past. they'd like to continue to litigate the former president into the future. we think the american people going forward and in the fall of '22 ought to focus on what this administration is doing to the country. >> so as senator manchin noted, democrats already accommodated republican fears of this sliding into 2022 by requiring a report before the end of this year. what's your reaction to mitch mcconnell invoking next year's election to avoid this investigation now? >> it's just further evidence that mitch mcconnell

virgin islands in congress and was an impeachment manager for democrats, earlier this year, when donald trump was impeached for inciting the insurrection. and congressman plaskett, if i had told you when you were an impeachment manager on the senate floor, that three months later, the big lie on the election would be so pervasive that republicans would lose their jobs in leadership for not supporting it. what would you have said? >> i'd say, i'm not surprised. >> really? why? >> you know, well, i mean, you watched, during the impeachment, that individuals who agreed with us. and even a kevin mccarthy, who had a colossal fallout argument/cursing match with the -- with the president on the day of the insurrection, on january 6th. went to the floor to say that he was responsible. and then, several days later, mea culpa, he was following the trail of donald trump. going to mar-a-lago, and asking for forgiveness. if that's what the leadership was doing, right there, several days after the insurrection. and then, on the impeachment floor, you had senators who agreed, privately, that we had, i

and that's not a fun answer for the other thing i've thought about is going to the british virgin islands of my british husband in may to go visit friends of ours who lived down there and stick my said head in the sand and meditate by the water and just be for a minute. and hopefully find a little bit more clarity. i do not want to rush this process of thinking what i'm going to do next. so yeah, doing that and be on that i missed traveling i miss getting on planes. i miss the world i miss culture, food everywhere. mishearing other languages. i'm such a curious soul and i cannot wait to travel the world again. strict happening is going to happen there's hope going to happen sooner rather than later. it also, hopefully going to get the seas have been phenomenal. i don't to binge your show on netflix, amazon prime or whatever and i want to read another book. could you did on that please? >> yes. [laughter] , shouts on out really quickly? if you guys see my shirt huddle. this shirt it comes in an adorable bottle i don't like 27 bucks it's a company in baltimore, i knew when i did this book i

virgin islands. don't want to miss that. that's tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern.. >>> well, good evening once again. day 122 of the biden administration which ends this week having survived its first major foreign policy crisis. tonight the cease-fire that ended 11 days of back and forth fighting between israel and hamas militants has now been in effect for just over 24 hours and appears to be holding.

the chair recognizes the gentlelady from the virgin islands, ms. plaskett, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the virgin islands is recognized for one minute. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of this bill, the national commission to investigate the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. i want to thank chairman thompson and ranking member katko for bringing this bill to the floor. on january 6, we witnessed one of the darkest moments in our nation's history when a violent mob attacked the u.s. capitol. these individuals desecrated the halls of congress. attacked law enforcement. and attempted to stop the democratic process. the clearest way for us to uphold our oath to defend the constitution and protect this institution, our democracy from those who directly attempt to thwart its operations is through an independent, evenly divided, bipartisan commission. we need to understand, not just what were the breakdowns in security and failures of our intelligence, but why. what are those issues which caused fellow americans t

let me recognize the gentlelady, police plaskett, from the virgin islands. >> thank you very much, mr. [ inaudible ]. gnaw so much, madam ambassador for your eloquence and so much information you have been able to share with us. of course, for your patience. the -- i wanted to ask you a number of questions. the first of which is the united states and the caribbean community signed a trade investment framework agreement in 2013. have you been able to ascertain what has been the extent of u.s. cooperation and engagement with caricom since you have taken office? >> congresswoman, i don't have that in my head. if you have the answer, please let me know to spare me the embarrassment. >> oh, i don't. and i was hoping you could inform me. i would love to be able to talk with you and your staff at another point. i think then-president -- then-vice president biden outlined great engagement with the nations. i wanted to make sure we were participating and engaged. onto what extent the previous administration had done so. i wanted to put that on your radar. with that in mind, i just know that ch

investigators in the usl virgin islands searching for a british woman missing for over a week now — sarmres. 11 feet. close to shore. she's a good swimmer. you know, i can't imagine her not being able to swim to shore or to shout for help or assistance, you know. that's what's tough for me to compute and believe. sarm's friends have now come together to raise $10,000 — a reward for information. they have many unanswered questions. why, for example, did ryan bane refused permission for police to search the boat? we would be used to the idea that the last place someone was seen with be the first place the police would be able to search. and, yeah, it's very frustrating. it's very frustrating. sarm's friends are also puzzled by the amount of time it took mr bane to contact the us coastguard. eight hours between the phone call to the police and the phone call to the coastguard. what happened in those eight hours, what was going on? was he searching at that point? and we just don't know, because obviously he's not answering those kind of questions, so i want to be able to know what happened t

them living abroad on the east coast of the united states and in portugal than on the islands of keep for. can virgins long to return home but rarely do they are buried abroad away from their loved ones and it's this feeling known here as so darn or sorrow that's transmitted from generations to generations and never dies. there. it is the inspiration of our poets. the princess of our ceremony. come tell me your name these sing. let's unite our voices so you can sing america. a message from a small island in the atlantic to all of those suffering really you are not forgotten. nicholas hawke al jazeera mandela saudi sent. our mind to the top stories on our syria donald trump will remain banned from facebook but the decision could be reviewed within months the former u.s. president was suspended in the wake of january's attack on the capitol and his alleged role in inciting the crowd he's called the decision a total disgrace and warned facebook it will pay a political price at the tech giant's oversight board criticize the.

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living abroad on the east coast of the united states and in portugal than on the islands of cape verde. most can virgin's long to return home but rarely do they are buried abroad away from their loved ones and it's this feeling known here as door sorrow that's transmitted from generations to generations and never dies. there. it is the inspiration of our poets. the princess of our ceremonies. come tell me your name they sing. let's unite our voices so we can sing more in. a message from a small island in the town talk to all of those suffering or alone you are not forgotten. nicholas hawke al-jazeera mindell a saudi sent. for us just take a quick look at the top stories we cover here in algeria and facebook's oversight board has upheld the ban on donald trump's account for his role in inciting his supporters to attack the capitol building in january but it's found the social media john failed to impose a proper penalty the indian delegation to a g. 7 summit in the u.k. is self isolating after 2 members tested positive for corona virus the group of 7 wealthy democracies discussing vaccines.

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