If theres any umbrellas people arent using all right. Thanks, everybody for being here. We appreciate it. We wanted to make sure we kept the rain until this morning. Thank you for being here in this weather and thank you for joining us today to talk about something thats very, very important. Im mark pocan, chair of the equality caucus, the largest caucus in congress, at 195 members dedicated to advancing lgbtq equaltism im glad to be joined by other leaders to mark todays day of no silence. Now we used to have a day of silence. In past years students would go silent in the classroom for a full day in protest of the harassment, bullying and discrimination that queer students faced. This year is different. This year we cant be silent. In 2024, antiequality extremist republicans have continued to unleash an avalanche of attacks against our community, including by introducing more than 475 antiequality bills across state legislatures and extremists in the house of representatives have int
Me came to that go very cool. You were alive in the sun and newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington well, roughly 87 of totality. We are just hours away from a Where Were You event the Solar Eclipse of 2020 for some 32 million americans will be in these socalled Path Of Totality this afternoon. That means from texas to maine, they will be plunged into darkness when the moon blocks out the sun for about four minutes. But if youre not lucky enough to the, in this narrow band dont worry, 99 of americans will see at least a partial eclipse. And this reminder, of course, be sure to wear those special Eclipse Glasses to avoid permanently damaging your eyes. Todays Celestial Wonder will be a site to savor. It will be another 20 years before the next total Solar Eclipse is visible. In the contiguous United States, were covering all the angles of this rare bent, including in the studio. And here, i mean, i dont know if we can take this shot for just a second here, but look at the set that are won
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all parties in the israel-hamas war are asking about that. and i will speak with the israel and palestine director of human rights watch about possible war crimes. also the big blue wave this week. what biden and democrats can take away from tuesday night s big election win. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. on saturday, president joe biden marked veterans day with a visit to arlington national cemetery in virginia. during his remarks, the president paid tribute to america s veterans and called them, quote, the steel spine of this nation. here is the message the former president, donald trump, chose to deliver last night for veterans day during a speech in new hampshire. the honor of our great veterans on veterans day, and we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. look, ever since donald trump made his way down that escalator and burst on to the politi
for now, stay right where you are because there s much more news coming up on msnbc. e s much mor news coming up tonight, on the n show, five days until the u.s. government faces a possible disastrous shutdown. congressman mark pocan from wisconsin is here to discuss. that plus, he s called for a cessation of hostilities, but all parties in the israel-hamas war are asking about that. and i will speak with the israel and palestine director of human rights watch about possible war crimes. also the big blue wave this week. what biden and democrats can take away from tuesday night s big election win. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. on saturday, president joe biden marked veterans day with a visit to arlington national cemetery in virginia. during his remarks, the president paid tribute to america s veterans and called them, quote, the steel spine of this nation. here is the message the former president, donald trump, chose to deliver last night for veterans day during a sp