Unanimous on the largest fine they have never recommended for anything like this in the history of the commission. I mean, again, we dont know exactly how this will ultimately bear out, including in the criminal cases related to this but those robocalls for so disgusting and so pernicious, and had an effect that cant be undone except by preventing it from ever happening again through deterrence, and this is designed to be that. Yeah, this is a very important decision. Thank you for that reporting, rachel. Indeed, thank you, lawrence. Thank you. President biden delivered important speech from the Roosevelt Room with an update on the number of people evacuated from afghanistan, which proves, once again that this is the best Run Evacuation from a war that america lost, which is the only way to describe what this evacuation is. There is only one evacuation in our history that compares to this one and that is the military evacuation from vietnam in 1975 after we lost that war, and by every
Century. This online event was hosted by the national Constitution Center which provided the video. And now it is a great honor to introduce our guests. What an amazing panel. Americas most distinguished historians and scholars of congress to help us understand our current Edward Ayers is Tucker Boat right professor of the humanities at the university of richmond. He is the author of many books on the civil War And Reconstruction including and i will just highlight one of his many award winning books, the thin light of freedom the civil War And Emancipation in the heart of america which he discussed of the national Constitution Center in 2017. His forthcoming book is southern journey, the migrations of the american south, 1790 to 2020. Edward ayers, welcome. It is an honor to have you. My pleasure. Thank you. And Joanne Freeman Class of 1954 professor of american history and of american studies at yale university. Where she specializes in the politics and political culture of the revol
Ali, the Infrastructure Bills on both tracks seem to be going shockingly smoothly. The bipartisan bill is even on more solid Ground Today than it was yesterday. Mitch mcconnells support now is pretty strong where yesterday it was a vote, And it was a surprising vote. Now he has voiced his support in a very strong way. So im im surprised at how well its going. Its very complex, twotrack thing that theyre trying to do, which has never been done before. Yeah. So i got to check with norm, you know . Am i getting, you know, ahead of this, or is this really going as well as i think it is . Well, its a wise thing to do. Ive often used norm for the same reason. I look forward to the show, my friend. Have yourself a good evening. Thank you, Ali. 24 hours after the senates big bipartisan vote in favor of the biden Infrastructure Bill, the enormity of the victory for President Biden appears to be even more solid than it did with Last Night a 67 votes in favor of the bill. You judge the strength o
Vaccinated in boston since january the 1st, the Board Of Health ordered that all the inhabitants of this city be vaccinated or revaccinated forthwith. The board explains that although there has been a most remarkable cooperation throughout the city, the medical profession and the people in general, having acquiesced to a most remarkable extent in its request for vaccination, it is necessary in order to stamp out the Smallpox Epidemic that all persons not protected by Vaccination Or Revaccination shall be vaccinated. Now, this was about the deadly boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1901. It killed hundreds of people. It would also turn out to be bostons very last Smallpox Outbreak because if cases kept climbing despite pretty high Vaccination Rates the Health Department mandated that everyone in boston get a vaccine. Doctors went door to door with vaccines. Look at this amazing illustration from the boston globe. This is january 28th, 1902. So about a month after the Health Department announce
By by. Biden Harris Administration completed six months for months in office this Week And Tonight they face their biggest challenges in the united States Senate. No no president in history served in the senate longer than Joe Biden, And no president in history has understood the senate that he is dealing with better than Joe Biden understAnds his current senate. Joe biden said, this, week that in effect, the senate is broken. He said the rule on the 60 Vote Threshold is no longer working the way was supposed to. And he said that he supports the change in that rule, but some people think they heard him say there should be no change in the Senate Rules. When i heard Joe Biden say indicates that he would support a change in the Senate Rules, probably for voting Rights Legislation after he has accomplished what he can in the senate under the current rules. In that sense, the biden Infrastructure Bills And Voting Rights bills are strategically linked. Joe biden believes that he cannot come