The message behind this massive gathering. Imagine moving an object just by using your mind. How an invention the size of a postit note could be a game changer for prosthetics. In the extreme heat and that air, we had to one of the hottest parts in the bay area where it is a challenge finding ways to keep cool. Good evening. Temperatures in antioch hitting around 110 degrees again today, john ramose on the options for people struggling without air conditioner. Reporter it is known for being one of the hottest places in the bay area, the covid19 and the bad air quality are making it hard to find opportunities to stay cool in. The fotioctoy,109 degrees. It was like a sauna, in every single room, unless you have an air conditioner. Reporter but not everyone has one, or even a home. And a story lives in her car so she came to the cooling center set up the city. Surprisingly, at 2 00, she was the first person to actually use the facility. So we might not be as busy as we were earlier in the
And 10 minutes long. Dillingham. Chairwoman maloney the committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an opening statement. Good morning and thank you all for being here today. The 2020 census is now underway. Two weeks ago, the Census Bureau counted its first person in rural alaska. Next month, the counting will begin in earnest around our country. The constitution requires us to count every Single Person in the United States without exception. This census will be the largest and most complex in American History. And it is essential that the count is full, fair and free from any interference. Person ie United States without exception. This census will be the largest and most complex in American History and this is essential that the count is full, fair and free from any interference. This year census will have enormous consequences for our commun
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About is blood at the root a racial cleansing in america. Please welcome patrick phillips. Thank you so much. For the southern festival of books, thank you for coming. This will con turn into a the book really began with a conversation in a taxicab about 10 years ago when my friend tosha treadway who some people think of as poet laureate of the us but at the time was not yet. We knew each other through the poetry world and 10 years ago we were at a professional conference and not tosha and i are old friends but she on this one night decided to challenge me because i grew up in Forsyth County georgia which is known all over the state as a quote, white county but this is not something i knew in new york, had any familiarity with but natosha is an africanamerican woman who happened to go to the university of Georgia College a little way down the road from bursae and this meant when she heard me offhandedly mentioned that i came from this state , she stopped and really turned to me and sai