Shut down travel from china and europe to protect our citizens and we built the wall. We pioneered groundbreaking new therapies and saved millions of american lives. Over and over again we were told it would be impossible to deliver a vaccine by the end of the year. All of the experts said, unthinkable. Trump is exaggerating. It cant happen. And we did it. Long before the end of the year. They said it would take a medical miracle and that is exactly what it is. Years from now they will be talking about it. They will be talking about this great, great thing we did with the vaccine. A truly unprecedented, amazing medical miracle. Normally developing a vaccine takes up to 10 years. Thanks to operation warp speed, we developed a vaccine in just nine months. We have begun a nationwide Vaccination Program and we are sending the vaccine all over the world. The world will benefit and everyone is calling to thank me. Our most vulnerable citizens are already receiving the vaccine and millions of
She was not selected to lead hhs. I would like to know your thoughts about why there has not been a latina name to so far and you think biden is meeting the commitment he made to Senate Lawmakers . Sure, i can say that joe biden is definitely choosing a cabinet that looks like america and am very excited about that. We have yet to see a latina appointed to the cabinet. I am still very hopeful that will happen. Of course, Michelle Lujan witham, very qualified executive experience, experience. She ran the Health Department for the state of new mexico. As governor, she has been on the front lines of grappling with the pandemic. I would love to see here at hhs. We do have a latino pick. I am hopeful. I have seen a number of women chosen and we are Still Holding out hope there will be latinas in the cabinet. And i think that will happen. You are one of a number of republican women who won elections this year. A Record Number of women are in the republican congress. It still remains low over
Race in america. Time when our country feels more divided than ever, we are confronted with and cannot ignore the systemic racism that has always existed. We are lucky to have these remarkable writers talk about it. Race and discuss identity. Claudia is at the center of this conversation. In american conversation. She says, i was always aware that my value is determined by my skin color, first and foremost. To converse is to risk the unraveling of the said and unsaid. She is a poet, essayist and playwright. His finishes her trilogy citizen was a New York Times bestseller and the winner of inus awards, including 2016, she cofounded the racial imagery she is a macarthur fellow and a professor of poetry at yell. Andence hayes is a pellet poet and educator. He has been awarded numerous naacp awarduding an for outstanding literature. Recipient of the macarthur. Martin dawn martin is also a poet. Acknowledged. Een she is the cofounder of the third wave foundation. Welcome, all of you. Please
For legal studies. Previously he was a member of the federal Election Commission and an election official in both virginia and georgia. President also appointed him to the president ial Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in 2017. Counsel who has practiced election law for over 40 years. Representing a variety of highlevel elected officials, including a mayor, governor, and a president. He currently is chair of the new york state bar associations 2020 president ial task force which has advised on legal issues involved in the recent president ial race. He is also an adjunct professor of law at Forest Lawn School and has taught election law at law schools. Third, she practices in a wide variety of areas including election law. Most recently she served as a Legal Advisor to the Trump Campaign, and was also cochair of women for trump. Theis the first chair of lawyers association, she has been a leader in the California Republican party and served as a member of the Republican Nationa
We are asking you about whether or not you are optimistic or pessimistic. We begin with joe biden and his the newl Biden Joining years eve festivities last night on abc. Here is their interview. [video clip] as ouring president elect joe biden and dr. Jill biden. Happy new year to you and everyone there. Congratulations. Thank you. We are here with essential workers, frontline workers in times square and around the nation. What would you like to say to them tonight . Aside, my mother used to have an expression. Braver resides in every heart and someday it will be summoned. People were honored tonight. It was summoned and they stepped up and they were brave and they did so much. They risk their lives and have done so much. We owe them. We are so grateful for everything they did. They left their families and their homes so we could be safe. All americans appreciate what they did for us. They brought the country together. It is a big deal. I know youve both had your vaccines. What is your