Of policing Committee Relations in this country. We are asking our viewers if you trust your local police force and if your feelings have changed in light of the recent walter scott case and other incidents. We are splitting our lines up regionally this morning. If you are in the central or eastern United States, it is 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific region, it is 202 7488001. You can also catch up with us on social media on facebook twitter, or email us at journal cspan. Org. Very good saturday to you. Here is the front page out of South Carolina this should change everything. Go there is a picture there of the event through which one of the onlookers is looking at the spot where walter scott died. The front page about this in the f New York Times North Charleston repairs for morning and protest in Walter Scott Shooting. That is the lead for the story in the New York Times today. The subject we are talking about this morning, we want to get your thoughts on Police R
Im not counting my chickens before they hatch. Thank you all very much for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] now on booktv, someone recount said sixs times then. This is an hour and a half. First of all commit inks for coming out and thank you to Anthony Appiah and cornel west for coming out. Just a few introductory words about our distinguished guests and then also about Anthony Appiahs new book, lines of descent w. E. B. Dubois and the emergence of identity due course became to celebrate tonight. Ive asked professor appiah to tell us a little bit about how he came on then go from there. It is a very good fortune to have Anthony Appiah and dr. Cornel west truly is this centuries Anthony Appiah talked about 2002 until the end of last year. Hes a professor of philosophy love. Professor appiah is known for contributions to African American studies to promote the philosophies, Boston College and as many influential books include ethics of identity. Ethics and the relative stran
Our staff that participated. Youve all really done a terrific job and i feel very confident that we selected the right partners to work with us in this project. I really want to thank Orton Development and like others have alluded to, everyone ive spoken to from the community thats had interaction with the team has had nothing but praise for the orton response to questions and concerns. I think it was mentioned earlier, madam president , but id like again to reiterate thanks on behalf of port staff and specifically point out the efforts of kathleen who preceded me as project manager and carried the bulk of the weight to get us this far. Definitely standing on her shoulders here today. Im not sure why we keep using the football metaphors. We have a Basketball Team on our property and sort of a baseball team. I want to highlight something you said and echo it one more time. Were going to return pier 70 to the community and it really feels like that. It feels like everyone has taken that
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Welcome to thursday. Its meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. Right now our country is facing two historic crises. One is the greatest Public Health emergency in a century, and the other threatens the health of our democracy. As President Trump continues his dangerous and delusional fight to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Were going to have much more on that emergency in a few minutes but we begin with the Public Health emergency. An Fda Advisory Committee is holding a meeting to decide whether to recommend the authorization of Pfizers Covid vaccine on an emergency basis. If the panel gives the green light, the fda could announce that emergency use authorization as early as tomorrow. And while help is hopefully on the way, the vaccine is sadly too late for far too many people. Coronavirus has killed more than 290,000 americans, including more than 3,000 people yesterday. 3,000. This number shatters the previous single day coronavirus death toll. And it now makes it t