We want to hear from you this morning. What is it like where you live. If you live in the Eastern Central part of the country, 2027488000. Mountain pacific, 2027488001. You can also text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488003. You can send us a tweet at cspan wj or post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. Start dialing in, we will get your thoughts in a moment. We will begin with yesterdays meet the press and Michael Osterholm, who served on president elect joe bidens task force at this to say about the coming week. Let me ask you this. We are seeing the accidental rise that you sadly predicted would happen in covid cases. We going to plateau anytime soon or is this trajectory going to keep going up and up . Thank you again and let me just say the outset that our future is in our hands. Right now for at least the next three weeks, cases are in the pipeline, of these numbers are going to go way up. Our job is to imagine what the world could be like if we do make the ch
National institute of allergy directortious diseases dr. Anthony fauci and National Institutes of Health Director dr. Frances collins took part in a discussion at Washington National cathedral on the and the us response progress of a vaccine by the end of the year. And welcome to, Washington National cathedral. I am the dean of the cathedral. On behalf of the bishop of the diocese of washington and all of us who serve in his cathedral, welcome. We are so glad you have decided to join us for this important conversation this evening. Convening conversations and bringing people together to discuss some of the most important issues of the day is one of [indiscernible] priorities. And paul8 the Nancy Ignatius program has given his to focus on many important issues, issues that sit at the intersection of faith and public life. The nancy and Paul Ignatius program fund was established by children, their friends, and other relatives, as srecognition of nan and paul service and commitment to Was
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