How the white house has celebrated the fourth of july through history. Washington journal is next. Good morning. It is Independence Day in america. At the white house later today President Trump will headline a salute to america event involving a flyover the washington on you meant. The head of those festivities ahead of those festivities, we are spending this morning asking viewers how you feel about this country this morning . Are you proud to be an american . If you live in the eastern time zone, call 202 7488000. If you live in the pacific time zone, the number is 202 7488001. You can also send us a text this morning. 202 7488003. Please involve include your name. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling in now about this question. Asking this question in the wake of a gallup poll last month that found u. S. National pride has fallen to record lows. From that pole, although a majority of adults in the u. S. Say they are either extremely proud or very proud, these
At that event celebrating the fourth of july. Saying, there are plenty of reasons to be proud to be an american. [video clip] the most important day in the history of nations, july 4, 1776. Americanwords, every heart should swell with pride prime a with pride. Every American Family should cheer with delight and every American Patriot should be filled with joy because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world. And it will soon be greater than ever before. [applause] our founders launched not only a revolution in government but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of america and no people have done more to promote Human Progress than the citizens of our great nation. It was made possible by patriots who gathered in philadelphia and signed the declaration of independence. [applause] they enshrined a divine truth that changed the world fore
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Officials in beijing say the plan would allow intelligence agencies from the mainland to set up in the territory if needed. But many of the specifics remain unclear. The proposal has brought thousands of protesters into the streets of hong kong again after months of relative calm due to the coronavirus. Concerns are spreading that the proposed legislation would undermine the territorys autonomy. On thursday, one of the leaders of the prodemocracy movement is called on residents to stand up and fight back. I think now is the time we will continue our International Advocacy and seek for bipartisan support. The plan has also provoked international critism, esespeciallyly from the u. S. President donaldld trump has sa he plans to o take action in th coming days. Americican officiaials have als called for the u. N. Security council to meet over the issue. Tensions between the u. S. And china were further inflamed wednesday over the issue of uighurs. The u. S. House of representatives passed
Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. How will the covid 19 pandemic end . The most certain way would be the development of a safe and effective vaccine. Private companies and governments worldwide are racing to produce a vaccine by the end of the year. But doctor anthony fauci, the countrys top Infectious Disease expert said it could take 12 to 18 months. And even that timeline would be ambitious by historical standards. There are roughly 100 candidates for a vaccine in the works, with a handful fasttracked for human trials. The Clinical Development of a Vaccine Development has three phases. First, its given to a small group of people, then a bigger group, then an even bigger group, in order to test if its safe and effective. And these series of tests can take years, which has led to calls for a different type of testing. Our special contributor joie chen looks at the push for human challenge trials. Josh my names Josh Morrison. Im a volunteer for human challenge trial