Francisco. We are in their sacred space, and we honor and thank them for allowing us here. Also, while we cannot gather in person here at city hall this evening for our regular reception, with lots of incredible food, we have a great list of latinoowned restaurants in our Facebook Event for you to choose from. Be sure to check them out and order one of their specials for this event. This years theme means always united. We have always been here, united by land, ancient trade routes, mother tongues, spirits and gods. [speaking foreign language] today more than ever in the face of adversity and injustice we must look at ourselves as a people and find strength in our multiracial, multiethnic, multifaceted identity, identities with deep roots in this land. We will still be here despite covid19, a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted our Latino Community, a community that is essential to the cultural and economic fabric of this country. It is our resilience, respect and love for on
Welcome to the Virginia Senate debate between democratic senator mark warner and republican candidate, daniel, made possible by the chamber of commerce. Policy and government at georgeo Mason University and 44. Streaming on nbc washington. Com, you will notice a few things different in this debate because of the pandemic candidates, panelist and myself are in separate locations, as you can see here. No live audience, instead, they are joining us virtually yet doom thanks to the Northern Virginia chamber of commerce. What hasnt changed, this will have an opportunity to find out where the candidates stand on issues important to virginia voters. Lets begin by quickly covering the rules for todays event. The debate will last one hour and begin with one and a half minute Opening Statements from each candidate. Our panel is and i will post questions directly to the candidates. These questions have been determined by nbc news and the panelists and not reviewed by the candidates or any debate
The president ial election. We will take your calls and you can join on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Live shot of the Supreme Court. Good morning, everyone. Its monday, september 21 read we begin this morning with the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death friday night of ruth ginsburg. We want to know, does the Supreme Court pick impact your vote . The president has vowed to move forward and Mitch Mcconnell says a vote will happen in the coming weeks. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can text us, with your first name, city and state, at 202 7488003. Or post your comments on or facebook,anwj, facebook. Com cspan. How does the Supreme Court pick impact your vote . We have divided the lines, democrats, rojo skins democrats, republicans, independents. Tom cotton on the sunday shows yesterday, heres what he had to say. The president said that hes going to submit a nominee as early as this week and the senate will ex
Atlanta History Center virtual author talk featuring Heather Lende in conversation with jessica handler. I am kate whitman Vice President of the programs and Community Engagement for the atlanta History Center. Im glad you are here and thanks for being with us. This talk will also be broadcast on cspan so look out for that. You can purchase copies of of bears and ballots directly from our official bookseller. Theres a link in the chat so you can do that. Also we provide a link on our website. As jessica and had a talking please submit your questions for heather or jessica it just to entertain questions as well. I might. Theres a a q a feature at e bottom of your screen. Well get to as many of us as time allows. Heather lindsey has contributed to npr, New York Times and national geographic. Among other newspapers and magazines. Shes author of the bestselling book buying the good, take good care of the garden and the dog, and if you lift your i would know your name. And that shall be dis
Brutality where individuals lost their lives and what we have the tendency to do is group everything together as the same and what america felts is its rugged individualism. What die mean . Its very difficult for us to look at the case that, lets just say in minneapolis, of where george floyd e george floyd died and the Law Enforcement we think about he was a black guy. Oh, it was white Law Enforcement officer. That tells me everything i need to know about why this to an took place. When you try to make an vanderbilt that the individual who died was black and the person who is responsible was white, you sort of eliminate other human beings who should also he the same moral outrage, too much time is spenting on this herd mentality. Everybody is an individual first and that individual is solely responsible for that action. We should not be outraged because the race of the person. Its the fact this individual died in a very gruesome and brutal way for no reason at all because what happens