Out of an abundance of caution during the covid19 pandemic, there is no in person audience today and certain ceremonial elements have been prerecorded. Please welcome the official party to the stage the secretary of the army, the honorable ryan b mccarthy. Chief of staff of the army, general james c mcconville. Sergeant major of the army, michael a grinstead. Director of the National Museum of the United States army, ms. Tammy call. Accompanied by acting secretary of defense, the honorable christopher c miller. And chairman to the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. Millie. Now presenting the colors is the third United States infantry regiment the old guard, accompanied by the old guard fife and drum corps. The National Anthem will be performed by Sergeant First Class jesse meeks from the United States army band, pershings own. Present. O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through t
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is an honor to welcome everyone to the 71st National Book awards. I am Jason Reynolds coming to you live from washington dc go this is overnight but there is so much going on in the world this is our night and it is a big deal. It is so much of a big deal i woke up this morning anxious and nervous as usual. I always, mother and i am anxious. It is 7 00 oclock in the morning and she says oh no i said i am feeling anxious about tonight have to hope the National Book awards am calling you to see if you have advice for your child go she said that she always has been to make the call. Let me ask you something, son. What did i make you say every single night before you got into bed when you were little boy . I said i dont want to do this right now she said no dont know what did i. C. E. Make you say every night when you got into bed . I said you made me say i can do anything. Exactly you can do anything. You tell me this all the time on. But i never asked
We will continue with the mainly dry weather for today and temperatures not too bad. Low 50s in santa rosa. It wasnt that long ago that we were in the afternoon highs with just low to mid 50s. A little bit better out there today. More rain isnt oway though. In fact, our increased chance for scattered showers by tomorrower one. Several businesses have been evacuated due to a propane link. This is happening on rogers avenue north of the 101 interchange. Firefighters are securing the area. Theyre telling people to stay back. Its highly flammable. Were at the scene gathering more information for you, trying to find out what led to the propane link. Well bring you more as it dvlss. An investigation into a man being taken into police custody. 52yearold david glen ward of petaluma was involved in a Police Pursuit on november 24th. There was a struggle after the vehicle stopped and Sonoma County sheriffs deputies to fix up an aging elementary school. And for the first time in decades, theyve a
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Companies and Internet Users reposting Third Party Material as liability. Recorded earlier this week this is just over three hours reposting Third Party Material as liability. Recorded earlier this week this is just over three hours. The committee will now come to order the chair recognizes himself or five minutes for Opening Statement. On my content on online content moderation is the negine experience we know today whether looking up restaurant reviews or catching up on snl on youtube are checking in on a friend or a loved one on social media these are all experiences we have come to know and rely on. And the platforms we go to to do these things have been enabled by User Generated Content as well as the ability of these companies to moderate that content and create communities. Section 230 of Communications Decency actit has enabled that ecosystem to evolve by giving only companies the ability to moderatec content without equating them to the publisher or speaker of the content, we