Ton of information. So just kind of taking it all in. Its been great. Its been great. Last night we did a tour of the capitol, which was very nice. Immediately what we noticed was we need more statues of africanamericans. There are not enough statues of africanamericans. Thats key. I want to see Sojourner Truth and others. We need to do a better job of telling the whole american story. The story of the Indigenous People and how they were here and their culture and how they thrived. The story of the africanamerican experience as well. Its been great. So far, so good. Can i ask you, have you heard of any challenges to speaker pa lowsy, are you ready to support her . I have not heard of any challenges. I am ready to support her bid. I dont think there will be challenges. And right now, im just excited to come together with my colleagues and move the country forward. And my focus, laserlike focus on several weeks is on georgia. If we can win those two senate races in georgia, that could be
Rrupting. I would offer another threesome to characterizeyour remarks. Cont, comprehensive and compelling. This is i think the best 25 minute characterization of where we are at and where we must go. Next the Washington Post talking with congressman ilhan omar about the 20 20 election and progressive legislative goals for the congress. Live here on cspan2. The real America First agenda is one that puts people first. Did morning, im an opinion writer for the washinon post and welcome to Washington Post lies. It is also a live recording of my host opini podcast take up. My guess today was just reelected to her second term in the us house representatives. She is on was woman ilhan omar ominnesotas fifth congressional district. Thanks for coming on the podcast. Ts so great to be here with y jonathan. Sold last we talked itas yesterday, i asked you for ur reaction to being able to say the words pridentelect biden and your response to me was really interesting. You said and correct m i also
Good afternoon. President elect biden and i just met with some of our nations business and union leaders. Together they represent millions of workers across our country. And some of americas leading technology, auto and retail companies. We had an important conversation about the impact that this pandemic has had on workers. Especially essential workers, frontline workers, who have risked their own health and the health of their families and many whom have given their own lives to keep us safe and keep our economy running. And we all know that this pandemic and this recession have hit communities of color particularly hard. Black americans and latinos are threetimes as likely to contract covid as others and more likely to die. Native americans are more than four times as likely to be hospitalized as others. And last month, the Unemployment Rate for black americans was almost twice the rate of others. And we have also had a conversation about the impact this pandemic has had on our econ
The whole house will join me, addressing condolences to the family of Jonathan Sacks who passed away saturday. Mr. Speaker, i know the whole house will want to join me in sending our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the rabbi. He sadly passed away on saturday. His leadership had a profound impact on our whole country and across the world. May his memory be a blessing. Armistice day gives us a chance to say thanks to those who have given their lives in service to this country. Thank you, mr. Speaker. According to homeoffice figures, just 12 of victims have received compensation and nine people have died waiting. This is 2. 5 years after the task force was set up. What will the government do what will the Prime Minister do to rectify this injustice but also ensure that no others who have come to the u. K. To live and work do not suffer in the same way the wind rushed victims do . Suffer. The honorable lady, and is a disgrace doing this collectively to make amends. I met me
Sarah i see my role as shedding light on the technological processes but also social processes of how the police are using big data. Do myd really like to work and pull back the veil, reduce the amount of secrecy so that different people can do with it what they will. Community groups can do with it what they will come up policymakers can do with it what they will. At least reduce the imbalance or the information asymmetry, where civilians dont know what the police are doing with big data. Contributingy of some sort of transparency in the practice is playing out on the ground. Susan sarah brayne is an assistant professor of sociology at ut austin and the author of a new book called protect and surveilled. Thank you for spending an hour with cspan talking about police use of big data. Sarah thank you. Q a q aall all q a are available on our website, cspan. Org. Sies washington journal, every day taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day, and to discuss policy issues that