President trump still insisting the election is far from over taking his fight to the court. Supporters also protesting the ballot count. What happens next. And the Biden Harris Team laying out their plans for the nation dealing with a pandemic and a struggling economy. I sought this office to restore the soul of america, to rebuild the backbone of this nation. The challenges ahead as joe biden gets ready to lead america. Good morning. President elect biden with a message to the country overnight saying its time to heal. Yeah, with a country deeply and bitterly divided and a pandemic raging, those words especially relevant at this time. His speech overnight focusing on unity, a theme of his campaign and that came as thousands of biden supporters flooded the streets of several major cities as soon as the news broke of bidens projected win, and the celebrations continued well into the night as biden delivered his victory speech. Abc news characterized biden as the apparent winner of his
This is resolution number 2043. Thank you, carl. Commissioners, can i have a motion to approve the consent calendar . So moved. Second. We will open the phone lines to take Public Comment on consent calendar for members of the bhoubl. The public who are joining us on the phone. Operator thank you, president brandon. At this time, well open the queue for nip on the phone who would like to make Public Comment on the consent calendar. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. The system will het you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person t. Queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. Thank you, jennifer. Do we have anyone on the phone . Operator yes. We have one caller on the line. Thank you. Please open the line to the first caller. Operator thank you. Unmuting that line now. Hello . Hello . Operator the caller is there, but maybe well give them some ti
Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. [laughter]. Thank you, madame chair. Prior to calling roll, i would like to note that julie chang is sitting in as director. With that i will now proceed to call roll. Directors, please respond when i call your name. Chang present. E. Forbes present. M. Hursh present. B. Lipkin present. J. Tumlin present. Vice chair gee present. Chair sesay present. Secretary directors, we have a quorum. Chair sesay and secretary, if i may just a point of clarification, this is a regular meeting, not a special meeting, just a point of clarification for the record. Chair sesay thank you, i appreciate that. Secretary thank you. Directors, the next item, item 3, is communications. Wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. To provide Public Comment, callers should dial into the published number, 18552826330, and enter access code, 126 729 5295. Then pound and pound again and listen to the meeting. As they wait for Public Comment to be anno
Host good afternoon, everyone. I am the president of the center for American Progress and i am thrilled to be moderating this vital conversation today. I cant think of a more timely moment to gather these distinguished from a recent leaders. Im honored to be joined by the new york mayor, Atlanta Mayor and stockton mayor. I will say a few more words about them in a minute, but i want to really start by saying that we are gathering at a time where a lee are going through times of deep pain and anguish for so many americans. That has come to the floor in the last few, but it is a product of years in decades and centuries of equally and unfair treatment. The murder of george floyd, Brianna Taylor and many other black americans have shed a harsh light on this systemic racism that is pervasive in the country. The vaccines are on trial and medical professionals are working around. Still so many people are suffering and dying. Of the other this has riddled the country since birth and we have h
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