Thanks so much for being here tonight for one of the most contentious consequential and closely watched u. S. Elections in history thats right Democrat Joe Biden is fighting to unseat republican President Donald Trump and the world has its eyes on america tonight and well be following every twist and turn with our team of correspondents and experts and ill be keeping you up to date with all the results as they come in and this of course is an election played out with america in crisis mode the cold food pandemic is surging and theres a stark political divide and thats raising fears of unrest but turnout is set to shatter all records lets take a look now at deadline day for American Voters. This is what us to mock crissy looks like today huge lines at many polling stations in one of the worlds oldest and largest democracies from chile wisconsin in the north. Through the city that never sleeps. To tropical florida and the south voters seem to have shown up in massive numbers even during
Text message. 2027488903. Again, the text number only. 488903. Please include your first name and your city on that text message. Here this evening looking at some of the reaction to tonights debate. Lets start with reporters take on it. Susan page moderated the one and only Vice President ial debate. She writes, this isnt the first time an incumbent president had a disastrous first debate, then seemed to learn some lessons for the second. She said witness reagan in 1984 and president obama in 2012. Someone who covers politics for the Washington Post notes the Vice President looked at his watch toward the end of the debate. Didotes that george w. Bush the same thing during one of his debates. He said the gaffe wasnt that bush looked at his watch, it was that he did so at a town hall debate where voters were asking him a question. He said it looked like an insult to those voters. Minutessays it took 41 to get a malarkey reference tonight. , a tweet that the 1988 Vice President ial debat
Can you please call the roll . [ roll call ] clerk you have a quorum. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Approval of the minutes from the october 6 regular meeting. Can we open up the line for Public Comment on the minutes from the october 6 meeting. You have zero questions remaining. Well pause 20 seconds. If no one comes on the line, well move along. Clerk if members of the public wish to address the board on the meeting, please dial 10 to join the queue. And the number is available on the screen, should anyone want to join. You have zero questions remaining. Then well close Public Comment. Directors, are there any additions or amendments to the minutes . If not, may i hear a motion. Motion. Is there a second . A second. Please call the roll. [ roll call ] clerk 50. Item 5, communications. Due to the covid19 emergency, this meeting is being held virtually and all members of the public and staff are participating via video conference. This will
Important question, the cdc tracks flu every year all i am so pleased to moderate this important session. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan Public Health policy research and Advocacy Organization based in washington, d. C. The covid19 pandemic is an immense challenge. Envision a nation that values the health and wellbeing of all. Since the spring of this year, we have held a series of webinars focused on the impact protecting older adults from the arm of social isolation. How the pandemic is concentrated in many gaps. We also cohosted a congressional briefing on advancing Racial Equity. It should go without saying that this is an unprecedented pandemic. The likes of which has not been seen in this country. Seenve certainly disparities in past Public Health emergencies. The pandemic has greatly exposed trust for Americas Health has been advocating. Calling for data disaggregation. We are also focusing on other issues. Calling for investment in Public Health infrastructure. This includes i
And of course we do hope that they remain healthy, they remain able to do their job. Live now to lebanon, New Hampshire, where vermont senator Bernie Sanders is holding a getoutthevote rally in support of former Vice President joe biden. That theseight then were not radical ideas, these were basic principles of a just economy. [applause] and again this time, fciu,y labor union endorsed senator Bernie Sanders, because New Hampshire wants an economy that works for everyone, not just a few. This is a fight we will never give up, because when we go out, i do well, you do well, the whole economy does well, because we are the economy [cheers and applause] friends, donald trump lies td to us, and he continues to live. He said he was for workers. Layoffs, because he is unable to do anything that correctly, even when advised, he will go against that. He said he was for health care, he wanted Better Health care. Is tou know his only plan take whatever health care you have an replace it with noth