Holiday celebration gets underway. We want to begin with this. The headline, 2020 has put americans in a bad mood. Americans are watching with anguish as a nation grapples with systemic racism and upset with protesters defacing statues with those representing the worst racist. They worry about the economy but fear the spread of coronavirus. One study from pew research finding that 12 of americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the country. Further, according to the survey, 71 percent described themselves as angry, 66 percent as fearful, and just days before the nations 144th anniversary independence,ys just a few as proud. Last night the president on twitter with the following. There is a rise in cases because our testing is so massive and far good, and so good, even better news is that the death rate is down. Younger people who get much better easier and faster. The president responding to the jobs numbers and his handling of his pandemic. Heres part of what he told re
Indicates that many of you are in a sour mood. 2027488000 if you are optimistic about the direction of the country. If you are pessimistic, 2027488001. You can also join us on social media and we will read your treat your tweets. You can send us a text message. That number is 2027488003. And as always, we are on facebook. A lot to get to, thank you for being with us as the july 4 Holiday Celebration gets underway. We want to begin with this. The headline, 2020 has put americans in a bad mood. Americans are watching with anguish as a nation grapples with systemic racism and upset with protesters defacing statues with those representing the worst racist. They worry about the economy but fear the spread of coronavirus. One study from pew research finding that 12 of americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the country. Further, according to the survey, 71 percent described themselves as angry, 66 percent as fearful, and just days before the nations 144th anniversary indepen
Today, Vice President mike pence visited texas and spoke with Texas Governor greg abbott about the increase in coronavirus in that state. I want to welcome everybody , and i here today especially want to welcome the Vice President of the United States mike pence. Thank you for being here today. I went like to just start by peeling back the curtain and explaining the way that mike pence has been working with the governors across the United States. We have this week we phone call that will include the Vice President as well as dr. Birx but in addition to that, probably at least once a week i will have the opportunity to visit with the Vice President about challenges are issues that may be occurring in the state of texas. Calling him. Is me sometimes late at night or on the weekend talking about i need that we have or something we need to focus on or other times it will be him calling me. You might remember on fathers day. You called me and just wanted the lay of the land. And we got to s
Peeling back the curtain and explaining the way that mike pence has been working with the governors across the united states. We have this week we phone call that will include the Vice President as well as dr. Birx but in addition to that, probably at least once a week i will have the opportunity to visit with the Vice President about challenges are issues that may be occurring in the state of texas. Calling him. Is me sometimes late at night or on the weekend talking about i need that we have or something we need to focus on or other times it will be him calling me. You might remember on fathers day. You called me and just wanted the lay of the land. And we got to share happy fathers day. With each other as we are working on protecting fathers and mothers and children across the state of texas. Mr. Vice president , i want to thank you and thanks the administration all of your great team members for what you have done to help texas as we navigate our way through the conquering of covid
In world war ii. Whoral mason was a veteran served in the european theater in George Pattons third army and went on to have a long career in the military. Several retiring, held highranking positions in the pentagon, including assistant deputy chief of all operations and special assistant to the deputy chief of logistics. So it is a very special night any time we have a mason lecture at the museum. Thanks to the generosity of general mason and his family, we are proud to host tonights by one, a Public Lecture of the worlds most distinguished holocaust scholars. Museum,to think, at the we tell the story of the entire experience of world war ii and feel that too often the holocaust and world war ii are studied as separate, almost isolated topics. We believe it is our role to help our audiences understand the broader context surrounding the holocaust and the legacies it continues to impact on her world. We have one more exhibition to come. Believe it or not, there is room for one more bui