Line between Civil Service and the military. If confirmed he will be the first black american to lead the pentagon. Getting there will require a special congressional waiver since he hasnt been out of active service for the requisite seven years. Some are hesitant to sign off. Biden wrote an article in the atlantic explaining his choice and urging a swift confirmation. Austin led the u. S. Central command under president barack obama when biden said he pved he could react well under pressure. Biden wrote his many strengths and knowledge in the department of defense and our government are uniquely matched to the challenges and crises we face. He is the person we need in this moment. The required congressional waiver has been granted only twice in the past, most recently when Congress Approved president Donald Trumps nomination of jim mattis in 2017. Biden says he aims to vaccinate 100 million americans for covid19 during the first 100 days in his administration. My first 100 days wont e
Six months, and when you keep doing Crew Missions. Its the start of a new era. I am very, very proud as the nasa space x, the agency team, and our nation for stepping out and doing this. Thank you. Thank you, kathy. Next to mark geyer. Thank you kathy ottawa to thank you for your leadership especially in making this happen. It is a terrific day for nasa and for the country in general. Its really exciting to see the seven crew members on iss, four a, two russian and our japanese partners. Its great to be starting this crew rotation plan and not being able to utilize iss as we envisioned. Im honored to with the increment 64 pin today, so its a great start to that mission. The astronauts are doing great. You saw them as they came through the hatch. They are excited to start their mission. They are very well trained. They ready to get started. We believe nasa unites with our partners to achieve bold omissions and in this case they can be commercial partners or international partners. Next
Conversation. With the death of george floyd in Police Custody last month we have seen protest that only here in america but internationally and we have seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption the only way to properly view George Floyds death is through a racial lens. In fact all encounters are increasingly viewed this way it is a narrative of behavior typical misbehavior and what happens to black people all the time people in the house each day worried about having a violent encounter. The media has run with a narrative which faces very little pushback or skepticism. And leaves us with the biggest problem facing black America Today at is at the root of social inequality in america. In the middle of a National Conversation and then easier to prosecute and armed radicals of a major city in seattle. And they have the mayors blessing. The commentators who not only make excuses for the writing and looting but also to a large extent so what is going on here . And t
A suspect who was africanamerican stories already making headlines all over the world and and then he with what appears to be his full weight pressing down on the suspects neck while the suspect is on the ground and handcuffed with this is say the officer held his knee on the suspects neck despite pleadings from the suspect and from bystanders for their part the officers are heard on the video suggesting that they tried to put the suspect in the cruiser but they were unable to do so. Also as we look at this image. Its important to note that the reason that this suspect is being arrested is because a merchant called police accusing him the suspect now identified as george floyd who you see right there with the officers knee on his neck of trying to pay with a 20. 00 bill that the merchant believes was counterfeit so thats what started all of this ok what i want to do now for you strange show you part of the actual video and look this goes on for quite some time ive watched it many many
A bang but not in a good 1830 years ago today Hubble Space Telescope was launched to look at what went wrong and what went back to. Hello im christine one while come to the Program Political demonstrations on no longer possible in many nations even in democracies because of the pandemic and response Climate Action Movement Fridays future has switched to protests online one group in berlin has found a creative way of staging a physical demonstration in the government district of germanys capital without it seems breaking any laws. Burlington in 29000. 00 and normal friday for Climate Change protesters but not this year with schools still largely closed and demonstrations limited due to social distancing rules striking from school for Climate Change action has become tricky to mark the faith Global Climate strike fridays to future protesters let the slogan speak for themselves after 2 days in quarantine more than a 1000 placards collected from across the country were laid out in front of