For being with us today. I look forward to a fascinating conversation. My pleasure. Thank you for being with us. I could not be the more delighted to welcome my old friend general washington to be in company once again. It has been a time, general. It has been, search. Its actually my pleasure and my honor to be with you, although i confess i do not understand how this is happening. Well i believe, general, it is because of one of the duties written explicitly in our constitution. One of the duties of the legislative body. The pursuit of science. Which i am a strong supporter of. Our first question then. It is for the two of you. What do you remember as your first meeting . First meeting. You know. If you will allow me, mr. Jefferson, i reckon that those who are viewing may or may not be aware that i am older than yourself by 11 or 12 years. 11 years, your excellency. We were both born under the old style calendar. Thats correct. Very confusing at different times. I actually believe i
At 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Later in the week debate on the Police Reform bill introduced by South Carolina republic and senator tim scott. Now live to the senate floor on cspan2. Senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, the source of our joy, were grateful that you still speak to us. Continue to communicate with our lawmakers through the voice of conscience. Enable them to maintain a clear conscience before you and humanity. Continue to speak to them through the precepts in your sacred word, providing them with a lamp for their feet and a light for their path, as they navigate through this challenging season. Continue to speak to them through the unfolding of your powerful providence, Opening Doors you desire them to walk through and closing doors that lead them away from glorifying you. And lord, when you speak to our lawmakers, give them the wisdom to listen and obey. We pray in your gracious name. Amen.
Signs of gratitude and heartache line this street where Deputy Sergeant damon gutswiler lost his life and he was ambushed with gun fire and improvised explosive devices responding to a 911 call saturday afternoon. Its very important for his memory that we get this case right and we encourage anybody who saw something, who knows something, who may have been a victim of this guy to contact the District Attorneys tip line. Reporter the suspect, steven carillo, is an active duty u. S. Air force sergeant based at Travis Air Force base and had special teaming on a military police unit. Hes an angry man intent on bringing harm to police officers. He murdered sergeant gutswiler, injured another police officer, and hes going to be held accountable. Reporter today, sheriff jim hart praised the heroic actions after he tackled the suspect. The fbi, which was brought in to help the Sheriffs Office with the investigation, is now looking into a possible link between the ambush and the Fatal Shooting
Crime in communities. Reporter Minnesota City council announced they planned to defund their police force following the killing of george floyd, explaining defunding is a reallocation of funds from police to other forms of police safety. At this black lives matter rally pin san jose, theyre calling fr reforms but not quick to take a stand on defunding police. We need a dialogue on reformative change. Reporter the mayor is expected to announce his budget tonight, aware that his community is looking for change. Its critical for us to respond with action for reform. Reporter in san jose, chris reyes, for abc7 news. Chris touched briefly on what it really means to say defund the police. Lets get into that a little deeper. Heres an explanation. Reporter its something were hearing about right now as we talk about solutions for ending police brutality. Defunding the police. Its not a new idea, but sit new to a lot of people just learning about it. So what does it mean . The answer really depe
Air quality this afternoon. Now, look at the heat away from the bay shore and the coast. Were going to hit the 90s and triple digits. Not only today starting at 11 00 but all the way through thursday. We have four days of dangerous heat. Now, that is a heat advisory in the orange. Even hotter in Solano County. Temperatures triple digits today and for the next four days for sure. Thats why youre under an excessive heat warning. Fairfield 100, antioch, 100. Look at the rest of the upper 90s and mid 90s in the south bay and low to mid 90s in the north bay and low 80s around the bay and even an 80 in San Francisco today. Well talk more about this heat coming up next. Mike, thank you. As mike mentioned, today is the first spare the air day of the year. Light winds, high temperatures and vehicle exhaust all combine and that makes the air quality unhealthy. Officials say even with less traffic right now, there is still enough exhaust to allow smog to build up during hot weather. People with r