Hello, glad to be part of your live performance. [laughter] good afternoon. The main purpose today is to followup on the letter i spent to leader mcconnell about the potential Senate Impeachment trial and rules for them. Lets not forget that there are many other things the senate should be working on right now. , we recognize the seventh anniversary of the sandy hook massacre. In the seven years since that unthinkable tragedy, america has experienced countless incidents of gun violence ranging from horrific Mass Shootings to the thousands of shootings that devastate communities everyday. The senate has not even debated background check legislation. The senate has not debated legislation to reduce the cost of health care, college education, or prescription drugs. Republican leadership has even refused to work with democrats on Bipartisan Solutions to secure our elections and deter foreign adversaries from interfering in our elections. All of the productive activity in congress is coming
It is wonderful to be here. Thank you for the work you doing. I note that i somehow made it here from the judiciary hearing on the Inspector General report on the fbi. Im here then can return to ask my questions, which means that that hearing is going on for a really, really long time. It is an honor to be here at the counsel on Foreign Relations which has played such a major role in the world for 98 years. You were founded in the league of world war i and treaty of versailles, which was when america rejected a b global role and retreated in isolationism. The rest unfortunately is history. Since that time, cfr has sought to help remind us of the importance of engaging in tworld and helps us think about how we can work to resolve global halls that affect us here at home rather than simply wishing them away. Several years ago, David Ignatius of the Washington Post once wrote a column call ed the internationalism of the heartland and in it, he wrote about how some of the defining voices o
The 10th Armored Division was activated at fort benning, georgia on the 15th of july in 1942. From the beginning it was known as a hot outfit. Its nickname, tiger division. The commanding general of the 10th, Major General paul w garden was a superb leader. Carryout orders, march, maneuver and shoot where his by words. No journal was more revered by his men. Devereaux, adrew Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division in world war ii. Spirit in ourlous division. I think it was due to the training we got from the general art Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttoned. This was uncomfortable but we got so that we looked at other outfits that were them unbuttoned and thought they look liked sloths. When you gave a salute in the 10th Armored Division, a tiger salute, you lifted your chin in the air like that. That seemed to
Bolivia has been the scene of weeks of protests since a disputed election last month. We will get the latest. Then we spend the rest of the hour with senator Elizabeth Warren. On friday, i comoderated the first president ial forum on Environmental Justice at South Carolina State University. Warren talked d about the climae crisis, shutting down pipelines, capitalism, and more. Racial injustice, do you think the order of t the primary state should change . You have iowa and New Hampshire, two of the whitest states in the country and then we moved to South Carolina with a very significant population of people of color. And it means candidates spend so much of their time catering to those first two states stop overall, do you think that should change . Sen. Warren im just a player in the game on this one. And i am delighted to be in South Carolina. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Bolivia is in n a st