To be a cause for total war. And we must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured. [applause] my fellow americans, we have to be different than this. America has to be better than this. And i believe america is so much better than this. Just look around. Here we stand in the shadow of the capitol dome as was mentioned earlier, completed amid the civil war when the union itself was literally hanging in the balance. Yet we endured. We prevailed. Here we stand. Looking out on the great mall where dr. King spoke of his dream. Here we stand where 108 years ago at another inaugural, thousands of protesters tried to block brave women marching for the right to vote. And today we mark the swearingin of the first woman in American History elected to national office, Vice President Kamala Harris. Dont tell me things cant change. [applause] here we stand across the potomac from Arlington Cemetery where heroes who gave the last full measure of devotion rest
Does diversity matter . If say if you say yes, that. Ine is 202 7488000 if you say no, 202 7488001. If you are undecided about it, it is 202 7488002. You can also send us a text, that line 202 7488003. Spanwj. Ter we are c among the questions we can consider, will diversity result in changed policies as we talk about the biden makes so far in the Upcoming Administration . 202 7488000 if you think it is yes. 202 7488001 if it is no. Some thinking, some writing about the thinking of joe biden and how he is putting together his cabinet from the washington post. 45,000 names, 100 the packets of information, and gut instinct is how biden is managing his transition. He writes that packets have been delivered regularly to joe bidens home, dividing meticulous details on each potential cabinet bros strengths, weaknesses, and possible areas of conflict. Biden has been conducting interviews with candidates, focusing on their values and life stories nearly as much of their approach to the hartmans
Dr. Mcclellan, good morning. Clubs thank you for setting this up and all the reporters who are joining us today. Thank you for being with us. We will get started. You coauthored a Coronavirus Response plan. Right now were in phase one, the containment phase and reopening states is based 2. What elements of state got to have in place to begin that safely . We are moving from phase 1 to face 2 and i think now people are saying that phase two bank is not just one big step toward reopening. In some sense that is probably the long time. Youre not back opening for the way things were before. Instead, we are saying maybe a c, d, and e as we gradually turn on the faucet. Enable some additional businesses to reopen under modified conditions, get in place some of the additional steps that are needed for successfully. Ork that includes several key dimensions. One is a Health Care System that is not under duress. So adequate capacity for potential further resurgence in the virus and also adequate
Late night bull session last night which a lot of my democratic colleagues in detroit did as well. Im sure a few of you stood up to watch the democratic debates. I have to admit, i did not. I read the recaps this morning and seems like much seasoning and thoughts by the democrats have not yet made them come to their senses. Understand were still advocating for decriminalized just decriminalizing our border illegally and deporting no one and in the meantime giving taxpayerfunded healthcare, too. In fact, one of my colleagues in the congress recently said that we have to provide taxpayerfunded abortion to illegal immigrants. Which, i have to say, sounds like something some of you might come up with at a late night bull session when youre thinking of a parity about the Democratic Party positions might be. I could go on and on about our democratic friends and what they were saying last night but i see that on your tables you all have a fascinated book in front of you. It is called sacred d
Thick black smoke bill rowin into the sky. Some prepared to evacuate. Marianne favro has the story. Reporter you can see here where the fire burned in grassy area. It even scorched this power pole. This fire was right next to highway 4 over here. It caused major delays. With high winds fanning flames and thick dark smoke rising into the sky ask, crews battle the fire in pits bugging from many directions. Mary kept her eyes trained on the smoke. It was really nasty. It looked like oil smoke. It was really thick and billowing and kept billowing. Reporter the fire grew to three alarms with about 100 firefighters responding. Thats when mary gay started preparing to evacuate. Gathering up belongings. My birth certificates, Important Documents that are kind of irreplaceable. Reporter firefighters say the fire started in a homeless encampment around 2 30 this afternoon and quickly spread to elite roofing supply company. A very intensifier in a confined area. Bounded on one side by highway 4 w