Rep. Bustos we have worked to prepare for this day for nearly two years and now the polls will be closing in just a few hours. While we have all lived the uncertainty of these last few years, heres what we can say with certainty and clarity. We know this is an historic election. Weve got the updated numbers. Voters that 100 million have already cast their ballots because they are itching to make their voices heard as we set the direction for our country. But there is still time to push voters to the polls and that is what House Democrats are spending our day doing. We know that our key races in the battleground are going to come down to the wire. We know that. In many cases, we are preparing for extended counts and even potential recounts. We want to remind folks of some simple words to live by. That is we must hear every voice, we must count every vote. That is how we safeguard our democracy. Going back to the beginning of last year, the beginning of last year, 2019, Speaker Pelosi co
Win the 2nd highest u. S. Office. Writes down barriers and highlights sacrifices made by american women the president though donald trump remains defiant showing no signs of conceding we will look at what band could mean for the transition of power. In other news as a by johns president says his military has taken the 2nd largest city in the disputed region of. And in sports tokyo is testing its ability to host a safe olympics next year the city staged its 1st International Competition at a games venue since the infix headspace i spoke to to coronavirus. It is just on 10 am on the u. S. East coast where the next president s promising to restore the soul of the nation while the current president still refusing to concede defeat joe biden has made his 1st address to the nation as president elect. Speaking of an end to an era of demonization and promising to heal americas deep political divide donald trump though threatening legal action in an attempt to overturn the election which was ca
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Here. I spent any evenings on the second floor and listening to the local authors talk about the books. So i really appreciate the invitation. I want to say hi to everybody out there who have not been able to see facetoface, in person. So thank you for tuning in. Obviously i am doubly honored that ron has agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Go back. We were introduced by a local, years ago. Ron has been very encouraging and helped me quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. Enron of course with a vietnam veteran, most of the book that i wrote is about World War Two veterans and i want to give you a little bit of a background before and i start speaking. Before world war ii, if you are paralyzed, you. Much but no helper as they would be called. Instead the average lifespan of someone would be 18 months of someone wanted in world war i. World war ii was a game changer, the advent of penicillin. In other drugs. They had surgical units are be
Well, its tough. Yeah. I mean you, as you can probably tell, i wasnt quite old enough to experience it myself as a football fan, but there are some things that just kind of football folklore that you know. And, you know, encountered anyway and of course everyone seen plenty of playing clips of maradona as incredible footballing skill. You know, one player who has always been a massive fan of maradona as hes gary lineker there in the striker who played against him in that world cup, in 1906, in that game where maradona school of the hand of god go. And then, you know, the one i mentioned off was regarded by many people as one of the best post of his time and has released this statement on twitter. His tribute to Diego Maradona, he says that maradona was by some distance the best player of his generation. Arguably the greatest of all time off to a blessed but troubled life. Hopefully hell find some comfort in the hands of god that gary lineker tribute to his personal hero Diego Maradona.