Regarding a democratic motion to begin work on a bill dropping the Justice Department from supporting lawsuits to strike the Affordable Care act. Live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate on cspan 2. Eternal god, our heavenly father, we cry to you, but sometimes you seem so far away. In our despair you sometimes seem distant, and we are tempted to surmise that we are all alone. When we shout, we seem to hear the echoes of our anguish. Nonetheless, we know that you are holy, mighty, and good. We have trusted you too long to let go. Empower our senators for these challenging times. Remove from their minds all bitterness and contempt for one another. Keep their hearts clean, their spirits courageous, and their minds clear, as they face these daunting times. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation unde
Is hes a military historian. Hes an expert in military history. He is published at least four books on anything from weaponry, weaponry from the civil war, revolutionary war, he collects a host of artifact which is he has brought and will share with us today. Hes a ph. D. He earned his doctorate from Texas Christian University what year was that . It was a while ago. But hes an expert. If you get an opportunity to take a class with him, take a class. Were going to continue to discuss the civil war. We get to look at the aspect of weaponry and its impact on the war. Without further adieu, i will hand the class over to d dr. Kinard. Thank you, doctor. The theme for todays lecture is going to be about technology of warfare. A lot of our classes we deal with the politics of warfare and the historical record of warfare, but a lot of it comes down to the individual in the war field. One thing that i found fascinating in research was looking at the early 19th century, in other words, from the
The postmaster generals reassurances this morning. Its the abc news exclusive, the Joe Biden Kamala harris sitdown interview. What theyre saying about trumps attacks, the election, and covid19. You cannot get the country moving until we control the virus. Would joe biden be prepared to shut down the country again . School struggles to open and stay open during the pandemic. The startling scenes in alabama, crowds attending football gamese postponements. [ crowd chanting ] and the plea from a student paper, dont make us write obituaries. And scorched earth. Deadly California Wildfires killing at least six people and destroying 500 homes and structures and killing at least six people. Resources stretched thin. The residents taking matters into their own hands. Hey, good morning and happy saturday. So in washington today members of the u. S. House of representatives are working on a saturday. Thats normal for us here on weekend gma but its rare for them. They are set to vote on providing
Some good news for tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a few degrees cooler than today au gres. But it will still be hot. Hot enough we are looking at the excessive heat warnings and advisories. Two colors on the map. The pink is the excessive heat. The difference is important. That only applies over here, pleasanton, san jose this is where the heat is more serious. This is 108. We talk about extremes. The excessive heat use a significant rest of heat related illnesses of you are not in the air conditioning and hydrating. This is the heat advisory in the day. This is in effect until 9 00 tonight. The National Weather service will probably extend this. This is about 1 degree of importance below a heap morning. It is still you have to read the fine print, theres still a risk of illness. This goes well into next week. I will show you that coming up in a bit. Look what else is on the weather map. A lot of lightning. That ties into a red flag warning for us. Coming up, we will put that red flag warn
Muskets, carbines and revolvers and advances that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy. All right guys, how are you all doing today . Welcome to class. Today, as i talked about a little bit earlier this week, we have a special lecture here. Doctor jeff kinard. You may have a class with him. He is the chair of our history and Political Science program here at Guilford Technical Community college. Which may not know about doctor kinard is that he is a military historian, an expert in military history. He has published at least four books on anything from weaponry, weaponry from the civil war, revolutionary war. He collects a host of artifacts which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a ph. D. And earned his doctorate from Texas Christian University in fort worth texas. What year was that . It was a while ago but he is an expert. So if you get an opportunity to take a class within, take the class. We will continue to discuss the civil war. Thankfully for d