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National association of latino officials, Arturo Vargas discusses issues important to latino voters. Then later tim phillips discusses his groups role in campaign 2020. This is the washington journal for july 24. The house is expected to come in at 9 00. New York Democratic congresswoman because youre cortez and other democratic colleagues took to the floor of the house yesterday to discuss the issues of sexism and harassing comments. The congresswoman calling it a cultural issue. In light of that, in our first hour, we want to hear your calls about what you think on sexism particular lay in politics. You can let us know on the phone lines. For women it is 202 7488000. For men it is 202 7488001. If you want to text us, do so at 202 7488003. You can also post on our Facebook Page. What occurred on the house floor yesterday ....
Feeling that this was unfinished business. Lbj deserves all the credit that he later claimed for piloting, navigating, guiding the civil rights bill to passage in july of 1964 when he signs it. But i think kennedy deserves credit as the kennedyjohnson bill. It had cleared the house of representatives by the day jfk was killed. Jfk had made alliance not with democrats but with midwestern republicans. He had reached out to them, and they were supporting it, particularly in the senate. He had gone to others. I think it would have gotten through. Eventually, it might have taken until 1965, kennedy would have gotten the civil rights act. But full credit to Lyndon Johnson for doing it the way he did, but i dont think he could have done it with the same success without the death of jfk. Thank you so much for joining us. The book is two days in june. It is a terrific read. I learned so much about it. By the way, it is beautifully written ....
Shooting, when with life threatening injuries. Police are sharing this video and asking the public for help with the case. Turning to californias fight against coronavirus, 12,800 people tested positive in just the past 24 hours, a single day record for the state which also reported an additional 115 deaths. Kenny is in synthesis go. He has the latest numbers. Reporter the numbers that you just mentioned are a ality check erthe ste of califo thfight against covid19, the milestone comes as the state Just Announced that it has added one more to the county watchlist. A semblance of normalcy. The governor highlighted something. I want to highlight the president not wearing a mask, and sending a message. Surpassing new york with more than 409,000 confirmed cases over a population of 40 million, the size of 41 states combined. It is a warning, it is important to sound the alarm, it does not mean cases are going up per person. The califo ....
Miles per hour. Altamont pass, 42, there are some strong gusts already. You can see into the low setting up shop by ukiah and dipping right into Northern California and the bay area. The coolest day of the week by far, the coolest day for a while, big fog bank drizzle, sunny and windy, i mean very windy for some. 50s on the thames for 60s for a few. 61 or 62 for the city, temperatures in the city 53 to 56, 53 by ocean avenue, mainly 50s, i dont think they are going far, there is too much, 35, travis, they are roaring out to the delta as well. That system will give us a cool day, a lot of 60s, 70s, temperatures below average for this time of year, take a look at that, you might not see this in a while, towards livermore, concord as well, they are really far below average, all right, over to sal, he heard the wind gusts. Some people, again, travel that route if you will, 50 Mi ....
Congress and state governors. Cspanstore. Org. Host joining us from los angeles is Arturo Vargas, the ceo of the National Association of latino elected and appointed officials educational fund. Thank you for giving us your time this morning, sir. Arturo good morning. How are you . Host i am good. Remind our viewers about your organization, its purpose and what it does. Arturo our organization was established in 1975. Dward r. Roibal he was a pioneer in american politics and latino politics. The cdc campus is named after him because of his leadership in helping ensure this country had Effective Health policies. Policies. Our mission is to promote the full participation of latinos in american democracy. We are a membership organization, but also a Nonprofit ....