Decade with your love and sacrifice sore throats and first moments. Thank you to my staff in the chamber today who are in colorado and washington and made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. You leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature and thanks to my colleagues, senator bennett thank you for the honor of serving along your side and serving to the Nations Capital to please the staff to the support staff inhe the senate wo make it all possible. But above all most importantly, thank you to this great and extraordinary nation for all that it means it represents. The optimism that for two centuries has led people around the globe to give up everything they had just to be here, to be part of this nation, to then turn around and fight through the political strife and pandemics to go to the war to save the union, to know how lucky and blessed we are that out of all of the billions of people through the thousands of y
With the same terrible threat. And within a matter of months, as many as 50 million would be dead. In the United States, the death toll reached 675,000, five times the number of u. S. Soldiers killed in world war i. What was that deadly threat . [ bells tolling ] there were many, many people who died. We had just come a few years before from mexico where we were living on account of the mexican revolution. I was about 10 years old. I was the oldest, and my Four Brothers and sisters of the family, only my dad and my sister did not get it. My two brothers were in one room sick. I was sick in the other bedroom with my mother. My poor dad and sister had to be our attendants and see what they could do for us. Influenza gave you such high fever. Mother told me that i thought her black hair was a cat, and i was afraid of it with a delirium from high fever. People were left very weak with kind of that high fever. And all the schools, the public places, and every place was closed. I guess nearl
Summit. Hello, everyone and welcome. I am the anchor of cnn newsroom weekend. Welcome to this closing plenary, reimagining the future. Schools have started in much of the nation and today of course we have had a full day of this valuable virtual summit, and so many questions remain. How should schools fully reopen . Who should remote learn . Who should teach Remote Learning . Is this the school year that is lost, and can kids really learn and benefit as best they can from such a variety of issues . And is the gap between the haves and havenots, is at widening . What needs to change right now to promote and protect the greatest potential for every child in every neighborhood in every Apartment Building in every shelter . Because times are that tough. We have good number of our kids now operating and living in shelters. We are going to try her best to tackle all of these questions. Iveot an incredible panel with me now. You have seen some of them. That you can see them. Paul kerger, pres
Much better. Our team has managed to pull feat that was pretty impressive. We started the official process on monday and here we are. This is because of all of you, because of all of us americans showing support for our president , donald j. Trump. Can i get around of applause . [applause] thats right. We see what is going on and the silent majority, the silent no more. , silente noise majority, let everyone know you are here. [applause] over somego housekeeping items because we know how things are. Covid. Just hear me out. Wear a mask unless you are medically exempt. If you are not wearing a mask, we will assume you are medically exempt. [applause] wear a mask and socially distance unless you are with family. Hello, family. [applause] wash your hands and sanitize your hands often, that is just standard, basic hygiene. That is it. This goes without saying because our groups are very clean, pick up after yourself because we dont want to be stuck with a huge bill. That is pretty much it.
As my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of america and our people. He understood that no other nation under god was conceived in liberty quite the way that we are. His deep, innate understanding of americas exceptional place in the world gave him the strength to face down the soviet