Good morning andnd welcome to te subcommittee as of right and liberties briefing on the First Amendment under attack detailing government bans against civil rights protesters and journalists covering them. Your written testimony will be submitted as a major contribution to public understanding and discourse moment in time. We thank you want to thank a representative Jackie Speier who are not in the subcommittee but have joined us today. The eightminute and 462nd video of his dangling and murder by the officer Derek Chauvin demanded a pair of the broken central contract in america per this Mask Movement touched every state barred city small towns and suburbs is up more than twothirds of American People in Public Opinion polls galvanize the nation promotingat analysis and. Police brutality has been an essential Racial Injustice for centuries which is why many of us are proud we have a bipartisan basis that George Floyd Police at the most comprehensive Police Reform dilma history of the U
Joining us today. The written testimony is riveting, searing and a major contribution to public understanding and discourse about this moment in time. We thank you for it. I want to thank you mary k. Scanlon and not on the subcommittee but joined us today. The 8 minute and 46 second videotape strangling of george floyd ignited a Mass Movement where black lives matter to demand repair of the broken social contract of america this Mass Movement Touching Every state, large cities, small towns, farm communities and suburbs has won the support of more than twothirds of American People and Public Opinion polls and galvanized the conscious of our nation provoking analysis and serious legislative action. Police brutality has been an action of violent White Supremacy and Racial Injustice for centuries, many of us are proud we passed last thursday the George Floyd Justice in policing act. The most sweeping and comprehensive Police Reform bill in the history of the United States of america. But t
Hour as he is in wisconsin right now, far northeast port of that state in the city of marinet. As the president will be at a shipyard there, you reason he is there, the ship in the back of the picture there, that Company Involved is getting a 5. 5 billion contract to build 10 of those very exact ships. 1000 jobs to come into that area. You will likely hear the president tout that and job creation in wisconsin. That state, the badger state has been a focus for the white house and the Trump Campaign this week. There is a pretty good reason why, when you look at the history there, democrats won seven consecutive president ial elections. President trump flipped that state in 2016, winning less than 1 , 22,000 votes. 10 electoral votes are in play in november. The polls right now, if you listen to them, look at them, believe them, not looking good for the president , the real clear politics average he is down to joe biden by eight points. Highly respected Marquette University law has same e
Here is a look at our recent visit to chapel hill, North Carolina. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story. As we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With the support of our cable partners, we traveled to chapel hill, North Carolina. Over the next hour, we will go to notable locations, speak with experts about the citys history and talk with some history makers themselves. In a moment, the story of the university of North Carolinas planetarium and the role it played in early nasa missions. Following that, in ten minutes, a conversation with howard lee, chapel hills first africanamerican mayor and the first africanamerican mayor elected in a majority white southern city. Then in 30 minlutes, the histor of uncs basketball tour as we tour the Basketball Museum. We will speak with an author on the academic scandal that involved the universitys athletic department. We will end our special with local lawyer rufus edmonston talking about delivering a subpoena to pr
Protests in cities all across the nation including here in the bay area this is video we received from a viewer just an hour ago this is in emeryville you can see dozens of people running towards a best buy store there. We are also hearing that there are protesters at a target store in the same area in emeryville we are working to confirm with Police Exactly what is going on there, but you can see there is a lot of Movement Activity were not seeing any looting at this point. But nonetheless were waiting to get in touch with police thank you for joining us at 9, im pam moore and im ken wayne, the protests are in this response of course to the death of george floyd. The black man who died in minneapolis after a Disturbing Police arrest was captured on video. This is the video at the center of the National Outrage and shows nowfired Police Officer Derek Shaaban with his knee on floyds neck for almost 9 minutes. Shaaban has been arrested and is now charged with 3rd degree murder. And mansl