we fought through the wilderness and threw open the doors of richmond slave jails, all to save the constitution and renew its promise of equality and freedom. we stormed the sands and scaled the cliffs of normandy. we drove tanks through the gates, we planted the stars and stripes on iwo jima and saved civilization. we marched on washington and won the right of suffrage for women. we marched over the edmund petttus build. we about built rockets to the moon. we built the largest economy, the greatest military in history, and we buried the soviet union beneath it. the american people are always there for one another. when neighbors are hurting, strangers load up their minivans and head that way. whether it was when the towers fell and people rushed across the country to search through the rubble or whether it was when the winds blew here in iowa and the floodwaters rose. so i ask you to remember who we are. if you are attempted to despair. we re americans. and there s nothing w
this has been since the late 90s. something none of us have seen before. the air outside that i m in, why i m wearing the mask. it goes from unhealthy, very unhealthy, to hazardous. only syracuse today and scranton and now new york city have reached this hazardous category. not just hazardous for people who have have respiratory issues or elderly, that s for everyone you see. the new york health department telling everyone outside you should be wearing a mask or stay indoors. this is not air you want to be breathing. it got so dark in the last hour the street lights came on. that s how thick and dense the smoke is. keep in mind, this isn t like a fire that s in new jersey or the catskills. this fire is in quebec. 500, 600, 700, 800 miles away from here. this air mass is really thick, dangerous stuff. it s now settling towards philadelphia new york city, areas of pennsylvania. it s going to make it ways