Trying to remove the stain from his predecessor. In just the last hour, joe biden signed 17 executive orders, proclamations, and actions aimed at battling the pandemic and Climate Change and promoting racial equality. President biden is requiring masks and social distancing in all Federal Buildings which obviously that would be a good idea. All Federal Buildings, federal lands and by federal employees and contractors, rejoining the World Health Organization, which the Trump Administration pulled out of amidst the pandemic, creating a covid19 response coordinator position to report directly to him. Hes also asking the cdc to consider extending the current federal Eviction Moratorium until at least march 31st, and asking the department of education to consider extending the pause on federal Student Loans until at least september 30th. The president is placing a temporary halt on oil and natural gas leasing activities in the Arctic National wildlife refugee, a point of contention over man
Jennifer good morning, everyone. Welcome to currents coverage of the inauguration of president barack obama. Im Jennifer Granholm joined in new york by John Fuglesang, host of viewpoint. Good morning. Jennifer current political analyst Michael Shure is joining us from portland, oregon, of all places. Well also have bill press and David Shuster reporting for us from washington, d. C. Theyre on the ground and also have today current contributor Michael Hastings, the author of panic 2012, the sublime and terrifying story of obamas campaign. Well talk about that a little bit as well. So excited you guys. This is the best of what america has to offer in terms of pomp and circumstance and marking a point in history. Do you not agree . Do you love this . John i couldnt agree more. It is a pleasure to be here as a contributor to this network which has spent so much time covering this campaign but also of history. I love Inauguration Day because it really it is the one day that brings the past
Thank you so much, kathy. Its a particular pleasure, as you might imagine, to have the hospitality of a distinguished center at the Graduate Center the center on philanthropy and Civil Society and have the friendship of a terrific scholar who has been a friend of many years. I owe kathy the special debt in the generous invitation to be a senior scholar at the center and bring my Small Organization with me. Thank you very much, kathy. Its because of her im here today and here at the City University. I sworn after i left maryland having left rutgers i would not go back to the university again. Im glad i have broken that promise to myself and here. Its a pleasure to be on the podium again. We met in the 70s what we were both regarded as a radical scholar. Some might not think that anymore. Francis and i were asked by james mcgreger burns to be the cochair of the american Political Science invention program. We came up with a program that even i think jim burns was a little alarmed by. He
Problems are selfed not book may if mayors ruled the world. Climate change, illegal trafficking, immigration and terrorism. Its just under two hours. [applause] thank you so much, kathy. Its a particular pleasure, as you might imagine, to have the hospitality of a distinguished center at the Graduate Center the center on philanthropy and Civil Society and have the friendship of a terrific scholar who has been a friend of many years. I owe kathy the special debt in the generous invitation to be a senior scholar at the center and bring my Small Organization with me. Thank you very much, kathy. Its because of her im here today and here at the City University. I sworn after i left maryland having left rutgers i would not go back to the university again. Im glad i have broken that promise to myself and here. Its a pleasure to be on the podium again. We met in the 70s what we were both regarded as a radical scholar. Some might not think that anymore. Francis and i were asked by james mcgrege
American consumer cares about by having this pipeline come through. Like the rest of america, black america in the aggregate is better than when i came in office. And we have more work to do on that front. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is at the white house. Its great to see you. The president definitely feels like he has one foot out the door today. Interestingly, only called on female reporters here. Reporter that was notable. The trend was quickly evident. He carried it through to the end, even taking one more question from april ryan, who persisted at the end. Thats interesting for those of us who like the art and the science of a president ial press conference. But this was a an hour long exchange filled with really important headlines, from the sony case where the president said he acknowledged the difficult position a publiclyheld corporation was in with all of the damage thats been done there. But believing they acted in error. They made a mistake. At the same time the president didnt ta