Save the lives of one of your childrens teachers, maybe it saves your life. Please, i implore you, wear a mask. Do it for yourself. Do it for your neighbor. A mask is not a political statement. It is a good way to start pulling the country together. I want to be very clear. The goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less comfortable. It is to take or take something away from you. It is to give Something Back to all of us. A normal life. The goal is to get back to normal as fast as possible. Masks are critical in doing that. It will not be forever. That is how we will get our nation back, back up to speed economically. We can go back to celebrating birthdays and holidays, so we can attend sporting events, so we can back to the live and connections we shared before the pandemic. It does not matter who you voted for. We are americans in our country is under threat. We are now called to do the same thing generations of proud americans have done when faced with crisis throughout our
Thanks for being with us. The u. S. Has reached an alarming milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. Over 5 million cases have now been reported across the country and the rate of the spread is stunning. It took 99 days for the United States to reach the first million cases. Jumping from 4 million cases to 5 million took just 17 days. To put the number in perspective, the u. S. Has more covid19 cases than ireland has people. And, sadly, the death rate is stit climbing as well. More than 1,000 deaths have been recorded each day over the past five days. Well, the rise in cases is a big concern both in the United States and globally as more schools get ready to reopen. In the u. S. Nearly 100,000 children tested positive for covid19 in the last two weeks of july according to the American Academy of pediatrics and the World Health Organization says the pandemic is moving into younger populations. It reports the proportion of reported cases globally in very Young Children and babies has incre
This is a proud day for america, for our democracy and in particular for women and black women. Weve fulfilled major promises President Biden made to make sure our Supreme Court bench reflects the diversity of our nation and more broadly to strengthen the judiciary by fighting to nominate and confirm federal judges at the fastest rate. He promises nominees would be committed to the rule of law and it would represent diverse personal and professional backgrounds. Since taking office President Biden has made 143 nominations, 84 have been confirmed. This is standout progress of his hundred 43 nominees 68 percent have been women and66 percent are women of color. Hes nominated groundbreaking firsts. Who would be the first black, latino and aapi dutch judge to serve in their district. As we celebrate the Ketanji Brown jackson and her investiture we want to celebrate the others around the countrymaking history and the president is going to keep building on what he sees as one of his proudest