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welcome to the manhattan institute on critical race theory. by michael hendrix director of state and local policy and i m here to welcome you and our host of the conversation my colleague but first as a bit of introduction, please enter questions throughout the program both initial conversation and the panel and we will incorporate them into the discussion. without further ado, i will welcome jason riley, jason riley is a senior fellow at the manhattan institute. a columnist at the wall street journal and commentator at fox news.is much-anticipated next book is called maverick biography of ããhe is a recipient of the 2018 bradley prize and after joining the journal in 1994 he was named a senior editorial writer in 2000 and the member of the editorial board in 2005. jason holds a ba in english s assembly buffalo, also a great colleague. thank you very much. i want to welcome everyone to today s event. critical race theory used to be confined by and large to academia,
program guide. welcome to the manhattan instance constitute on critical race their rhythm i m michael hendrix and aisle here to welcome you and our host of the conversation, my colleague, jason riley. first, as a bit of introduction, please entered your questions through the program, our initial conversation and our panel, and we ll incorporate them into the discussion. and without further adieu, then, ll back jason riley. a senior fellow at the manhattan institute, columnist at the wall street journal and a commentator at fox news. his next book is called maverick, a biography of thomas sewall available in may 2021. the rerecipient of the bradley prize and of journaling the journal in 1949 he was a senior editorial writer and a member of the editorial board in 2005 and speaks frequent my on abc, cnn, pbs, and npr. jason is the author of several books including please stop helping us, and false white power in 20167 and also worked for usa today and buffalo news herb has b
passing covid relief through budget reconciliation? i support passing covid relief with support from republicans if we can get it but the covid relief has to pass. there s no if, ands or buts. no, if, ands or buts, as we are racing against the clock to get shots in arms as new variants of the virus are spreading. a big jump in vaccinations today, 1.7 million. 1.7 million today. you know what? that is beating president biden s increased goal of 1.5 million a day. but dr. fauci is warning that we need to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible, and says the virus is mutating right now in cities all across this country. what do we think is happening in other cities? i think what the underlying issues that are going on in california and los angeles very likely are taking place throughout the country. there s a lot going on. because tonight look at your screen. urgent manhunt under way. the suspect, a pipe bomb pipe bombs placed, excuse me, near t
the clock to get shots in arms as new variants of the virus are spreading. a big jump in vaccinations today. 1.7 million today. you know what, that is beating president biden s increased goal of 1.5 million per day. dr. fauci warns we need to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible and says that the virus is mutating right now in cities all across this country. what do we think is happening in other cities? i think what the underlying issues that are going on in california and los angeles, very likely are taking place throughout the country. there is a lot going on because tonight look at your screen. urgent manhunt underway. the suspect, a pipe bombs placed near the democratic and republican party headquarters the night before the insurrection at the capitol. there are fears that more bombs may be planned. as we are learning one of the victims of the insurrection, the capitol police officer will lie in honor in the capitol rotunda happening on tuesd