This event also included remarks from Vice President pence, kellyanne conway, and education secretary betsy devos. Thank you very much. Were here to talk about opening our schools. We have some of our Great Teachers and parents in a very representative group, and we also have some extraordinary experts with us. I like to maybe start off by asking our Vice President to say a few words, and then if you would, betsy and kelly and. We will go around and talk to some of the parents and teachers, and thank you all for being here very much. Thank you, mr. President. I want to thank all of the educators and leaders who are here. And part of the conversation. President trump made it clear from the time that we made our way through the difficult days of 45 days to slow the spread, the president said we want to work with states to open up america again. Weve got to open up american schools. At the president s direction, we have literally provided billions of dollars already to states to begin to
Speaker pelosi good morning. How are you all . Stay well. I will begin and end that way. 90 days ago, congress past the heroes act. 90 days. When we passed that legislation, which was designed to meet the needs of the American People in relationship to the coronavirus science,t was based on economics, and institutional expertise, as what was needed to address the needs of the American People. At that time, Mitch Mcconnell said we need to pause. He hit the pause button, and since that time, since that 90 3,750,000 americans have become sick, have been added to the infected list. 3. 75 Million People added to the list. 77,000 people of god. People have died. Tens of millions more people are out of work. Clearly the virus did not take a pause. When sometimes some of you reporters ask why cant we resolve our differences, i want you to see how vast those differences are. It is no wonder we have a vast difference, because this administration and the republicans in congress have never underst
Manage the local collections, our Research Room and archives are headquartered just across the hall from this auditorium. In the Missouri Valley room, youll find books, articles, and newspaper clippings documenting the history of organized crime in kansas city, from black hand era violence, to syndicate bootlegs through the 26year reign of the crime boss nick subella, associated with skimming casinos in las vegas and bombing businesses in the river key. Whether we like it or not, organized crime is a part of our history. Moreover, it continues to capture our fascination as well as generate interest in new scholarship. Last year, the special Collections Department acquired a piece of our mafia past when the organized crime files of the Kansas City Star were donated by former star reporter mike mcgraw. These files contained photos, notes, and reports on local mafia members, and provide a glimpse of how reporters investigated the mob during its heyday. A story about the collection by Jona
Apple were virtually on capitol hill for hearing on big tech and at the trust. Thats our discussion this week on the communicators. Joining us is cerebellar who is with the American Economic liberties project. Shes the executive director, and former congresswoman Barbara Comstock two is now a Senior Advisor at Baker Donelson. Sarah miller, the question i always ask quite a bit at the hearing was his big tech too big . What is your answer to that . Guest i think the obvious answer to that is absolutely. The members of the subcommittee, both democrats and republicans really focused in on the power of these corporations over the way that we communicate and the way that we engage in commerce. That was the dominant theme of this hearing, and he also got into the guts of how these businesses work, how they abuse their dominance, i think gauge and predatory behavior and just how they are hurting other businesses, small, medium sized businesses and everyday families. Families. It was really qu
Confiscated for decades. Youll see portions of some of the films. Then in 1945 War Department film documenting the final months of the b29 super fortress air campaign against japan. Thats followed by a discussion about president trumans order of the use of the atomic bomb, all part of what youll see every weekend during American History tv here on cspan3. Dozens of films documenting the aftermath of the atomic bombs that were dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki, japan, in august of 1945, are available at the u. S. National archives in maryland. The films shot by japanese and american crews were hidden and off limits to the public for decades after world war ii ended. Up next, on reel america, historian greg mitchell, author of atomic coverup, two u. S. Soldiers, hiroshima and nagasaki, and the greatest movie never made joins us to tell the story of these films. We begin with a portion of a film describing the morning of august 6th, 1945, in hiroshima. This Program Includes scenes of atom