right now, i m in washington d.c., about to attend the annual white house correspondents dinner. tonight, much of washington will come together. but an epic political battle lies ahead. president joe biden officially launched his reelection campaign this week. asking americans for more time to finish the job he was elected to do in 2020. black voters were pivotal in sending biden to the white house. tonight, i ll ask georgia congresswoman, nikema williams, whether enthusiasm for the biden harris ticket remains high. in the meantime, donald trump is building his case to be the republican nominee, again. the former president is racking up endorsements, as his poll numbers rise. that s despite the escalating state, federal and local investigations into trump s conduct before and in the white house. his former vice president, mike pence, testified before federal grand jury, two days ago. about trump s conduct leading up to january 6th. also tonight, celebrating harry belafonte. t
don t look down. don t make any sudden moves. because we are almost at the end of a legislative tightrope, y all. senators are putting in some extra hours this weekend. they re working to get democrats, health care, climate, and deficit reduction package across the finish line. the parliamentarian approved key components of the bill just hours ahead of when the senate is expected to debate it on the floor. it will take all 50 democratic votes and a tie breaker from vice president harris for the inflation reduction act to pass the senate. what does that mean to you? it means medicare can negotiate prescription drug costs. with an out of pocket cap at $2,000 for seniors. it means lower aca health premiums. it means lower energy costs, and the reduction of carbon emissions by 40% in the next eight years. it also lowers the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars, which will be crucial to fighting inflation. how is all this possible? this is one of only two times per fiscal ye
looking at everything to make sure that we discover and determine what the motive of our homicides were. again, it s just very important to let you know that we are not done. in most cases of homicides, we don t have a quick apprehension. there s usually a lengthy investigation, especially when there s involving multiple victims. and so again, we re still working very diligently to ascertain all the facts so we can have a successful prosecution because that s what s most important now. so i was hoping that we would be able to release the names of the victims, but we are not able to do that at this time. and the reason is we need to make sure that we have a true verification of their identities, and that we made the proper next of kin notification. so again, i thought we were going to be able to do that, and out of respect of the lives and of the family, we want to make sure that we do that privately before we release the names of our victims publicly. again, you know, we can
president biden, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, taking a victory lap after the nearly $2 trillion pandemic relief package officially became law. what you shepherded through the congress, not only meets the moment. it does even more. it is historical and they call it transformational. and it really is. all right. so in just a moment, we ll be speaking with andy, the white house senior adviser for covid response to talk about where things stand, what comes next, of course. the other major breaking news story that is developing this hour. we will be hearing from the family of george floyd, reacting to the minneapolis city council s approval of a $27 million settlement over his death as the client for floyd s murder continues. we want to begin this hour and this conversation with minnesota democratic senator tina smith. thank you. so for your time. we greatly appreciate you joining us on these two very important stories that we re dealing with. we ll start with what we just saw
FITCHBURG — A true believer in the power and importance of open educational resources, or OER, Fitchburg State University Professor. Kisha G. Tracy has become involved locally in the push to provide students with free textbooks, in one form or another.“The cost of textbooks has gotten out of hand, and our students deserve to have […]