Hearing to learn more about gun violence and its impact on Public Health. Lawmakers heard from doctors, a funeral home owner and a woman who lost her sons and brother to gun violence her sons and brother to gun violence. Good morning, everyone. [indiscernible] between the majority and minority i would ask for unanimous consent for the house members who are with us today, who are not members of the committee, that they be recognized or three minutes to forquestions recognized three minutes to ask questions. Many members will be allowed to make openings Committee Members will be allowed to make Opening Statements. Hearing no objections, so ordered. The chair recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. First of all thank you, everyone , for being here this morning. It is an honor for those of us that are not from on a very serious issue. This is the very first energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the gun violence epidemic in our country. As a Public Health issue. And
We have the heat advisory from 11 00 to 7 00 this evening and again tomorrow. So heightened or an increased risk of heat related illness everywhere except the east bay hills and mountains and right along the coast. A look at the day planner today, already 75 in the east bay hills. Down where we live, 54 to 62 at 7 00. Mid70s at the coast. Well hit to midto upper 80s and 90s away from the coast by 4 00. Frances . Mike, were going to take a look at the Altamont Pass because thats where we have an injury crash at grant line road. All vehicles are reportedly in the Center Divide but with injuries reported i think well see even more slowing for folks heading out of tracy this morning. Its pretty jammed westbound 205. The drive time along that stretch, tracy to dublin, is 41 minutes. Westbound 4 looking good, antioch to concord, 15 minutes. Southbound 101 san rafael to San Francisco, 16 minutes. All right, thank you. Developing news, a red flag warning is still in effect for heightened wildf
Headlights stacked up underneath 880. You wt to consider an alternate. I have another sig alert for you, this one just in. A live shot of westbound 80 through emeryville. Westbound 80 as you make your way through vacaville there might be an entire free throwway shut down at cherry glenn because of a possible truck fire. Well keep you posted. Developing news, the red flag warning in effect in the north bay could mean that pg e could turn off power in some areas today to lower the risk of a wildfire. In napa county more than 10,000 pg e customers face a potential power shutoff. Business owners who rely on tourists to make a living are concerned. Tourism is what fuels napa valley. Closing all of that will affect our business and all the businesses in napa valley which were still recovering from in 2017. Power shutoffs could slow down efforts to rebuild hundreds of homes lost when the 2017 fire swept through the silverado country club. And its not just the north bay concerned. Check out th
Only Committee Members will be allowed to make Opening Statements. Hearing no objections, so ordered. The chair recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. First of all thank you, everyone , for being here this morning. It is an honor for those of us that are not from on a very serious issue. This is the very first energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the gun violence epidemic in our country. As a Public Health issue. And this subcommittee has to has jurisdiction over Public Health issues in our country. I want to recognize first the members of the committee who represent the parts of chicago and the region, starting with congressman bobby rush, whose district we are in. Thank you, bobby, very much for inviting us, asking the subcommittee to come here. Congresswoman robin kelly, who is here to my left. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky from the chicago region. And to representative Adam Kinzinger, from the state of illinois, a little further away, and mr. Kinsinger mak
From michigan and settled into his role as professor of industry at harvard, the first full professor that is native american at harvard. It only took over few centuries there. Just think of the next 4 centuries when it might happen there. We will accuse harvard or the university of michigan of theft, its in this beautiful fact that this absurd and good fortune for those institutions was ours before it was theirs. Philip deloria received his degree from the university of colorado in 1982. Wanting to observe and understand humanity from many different angles, he then taught band at A Denver Metro high school. Having observed High School Music performance to satisfaction, he then returned for an mma in journalism and communication, which was back when you could remember what to call that program when it was an acronym that comes out different whenever i try to say it. He took my American History course which was called the early american frontier in the journalism program. In that course