Confirmation hearings. This portion included hearings from senators kamala harris, john kennedy and marsha blackburn. I apologize. Senator harris, is she available . Harris. There you are. We see you. Can you Say Something . Can you hear me, senator . Sen harris yes i can. Great. The floor is yours. Sen harris thank you. I want to extend greetings to judge barrett. I look forward to our conversation this evening. Judge barrett thank you, senator. Sen harris before i begin, i want to take a moment to talk directly to the American People. About where we are and how we got here. We are in the middle of a deadly pandemic that has hit our country harder than any other country in the world. More than 215,000 of our fellow americans have died. Millions more, including the president , republican members of this committee, and more than 100 frontline workers here at the capitol complex have been infected. This pandemic has led to a crash, causingic millions of workers to lose their jobs without
It. Well, i didnt downplay it. I actually in many ways i upplayed it in terms of action. My action was very strong. Recordsetting fires. More than 5 million acres now burned in the west. Dramatic new video of how fast the enormous flames took over. Firefighters racing through the about that toxic air blanketing cities like portland. Now the most polluted air in the world. Fighting for justice. Say her name. [ chanting Breonna Taylor ] Breonna Taylors family reaching a historic 12 million settlement with the city of louisville after she was killed by police in her own home. What her mother is saying as the demand for the officers involved to be charged grow louder. Apple game changers. The tech giant Apple Unveils the tch that can track blood oxygen levels and can keep track of your kids. Stunning defeat. Jimmy butler and the unstoppable heat shutting down boston in an overtime thriller. The nug ai overnit d setting up an epicamed the lakers. We certainly do say good morning, america. G
Campaign mode, airing personal grievances to a smaller than expected crowd and saying he told Health Officials to slow down coronavirus testing. The white house now says the president was joking. We are live in tulsa. We will get reaction from chuck todd in just a moment. Later, wecollege in the tim of coronavirus. With more universities announcing plans to welcome students back to school in the fall, what will life on campus look like . Then, americas oldest blackowned bookstore fighting for survival only weeks ago now busy and thriving. We will tell you why. Later, a brandnew virtual sunday sitdown with grammy, oscar, emmy and tony winner john legend on his recent stay at home life with his wife and their young children. A new album he finished in the middle of upheaval in america. Music isnt going to save the world. Were not going to cure the virus, fix the worlds problems. But we can give people escape. Plus, another life well l e lived. Smaller than advertised by his campaign. The
That just cost facebook billions of dollars. Tracking godzilla. A saharan dust storm stretching from texas to florida now heads toward the northeast. Why for some it could actually be dangerous. And police story. As many areas try to reimagine the force and its role in communities, well look back at the history of policing, when it began, what came before it, and learn the key decisions that led us to todays enforcement levels. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. If we want to end this outbreak, really tend, weve got to realize that we are part of the process. Reporter the dangerous first wave of the virus is crashing into the three biggest states california, texas, and florida. Were in a much stronger place. The truth is we did slow the spread. We flattened the curve. The response has not been a success. It has been one of the least successful responses in the entire world. Reporter the house of representatives voting to make washin
Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi