Pandemic, america is also mileperhour the loss of an historic mourning the loss of an historic champion of equality, a woman who spent her entire life, every ounce of her strength she was given in pursuit of americas highest ideal equal justice under the law. A jewish teaching says that those who die just before the jewish new year are those whom god has held back until the last moment because they were most needed on earth. So it seems fitting that Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg left this world as the sun was setting last friday, marking the start of rosh hassana. Years ago she made history as only the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Even at that time she had a earned an hen during place in american history. She has been called the Thurgood Marshall of the gender equality movement. As a lawyer and law professor she was the mastermind in the 1970s behind a legal strategy that finally began to dismantle an american legal system that treated women in many ways as secondclass cit
Procedural vote scheduled for 5 30 p. M. Eastern time. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. Ck will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god who has given us the gift of life, consecrate with your presence the way our lawmakers work today. Since they dont know what a day will bring, help them to strive to serve you in faithfulness each moment. In all things draw their minds to the goal of seeking to please you. As they draw near to you, illuminate their paths with your wisdom and grace. Show them how to unselfishly serve your great purposes for humanity, proving themselves worthy of your manifold blessings. And, lord, as millions mourn Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs death, send the solace of your comfort. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisib
Members of World Affairs i want to welcome the viewers from cspan and members of World Affairs councils from across the country. I think you are going to especially enjoy todays conversation with Jia Lynn Yang, the author of a new book, a mighty and irresistible tide, the epic struggle over American Immigration. The nation continues to be a nation that welcomes immigrants on one hand and then turns some away dependent on the shifting political mode. Today is laura collins, director of the Bush Institute Economic Growth initiative based here in dallas at the george w. Bush institute. Todays program is sponsored by Paige Hendricks of public relations. I hope you will purchase a copy of jias book. You can purchase a book that interrabankbooks. Com and you can get a 10 discount if you type in the discount code. I hope you will support the bookstore. I want to tell you a little bit about Jia Lynn Yang, Deputy Editor at the new york times. She has been there about three years, joined in sept
Is a nice pattern that is not changing anytime soon. Overall what you see is what you get. And we are just carrying from one day and the next. 1 degree at the most changing from day today. Is hot on the inland. Most locations are near average to a little below. 53 in oakland and larimore. Theres a pretty good breeze out to travis. That is picked up in the last hour or so. Overall look for temperatures to be very similar between the low and the high. When becomes more of a dominant feature. There have been a few things going through here. Were going to look at a few of these things here. Lets go to the Richmond Bridge to san rafael. There is some slowing at the bay bridge toll plaza on the way into San Francisco lets go back to the headlines. We wait for that News Conference in San Francisco by firefighters. Lets bring you uptodate on the developments from the scene of this massive five alarm fire yesterday morning. Alyssa harrington is here now with its details. Bring us uptodate. Fire
Century. This discussion took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The war Affairs Council of dallasfort worth provided the video. Welcomed to have it the viewers from cspan and numbers of world Affairs Councils from across the country. I think you are going to especially enjoy todays conversation with jia lynn yang, e author of a new book, mighty and irresistible tide,. The nation continues to be a nation that welcomes immigrants on one hand and then turns some away dependent on the shifting political mode. Joining me in the composition today is laura collins, director of the Bush Institute Economic Growth initiative based here in dallas at the george w. Bush institute. Todays program is sponsored by Paige Hendrix of public relations. I hope you will purchase a copy of jias book. You can purchase a book that rabankbooks. Com and you can get a 10 discount if you type in the discount code. I hope you will support the bookstore. I want to tell you a little bit about jia lynn yan