The u. S. Senate is about to gavel in. They are going to work on a judicial nomination with a confirmation vote scheduled for 5 30 for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Republicans leader Mitch Mcconnell may introduce the republican covid19 recovery plan. Live now to the senate floor. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord god, we again thank you for the life and legacy of representative john robert lewis. Lord, accept our gratitude for his ethical congruence that motivated him to find a moral way to get in the way. Were grateful that his passion for freedom summoned our nation to embrace our best hopes and not our worst fears. Inspired by his exemplary pilgrimage, may our lawmakers strive to live with such integrity that they will stand on the right side of history. Lord, help our senators to strive to see you more clearly, to love you more dearly, and to follow you more nearly day by d
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Democracies are being unraveled with by a new class war. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to Hudson Institute, stern policy center. Im john wallace, chief operating officer. Id like to welcome our audience here at our pennsylvania avenue headquarters and our cspan audience the our first ever podcast taping that is both live and marks the Second Season of the premiere podcast of the Second Season realignment hosted by our Hudson Institute fellows. The podcast launched last year, and i recommend end for those of you who havent been following it, that you take a look at the episodes from last year, particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh haully, mike duran and others. Its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people who put it together and their ability to bring out topics and to move the argument along. So we couldnt be prouder of the work that theyve done and want to thank them for that, and we are happy to launch this Years Pro
And start watching the hot dogs. The. Real thing its like. As a sort of. Like you that i got. With. This. Is exactly. Welcome back everybody laughing not a capitalist and joining me now from canada on the latest on the lead crisis are to makkah correspondent alex mind alex thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me so tell us a little more about this is this is a pretty disturbing study. It is a look the researchers dug into thousands of previously undisclosed documents meaning that these documents have been around they tested hundreds of houses from coast to coast in canada they found out that hundreds of thousands of people in this country are Drinking Water contaminated with lead its coming into their homes and the lead levels are higher or the same as flint michigan when you say flint michigan you think disaster so this is whats happening in cities from coast to coast in canada including places like montreal that you just mentioned nevermind smaller towns and a place called
Organization deems safe this means thousands of schools shut down Flights Canceled and cars banned from the roads on certain days to mitigate the already growing danger so what happened in india while an annual tradition of burning off with those in india called crop stubble combined with the excessive use of fireworks during religious ceremonies in recent weeks and you have just the right amount to tip an already pollution filled area over the edge to delegate new delhi resident to you sean explains the other reasons for the crisis. Was broken borders and the government should restrict some of the factories as well as traffic which both limit pollution and we have to plant more trees and people should use more Public Transportation better the situation. And on the other side of the planet and a place where the politicians are supposed to be eco conscious in the water crisp and clear canada is now facing a flint of its own over 120 journalists editors students and teachers across canad