ahead must include signing into law strong voting rights legislation. let us not gloss over the fact that in the year since this deadly attack we have all had to do our jobs and be human. we have done that in the face of the denials of truth and rewriting of history from the very colleagues who were running for their own lives that day. so i am once again reminded that being human is a courageous act. it means you are willing to fight for the things that are the hardest to even be disappointed or hurt or angered but to still do what is right and what is just because that is the only way that change happens. our courage and our resolve only grow from this crisis. and the responsibility that is upon us to protect our democracy for years to come.
ukraine, somebody standing behind the television camera during the main evening news broadcast with that sign. she had obviously taken great care to prepare including the message that is illegal now talking about a war in ukraine as per the last couple of weeks since russia changed the law and cracked down on freedom of speech. this is an extraordinarily courageous act by a journalist which could cost her 15 years of her life. for russians, the pressure is piling on. markets stock markets still haven t opened and there s a fear of course the country could default. put in perspective the status of the economy right now and how much that putting pressure perhaps on putin or is it? and the ruble has devalued into double digits. of course. russia has a big interest payment worth $170 million due on wednesday morning and it s supposed to repay this particular type of debt back in
0 american. it s not just words like democracy and liberty. more than that is because an idea embedded in the constitution of the united states, the idea that everyone in america no matter how powerful is supposed to play by the same rules. and every american election is an opportunity to show that, to show what it means. unlike in many other countries our winners don t assume absolute power to do whatever they may want. our losers understand that their rights are preserved. they accept defeat. we ve all been there and lived to fight another day. so on january 6th, a year ago, i was desperate to be in the house gallery. i wanted to be there to see the ceremony that would mark the continuation of the sacred tradition. i was optimistic. at 11:21 i pulled out my little twitter machine and i wrote today is a celebration of democracy, the people have voted. the only power we have as representatives and senators under the constitution we swore to defend is to count the ballots, and we wi
i mean, your scrubs and vaccine card are now being donated to the smithsonian. you were honored at the white house a little while back. what has all of this meant to you personally? it s so surreal. i can t believe that, you know, my courageous act just going in to get myself protected because i believe that it was the right thing to do, you know, has gone on to be this historic moment. i m very, very honored to hold this place in history. and did i read correctly that you that when you went in to get the shot you didn t even actually know that you were going to be the first in the nation? did not know at all. well, it s good knowing you now. thank you so much, sandra lindsy. my pleasure, kate. thank you. really, really appreciate it, and thank you all for being here, an extraordinary day, yet
a gun and pull the trigger in the blink of an eye, and in multiple rounds. what students need to know, if somebody thinks they re going to bring a gun to school, says they re going to bring a gun to school, you can see the bulge under their shirt, you need to alert the school resource officer or a teacher, that s a courageous act, because even though they may not have come to school intending to commit a mass shooting, they can get in a fight and pull out the gun and start shooting, which is what people can do on impulse, when they re all carrying guns and not trained, it becomes literally the wild west. there s a fight, you know, there s an argument, and then the person with the gun gets the gun. you see that in a lot of road rage cases as well. so students need to also understand those security drills. when you hear a shot, don t think it s something else, don t think it s a backfire, it s not a firecracker, it s a shot. implement your own strategic