Acting customs and Border Protection commissioner mark morgan testified the Senate Homeland security and government official. Pretty discuss the challenges they coronavirus pandemic posed to his agency including passenger travel restrictions. The hearing will come to order. Im looking at the title of this hearing. Cbp oversight unit i was talking to mr. Morgan earlier. Wondering if he wouldve broken of four told the future before he took this position. He wouldve done so. Is been challenging yes. Crisis after crisis after crisis. So first want to say i want to thank the witnesses mr. Morgan or your perseverance and your service to the nation. About the past and present and in the future. Things are not getting a whole lot better anytime soon a fear. I would ask consent to my Opening Statement be entered into record. This hearing on the border that we have not had of quite a few months. Obviously need to is a chart. This really what i want to talk about in my opening comments. I think c
Same way we began yesterday morning. And so many other mornings. By telling you that more than 1,000 americans died from coronavirus in just the past 24 hours. Theres confusion this morning over a potential vaccine and concern that the Trump Administration will put politics over Public Health by releasing it before its fully tested. The head of nih says it is unlikely that a vane can be ready by october, but the cdc is telling states to prepare to distribute one before the election. As for what you can do to stay safe, well, dr. Anthony fauci is pleading with americans to be cautious this Holiday Weekend. Several states in the midwest still facing a dangerous spike in cases. Can i just say one thing about the death count . Its really not just another 1,000 lives. It never is. Its 1,056 lives, to be specific, and every single one of them matters. Every single one is a person who was loved and is missed. And god help us if we get numb to it. So today, joe and jill biden visit kenosha, wi
Tabulated or counted. And if its not counted, vote. But follow that ballot because these people theyll be lost. Theyll be gone. The numbers are incredible. This comes on the backdrop of a week of dueling Campaign Messages in a number of very important swing states. Former vp joe biden spending his time in kenosha, wisconsin, yesterday, speaking to Community Members and the family of jacob blake. The man who was shot by Police Nearly two weeks ago. While President Trump spent his trip to the city with Business Owners and Law Enforcement officials. And over in pennsylvania, while the president touted the booming stock market, joe biden focussed on the millions of americans who are struggling amid this pandemic. Our team of reporters has the latest on the trail. Josh letterman is in raleigh, North Carolina, ali vitali in wilmington, delaware, and Kelly Odonnell at the white house. First ballots being sent out this morning from North Carolina. What are you hearing from Election Officials t
Biden said he had spoken by phone for about 15 minutes with jacob blake who is now out of intensive care. He talked about how nothing was going to defeat him. How whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up. I think whats unleashed with a lot of people is, they understand that fear doesnt solve problems, only hope does. And what i came away with was the overwhelming sense of resilience and optimism that they have about the response. His mom talked about my wife asked to say a prayer, and his mom said a prayer. She said, im praying for jacob, but im praying for the policemen as well. Im praying things change. In a statement family Attorney Ben Crump said mr. Blake senior talked about the need for reform because the excessive use of violence by police against minorities has gone on far too long. Made poignant by the fact in rochester, new york, yet another family deals with the pain of death of a man in custody. Well have that later on the show. The reason we havent shown
Campaign that kicks off this labor day weekend. And the messaging is becoming more intense as these two candidates try to frame the key issues and arguments against each other. Today biden traveled to kenosha, wisconsin, one of the cities at the center of a renewed push for Racial Justice and Police Reforms and where there was also violence and unrest in the immediate wake of the shooting of jacob blake. Bidens trip came two days after the president s visit. The former Vice President met with jacob blakes family. He described a conversation he had with blake himself. I had an opportunity to spend some time with jacob on the phone. Hes out of icu. He talked about how nothing was going to defeat him, how whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up. My wife asked to say a prayer, and his mom said a prayer. She said, im praying for jacob, but im praying for the policemen as well. Biden also met with kenosha residents and Community Leaders and called for an end to violence d