Hello im down in jordan this is out there at live from doha also coming up nato warns russia are against meddling in belarus as president putin promises troop support of protests get out of control the. Search and rescue operations are underway after one of the strongest storms to hit the u. S. Batters southern louisiana thus. Anger in argentina over a government plan to reform the judicial system critics say itll be used to protect the political elite. Democratic Vice President ial candidate commissaries has delivered a preemptive strike on donald trump just hours ahead of his speech to the Party Faithful that the Republican National convention harris condemned trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic and addressed the unrest over the Police Shooting of jacob blake saying america must fulfill the promise of equal justice the reality is that the life of a black person in america has never been treated as fully human. And we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law
To vote, the National Portrait gallery, National Archives and the library of congress have created special exhibits. Curators talk about the Creative Process behind the exhibits including determining goals in selecting objects. The berkshire conference of womens historians and the womens Suffrage Centennial commission hosted this event. Im martha jones, a copresident along with tie i cant miles along the berkshire conference. Im happy to be welcoming all of you to this evenings conversation, and i have to extend the special embrace to our members tuning in from all over the world today. With this event, we begin a conference weekend, the big berkes 2020, not as we planned for in baltimore at johns hopkins. Instead, were being linked together by digital sound and image. I, for one, am grateful even for this today. The year 2020 marks 100 years since the 19th amendment, Legal Protection for womens votes became part of the u. S. Ko constitution. For us as historians of womens genders and
Test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 as i described in my testimony, we know that Nursing Homes with a higher proportion of black and latin residents have higher death rates, however theres not universal reporting of the race and ethnicity of those individuals within Nursing Homes who have been affected by covid. That presents for us a significant challenge when it comes to targeting resources in order to prevent the transmission of covid. Because, you know, when covid19 enters a nursing home its because someone has brought it in and what its telling us that if those Nursing Homes are following the same safety procedures of restricts visitors, ensuge that providers have clean ppe every time theyre coming in, then we shouldnt see these disparities. However we do. And the likelihood these disparities in rates of covid infections within Nursing Homes are going to occur are going to be even higher in communities with a higher burden of covid19. And so what were
The viewers. There theme is unity, and when im watching tonight, what im most going to be wer looking fo, can they bring the Democratic Party together, which is what they are hoping to do with the speeches tonight. They have everybody from pay new york governor, something of a moderate, andrew cuomo, doug jones from alabama come all the way to burning centers Bernie Sanders, and john kasich. I want to see if theres any sort of interparty squabbling, as the case may be, given how big of a tent the Democratic Party is today and how joe biden and Kamala Harris are trying to bring everybody together. I think its going to be a big task. The big question is for what . Are they against President Trump or are they for something . I think thats exactly right. One thing that they do agree on from all sides of the party is that they want to get rid of donald trump, remove have power office. But i think your question is on point. Can they agree to what comes next, should biden win. I was struck by
On cspan. Org. The senate is weighing in on defense policies for 2021. And now to live coverage. Senate here on cspan2. To or. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, thank you for the gift of this day. Open the minds of our lawmakers and give them a vision of the unlimited possibilities available to those who trust you as their guide. May our senators embrace a hugh millty embrace a humility that seeks first to understand rather than to be understood. Inspire them to seek your wisdom as you sustain them with your grace, mercy, and peace. Lord, remind them that you will judge their fruits, productivey and faithfulness. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president.