Now is the time for a better choice. I thank you for your attention. Mr. President of the general assembly, mr. Secretarygeneral of the United Nations, ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and government. Last year, we met in new york for the general assembly, and i called on all of you to have the courage to build peace and carry shoulder our responsibilities together. This courage, i must say, has been put to a harsh test by the andth, economic, Social Security shock of an unprecedented scope, and immediate global crisis, the most immediate one since the creation of our organization 75 years ago. That courage which was first seen from the men and women on the front lines around the world and who still are to heal us, nourish us, accompany us and hold us, our health care and are humanitarian workers. I want to first take these words to think of them. They expect that we commit and Work Together to build concrete responses together, because this crisis, no doubt, more than any other cr
Angela thank you so much, mr. Chairman. It is always a joy to partake in the convention of the naacp. I think this is my second event. Lifelong member, partially by force because of my dad. And now as an adult, certainly want to be a part and always excited to support what you are ing and a shoutout to my brother, the president , Derrick Johnson. Senator harris, it is so great to see you. Ill refrain from calling you kamala today because i think its so important that they put some respect on your name. So im going to lead by example. We know you are in the middle of debate prep. I wish i was in the room with you to give you some oneliners but hopefully we can get you ready and most comfortable today. How are you doing, how are you feeling . Senator harris i am doing well. Thank you for that introduction. Thank you for not only talking about the head of the naacp but my pastor, dr. Amos brown. Thank you to Derrick Johnson for your ongoing leadership. We talk so often these days about th
Focusing whats going on in washington, d. C. , we are after all coast to coast, were going to hear from the president meeting with the National Association of Police Organization, group that is endorsing him for reelection this go around, were also following a number of developments in florida with the hurricane moving in on the florida coast, Governor Desantis says this is going to be an issue for the state well into next week, we are monitoring those developments as it approaches the category two storm and were monitoring as well what is happening in silicon valley, big tech getting bigger, not only in stocks but any time to rain these guys in, google is a big exception to the runup, its stock not doing as well even the revenue is strong and the fact of the matter is, there was a notion that it is not enjoying the ride that the others are. Again, if you look at that the rich and wealth for not only themselves and their own investors, they have been the really only big game in town so
Organizations magazine asking the question, what is american conservatism. Tell me about this project . Mr. Burtka thank you so much for having me on, susan. I conceived of the project because there is a lot going on in our country right now and it is unsettling times for a number of americans. Everything having to do with the covid crisis, to the lockdowns, to the killing of george floyd and subsequent protests and riots, and the president ial election. So a lot of people are taking the opportunity to really reexamine first principles, and trying to figure out where we stand as a nation. And people on the right at the end of the president s term as the end of the president s term comes into focus are asking themselves what is conservatism . Has the president made an impact on the overall trajectory of the conservative movement and the Republican Party . So i want to take this opportunity to reexamine those fundamental questions. Back in 1964, there was a seminal book called the federa
We dont want to do it that way. We want to go big, go solid. The country is very strong. Weve never been so strong. We dont want, with this invisible enemy, we dont want airlines going out of business, we dont want people losing their jobs or not having money to live when they were doing very well four weeks ago. So we are going big, and that is the way it will be and that is the way everybody seems to like it on the hill. Susan historian and author amity shlaes, that is President Trump and want in one of his recent announcements about the goals on a big series of Economic Relief packages to stem the Economic Impact of the coronavirus. Other World Leaders are doing the same. As we start out here, since you are looking at this through the lens of history, are there good historical parallels for the covid19 crisis . Amity the crisis is beginning to look like in 192930. It also looks like 191819, 1920. Im honored to be here. I should say, to discuss all these parallels. I want to mention