Powering smarter savings. Powering possibilities. Hi, everyone, its 4 00 in new york. Ten tuesdays, 70 days to a Flashing Red Crossroads in our shared North American future. Both president ial campaigns this afternoon on pace with whats going to be a dead sprint to election day. Vice president Kamala Harris and her running mate tim walz at this hour preparing for what will be their tickets First Campaign stop since they formally accepted their partys nomination. A Bus Tour Of Georgia starting tomorrow. Meanwhile with Donald Trumps running mate jd vance campaigning in michigan and indiana, that campaign is adding new voices. An interesting voice. Nbc news adviser confirming that both robert f. Kennedy jr. And gabby is moving with trump. Lets go to North Carolina voters in ten days. Four days after that, the first president ial debate between trump and harris, which now appears to be all systems go. At least right now, according to donald trump. Disgraced expresident a little more than a
Decade with your love and sacrifice sore throats and first moments. Thank you to my staff in the chamber today who are in colorado and washington and made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. You leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature and thanks to my colleagues, senator bennett thank you for the honor of serving along your side and serving to the Nations Capital to please the staff to the support staff inhe the senate wo make it all possible. But above all most importantly, thank you to this great and extraordinary nation for all that it means it represents. The optimism that for two centuries has led people around the globe to give up everything they had just to be here, to be part of this nation, to then turn around and fight through the political strife and pandemics to go to the war to save the union, to know how lucky and blessed we are that out of all of the billions of people through the thousands of y
President elect biden good afternoon. Today, im very proud to be announcing our health care and covid team at a critical time, as we near the end of one of the toughest years weve faced as a nation. More than 285,000 dead americans because of covid19, and counting. Last week, covid19 was the number one cause of death in america. Of covid19 and counting. Last week, covid19 was the number one cause of death in america. For black, latino and native americans, were nearly three times as likely to die from it, covid19 is a mass causality. For families and friends left behind, its a gaping hole in your heart that never will be fully healed. As a country, weve been living with this pandemic for so long, were at risk of becoming numb to its toll on all of us. Were resigned to feel that theres nothing we can do. And we cant trust one another. That we must accept death, pain and sorrow. Were in the midst of this deadly pandemic that has infected almost 15 million americans. 1 out of every 22 peo
Hearing. Shana broussard, sean cooksey and Alan Dickerson are the presidts nominees to be members of the federal electio commission, as our witnesses are joining us remotely, i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, is significant president ial nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know youre proud, your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit aut the nominees and then ill turn to another Committee Member senator cruz to talk about the thd nominee, Alan Dickerson is not th nomin to be a member of the federal Election Commission for a term expiring on april the 30th 2025 and he has been practicing law for 20 years primarily in the areas of First Amendment and campaignfinance sin 2011 mr. Dickerson has been the lal director of the institute for free speech, a nonprofit organizati that litigates First Amendment and campaignfinance
Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we