I would like to start from reading from doctor cheneys opening paragraph. Put the spike of a drawing compass into the map of virginia a dairy farm, George Washington home, extend the leg of the compass what reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle, within and it not only washington but thomas jefferson, james mattis and james rural were born leading to manhood and made their home. It is the story that evokes what the historian called the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience. Doctor cheney is a longtime member of a site faculty and i want to take moment to acknowledge how much we all appreciate her scholarship and her intellectual contributions to ai, not to mention a service she is done for our country. This is the latest in a series of several works by doctor cheney that examine our countrys history, its consideration and rigor. Her last book, James Madison, became a New York Times best seller in 2014 and shed new light on the life of one of
On this mornings washington journal the duties of the office on which im about to enter, so help me god. At the white house last night, Amy Coney Barrett becomes a 115th justice to the Supreme Court and the fifth woman to the court in its 231 year history. This happened hours after the senate voted 5248 to confirm the 48yearold justice, President Trumps third nominee to the Supreme Court. Your reaction this morning, republicans democrats and us on twitter as well remember you can text us with your first name, city and state. Lets begin with Amy Coney Barrett at the white house yesterday. She delivered rare remarks for a justice just sworn into the high court, he or she is. The confirmation process has made ever clear to me one of the fundamental differences between the federal judiciary and the United States senate. Acute isps the most the role of policy preferences. Of a senator to pursue her policy preferences. In fact, it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals as
They say the decision is dangerous and they are not going to follow through with it. They are not putting any fans inside levi stadium. The stands at levi stadium will not be filled with 49 ers fans any time soon. Putting an audience in a stadium in large groups. Is just asking for trouble. Its like a petri dish. Santa clara county executive officer, jeff smith says the states new guidelines allowing professional sports teams in orange tier, 3 to fill 20 of their stands with fans from as far as a 120 miles away will not be allowed at levi stadium. He says well covid positivity rates are near one percent in Santa Clara County. Theyre near 8 in other counties making the risk just too great. If you do the math that means somewhere between 250 and a 1000 people out of those 14,000 people well be infected. Theyll be infected. There will be at the stadium screaming yelling theyll be going to try to get food. Theyll be unmasked during the time period that theyre eating theyre going to be goin
Began logic in the tiktok negotiations amid news china is unlikely to back the deal with oracle and walmart President Trump says he will nominate a candidate to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on saturday. Sources say he met with Amy Coney Barrett at the white house. Lets get to the top story today in the United Kingdom. The government is expected to announce a series of new restrictions imposing a 10 00 p. M. Curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants and expected to do a you turn when it comes to work from home guidance raising the alert level to four. Saying the risk of second round of infections is high or rising. Speaking to cabinet news, the government is working to ensure people continue normal life limiting social contacts no one wants to do these things or take these steps they are reluctant steps but they are necessary as we were reminded and you are reporting, the rate of infection is increasing. The number of people going to the hospital is increasing and we need to act is it is not
Deaths remain high, 113, the death toll overall stands at 9500. The new case increase is the lowest it has been in nearly a month. The number might be skewed because county Health Officials say technical issues leading to underreporting across the state. Greg lee is joining us with the impact this might be having with numbers. Greg . Several counties have placed disclaimers on there covid19 numbers over the last few days. One doctor says the reason for the issues might be just how much data these labs are trying to process at once. For the past few days, the state system, we have discovered some discrepancies. Reporter a recent drop in covid19 cases could be due, at issues. Dr. Mark galli acknowledged problems with cal ready, the acknowledged reporting system, resulting in underreporting positive cases. They are concerned, just like we are. We have been in communication about what these discrepancies are, how we might improve them. Reporter he did not say how many days had been impacte