Welcome back. A restaurant appears to be burned and a witness says that firefighters told him that icks. He she reaunteaceerord is fami owned. And a devastating milestone in the pandemic. The coronavirus has now taken more than 200,000 lives here in the u. S. Right now cases are on the rise in 33 states, washington, d. C. A puerto rico. Officials warn at least 18 states are in the socalled red zone. Here at home, cases do appear to be stabilizing. Now more indoor businesses will get the green lights to reopen. Solano, alameda and is an made day counties moved from the purple tier to the red tier. And the economy of course is just one of the things that were following. Amy hollyfield is live for us in san mateo county. How are you . Clrt it looks like people are working out there. Well come back to you in a moment. We do want to check in now with some other reopenings that are happening. The state has relaxed restrictions on nail salons, they can now reopen and take customers inside. Bu
The vote 11 40 eastern, a final vote around 1 30 this afternoon. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The chaplain lord god, in these difficult and challenging times, remind us that the earth belongs to you, and you have not abandoned it unite us with the understanding that you are our father, and we are all members of the human family. We pray for all who have been impacted by the pain of this us to crisis season. Use our senators to make the weak strong, the sick healthy, and the broken whole. Lord, surround those who have been shaken by anguish with your divine presence and peace. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , jun
First president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. That would have been in 1789, in april. How well where the duties and office that he was about to step into, how well where they defined at this moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was a brandnew institution, certainly in america and really in the world, its a new experiment of an elected magistrate that would have at one point been the head of state, like a king, but also be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policy maker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the of the legislature and where thedefine. Powers of the president would be defined. And so washington really created that office. Reallmany of the precedents, mf the things that we come to think of as president ial really come downwn from his example in the office. He took the oath, what were his views at the time about expanding or restricting the power of the office that he was ste
Welcome you all to the Battlefields Foundation roundtable, guide you are all able to make it. Its going to be a very interesting, top were going to hear this evening. Remember, we do not have dues, but we do ask that everyone who comes to the roundtable become a member of the Shadow Valley Battlefields Foundation. Just to know a little bit about the foundation, we have close to 5000 acres, of civil battlefield that weve been able to preserve, please go to our website, and if you could, we would surely appreciate you becoming a member of the foundation. Im going to introduce our speaker tonight, steve and i both move to the area about the same time. Steve came from a career in music, he is a graduate of Berkeley College of music. For many many years he toured worldwide, he came back to his roots in pennsylvania. He decided to study this battle, he didnt just study it, he was engrossed in it. He has done remarkable, thorough research as, thorough as anyone could do, to put together a boo
Friedman this evening. Hes here to discuss new book into the bright sunshine Young Hubert Humphrey and the fight for civil rights. Now sams journalism professor at Columbia University and formerly reported and wrote columns for New York Times as a reporter in the 1980s, he worked in the culture of the times. Then in the mid 2000 wrote the papers on education column. And then for ten years he was responsible for. The on religion column. Hes also written nine previous books on a wide range of topics from high school to american jewry to college football, to his mothers own story. In his new book, sam delves into the early life of humphrey, who spent three years in the us senate representing minnesota and four years as Lyndon Johnsons Vice President , but is largely remembered for losing to Richard Nixon the 1968 president ial campaign. Again, to George Mcgovern for the democratic president ial nominee. In 1972, humphrey disparaged for having dutifully supported johnsons conduct of the vi