For us, and he didnt just cook it. He donated time and all of that food and that is a commitment to the community and we thank you so much, my friend, ben. I want to thank some other people while we get started, make sure i get these sponsors right. Dominion energy, el hoppa foundation, the joanna foundation, the federal bar foundation, marin, marvell, bradley and anderson it is a law firm if you couldnt tell boomtown, and of course the law firm. Other brie thanks to our dedicated Board Members other brief thanks to our dedicated for members. It takes a lot of work to pull off an event like we are doing this evening. One in particular i would like to call your attention to is the chair of our committee, beau moore, emeritus professor of social science at citadel. Thank you both. And others. You see a lot of people from mp strategy around who made this happen, abigail, megan and the other volunteers. Thank you all for doing that. A couple housekeeping items. We are welcoming cspan here
And he drove down here and cooked the chicken and sausage for us, and he didnt just cook it. He donated time and all of that food and that is a commitment to the community and we thank you so much, my friend, ben. I want to thank some other people while we get started, make sure i get these sponsors right. Dominion energy, el hoppa foundation, the joanna foundation, the federal bar foundation, marin, marvell, bradley and anderson it is a law firm if you couldnt tell boomtown, and of course the law firm. Other brie thanks to our dedicated Board Members other brief thanks to our dedicated for members. It takes a lot of work to pull off an event like we are doing this evening. One in particular i would like to call your attention to is the chair of our committee, beau moore, emeritus professor of social science at citadel. Thank you both. And others. You see a lot of people from mp strategy around who made this happen, abigail, megan and the other volunteers. Thank you all for doing that.
He is saying his old age helped him make the decision. Pope gregory xii will step down at eight oclock at night 28th. Ora. His may come as a shock his older brother said he has he planned to retire. Said heearold pope have the energy anymore. He said being pope requires the strength of mind and body. He was 78 years old when he was 2005. D back in was the oldest and 300 years. No specific medical condition the decision. He had slowed down in recent years and cut back on his foreign travel. The announcement sets the stage conclave in march to reelect a brandnew leader. They hope to have a new pope in place by easter. Word of the resignation is there an up opinions in our area. A signaled the Catholic Church considers to be infallible. D. C. Arealics in the he could quit. Others except that it could be a humble and sincere gesture. Father david began his morning at. Johns with announcing common message. Some heard the news or the first time. The unexpected decision comes on and two days
Upstairs the men who serve as valets may lay out clothing for the president for the day while handling laundry and meals and packing for trips. Richard nixons valet, manolo sanchez, was famously loyal and grew close to the boss both in office and later on in his retirement years. So today when we heard that the president s u. S. Navy valet had the coronavirus, we knew it had come very close to the president. Just today this country lost over 2,100 people. Thats our oneday death toll as this illness continues to grow, bringing our National Death toll tonight to 76,441 lives lost. Indeed it was news of a positive case inside the white house residence that led the News Coverage today. The president was asked about that and precautions. Ive had very little contact, personal contact with this gentleman, know who he is, good person, but ive had very little contact. Mike has had very little contact with him. But mike was tested, and i was tested. We were both tested. Yeah, its a little bit st
They seem to have largely taken on a peaceful tenor this evening. Thousands of protesters in the cities from minneapolis to washington, d. C. , from new york city to los angeles. We will continue to bring you updates on what we are seeing in those protests. Msnbc correspondent Gadi Schwartz is in los angeles where hes been following protests for the last few days. Gadi, whats it like there. Reporter chris, were starting to see a significant amount of arrests being made. Its hard to make out here, but this is the back end of a protest group that was split off from a larger group. Theyve got about 30, 40 people. In fact, we cant go any further over here. Hey, is it okay if we just post up right here . Can we just post up right here . Thats fine. Reporter okay. So were up a little bit on a stoop, and you can see what looks like this entire block of cars, the ones that are in the road. They were filled with people. All those people have been taken out. They were put on the ground, and now