To fight covid so we can open our businesses safely resume our lives and put this pandemic behind us biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris met virtually with ceos and president s of Top Companies like gm microsoft target and various labor unions biden said those Business Leaders agree we need a National Covid strategy to help the economy recover biden and harris also laid out the incoming administrations broader Economic Strategy were going to buy american. No government contract will be given to companies that dont make their products here in america bidens plans include raising the federal minimum wage to 15 an hour and creating jobs by investing in Clean Energy Infrastructure and high Speed Broadband access. The Biden Administration also wants to invest in historically black colleges and universities and communities of color hit especially hard by the pandemic now is when the real work begins. The necessary work. The good work. Of getting this virus under control biden said o
Those counties are in the orange here also on tuesday napa county is expected to move back into the purple tier which is the most restrictive in the reopening map. Currently napa county is in the orange here also on tuesday contra costa and santa clara and warren counties will ban Indoor Dining a ban on Indoor Dining in San Francisco started yesterday. Meanwhile doctor Peter Chinhong with ucsf says businesses are paying the price for that rapid rise in cases. He said in a statement that the restrictions targeting entire classes of businesses arent very fine tuned. And dont address specific activities that are driving up those increases. A big story were following this sunday night a bay area mother killed in a senseless shooting last week Toledo Police say the 21 yearold mother of little boy was hit by bullets during a shooting friday that womans family making the painful decision to take her off life support. Kron fours dan thorn talking with that family this afternoon is live tonight
You are watching American History tv come all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. In its early years, colorado was inhabited by an eclectic group of people, from law men to ranchers to those looking to strike it rich gold mines. In her book, the bad old days of colorado, randi samuelsonbrown examines the beginning of colorados history and the characters that helped shape this state. Thank you so much for joining us tonight and continuing to get our program via video since the museum is still mostly closed to the public. For those of you who dont know me, my name is megan and im the Visitors Services and interpretation coordinator at Golden Museum and park. I plan the Adult Program and other functions of the museum. Randi hascited that joined us. Let me throw a curveball to her presentation and say we are now doing it online. Thank you so much for joining us and i will turn it over to you. Randi great. Let me share the screen and make sure weve got everything right. Thanks, everyone for c
California gold rush of the mid 1800s. He describes how people travel to california, the physical geography of the area and the evolving Technology Used to mind goal. Good morning everyone. Were going to talk about the history of the gold rush, im going to talk mainly about california and the years following 1948. But they have played a very important golds, think all the way back to conquistadores. One of the things they are fascinated by was the quest for gold. The history of their conquest first with the as tex and then of the incas, is of an quintuple desire for Precious Metals, gold and silver. When the first english settlers came to jamestown in 1607, while they are hoping to find some kind of supplies of gold that have been found by the spaniards. It was a source of bitter disappointment to not find gold in what is now virginia. They brought with him jewelrys, and goldsmith. Americas first gold rush took place close to us in georgia in 1829, this was the georgia gold rush in nor
Florence Kling Harding once said she had only one real hobby and that was Warren Harding. She was a significant force in her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scandals, her husbands infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, Florence Harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. And welcome to cspans series first ladies influence image. Tonight, were going to be telling you the story of Florence Harding, the first lady that one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book