Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden was also in minnesota. The first day of mailin ballot is for minnesotans in the 2020 election. He was introduced by senator tina smith and amy klobuchar. This is 40 minutes. Good afternoon everyone. I am glad to be with you all. I thank the comforters to welcome us to this amazing Apprenticeship Program. Im excited to be here. We are all here because we all understand that when people have the right to come together collectively, to organize for better working conditions, better wages, safer places to work they do better and their families to better and everybody in this country does better. What ive learned from talking to hardworking people all over minnesota is that what they want is the freedom and opportunity to build the lives that they want and they know that good jobs and their labor union help them do that. So i think about what is happening here in this amazing a apprenticeship facility that
Transferring from one administration to an other. Good morning, and welcome to talking transitions. We all woke up to shocking news this morning so before we get started, let me give our best wishes for a speedy recovery for President Trump, the first lady, and all the officials who work closely with the president. 3, month out from november americans have started voting in the most president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden or reelect President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation, growing pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality. These problems is the federal government and the federal government needs to be effective. Why it is critical for effectiveness on effectiveness. A smooth transition this year is not enough. Bestyear will be the transition ever in american history. Should President Biden win, the challenges are daunting. In normal times, a new president a 78 day. Bank to form a government, select more than pout 4000 political
Those statements that have been made. My concern is some of the degree well be leaving this their take you live to due doubt, minnesota, where president ial candidate joe biden is holding a campaign event. This is live coverage on cspan2. Welcoming to us this appraising Apprenticeship Program and im excited to be here with senator klobuchar and Vice President biden. We are heres because we fund when the people can organize for better working conditions, better wages, safer places to work, thy do better, their family does better and everybody in this country does better. From what ive learned from people in minnesota is they want the freedom and opportunity to build the lives they want and they know that good jobs and their labor unions help them to do that. So think about what is happening here in this amazing apprenticeship facility that the Vice President has had a chance to tour that is doing great work. It is creating pathways for people to have good jobs and good careers with pens
A bit of background. President trumka hails from southwest pennsylvania and comes from a proud family of coal miners working his way through college and then through law school. He started his union work with the United Mine Workers and became the unions president at the age of 33. Since 1980 done, he has been working on the aflcios executive council and was like a president in 2009 and was like a president in 2009. We are on the record. Please know live blogging or tweeting. No filing of any kind mother breakfast is underway. While the breakfast is underway. The embargo is lifted when the session ends. We are hoping to make this as much like an inperson event as possible. That is collegial, conversational and informative. We ask that all of the reporters keep their audio there video on and audio muted unless you are speaking. To ask a question during the q and a, please use the raised hand function on zoom to help us set up a queue. To access raised hand some of you might know this al
Of our politics right now, and the number of crises that were all dealing with, much of it falls at the doorstep of the oval office to be dealt with. And so to help us sort of sort through how president s think about this, we thought who better to convene than a group of former chiefs of staff who have been there on the front line, working arm in arm with the president of the United States, with the last four president s of the United States in tackling various crises. These crises have come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, whether were talking about military action, whether were talking about economic crises, terror attacks, natural disasters, or global pandemics. The guests on our panel tonight have seen it all. So were very fortunate to have them join us. Were going to jump into the conversation in a moment, but one piece of housekeeping, for those of you here on zoom, members of the georgetown community, youll see at the bottom of your screen a q a tab. Thats where you can go ahead