Assess0. The United States . Guest well, thanks for having me. Thats a wonderful by broad question to open with and challengen weeing. We are living a moment of crisis, lard to deny. Weve been through a spring dominated by Public Health crisis that with us. Were facing now also so el crisis that is as old as our country, the struggle for racial equality and for human equality. But then also is very much of this moment, and forces us to confront challenges in our society that had trouble with in recent years. This is a time that makes us wonder how strong our institutions will perform to be, how well rise to a challenge like this. Think you cant help but see it as a team of crisis but because it as time of testing its also a time to think about what americas strengths are, walt we are good at and how we can bill on that to address the enormous problems. Host how did we get here . Guest well, thats an awful complicated question. Our country has always tried to strike a balance between th
Lord, were grateful that though wrong seems strong, you continue to rule. Fill our lawmakers with reverence and trust in your prevailing providence. May that reverential awe keep them on the path of courage, integrity, and wisdom. Lord, remind them that you have invited them to seek and discover your might. You declared in psalm 50 15 call me in the day of trouble, and i will deliver you. We praise your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the house of representatives has passed a bill thats kind of like a onesizefitsall for elections. That everything ought to be run out o
Cspan why wouldnt the government at that time have protections for him . Guest why wouldnt the government have a pension. There were for pensions for nobody else and not a penchant for the present in effect he had very little money. He had to borrow money quite secretly which dean acheson cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown and it doesnt mean he didnt have any money. He did have money but he needed cash to cover all the expenses coming out of the white house. When he got home in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs which no other president had ever done except for herbert hoover. Hoovers time in office was much briefer than was trumans presidency and covered far more tumultuous history so to undertake the 2volume memoir was a very major ambitious task and then he build his library. There had been a previous president ial library, Franklin Roosevelt library at hyde park established after roosevelt had d
Released from jails and prisons due to fears over cove u. N. Secretarygeneral kofi annan the push to Defund Police in 20 cities to trigger a vicious cycle already set in motion, that would slam poor neighborhoods and cities into potential economic collapse. Senator kevin cramer on why Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell now says that, quote, it is becoming clear to Many Americans including many who are appreciate and applaud the recent peaceful protests, that our elected leaders in our cities are and our states are imposing a double standard on American National life during rioting and the covi did pandemic. Media research center, founders brent bozell on the Mainstream Media melt down. How so many Media Outlets are messing with the factss flatout missing major story for severe fall out how we cover ourselves. We have retired i. C. E. Acting director thomas homan on a protest that quickly spiraled into violence Processing Center at San Bernardino county, california, to the point whe
Unprecedented crisis that nation it is facing in just a few months covid19 has completely changed our life this virus has forced us to close school schools, shutdown restaurants and cancel major events and temporarily shut her businesses across our country he sacrifices have been necessary for the sake of Public Health to fly and the curve so medical facilities dont become overwhelmed but theyve also been disruptive and frustrated and in some places scary but despite that told the crisis has taken we have seen countless acts of generosity and selflessness all across the country. Americans a stepped up to help each other to fight the new threat to make sure the American People know since the very beginning of the crisis and to be on the front lines when they were evacuated in late february from a cruise ship to go into the National Quarantine unit at the university of Nebraska Medical Center as the nations only quarantine unit and those that are recovering from ebola those that were inf