This is Al Jazeera America life we are following two big stories this hour. The Justice Department is said to announce in just a few moments detailed of a settlement. In Cleveland Ohio there you can see where the pressed conference will take place. We are expecting the mayor of cleve land and then representatives of the Justice Department we will of course take you there when that News Conference begins. Lets start in texas where days of rain have led to flooding. Have been declayed disaster areas president obama spoke about the damage just a few moments ago. I assured the governor that he can count on the help of the federal government we have a team of personnel already on the ground, they are coordinating with texas Emergency Management authorities and i will anticipate that there will be some significant requests made to washington. Needless to say, there is a lot of damage in san marcos texas thats near san antonio, Heidi Joe Castro is there for us. The city was under a othernight
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Carol anderson, it is july 3, 2022. What is the july 4, 1776, celebration mean to you . Guest it means we are precariously perched, this democracy we are heralding, on july 4, 1776. We are in a perilous time. To me as perilous as it was when the Continental Army looked like they were giving the butt kicked, as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. We are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. Host why do you say that . Guest because weve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening in american democracy. The land attackers the assault on Voting Rights, the sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real American History. The air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse and seeing all of this violence and threat raining down on election workers and election officials. When you are looking at what is happening with voting
Found space in our country after sandy will have emboldened people to reject the fact that the existence of white supremacy, masking vaccination the validity of et our elections. Elizabeth williamson is a feature writer and former Editorial Board member for the New York Times and she previously wrote for the Washington Post and wall street journal. Williamson will be joining conversation with terrance fisher. Please me in welcoming Elizabeth Williamson andkaren swisher. [applause] so i like that you have to do the work afterwards to clean up. Its my favorite part of that introduction. Elizabethand i have been talking a lot for years about dthis topic. Its a topic thats been i wouldnt say near and dear to my heart that i have been especially troubled by whats been happening withonline social media. So how is congested and amplified hate. Obviously one of the first instances of this and something i know very well was the hook. Otheres a couple instances of this, the reason im late i was
By Debbie Stabenow of michigan. Good morning, calling this hearing to order of the Senate Committee on agriculture and nutrition and pleased to see all of ours colleagues here for the important hearing and discussion. Were here today because rapidly increasing number of americans are investing in cryptocurrencies yet theres no federal oversight over what makes up the majority of this market and just as quickly as theyve risen in population, weve seen the value drop and results of hard working americans that lost billions of dollars and dollars they used to support families, keep roofs over their head and save for hard earned retirement. Theres been thehe value of some widely traded coins and built sents on the dollar. Meanwhile 1. 2 billion worth of crypto currency was stolen in hacks some lack trust. We need clear consist rules for the road that allowed good actors to innovate and grow while first and foremost keeping customers safe. Oversight of one of the two nation regulators and i