Welcome back Kamala Harris to the great state of michigan. I remember the night before joe bidens primary victory, when we were all here together in detroit, proud to be standing together on the eve of a big day 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. [applause] 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 ask whether or not weve got leaders who focus on or themselves. And their own agendas. We know this with Ruth Bader Ginsburg passing this past friday. Heartbreaking. But we also know that this is a moment where we see how much elections matter. They matter to us and our ability to show up at work and be safe. They ma
Court vacancy. Good morning everyone, earlier today we had a caucus call which began with a special tribute to the life and the legacy of Supreme Court justice, ruth bader ginsburg. A tragic loss for the country a tragic loss for the Supreme Court a tragic loss for the principles of liberty and justice for all. As well as democracy we heard from doctor jane the heart, who is a biographer. Havent written the authoritative peace on Justice Ginsburgs life in 2018, as well as linda greenhouse, who of course is a publisher slip journalists. Covered the Supreme Court for over 30 years. This has been a very difficult year for many, throughout america. Its a time where leadership is desperately needed, we remain in the midst of a deadly pandemic. 200,000 or so americans dead. More than 6 million americans infected by the coronavirus, over 100,000 Small Businesses have permanently closed. Tens of millions of americans remain unemployed. And yet donald trump and the senate, continue to do nothin
His selection will be a woman and that there is ample time for the senate to confirm his nominee before the election. Im more than hopeful. I think its going to happen. We have great people. We havent made the final determination, i havent, but i will be soon. But we have fantastic, very talented, very brilliant people, and well make a decision by saturday. Im going to announce it on saturday, and i think everybodys going to be very happy. We have a lot of time. We have nothing but time. Especially since we have the support, you know, we have senatorial support. People have come out, and i guess we have all the votes were going to need, and theyre going to be very happy with the candidate. They know most of the candidates anyway. I think they know many all of the candidates. And we have great support, great support from the people also. Lou as President Trump and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell move the president s nominee forward in this confirmation process, the radical dems h
His selection will be a woman and that there is ample time for the senate to confirm his nominee before the election. Im more than hopeful. I think its going to happen. We have great people. We havent made the final determination, i havent, but i will be soon. But we have fantastic, very talented, very brilliant people, and well make a decision by saturday. Im going to announce it on saturday, and i think everybodys going to be very happy. We have a lot of time. We have nothing but time. Especially since we have the support, you know, we have senatorial support. People have come out, and i guess we have all the votes were going to need, and theyre going to be very happy with the candidate. They know most of the candidates anyway. I think they know many all of the candidates. And we have great support, great support from the people also. Lou as President Trump and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell move the president s nominee forward in this confirmation process, the radical dems h
And that there is ample time for the senate to confirm his nominee before the election. Im more than hopeful. I think its going to happen. We have great people. We havent made the final determination, i havent, but i will be soon. But we have fantastic, very talented, very brilliant people, and well make a decision by saturday. Im going to announce it on saturday, and i think everybodys going to be very happy. We have a lot of time. We have nothing but time. Especially since we have the support, you know, we have senatorial support. People have come out, and i guess we have all the votes were going to need, and theyre going to be very happy with the candidate. They know most of the candidates anyway. I think they know many all of the candidates. And we have great support, great support from the people also. Lou as President Trump and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell move the president s nominee forward in this confirmation process, the radical dems have become ever more threateni