Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We r
Everyone. Thank you for your patienc rep. Jeffries good morning, everyone. Thank you for your patience. The caucus call just ended, lasted approximately an hour and 45 minutes. We had a very robust discussion as to where we are in the context of the covid19 pandemic. Continuedneed for a aggressive and transformational response. This is a very simple question. We all at the capital have to ask and answer. Events an extraordinary that has afflicted the American People or not . Event,s an extraordinary the congressional covid19 Pandemic Response should be extraordinary as well. We as House Democrats believe it is an extraordinary event. Almost 200,000 americans have died. That is more than the number of americans who died during the war, ther, the vietnam iraq,ar, 9 11, the war in and the war in a guinness stand combined afghanistan combined. More than 100,000 Small Businesses have permanently closed. More than 6 million americans have been infected by the coronavirus and counting. Americ
Your unfiltered view of politics. Democratic caucus chair and vice chair brief reporters on the House Democratic agenda. They discuss ongoing covid19 relief funding negotiations saying they will not leave until legislation is passed. Congressman jeffries also talked about government ending and legislation that would decriminalize marijuana. This is half an hour. Rep. Jeffries good morning, everyone. Thank you for your patience. Call just ended, lasted approximately an hour and 45 minutes. We had a very robust discussion as to where we are in the context of the covid19 pandemic. Continueded for a aggressive and transformational response. This is a very simple question. We all at the capital have to ask and answer. Events an extraordinary that has afflicted the American People or not . Event,s an extraordinary the congressional covid19 Pandemic Response should be extraordinary as well. We as House Democrats believe it is an extraordinary event. Almost 200,000 americans have died. That is
Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im kyra phillips. Tonight. The rise of a farreaching Conspiracy Theory, expanding its footprint into the real world. Here is nightline coanchor, j juju chang. Reporter boston, massachusetts, a rally protesting the flu vaccine mandate. But here it is, a q symbol. Greeting the president at the airport. And here at a Blue Lives Matter rally in brooklyn. Dy. Wi, conspiracybased movement known as qanon. They first appeared at trump rallies in 2018. Tomorrow the headlines will be massive protests. Reporter their profile growing over the last two years. Culminating with this moment in the white house two weeks ago. The president being asked directly inside the briefing room. Thank you very much. Reporter about those qanon supporters. The crux of the theory is this belief that you are secretly saving the world from this satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals. Does that sound like something you are behind . I havent heard that, but is that supposed to b