We have all seen the images of the food lines. Help us understand the scope of the problem. How many more children are food insecure this thanksgiving week then compared to last year at this time . Guest thanks. We are in a position we really have never seen before. It is shaping up to be possibly the hungriest Holiday Season in memory. There are lots of different ways we measure hunger. It looks like we have gone from one in seven kids being at risk to one in four. As many as 17 million American Kids at risk of hunger. Not just during the Holiday Season but especially poignant during the season but since the pandemic began. Bureausure is the census does a pulse survey. They take a regular survey of americans. They found that 15 of adults say their families are struggling to feed their kids. That is up from 1 just a year ago. Really remarkable change. Host struggling to feed their kids. Define what we mean by Food Insecurity. What does that mean in practice . Guest Food Security is kin
Speaker pelosi good morning. Good morning, everyone. Another happy day. Joe biden, president elect. This week our nation paused for the sacred observance of veterans day. Every day, we honor our veterans, but one day especially set aside, just as the military leaves no soldier on the field, in battle, when they come home, our commitment is to leave no veteran behind. This morning, it was my honor to be joined by the chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee as we enrolled, signed the veterans compact act, critical legislation to prevent veteran suicide. As our nation confronts the accelerated coronavirus crisis, it is important to note that this has affected tens of thousands of veterans and va workers. It is imperative that we secure even more funding to support the v. A. And care for veterans and their families. I also had the privilege of participating in the work of Elizabeth Dole, the observances she had on veterans day this year. It was in cars, at the kennedy center, and some o
Saturday morning. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a News Conference with reporters at the capitol. She spoke about legislative priorities, including her goals of passing a covid19 relief package during the upcoming lameduck session of congress. This is 25 minutes. S of passing a covid19 relief package during the upcoming lameduck session of congress. This is 25 minutes. Speaker pelosi good morning. Good morning, everyone. Another happy day. Joe biden, president elect. This week our nation paused for the sacred observance of veterans day. Every day, we honor our veterans, but one day especially set aside, just as the military leaves no soldier on the field, in battle, when they come home, our commitment is to leave no veteran behind. This morning, it was my honor to be joined by the chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee as we enrolled, signed the veterans compact act, critical legislation to prevent veteran suicide. As our nation confronts the accelerated coronavirus crisis, it is
Leaders of philanthropy talking about their involvement in this unprecedented time. Al gholston and carol, welcome. Im really pleased to have a chance to chat with you. Before we begin, i just wanted say im sorry for the loss of bill gates, senior. I know you and everyone at the foundation is feeling the loss. He was a tremendous man and many of us got a chance to know him in various ways, but probably not as well as you. Remarkable human being and a remarkable humanitarian. Thank you. So we are here at this unprecedented moment. Is kind of hard to imagine that we could have as many crises facing us all now. Weve got obviously the health crisis. Weve got the economic crisis. We are going through a reckoning on social justice. Experiencinge climate change. Its only the tip of the iceberg. And of course education is central to what you all do. How do you weigh all of that in this time when there are so many problems to tackled . Foundationshow your have thought about this as it is all en
There are lots of different ways we measure hunger. It looks like we have gone from one in seven kids being at risk to one in four. As many as 17 million American Kids at risk of hunger. Not just during the Holiday Season but especially poignant during the season but since the pandemic began. Bureausure is the census does a pulse survey. They take a regular survey of americans. They found that 15 of adults say their families are struggling to feed their kids. That is up from 1 just a year ago. Really remarkable change. Host struggling to feed their kids. Define what we mean by Food Insecurity. What does that mean in practice . Guest Food Security is kind of a socioeconomic measure that helps us understand families are struggling with their economics, with their finances to have enough food to feed their kids. They are typically taking shortcuts or skipping meals where the parents are protecting the kids by making sure the kids eat even if the parents skip meals. It means we dont have e