E chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. October 2, 2020. I hereby apoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The nation awakens to the news of the president having contracted the coronavirus. Countless numbers of other National Leaders and figures are exposed and there is now a heightened vigilance surrounding the plague. All along we have been aware of the danger of infection and have been beseeching your protection and healing. Hear us again now as we place our trust in you. Comfort and send your spirit of healing to those who suffer from illness. And those who mourn those who have died. Bless those who care for the sick and inspire those who seek tre
Chad williams is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era. Next, he talks about the postwar activism of the soldiers, explaining how after fighting with the idea of democracy abroad, many return to join movements to secure more rights and better social standing for African American here at home. National world War One Museum, in kansas missouri of 2019. Now id like to introduce our first speaker for this morning. Doctor chad williams, he is a agus this professor and history at african and African American studies at brandon university. He specializes in African American and modern United States history, world war i and African American intellectual history. He is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era, which received the 2011 liberty, legacy, Foundation Awards from the organization of american historian and the 2011 distinguish book of war society of military history. He is also a part o
Go pay for a reason. To be out of montera is going to be trillions of dollars to come up with the payment for people who need it and they couldnt come up with the same amount of money to restore africanamericans in this country. And protesters are blasted with little to count and. Boils over at the government and they go. On the alleged corruption of the Prime Minister. When a woman welcome from everyone here at all h. Q. In the russian capital lets take a look at whats been going on around the world and but lets head straight stateside because a Police Building in the city of portland has been torched as protests against Police Brutality and racial inequality continue to rage Donald Trumps accused. Of failing to contain the rest bach hes also being slammed by them for sending in troops more ive got to have has been looking at the Bigger Picture surrounding the recent escalation. For 15 nights protests and riots have raged in the city of portland what began as a stand against racism is
They will be on our website has more detailed biographies of all the speakers. To moderate our panel on Civil Liberties with covid19 long time president of eeo on aei no longer focus on these and other policy issues. Will come one and all we will examine the Civil Liberties issues raised by Government Actions with the coronavirus pandemic and a longtime chairman of the american Civil Liberties union and the university of virginia specializes in property Public Financing constitutional law and finally university of virginia schoolnc of law with that constitutional law. For the information about each is available at the conference website and concluding and to have individual presentations a general Panel Discussion and questions on attendees when those will arise and to set the stage briefly and to be a math suppression of everyday Civil Liberties going on beyond anything in history. Was most of the other three democracies with the district of columbia in puerto rico issuing lockdown or
About the 75yearold who was shoved by buffalo police, still hospitalized. His friends speak out to gma as republicans struggle to defend the president. Governor cuomo slams the comments. You think the blood coming out of his head was staged . Is that what youre saying . This morning representative alexandria ocasiocortez who supports defunding the police joins us live. Election chaos in georgia. Investigations now under way after a primary day rife with problems fueled by coronavirus, and the concerns now about the november election. An abc news exclusive. Dr. Anthony fauci calling the coronavirus pandemic his Worst Nightmare. The big concerns about the virus spreading at those crowded nationwide protests. Cases in the u. S. Reaching nearly 2 million with infections still climbing in 20 states. Dr. Fauci joins us live this morning only on gma. Major break in the case of those missing idaho siblings. Their stepfather arrested. Idaho authorities and the fbi search his property, saying th