Youre watching American History tv. 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter cspanhistory for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. On wednesday, february 11, members of the u. S. House of representatives introduced a bill on the floor to award a congressional gold medal to the participants in the march selma to montgomery Voting Rights marches. Next, and a boat thats a debate on the bill, which later passed. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of this very important bill, h. R. 431, a bipartisan bill to award a congressional gold medal to the foot soldiers, the courageous men and women who participated in historical days like bloody sunday, turnaround tuesday, and the final march from selma to montgomery to ensure Voting Rights for african americans. Mr. Speaker, sometimes it is hard for people in Todays Society to realize the historical significance of the events that t
May be able to identify them. Good evening im julie haener. And im frank somerville. One hour of shopping in union square in San Francisco came with a high price for a teenager from san ramon. Her beloved cello was taken from a parking lot. She says she was in a city shopping for a recital outfit when it happened. Reporter it was a week before her big performance e and she just wanted something new to wear. But those behind this theft left their fingerprints and their faces behind. Music is an outlet for me to express myself. Reporter 16yearold serena strikes a beautiful tone. As she plays the cello she borrowed from her teaching in a patch of grass in san ramon. It was handmade. Like any other. Reporter this impromptu performance for us comes out of desperation to get her cello back. April11th should have been a wonderful night for the young cellist. After rehearsing she and her mom stopped by union square to pick out an outfit for the performance. They parked across the street from m
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Moment. But first, another tragic day in america as the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of slowing down. Johns hopkins reporting the fourthstraight day of over 1,000 deaths in the u. S. This, as the number of cases rise to more than 1. 4 million. The fda authorized its first test to positivity identify covid19 in people who show no symptoms. The significance of that coming up. Lets begin this hour with the disturbing upward trend of coronavirus deaths in this country. Cnns Polo Sandoval is standing by for us. Polo, we just got new troubling numbers out of florida that are only exacerbating the national crisis. What more can you tell us . Reporter fred, that certainly suggests that each day seems to bring another grim milestone across the country. Of course, the last couple weeks we certainly have been talking quite a bit about florida. So Florida Health officials there releasing the latest updated numbers now indicating that at least another 12,000 new cases and at least another 12
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