Years. When were the inaugural balls established as part of the ceremonies . It happened when George Washington was looking forward to this day for a long time. I wasnt sure i was going to be able to get through today so i brought a special guest with me. It is my distinct honor to introduce the head of the Transition Team, our next Vice President , mike pence. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you sean and good morning. It is a momentous day before a historic day. And im pleased to have a chance to report to the American People and to all of you the progress that we have made at the president elects direction, preparing a team that will be ready to serve the American People and make America Great again on day one. Im grateful to be with all of you today. Before i give you a brief summary let me First Express our thoughts and prayers on behalf of the president elect and myself for president bush and barbara. They are on the hearts of every american. This morning we understand they had a go
04 29 05 the only one im not leading in is this stupid des moines register, u know, its what a terrible paper, terrible paper. For some, this face time will help decide who theyll 03 52 03 i think as an american, you just have to to see them, get to know their beliefs and what they want to do and i think itit great popotive energy, and i need some positive energy. Using to oppose against trumps messages. 03 32 22 im no longer armed, that you know of, but i am armed with a im drawing breath, im going to defend my constitution and its a divide trump is promising to bridge. 05 06 53 i will get a lot of people on the democrat side to vote for me. Votes thatll all come into focus soon. In cedar rapids, sarah mccarthy, kcrgtv9 news. Asasarah noted, about 100 people protested trumps recent proposal to ban those of the muslim faith from entering the u. S. Standing across 2nd avenue from the venue this Assembly Said they wanted to quote stand in solidarity with our muslim brothers and sisters u
About iowa. Iowa had a 22 Positivity Rate yesterday. That means, more than one in five people tested has the virus. The task force is calling for a mask mandate there and the closing of bars and a plan for reopening universities. But the governor in iowa has been reluctant to do those things. As of this morning, more than 25,000 coronavirus cases have been reported at colleges and universities across 37 states. Iowa State University is not only allowing football, it plans to let 25,000 fans into the stadium to watch. This all comes after an extraordinary move from a medical panel at the National Institutes of health. Different branches of the same Government Medical establishment are at direct odds over the data on convalescent plasma. The nih now says there is no evidence to support the use of convalescent plasma to treat coronavirus patients, at least not yet. And that puts them at direct odds with President Trump, who called ate breakthrough and the fda commissioner who day greagrh
Seeing none, public is closed. Item nine, adjournment. We are adjourned, thank you. Welcome to city hall. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for coming out. I want to thank members of the board of supervisors. I want to thank them for being here in this joint recognition of our commissioners and members of 14 different bodies that will be appointed today to committees and commissions. I want to thank all the friends and family for joining us. Let me say how excited i am this past week, i have been watching a certain convention. Next week, we will have an even more exciting convention to watch. It is of course, in the spirit of the expected national, regional, and state elections we are preparing for. It is also a reminder of the importance of our civic duty and all the different departments we have created. Public engagement is extremely important to the way we run government in San Francisco. It has always been about public engagement. We need the last bodies come a different viewpoi
Again. And im humbled to have been a small part of that. Our job is to be ready on day one. The American People can be confident that we will be. Let me say to all of you, we look forward to seeing you tomorrow. It will be a humbling and moving day for the president elect, for his family and for me. Let me tell you, we are all, we are all ready to go to work. In fact we cant wait to get to work for the American People to make America Great again. Thank you very much. Well provide that information for you at the end of the briefing. Thanks. Thank you, mr. Vice president elect. I think he speaks for all of us when we say we are truly excited for tomorrow. There is historic change coming. It is infectious. The entire team is looking forward to this, now that were 24 hours out of this. So the president elect continues to make edits and additions to his inaugural address. We will have further updates for you on that. I know it was asked yesterday, in the speech, its going to be a very perso