Screeria nigeria. By the inauguration ceremony for colorado governor john hickenlooper. The u. S. Commission on civil rights hosted its series of panels examining the nations use of immigration detention facilities. Speakers included government officials discussing how the facilities are created and ultimately maintained. The Commission Also looked at the legal challenges that the Detention Centers pose as well as other methods that could be used for immigration enforcement. Going to call the meeting to order. Good morning, everyone. Welcome. Im charm marty castro of the u. S. Commission on civil rights. I really would like to welcome everyone with us today, those testifying, members of the audience as well as those joining us via audio link as well as First Time Ever Live Streaming by the commission of a hearing or briefing on one of our civil rights topics. This is an effort by us to make our work more transparent and open to the public. We hope to continue to grow how we use technol
We understand the problems and put forth the message that targets specifically not how we can help the economy but how we can help you and you and you. And we do it in a way that isnt divisive but unifying. How do we do this . Its actually pretty easy. Its actually pretty easy. First it starts with education. If you look at the 70 of americans who dont have a college education, have limited skills, we need to make sure that we have opportunities for people to get those skills. We also need to look at why people are failing in schools and not getting those basic skills to be able to survive. Why . Because we have a top down governmentrun Education System that is failing our children. [ applause ] we need less common core and more common sense if we want to make america a great and educated country. [ applause ] we whats the common sense . Talk to any teacher or administrator theyll tell you that the biggest key in determining the success of a child in school is the parents involvement w
Held the secretary, held with china in december, this was one of the issues of very much on the agenda, and weve made some progress in moving ahead on the application of antimonopoly law that we think should be applied to deal with issues of competition, not issues of industrial policy. So we are engaged with them as are our competition authorities and the ftc to work to encourage them to apply the law as its intended to be applied. I know these are tough areas. Canadas creation of a heightened standard for patentability, for pharmaceutical patents is a serious problem for our u. S. Innovators. This standard to obtain and enforce patent rights in canada. Also inconsistent with the World Trade Organization and under the nafta. We have raised this concern directly and repeatedly with the canadian authorities. That issue is now being litigated, and i believe the canadian authorities are looking to see how it proceeds in litigation as we continue that dialogue with them. Ambassador, from o
The power to do. And as the country turns to mailin voting in response to the coronavirus pandemic, trumps year long assault on the Postal Service is appearing to slow down the agency ahead of an election that right now according to every poll he is projected to lose. Joining me now is former United States attorney general eric holder. Thank you very much for being here this morning. Well, thanks for having me. Good to see you. So i want to play some sound from a hearing that your one of your successors participated in on the hill this past week. Lets listen to that and ill ask you a question on the other side. Do you believe as the attorney general of the United States that mailin voting will lead to massive voter fraud . I think theres a high risk that it will. I just state i think what is a reality which is if you have wholesale mailin voting it substantially increases the risk of fraud. So former attorney general eric holder, do you believe as a former attorney general of the Unite
members of the white house coronavirus task force are self quarantining after possible exposure to covid-19. dr. anthony fauci, the cdc director and the fda commissioner all have come into direct contact with at least one of two house aides who tested positive for the virus. meanwhile moor states are set to ease restrictions. you new hampshire, construction, car dealerships and horse racing can restart their businesses in kentucky. and most restaurants can begin limited dine-in services this week in arkansas, indiana and arizona. in california, where many restrictions are still in place electric car maker tesla decided to sue alameda county to challenge the shutdown of its factory. elon musk tweeted saturday that the county s order was the final straw and he is now considering moving the company s headquarters to texas or nevada. lastly, the united states surpassed another grim milestone. more than 80,000 people have died of covid-19 in the u.s. 1.3 million people have been i