Ballots. This is an hourhe and a half. Pr were thrilled to be presenting a atimely panel t entitled access to the vote, the ballot, and the mailbox. This panel is one of many in a series of Rapid Response webinars. We are planning additional tiona programs on a variety of issues, so please visit ese p americanbar. Org trsj for updates on these programs. To our progr how today will work, its my pleasure t these programs. Before we go to how our day will work, its my pleasure to hand it to angela j. Scott, head of civil rights justice, for a fewj remarks. Welcome,ma angela. Thank you to everyone, thank you for the Civil Rights Committee for planning this very timely panel. Its my pleasure to welcome s everyone who is watching. Before i begin, and i say this before i say anything, i just wantnt to make sure that you all know that im speaking in my l a personal capacity and notci on behalf of my employer. Yer. Nothing that i or any of the tsy panelists say today represents any views of any
Detroit, where democratic Vice President ial candidate is getting ready to speak to voters your rights. Youre watching live coverage on cspan 3. We are all here to when can welcome Kamala Harris i remember the night before joe bidens primary victory, when we were all here together in detroit. How to be standing together on the eve of a big day here in michigan. And how life has changed since then lets take one minute and show some gratitude to the detroit youth choir who just entertained us who is phenomenal. Every one of us knows this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime, if not the most important. As my father would tell us its also one of the most important elections in our nations history. Covid19 has shown us who is in office can be life or death. Who is in office determines depends if we have leaders who are focused on the people or themselves. And their own agendas. We know this with Ruth Bader Ginsburg passing this past friday. Heartbreaking. But we also know,
A stall its gone, but were still at 37 minutes quite high for your drive time from antioch over to conquer james. All right, thank you very much. So lets talk about our top story this morning, the stylist involved in Nancy Pelosis controversial hair appointment in San Francisco. Is now speaking out he claims the salon owner has not been following the rules for anyone since april kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in San Francisco with an update on this story, sarah. Robin james new developments in hair gave nancy pelosi says she was set up by the owner of the salon behind me isa lawn and now she wants an apology now pelosi got her hair done inside the salon on monday which is not allowed under the citys covid restrictions. The owner soon after released video to fox news showing the House Speaker inside the salon without a mask over her face, the man who styled her hair says the owner has been providing services to customers during the whole pandemic pretty much and believes pelosi was set up
Million confirmed cases of covid19, nearly 190,000 americans have died and those totals climb by tragic amounts each day. Too many businesses remain closed, schools begin the year under a dark cloud of uncertainty, and our economy faces the greatest crisis since the great depression. The United States is 11. 5 million jobs short, 11. 5 million of where we were at the start of february, and the number of jobs that have been permanently lost is rising at an alarming rate. All of this reflects a tragic reality. President trump has led the worst response to covid19 of any nation on earth. It is what it is. The economic pain of the pandemic was mitigated by our action in march, when democrats insisted on a robust stimulus bill that became the cares act. One of our policies included in that bill enhanced Unemployment Benefits has kept nearly 12 million americans from poverty. Those benefits have now mostly expired and the stimulus provided by the cares act has been exhausted. The pandemic, a
U. S. Senate is about to gaveling to get the week started lawmakers considered a a judicl nomination with a limited vote set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. And now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hope for the years to come, empower our lawmakers to live with integrity. Inspire them to permit their words to be matched by their deeds. As they strive for this ethical congruence, strengthen them to examine their hearts with the goal of seeking to glorify you. Living by your precepts, may they aspire to be faithful to the noble calling of serving you and country. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. 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 ju