How have you been. We call ourselves partners in crime. That we are not going to talk about the crime part of it, just to the partner part. What has been interesting since ive been in the position of library of congress is the fact that people ask me what does the National Archives do. What does the archivist do a and then theres a confusion around the history and the role of each of the institutions, and ive learned a lot about that even in coming up to reclaim the declaration of independence, the bill of rights. We call it the constitution. And that was held by the library of congress and the type of thing. It wasnt until the 1930s the United States got serious about its records. Iwas Franklin Roosevelt was passionate about records and that we actually created and he signed the legislation that created the archives. The charters had been in the custody of the state department independent of library of congress when the archives building was built, a beautiful tabernacle was created f
And citizens of all backgrounds. The cost of the biden shutdown would be measured in increased drug overdoses, depression, alcohol addiction, suicides, heart attacks, economic devastation, job loss, and much more. Joe bidens plan is not a solution to the virus, but rather its a surrender to the virus. [applause] my administration has a very different approach, to save as many lives as possible, we are focusing on the science, the facts, and the data. We are aggressively sheltering those at highest risk, especially the elderly, allowing lower risk americans to safely return to work and to school, and we want to see so many of open byeat states be democrats. We want them to be open. They have to be open. They have to get back to work. [applause] workhave to get back to and they have to get back to school. Most importantly, we are producing a record a vaccine in record time. Under operation warp speed, we have three different vaccines in the final stage of trials right now, years ahead of
Comments, what President Trump is saying about civil rights icon john lewis, days after lewis funeral. His answer when asked whether lewis was impressive. Police storm a bank where a man holding a hostage claimed he had a bomb. Ellen under fire. New claims about her show and the allegedly toxic Work Environment as ellens wife breaks her silence. From the swimmer balancing a glass of milk on her head in the pool to 6yearold taking the boxing world by storm. All the trending stories for your Tuesday Morning. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We begin with hurricane isaias making landfall overnight packing winds over 80 Miles Per Hour. The eye of the hurricane is visible on radar right now. The storm came ashore near shington to new york are in the bullseye. Overnight heavy wind and rain brought down trees and power lines in North Carolina leaving hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Isaias is now taking aim at the midatlantic. Preparations under way with floodwalls and sand
Interview with Joan Trumpauer mulholland. She recalls taking part in the 1961 freedom rides, attending tougaloo college, and serving at the Mississippi State penitentiary with other activists. This interview is part of a project on the Civil Rights Movement initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture, the american full like american folklife center. Joan i was born in washington, d. C. And raised in arlington, virginia, basically a mile down the road in apartments, which at that point was the only place in Northern Virginia that would rent to jews. This was the early 1940s, folks had come from new york, looking for government jobs. They wanted out of the boarding houses and they can move to buckingham and that was about it. What did your dad do . Joan they had those government jobs. My father came from southwest iowa, during the depression. My folks met at the midnight shift at the post Office Building in the elevat
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