landra, what a life you turned together. until his last breath. l lana, leif, josh, and key. all the grandchildren. great grandchildren. hearing you talk about him today, it s clear. my dad used to have an expression. he d say you were blood of his blood, bone of his bone. you are a product of harry and landra reid. what a gift. what a gift god gave you. what a gift it was and is. elder, president obama, vice president harris, second gentleman, governor, thanks for passporting to the state and iris and chuck schumer and paul and nancy pelosi. members of the nevada congressional delegation. senator cortez and rosen and representatives, excuse me, lee and titus. members of congress, democrat and republican, past and present, distinguished guests. what a gift harry reid was to the state, to this nation, and to so many of us individually. i know he s smiling right now. only harry reid had his send off sandwich a speaker between former president of the united states, kyle king and
together. until his last breath. lana and rory and leif, josh, key, all the grandchildren, great-grandchildren, seeing and hearing you talk about him today, it s clear. my dad used to have an expression. he would say, you were blood of his blood, bone of his bone. you are the product of harry and landra reid. what a gift. what a gift god gave you. what a gift that was and is. elder ballard, president obama, vice president harris, second gentleman, governor, thanks for the passport into the state. and iris and chuck schumer and paul and nancy pelosi, members of the nevada congressional delegation, senator cortez and representatives horsfod and lee and titus, members of congress, democrat, republican, past and present, distinguished guests, what a gift harry reid was to the state, to this nation. and to so many of us individually. i know he s smiling right now. only harry reid at his sendoff would sandwich a speaker between former president of the united states, carole king, an
covid-19 cases rise across the country. on capitol hill, democrats suffer a major setback in efforts to urge social reform to their social spending bill. we ll look at what comes next. meanwhile, a former minnesota police officer who shot and killed a young black man during a traffic is to be is set to take the stand in her trial any minute now. this as the biden administration exits talks on potential compensation for migrant families separated by the trump administration. and we ll look at what is being done to help immigrant communities affected by last week s devastating tornadoes in kentucky. and there s some good news from haiti, where the remaining group of american and canadian missionaies abducted have been freed. they ll be home soon. and right now, the u.s. is facing an explosion of new covid cases. the average number of new daily cases has jumped to more than 120,000. that s 70% higher than in early november. in new york city, health officials say the percentage
is critical. it really is. look, you know, to the survivors and families, jill and i, my wife jill is not here today with me. she is in delaware right now. she had to go back up. jill and i have gotten to know many of you over the years. some of us have become friends for a long time. we ve kept in touch. mark, it s good to see you again and your family, and the losses may be different, circumstances, but we ve shared before us something that s helped our family. when my wife and daughter were killed in a tractor-trailer struck them, just after i got elected, my two boys weren t expected to live, and then later when my son beau, who was the attorney general and volunteered to spend a year in iraq died, stage 4, glioblastoma. my daughter ashley taped a message to the mirror, the way everything gets to me through my wife and daughter now is they know i have to shave in the morning, so they ll tape on the mirror, for real. so i see it when i m shaving. one day she left me a quot
dedication of this vital issue is critical. it really is. look, you know, to the survivors and families, jill and i, jill and my wife, jill is not here today with me, she is in delaware right now, she had to go back up, jill and i have gotten to know many of you over the years. some of us have become friends for a long time. kept in touch. mark, good to see you again. your family. and loss is maybe different circumstances, but we shared before something that helped our family. when my wife and daughter were killed in a tractor trailer struck them and just after i got elected, my two boys weren t expected to live, and then later when my son beau, the attorney general, and spent a year in iraq died, stage four glioblastoma, my daughter ashley tapped taped a mirror excuse me, a message to the mirror, the way we get to everything gets to me through my wife and daughter now. so they know i have to shave in the morning. so they ll tape on the mirror for real, so i can see whe