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Brian congressman john lewis, why did you name your book across that bridge . Rep. Lewis well, during the past few years, ive been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmond Pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an Organi...

People and latin x people and everybody is out and so sick. Political police oppression. Reporter later some broke from the larger group spray painting graffiti. Oakland Police Declared it an Unlawful Assembly tweeting, we are asking agitators to stop throwing items and pointing lasers at the officers. Mayor schaaf said vandalizing our down gives donald trump the images he wants and the justification he seeks to send federal troops into american cities. We celebrate passionate protest but oaklan...

Today a lot of clean up in oakland and a warning from the mayor about those trying to distort the protestors message. Christie smith has more. Early today clean up was underway near the Oakland Police department where someone smashed windows. The courthouse was heavily tagged and also boarded up hours after a small fire was set in the doorway. Police said it was the work of agitators determined to leave destruction. People see this around the world. Phillip johnson is a life long oakland residen...

Crossing bridges, rivers, many bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmund Pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an Organization Called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group of young people, students, and others, attempted to cross the ...

Theyll be fixed. Theyll be rigged. The bush pac from democrats and republicans. E situation is and have the election on november 3rd as already scheduled. A live report from the white house straight ahead. Breaking news. At least one marine killed, eight others missing after a training accident off the coast of Southern California. A search and rescue Mission Still underway this morning. Home at last. Congressman john lewis laid to rest. Family, friends, and former president s coming together to...

Congressman clark held a News Conference about this weeks legislative agenda in congress. Hes the chair of the Democratic Caucus and she is the vice chair. Good morning everyone. We had a very emotional caucus call today. It was dedicated, largely, to remembrance is and reflections on the life and legacy of john robert lewis. Our dearly to parted colleague and civil rights hero and icon. He was a friend to everyone. A friend to truth and justice here in america and throughout the world. We had t...

Announcer building a better bay area for a safe secure future. This is abc7 news. The coronavirus pandemic continuing to hurt bay area workers. Tonight were tackling unemployment. The new relief bill some workers say cant come soon enough, and the red tape some Restaurant Owners are running into as they try to reopen. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. Taking a look at where california stands right now with the coronavirus, the number of confirmed cases in the ...

During the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with cspans congressional directory. It contains all of the Contact Information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies, and state governors. Online today at cspanstore. Org. John lewis, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and a 17 term georgia congressman died july 17 at the age of 80. Widely respected across the political spectrum, he was awarded the medal of freedom by president barack obama in 2011. H...

The democrats are playing for november 3rd. And were playing for the good of the people. Lou President Trump doing exactly what he should do, calling out exactly what he and the American People have witnessed and experienced over the past four years at the hands of the party of hate. No president has achieved more in his first term in office than has president donald trump. No prime president has been attd as viciously, nor had to contend with the massive effort to subvert and overthousand his p...

Million to 4 million, a jump that once took months, the outbreak reaches a critical stage with 4. 2 million americans infected california and florida have surpassed new york now in california, there are over 450,000 cases. While florida struggles as cases stop 423,000 and texas was hit with a onetwo punch dealing with covid and a hurricane. Reporter this morning. The state of florida is in a state of crisis. It just topped new york for the second most number of coronavirus cases in the country. ...