In rural areas, infrastructure developments and access to high speed internet. From the Brookings Institution, this is an hour and 15 minutes. Your fellow for sustainable at the Brookings Institute and the u. S. Prosperity in the biden administration. Thank you for taking your time out of your busy schedules to join us and as the conversationen folds we encourage you to engage on social media. And today were honored to have the secretary agriculture, Tom Vilsack, in conversation. And continue with a Panel Discussion among alejandro castillo in the Commerce Department and from communities unlimited and the director of initiatives at a university. Immediately after election, mr. Biden made a commitment as he seeks economic recovery from the covid19 pandemic, Rural America would not be left behind. Rural america sees powers and protection our nation disproportionate to other nations. And participation in rural areas havent recovered to pre2008 Recession Level even before covid19 hit. Whil
President biden has accused republican controlled states of mounting a dangerous attack on free and fair elections by restricting voting rights. The republicans have introduced a number of changes following donald trump s claim that voter fraud cost him the 2020 election. Speaking in philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy, mr biden called those republican led efforts un american. To date, 17 states have brought in a variety of new measures, such as changing voting hours. But president biden pointed out, there had been no evidence of widespread fraud. There s an unfolding assault taking place in america today an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. An assault on democracy. An assault on liberty. An assault on who we are. Who we are as americans. For, make no mistake bullies and merchants of fear, peddlers of lies, are threatening the very foundation our country. That is the president speaking there in philadelphia. But the state a
Leo. You been flying the american flag as a symbol of freedom as a protest the government the college students in america do not like it you do not want to miss the shocking reaction. The washington national and san diego padres finished last night s game after shooting outside of national park stalled the game and sent fans running. We ask that you remain inside the stadium at this time. Three people were shot outside of the stadium during the sixth inning that led to chaos and confusion in the fans some people jumping for cover in the dugout, the nationals manager getting emotional when asked about earlier today. I love the city the city is my home. It can get crazy, we all know that and we all want to feel safe, i tell you inside of this ballpark i feel safer than ever. The shooting outside of nats park happened 24 hours and another one that killed the 6yearold girl the d. C. Police union tweeting about the violence saying welcome to washington, d. C. Were violent crime permeates ev
today scotland has snowfall, in the days ahead colder air that spreads across the whole of the uk, the risk of snow move southwards. here is thursday with the cold air to a north, by saturday and sunday it works right the way southwards into the north of france. here are scotland this afternoon, still a pretty tricky travelling conditions, particularly for higher routes for the next few hours, snow piling up. rain at lower levels, central belt with a mixture of rain and sleet and snow. that persist this afternoon, snow. that persist this afternoon, snow piling up in places, an easterly breeze. feeling chilly in the wind. towns and cities, 3 4 c, lower elsewhere. in the south, comparatively mild but that s set to change. this area of low pressure will move southwards in the coming days are bringing rain overnight insert northern ireland, northern england or perhaps note for the pennines, persisting across scotland. ice a consistent issue for the north of the uk to begin with o
on the taxpayer dollar. carley: id ask you a big question with 30 seconds remaining i m sorry to do it. thank you so much for doing it. fox & friends starts right now. steve: thank you very much, carley, it is #:00 a.m. here on the east coast on this thursday, january 11th and this is fox & friends. carley: that s right. coming up former president donald trump taking on the top issues last night during the fox news exclusive town hall in iowa. is chris christie back on his good side now that the former new jersey governor has dropped out of the race and said this about nikki haley on a hot mic. she is going to get smoked. you and i both know it. she is not up to this. i have already started to like christie better. [laughter] [cheers] plus, another scare in the air. a flight makes an emergency landing after an open door warning lights up less than a week after the alaska airline mid door panel blowout. brian: i m going to take the train. plus, hunter bid