I am pleased to announce a miniseries of six lectures entitled great president ial lives. This series is attractive for two main reasons. The first being its timeliness. As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker himself, our esteemed umw Professor Emeritus of history william b. Crawley, he has just completed 50 years on the faculty of university of the Mary Washington he has contributed in numerous ways. The creation of our Historic Preservation program in the creation of this great life series among them. It is for his excellence in teaching his perhaps best known. And to thousands of our students who have come through our halls. He has received our institutions highest honors in teaching from his colleagues and his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who has made the greatest impact upon their lives. Dr. Crawley through these years has become a true
Candidates were in florida yesterday with an emphasis on the latino vote in battleground states across the eastern will, minnesota, wisconsin, iowa. Eventful to say the least, but the number one story is the inability to capture a bid. We will have plenty of extra data checks. Lets get to first word news ritika. K cap nancy pelosi and Steven Mnuchin and are playing the blame game, minutia and accused policy of holding of the stimulus bill by refusing compromises, pelosi says the white house is not responding on a number of sticking points. Joe biden has appealed to hispanic voters, telling a rally that if florida goes blue, its over, indicating that biden and President Trump are virtually tied. Europeanrkel says the union should have acted sooner to control the pandemic. Saying that political realities a stop stems from imposing restrictions earlier. And shares of apple are lower today. Company reporting missed wall street estimates. Apple gave no forecast for the holiday quarter, but
America is back. Ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. Once again, sit at the head of the table. Confront our adversaries and not reject our allies. Ready to stand up for our values. Fact, and calls from World Leaders that ive had about 18 so far, im not sure the exact number. By how muchruck they are looking forward to the United States reasserting its historic role as a global leader. Both in the pacific as well as the atlantic. All across the world. Embody mybehind me core beliefs that america is strongest when it works with its allies. Collectively, this team has secured some of the most defining National Security and diplomatic achievements in recent memory. Made possible through decades of experience working with our partners. That is how we truly keep america safe, without engaging in needless military conflict, and adversaries in check, terrorists at bay. That is how we Counter Terrorism and extremism. Control this pandemic and future ones. Climate crisis, nuclear proli
Weeks. Tracking eta. The newest Tropical Storm strengths as it marches toward the United States. See the damage already left behind by this storm thats already killed over 100 people. And getting off the ground. Flying cars have been promised for nearly 100 years. Well take you inside the race to create a real viable option to drive into the sky. But first, we begin with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Its pretty apparent to everybody who is watching right now and counting the numbers and looking at the universe of outstanding votes that joe biden is on the brink. The time for tallying votes is winding down. The nation awaiting who will be in the white house for the next four years. If it takes a long time, thats good. It means were being methodical. Were checking the facts. Its like in carpentry. You measure twice and cut once. Comes down to five key states. For now, joe biden, like the rest of us is left to watch and wait. As slow as it goes, it can be numbing.
Order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network including over 500 stations. Todays first panel of witnesses will feature mr. William flynn ceo of amtrak and the executive director of the Development Corporation in Montana Development association who will testify remotely. Todays second panel will include mr. Frank Vice President Global Supply chain on behalf of of the council testifying remotely, mr. Randy, the president and ceo of the association, the chairman and National Council testifying remotely in the association of American Railroad and mr. Dennis pierce, president teamsters real conference testifying remotely. We appreciat