You really look at what is happening. But a random act of kindness planted a seed of hope. Soledad i am soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Barriers to the ballot are not new for black and brown people in america. From poll taxes and literacy tests to intimidation and physical violence, all were blatant forms of efforts to suppress the vote. Today, Voter Suppression is the result of overly strict voter id laws, complicated rules for mailin ballots, extreme consolidation of polling places, and mass purging of voters from election rolls. Some examples, oklahoma, where state law requires absentee ballots to be notarized. Texas, where vulnerability to covid19 can not be used as a reason to get an absentee ballot. Kentucky, where just one polling place was open during the primary election in jefferson county, which serv roughly many people could be turned away from the polls in november or find out that their ballots did not count . Janai nelson is the associate director counsel of t
It was. What we are politics and 71 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger but it didnt make sense to be a communist. Went to the transformational kerr . It was gradual. It took place, in fact i just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institute of why i turned right and its a story of a bunch of us. And it is a long story and i wont tell you but i will give the short version. I was a radical leftist in a search of marxist socialist thing in america and i got a job i got a job paying 150 a week. I was the messenger in new york. That was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was very broke and i was paid every two weeks. I was really looking forward to that 300 and so was my landlord. And my drug dealer. [laughter] and other people. I got my first paycheck it was 178. It was supposed to be 300 but after taxes and Social Security and Health Care Retirement fund i said wait. I have been advocating socialism marxism
Classrooms. So if you look at the transit piece, did that cause any delay because of this project and, again, what methodology did you use to sort of measure that . Question, presiden yes, president yee, w we used three sources of delay and two deal with, basically, increases in vehicular Traffic Congestion from the project. So theres the sheer number of new vehicle trips, as well as reason industry delay, where the transit vehicle may pull to the side and try to get back into the transit lane if theyre stopped at a stop and thats too sources of delay and the third source is the increase from transit riders from the project on to the project vicinity. We found that under projects conditions, that the project would not have a Significant Impact on transit delay. Under cumulative conditions, so, again, going back to your earlier question, with the growth, we concluded the combined impacts could result in a transit delay impact and thats because we didnt have a ton of information from cit
Not. If you removed all of the parking from this project site and didnt replace it at all, there would be a deficit, assuming nobody switches, like everyone continues to drive. We found that temporary limited deficit would not create substantial physical, Environmental Impacts. And is it that time of year where students are asked to enroll into a class . That they physically be there . Thats my understanding. Weve received comments that faculty are also hauling materials to and from their classrooms. So if you look at the transit piece, did that cause any delay because of this project and, again, what methodology did you use to sort of measure that . Question, presiden yes, president yee, w we used three sources of delay and two deal with, basically, increases in vehicular Traffic Congestion from the project. So theres the sheer number of new vehicle trips, as well as reason industry delay, where the transit vehicle may pull to the side and try to get back into the transit lane if they
Procedural vote will take place this morning on the nominee. The confirmation vote later this afternoon. And the negotiations are continuing on a coronavirus aid package. Live coverage now here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god our shield, we rejoice in the gift of your salvation. Look with favor upon our senators today, delivering them from fear and guiding them around the obstacles that hinder their progress. Lord, unite them for the common good of this great land. Lord, manifest your purposes to them, making clear your plans and guiding them with your love. Give them the wisdom to have confidence in your power, as you inspire them to use their talents as instruments of liberation and healing. Almighty god, have compassion upon our nation and world. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge a