I have guy with me a wonderful author writing a fantastic book john, you are a distinguished scholar and historian and have given us a book at exactly the right time we need in the midst of a pandemic. You have said your goal was to do a citizens guide what did you mean by that quick. Great question. I wanted to write a book that will be a first draft of history during the covid and beyond but would speak to an interested reader not just a specialist in the field there are a lot of specialist and my valueadded code be a translate to readers who are just fascinated by the blizzard of the legal issues that have arisen in the last six months that we were not on most peoples agenda until now. And we never thought about past epidemicsut we are now particularly what can weearn from them andhen do we know it will be over. But i want to beg at the end of your book and now i will back to ask you more about this questn. You wh america has two histories one is far more appealing in the mons and y
Law scholar and historian and given us a book for the ages in the midst of a pandemic so you said your goal what do you mean by that quick. Great question i wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history for the year of covid and beyond but to speak to the interested reader not just the specialist in the field i got the value added to readers you are fascinated of the legal issues in the last six months that really be on most peoples agenda until now. We never thought about past epidemics but we are now what we can learn from them and what do we know when it will be over so at the end of your book to ask you more about this question america has two histories one is far more appealing in the months and years ahead they will hold the power between them lets hope they make the right choice. I will be asking you more what that choice is at the end of the interview but for now , what is the ugly part of america . The ugly part is the discrimination against racial minoriti
And freedom. Inspire them to be stewards of your will as you answer their cries for help. Lord, listen to their fervent prayers as they wait expectantly for your deliverance. Keep our senators on the right path of your prevailing providence and surround them with the shield of your love. Defend them with your heavenly grace and give them the courage to face perils with total trust in you. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business, please. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley you watch the news or read the newspapers and you know that theres a lot of deliberations going on to help with the problems that we have of
Fleeing syria. Unfortunately once again in the wake of great tragedy the liberties will have to demonstrate they serve the state of lebanon and its people, not a political party. Since the end of occupation laf has demonstrated it can be unified a National Force largely free from secretary that corrodes other lebanese institutions, now it must do so again, the people of beirut are beginning hard work of rebuilding their city, their nation continues its hard work to restore democracy and sovereignty. On these fronts, the senate and the American People stand within their journey, thats an entirely different matter, stop me if the story im about to tell sounds familiar. Speaker of the house, the democratic leader, some in president trumps representative edto the capital, they meet fora long while, the democrats emerge saying it had a few millimeters in progress but a deal is still far off leaving millions of americans in the lurch. But they continue to push the 3 trilliondollar wishlist o
is cnn newsroom. u.s. president joe biden will soon be on his way here to atlanta, georgia, just days after eight people were killed in a shooting rampage at a local spas, six of them were asian women. biden was supposed to promote his huge coronavirus relief package, but will now instead offer his support to the community. he will be meeting with the mayor as well as state officials and asian-american leaders. vice president kamala harris who is a black asian-american is also on the trip. police say it s too soon to tell if the shootings were racially motivated about you that doesn t mean this had nothing to do with race as cnn s amara walker reports. our investigation is looking at everything, so nothing is off the table. reporter: as investigators take a hard look into what motivated the suspect to go on a mass shooting spree in the atlanta area that left eight dead including six asian women, comments and actions from the captain of the cherokee county sheriff s de