Unshakeable. Woodruff and to denounce President Trump. Today we are a country divided and we have a president doing everything in his power to make it that way. At the time like this the oval office should be a command center. Woodruff tonight former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former president barack obama and this years Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris. Day three of the Democratic National convention. Woodruff again, im Judy Woodruff and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the Democratic National convention. Were now on night three of this virtual event. Tonight, we will hear from Hillary Clinton, the partys nominee four years ago. Well hear from former president barack obama and then we will hear from Kamala Harris, a historymaking Vice President ial nominee. Im here in our studio with political analyst amy walter and right around the corner our senior correspondence amna nawaz. Both socially distanced. And we have reported and guests across the coun
Watch live on cspan, online at cspan. Org, listen live with the free cspan radio app. Mike pompeo state called for china to be more transparent about the coronavirus pandemic while speaking to reporters. He also responded to questions on the potential origins of the virus. This is 25 minutes. Sec. Pompeo sec. Pompeo good morning. It has been 128 days since a chinese doctor shared information on the internet about a patient with a sars like virus. Her colleague shared the doctors report online with medical colleagues. The next day, Regional Health officials in wuhan the next day, Regional Health officials in wuhan indicated they were treating dozens of patients with an unknown viral pneumonia. Within days, chinese officials detained the doctor and seven others for spreading false statements on the internet. China saw that it had an emerging Public Health crisis on its hands. They knew. China could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. They had a choice.
Craig fehrman, the author of the new book author in chief. Who was oran follett . Why did he make the claim that he made Abraham Lincoln president . Oran follett was a publisher in ohio. He had is a Printing Firm in ohio. They published lots of different local books. He had the distinct privilege to publish Abraham Lincolns bestselling book. We should probably back up, because a lot of people do not know that he wrote one. When lincoln ran for the senate and lost to Stephen Douglas, they had their famous debate. During the debates, there were a couple of people from newspapers transcribing the debates, writing down shorthand and then a couple of days later, they would print it in papers so people who didnt attend could read it in the newspapers. Lincoln, after he lost the senate race, for most people, the story stopped there. This is breaking news. Lets move on. Lincoln, after he lost the senate race, he worked hard to gather those newspaper transcript. He worked hard. There are at lea
Members about the pandemic and the u. K. s response. This was also the first time the Prime Minister faced questions from new Labour Party Leader keir starmer. Sir hoyle we now come to questions for the Prime Minister. I would like to welcome the Prime Minister back to his rightful place. There is an engagement question. It is good to be back even though i have been away longer than i intended to. I pay tribute to the 107 nhs, 29 care workers and those who sadly died from coronavirus. I know this and perceives of the house is with family and friends, my thanks to thomass hospital for the care that i received. I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to duties in the house, i will have further such meetings. I now call simon. Thank you, i would like to welcome the Prime Minister back to where he belongs and im sure the house would join me in congratulating him and his fiancee on the birth of their friend. On coronavirus, tourism is crucial to the economy of the
First actions of the committee is we are going to take over the roles and Means Committee to make this a rules committee but first let me say that i appreciate, wanted to say this from the beginning i appreciate the flexibility of our Ranking Member mr. Cole. Im incredibly proud of how we have worked together here in this congress. We have examined a lot of things in the committee and no matter how politically alike we are doing things in the constructive when and i look forward to working with you mr. Cole in a bipartisan effort that was announced today and we will examine how congress can better adapt to the emergencies of the coronavirus pandemic pandemic. I know we both care deeply about this institution in one way or another congress is going to have to adapt to whatever the future may bring. The cdc said this fall could be worse than what we are going to right now. And we need to be prepared and that may mean working remotely. Changes when we operate should be done whenever possi