destruction and rescue efforts underway? it is a frenzied effort. they re trying to, just as they did when i was back, here where i m still in turkey, back in february. they are trying to uncover what could be thousands of people buried underneath that rubble. thousands of survivors. that s why it s such a desperate effort. one of the differences here is that some of the architecture in morocco, and especially in the rural areas, in the atlas mountains, and in the high atlas mountains, it s really rudimentary. it s basically made of adobe blocks or an reinforced concrete, as you can imagine. a. just crumbles. a lot of people are wondering whether or not rescue workers are able to reach some of those remote areas. whether or not the devastation is going to be even worse than imagined right now. the fact is they went when i was in turkey back in february, we saw essentially mid rise buildings shoddily built, and indeed, they were reinforced concrete. they were multiple storie
privilege. other other issue: energy independence. what did you propose that is different? we have to wean off fossil fuels. investing in alternate energy resources while engaging in an all of the above strategy. we are getting to the point where we are exporting natural gas. but we have to have the all above strategy. not drill baby drill. who is the next generation of leaders in congress? would you like to be speaker of the house? i am focused on what is in front of me and that is doing the best i can for the 23ered congressional district. who is the next generation of leaders in the house? on both sides. there are a number of members on both sides of the aisle that are building toward positions of leadership but i think probably better to leave that question to others. i know nancy has her list and i was included in and pleased to be asked to be a part of the leadership and serve. so you know, right now, we have to focus on working together and getting things t
[applause] a number of you know me from previous years. it s hi pleasure to be here to welcome it s my pleasure to be here to welcome you and on behalf of miami-dade college, the college that really puts forth maximum effort in terms of solen b tiers volunteers from all its constituents, students, faculty and staff to make this book fair happen as it does every single year. and for the past 30 years. i d like to thank our sponsors, there are many of them, but in particular o.h. aryan know and american airlines for their sport. i d also like to thank our friends, many of whom are seated right here in front. thank you so much for all of your support this year and for the past years that this fair has been made possible in part because of your generosity. the end of the session, as you know, the authors will be signing their books. they ll be autographing on this floor on the other side of the elevator so you can proceed to that end, and you will also have an opportunity t
our experts will help us think through the answers to those critical questions. our correspondents across the country have the latest on what is happening now. pennsylvania is working its way to reopen under a color-coded traffic light system, red, yellow, and green. no one is in the green just yet but this weekend some counties are out of the red. as pennsylvania begins to reopen today it reported a thousand new cases of covid-19. nbc s maura barrett join us us from the bureau of state college, the home of penn state university. welcome. tell us what s going on there in state college. that is a community that has moved from red to yellow, and it s also commencement day at penn state. right? reporter: yeah. it would have been the big day here at penn state, about 50,000 students usually live here, but they went home two months ago. so as center county and state college move from red to yellow, certain retail businesses can reopen and the stay-at-home order is lifted. but as
a fourth night of protests going on in minneapolis right now. you can see there, it looks like members of the national guard and active fires burning behind him. this is a live shot. this is happening right now. that fire continues to burn overnight. we know a bank and several other buildings were set ablaze. at one point, the governor and mayor of minneapolis meading with people to go home, going on to say what you see tonight will republicly indicated tomorrow unless we change something in what we re doing. look at that. this is quite apocalyptic. you can see the guardses out there. we heard from the governor overnight that they plan to send hundreds of additional national guard troops on to the streets of minneapolis and st. louis later on today, but will the u.s. mimt join them? we got an update on that a little earlier this morning. we will bring that to you. it will be the largest military presence in minneapolis, minnesota, in history. as we say good morning, it is