Frmr v. P. Biden in case youre wondering, im on my back porch in our madeup studio and its hot as the devil and thats why i dont have a coat and tie on. I wish we were together this year in differt circumstances. Separated by the deadly virus, more than 100,000 lives lost and millions out of work. And once again, the words i cant breathe echoing in our ears. As we watched the brutal killing of george floyd. It is time to take a hard and uncomfortable look at the truth. Its time to face the deep and systemic wound of racism in our nation. Nothing about this is easy. Or comfortable. We cant allow this scab over once more without treating the underlying injury. Ive said from the beginning that the soul of this nation is at stake and that is why im running for president and why i stand united with everything single democrat behind our mission to beat donald trump and restore real leadership to the white house. But we have to do a lot more than just beat donald trump. We have to keep the ho
Today is saturday. It is a nice day in albany. Half. Time and im happy. None of which i get. Today, we have one of the lowest hospitalization rates since this began and really good news, we have the lowest death rate, down. O 35 ive been asking all the experts who will talk to me, what is the lowest that number can go . When it gets this low, it is really a question of what they are attributing as the cause of death. In other words, you have people who are gravely ill who are ifng to die of something and they get covid virus, the attribute it to the covid virus, but there is a number when it gets down this low, it is really a question of what that hospital certifies as a cause of death, so we would like to see nobody die in the state of new york this is really, really good news. Compared to where we were, this is a big sigh of relief. We talked about calibrating the control of the reopening based on the metrics that we have seen. We said this from day one. We then did this graphic that
Peniel joseph. Good morning. I was about to read to our viewers a column you have call thehere you George Floyd Death a moment of generational opportunity. What youxplain to us mean by generational opportunity here . Guest these protests we are at longrovide, finally, last, this generational opportunity to confront and have a plan to end institutional racism in all facets of our society, to defeat white to institutionalize black dignity and citizenship, and to finally achieve our country. This is about more than the criminal Justice System. It needs to be transformed from top to bottom in the United States, but the Justice System is a gateway to panoramic systems of oppression connected to welfare, education, housing, employment, childcare, health care, segregation, inequality in neighborhoods, inequality in our tax policy, homelessness, Mental Health and physical health. Whate so hopeful is hopeful about this moment is the number of people who have come out peacefully, the large numbe
Appear in the rotunda shortly to honor officer Brian Sicknick, who was murdered in the invasion of the capitol. He died at 9 30 p. M. The night after the capitol was invaded. And at 9 30 p. M. Tonight his remains were returned to the capitol. The honoring of officer Brian Sicknick tonight has been reserved for members of the Capitol Police. Tomorrow morning members of congress will have an opportunity to honor Officer Sicknick. Brian sicknick is the third Capitol Police officer to be given this honor of Lying In Honor in the Capitol Rotunda after being killed in the line of duty. In 1998 two Capitol Police officers were shot and killed by a lone gunman who rushed through the Metal Detector at the capitol, shot officer Jacob Chestnut in the head, officer john gibson was in a free Fire Exchange with the shooter. Officer gibson was killed and both of theirtua, where they were given this honor of Lying In Honor. And thats the scene in 1998 when officer gibson and officer chestnut were Lyin
On cspan2 at 9 30 a. M. The Dc Circuit Court of appeals heels oral arguments in the perjury case against Michael Flynn and at 1 00 a virtual townhall with virginia senator mark warner and representative gerry connolly. Next a look at efforts to combat fraud and exploitation during the coronavirus pandemic with officials from the Justice Department, fbi and us secret service. They testified on price gouging, the hoarding of personal protective equipment and the filing of fraudulent applications under the paycheck protection loan program. The Senate Judiciary hearing is just under two hours. Good morning, thank you very much for attending the hearing and more will come in throughout the morning. Mister craig carbonito, phil hughes, associate attorney general, assistant director of the criminal investigative division, fbi, the assistant director of the office of investigations of the United States secret service. We are talking about this before, fraud related to the cares act, scams agai