Speakaries question, you can do so in either the chat or Comment Section of the live stream youre watching. The Commonwealth Club has suspended in person event but to keep you informed were going full speed ahead with a full sleighed slate of live online program. Mose conversations are free to the public so we ask you consider donating to the club to help us continue our work. Please visit us out Commonwealth Club. Org something or text donate to 415 3294231 during this program. You can find this information in the description becomes. Now, please join me in we canning shawnking and jane kim. I served as a supervisors here in the city and county of San Francisco, and most recently as the california and National Regional mit political director for sanders 202. And im mealed to be here today. Im so excited, shaun, what an incredible feat. Congratulations on writing your first book. Thank you. Only there are not too many things that scare me more than writing a book. And so i would love t
The chat on the lights in your watching. The common with clovis tempora suspended in personal events but to keep you informed during this pandemic we were going full sd ahead with a full slate of live online programs. Most of these conversations are currently free to the public so we ask that you consider donating to the club to help us continue our work. Please visit us at commonwealthclub. Org online tool and more and you can also text the word donate to 415 3294231 drink this program. You can find this information in the description box below. Now please join in welcoming shaun king and jane kim. Welcome to todays Virtual Program with inforum and the come with club. My name is jane kim. I serve as supervisor here in the city of San Francisco and most recently as the california and National Regional political director for bernie 2020 2020si got to work very close with shawn campaigning for senator sanders. And really pleased be here today. So excited. What an incredible feat. Congrat
President also tweeted the house and senate should immediately approved 25 billion dollars for Airline Payroll support and 135 billion dollars for Paycheck Protection Program for small business. Both of these will be fully paid for with unused funds from the cares act have this money i will sign now president is now appearing walk back. Comments that he made earlier when. President trump tweeted that House Speaker nancy pelosi is not negotiating in good faith adding that the speaker is asking for 2. 4 trillion dollars to bail out what he calls poorly run high crime democratic states he then asked that Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, direct all his before the election into confirming his u. S. Supreme court nominee, amy coney barrett. And tonight, another persons surrounding the president has tested positive for covid19 Stephen Miller, trump Senior Adviser and speechwriter is the latest to be added to that list in a statement miller said over the last 5 days that he had been wor
Next, Governor Kevin Stitt talks about covid19s response in his state of the state address. Governor stitt is in the middle of his if i remember in his first term of office and he spoke for 45 minutes. With the chief operating officer john budd and members of my cabinet. Mr. Chief justice, members of the 58th legislature, to my best friend, first lady sara stitt. To my six children and my parents that are with us today, and most importantly, to my fellow oklahomans. It is a great honor to stand before you and to partner with you to lead our state through unprecedented times. I respect the Constitutional Authority of both of these legislative bodies. Mr. Speaker, mr. Pro tem, members. Senate and the house, i stay here in your chamber today and pledge to work with you and to have the best and most productive session in state history. [applause] id also like to recognize each of the 15 new representatives and the eight new senators na who are just starting their service and i look forward
Next a house hearing on Sexual Assault in the military after the death of private first class Vanessa Guillen. They reviewed how Sexual Assault is reported. Victims advocates recommended changing the process. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am the chair, jackie speier, we will have a hearing entitled hashtag me too moment, an examination of Sexual Harassment and perceived retaliation in his apartment of defense at fort hood. The hearing will come to order. We are here to discuss the pernicious military culture, time and time again, report after report exposes an environment ripe for sexual veracity where women are afraid to report their harassers because of fear of retaliation, ostracism or worse, fear that they wont be believed in the harassers wont be held accountable. By declaring hashtag i am vanessa gillen, thousands of taken to the streets and social media demanding respect. Demanding the rules of the, quote, old boys love and locker room talk are no longer the price of adm