Hello, everybody. Im allison kiddie, artistic director of the chicago humanities festival and delighted to be here welcoming you to todays program, Maria Hinojosa, once i was you. This program and many more are free and open to the public. You can learn more at chicago humanities. Org, and i encourage you to lend your support, make a donation or become a member. You can also learn more about our commitment to accessibility there thanks to support from chf audiences. All of our Digital Events have closed captioning which can be controlled through youtube. Thank you to our captioner today. And, good news, this program will have both spanish and english subtitles. In my previous life in public radio, the voice of Maria Hinojosa was a constant presence, compassionate, Ground Breaking. Im delighted shes back at chf and in conversation with another essential voice, Jose Antonio Vargas. They are two of the most compelling and urgent thinkers on civil rights in america seen especially through
Go for it. Bill makes you think about Election Night more than two months ago when david perdue in georgia fell by 3 10 of a vote to avoid a runoff. This is the payoff. Dana a lot of republicans didnt show up to vote. Thats what happens. More on this with Newt Gingrich in a moment. Griff jenkins live in washington will they go it alone . I think they are. Dana. Happy friday. Looks like a purely partisan path. History was made when Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tiebreaker advancing the 2 trillion relief plan. The yays are 50, nays are 50. The senate equally divided. The Vice President votes in the affirmative and the concurrent resolution as amended is adopted. This after 15 hours of votearama The Republicans forced a majority to add amendments. More than 850 were filed. In the end 41 roll call votes were taken. Among the ones that passed joni ernst to prohibit increasing the minimum wage during the pandemic. Another blocking Illegal Immigrants from getting Stimulus Checks as we
Mint discusses his book screen reality how filmmakers reimagined america which explores the history of nonfiction films to 24 century reality tv. The Burbank Public Library hosted this event and the video provided by the burbank channel. I just wanted to say thank you for coming. Im with the Library Staff and this program is part of a series of programs that the library prisons from time to time on topics related to the film industry. Sometimes we take a look behind the scenes on films in eighth genre are made or explore how a particular movie is made we did this recently by the way with queens of ammunition and we are looking at the film china town just a few weeks ago presenting documentary film making in the spring we hope to present a program on the creation of music scores for film by taking a close look at the jury career of max stein are. Perhaps hollywoods most influential composer. It has been noted that we are presently in a golden age of documentary filmmaking with more docu
Moves in. Melissa colorado has more on the demand for heat lamps and fire pits and whether it will be enough to encourage foodies to dine out in the cold. Reporter downtown walnut creek transferred into rows and rows of restaurant patios. Take main street. On some weekends, theres more tables and chairs set out than parked cars. How will the restaurants adjust in the winter . Theyll be bracing for rain, wind and hail. So right now its beautiful weather. We enjoy the weather. But the rainy season reporter the owner, eric zang knows his restaurant in walnut creek, cant rely on sunny skies forever. Everybody worry about the winter, our rainy season. How can we do it . How can we survive . Reporter many restaurants, especially along the bay are already stocking up on electric and gas heaters says the owner of alfresco heating in novato. Theres been this before. Eric can says propane heaters are flying off the shelves because theyre portable and dont need to be plugged in. Alfrescos outdoor
Advantage, we hope the republican majority on the Homeland Security committee has not become a sympathetic audience and a potential Entrance Point to foreign influenced campaigns wittingly or unwittingly. What a disastrous and disgraceful fate of affairs. The senate should pass this resolution today. I yield the floor to my colleague from oregon. Wyden wyden mr. President. Mr. Wyden mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for oregon. Mr. Wyden mr. President , i rise in support for this resolution, the democratic leader. We are calling for an end to a horribl horribly flawed investigation, attempts to poison it with disinformation and to sew distrust are an established matter of fact. And it is especially troubling because for periods over the last year, two Senate Committees have conducted an investigation involving the ukraine, former Vice President biden and his son hunter. Homeland security and Government Affairs committee, led by our colleague from wisconsin, chairman john