virginia, for many years, you had to have a reason to vote absentee and i live in virginia and one of the reasons in our work teen hours to vote and that's 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. and one of the reasons was and you are in virginia as well noted in lynchburg that you would be gone for work for 11 hours so from door to door 11 hours and if that wasn't the case for as many people and of course even on the holiday many people have to work. police officers, firefighters, healthcare and there are people who have to work but an awful lot of them, most, would be off if it were a holiday so i agree with you in terms of accessibility and i also think one of the areas that there is a level of disagreement across the board and there is nothing partisan about it is should we have no excuse early voting? it really means that we have many election days should we have one election day where campaigns sort of workup to or should we have one week or 17 days like they have in georgia and we had a caller from new jersey that they just started early voting and the added nine days of early voting so geor

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that the capitol should be in virginia nearest home. so hamilton gave up that the capital would be there. he gave up something that was already done. so he plays jefferson and madison. ultimately jefferson wants a simple federal bricktown of only a few acres. so hamilton agrees that they could have a design contest jefferson could share the committee that picks the winning design. appears that jefferson submits his own design anonymously for a little brick town and then picks it. what jefferson didn't know was even though he said here's the design when it went to washington washington said nope. we're going to pick my romanesque capital. so there you go the residence act of 1790 solidified or codified the straight compromise. the capital would be in virginia, but ten years later in the mean while in the interim. it would be in philadelphia while they have build city that would eventually be named for george washington and that's the residence act of 1790 the votes on a lot of these difficult measures fail and here you see george washing

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we'll be just fine in west virginia. neil: a lot of your bold prom proclamations have come to pass, governor, so i doubt -- don't doubt you. thank you, governor, as always. as the governor was wrapping up this, do want to bring your attention to the fact that the stock market is closed for good friday. it's ap anomaly because some markets are closed on friday, others close entirely on easter monday, as they like to call it, so it's going to be a tough time to pounce on the good news to see how you can play off of that. some people reflect the sentiment in bond market trading today although that is limited. rates are backing up a tad. the markets on the week had a strong week and a strong start to the second quarter after four quarters in a row of growth. keep in mind, during those four quarters the market increased by 50%. we have not seen that kind of a four-quarter stretch since 1936. i remember it well. [laughter] not personally, but i do remember it historically. we'll have more after this. before voltaren arthritis

the second problem, there's a enpowerful senator i think from west virginia who was adamantly opposed had a lot in terms of thee system of the system. they were voted down and when they finally came up with the idea of dedicated taxes and highway trust fund with the ability to send out more money to the state where the cost of building were higher and so forth, that proved to be the secret sauce that got it done plus the problems in the last minute and six months, recruiting urban mayors who got the prospect, we can get all this highway capacity at 5%, only 5% and they pay 95%. cut us in. that switched a lot of urban senators and representatives to support the gas tax program so the provision was if you build an interstate using the 95% federal funding, you shall not put tolls on it ever and that is still the law today apart from what's been carved out in the last 20 years. >> maybe the next tech question will go to randall. i think bob mentioned removing transit from highway funds, currently highway trust fund, money mainly from gasoline tax, split between highways and mass transit s

there was a powerful senator from west virginia who was adamantly opposed to tolls. he had a lot of clout in terms of the system of politics. early in first-rate -- early interstate plans were voted down in congress. when they came up with the highway trust fund and the gas tax and the ability to send out more money to the states where the costs of building were higher, that proved to be the secret sauce that got the deal done. the promise in the last minute come in the last six months recruiting urban mayors who got the prospect of we can get all this highway capacity at 5% -- we only have to come up with 5%, and the feds will pay 95%. cut us in. that urged a lot of urban senators and representatives to vote for the gas tax program. the provision was that if you build an interstate utilizing the 95% federal funding, you shall not put tolls on it ever. that is still the law apart from a few exceptions congress has carved out. chris: maybe the next question will go to randall. bob mentioned he would favor removing transit from the highway trust fund. the highway trust

let's take a look at the new virginia proposal. the plan seeks to drastically reduce the need for acceleration and support students being in a more heterogeneous classroom. in practice this means more students statewide are going to study math at the same level regardless of their ability and skills. parents of those students say the new policies are simply a race to the academic bottom. take a listen. >> this whole phenomenon called critical race theory is so anti-american and so racist. what it's doing is targeting white kids, asian kids. critics say that activism like this simply has no place in american schools. listen. >> what we are seeing is a total and complete failure of the education system to put children toward academic success so they are shifting the blame by injecting politics into the classroom. >> virginia's education department is pushing back. they tell fox news the changes will help more students achieve more success in math overall. they are also clarifying that some ap, advanced placement courses, subject like

scott of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 303, the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, and the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: madam speaker, i yield myself one minute. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: madam speaker, these amendments will require the eeoc to provide for the collection of annual compensation data from employees, disaggregated by race, sex, and national origin. the latter requirement that employees -- employers post notice and distribute information electronically informing employees of their right to -- rights under the act. direct the department of labor to establish a program to award employers to engage in training and conduct self-aah dids to reduce biased pay tracktieses, direct the secretary of labor to conduct a study and research literature review on gender pay gap in the teenage work force and re-establish the task force set up

and put down the opposition in virginia, meaning the republicans in virginia. maybe we'll invades south america. we'll take over the whole western hemisphere, grandiose plans, especially once he is no longer kind of under washington's watchful eye. his plans just get more extravagant and more alarming. he is -- the republicans always thought of hamilton as wanting to be a modern day caesar and wanted to prove. the right. >> your book shows that when they were a all working together and under each other's influence that things were moderated and when they each kind of split off and started their own actions and moving forward that they're less than ideal angels, the ones giving them their evidence to move forward, go in this direction or that direction. >> sure. once washington is no longer there to kind of manage the helm and keep everybody in line, things starts going off the reals pretty quickly. >> one thing that is interesting but the 1800 election thats a adams did not win. you have guff the context. elections were at the state legislature level. jefferson

other states like west virginia tried to do the same thing, they tried to pay people to live there, that did not work. in a state like texas, they did spend a lot of money on a complete count campaign. they used some covid stimulus money in the last part of the last year. texas and florida both lost out on what we thought was going to be an extra seat. texas got two, we thought they would get three. florida got one, we thought they would get two. it is not clear to me yet that this would've made a difference. texas was about 200,000 people away. host: our question for our viewers this morning's did you move to a new state in the last 10 years? you write in your piece another quote from your story, we continue to see movement to the sunbelt but not quite as dramatically in the past. the great recession held it up a little bit in the giving of the decade. people are leaving coastal costly places, i think california is a piece of that. that is from william fray. what did you find, what did he find in these numbers? guest: one of the things that really stood out to me with these population n

in west virginia, the governor today offering a $100 savings bond to 16 to 35-year-olds willing to get a vaccine. >> i'm telling you, it's time, west virginia, to shut this thing down. >> eva, back to this updated guidance on masks to come. anymore on what we were likely to hear? >> reporter: david, people are hoping to see a breakdown, a road map that breaks down those really big questions as far as masking, especially as it pertains to vaccination status and how far do we need to social distance outside without masks on. david? >> all right, we'll be watching torp. eva pilgrim, thank you. >>> and we continue to report here on the horrific scene unfolding across india. and tonight, this number. more than 350,000 new cases of the virus reported in just the last 24 hours. that's a global record. hospitals overcrowded, reports of patients dying outside waiting. and you will hear from a doctor tonight pleading now for oxygen. here's our foreign correspondent james longman now. >> reporter: tonight, an entire nation struggling to breathe. india at the global epicentre of the pandemic, more

>> martha: we want to dig deeper on this story that we're covering about virginia. they're moving to eliminate advanced math classes. everyone will get the same math course no matter if you're great at math or not so great at math until 11th grade. gives you two years to do anything advanced. it's part of the effort to build equity and acknowledge the unjust system of mathematics education and legacy in segregation. joining me now is shelly, mother of three kids. good to have you back. did you know this was coming? what is your reaction? what is the impact on the students in your neighborhood, in your district? >> yeah, i've been seeing this on the news and following along on social media. it's just -- some of these things going on in our county are making my blood boil. i see that they're dropping class rank, they are trying to get rid of advanced study diplomas and now this math issue has come along. i don't think it's fair. kids learn at different levels. they need to offer different classes to kids. >> martha: as i pointed out in the introduction, it's about equ

stuart: didn't know he was from west virginia but he's got action, okay? we like that. >> and with the passes as well to ziplinend white water raft that's $20,000 on top of the 12 grand as well, so $20,000 total package. stuart: brad smith should have got into that meanwhile we've got elon musk on the screen. >> he's got 20 grand. stuart: that's because spacex just won a $3 billion contract with nasa. >> so he's only a moon lander and that's take astronauts from lunar orbit from the surface of the moon, spacex already developing that giant rocket star ship to take people to mars one day, pretty soon according to elon musk. now first though, the star ship that giant rocket star ship will drop people off at the moon as well, why not it's on the way right? it's like hitchhiking across space. stuart: it's just very exciting. >> it is. stuart: to see this genius and he is, the man is a genius. look what he's done and now he's building a moon lander, and he's saying you go to mars soon? >> yeah. within this decade but also bragging rights for elon musk because t

west virginia. they assume certain things about you and assume you have limitations, that you're going to be a certain way and your style is going to be a certain way because that is what people do there. that is not the way it is. people here are like everywhere, their teas are wide, the like a lot of kinds of music. ♪ >> but i think it is going to take a lot of time to reverse some stereotypes that people have. it's going to be a long time before people see west virginia like vermont even though they have a lot of similarities. host: what are the stereotypes? what did you learn and what surprised you? guest: that was the wonderful larry gross who runs an npr music program and has for many decades now. one of our friends and guides i think the point he was making was not just about west virginia but also as you heard about mississippi, california, the dakotas, etc. is that people -- cosmopolitan people, people in big cities often have simple fine views of how things are and places they have not b

one officer has been fired and virginia governor ralph northam said he is directing virginia state police to conduct an investigation. maryland enacted major police reforms saturday, becoming the first state to repeal the police bill of rights and establishing new standards for use of force and how police are investigated and disciplined. majority democratic lawmakers overrode vetoes by republican governor larry hogan to pass the new measures, which also require officers to use body cameras, restrict no-knock warrants, and allow for public involvement in matters of police discipline and misconduct. in labor news, the months-long campaign to create the first-ever union at a u.s. amazon warehouse ended with the majority of workers voting no. 738 workers at amazon's bessemer, alabama, warehouse voted unionize, while more than twice that number against. but the battle is not over. the retail, wholesale and department store union that led the drive says amazon illegally interfered in the vote, and it plans to file unfair labor practice charges with the national labor relations board. activists

the conference was co-hosted by the virginia museum of history and culture and preservation, virginia. it's now my great pleasure to introduce chief emeritus kenneth adams. as was mentioned earlier today chief adam serves on preservation virginia's board of trustees, and it was at his urging that the symposium came to be. chief adams served as a strong advocate for the wrecking of the federal recognition of the upper mattapani. and in the lead up to 2007 chief adams actively participated in the jamestown 2007 steering committee and the activities associated with the commemoration and i can say that we spend a lot of time together at various events around the state his leadership and persistence ensured that the commemorative events reflected the perspective of the indigenous people their culture and their governance long before the ships arrived at jamestown as steve pointed out. he brought the lack of a permanent memorial on the virginia capital grounds as did other tribal leaders to the attention of governor cain and delegate peace resulting in the formation of the virginia indian c

and president biden will visit virginia on monday, to continue promoting his plan. anne-marie? >> elise preston in new york, thank you so much. >>> so breaking overnight, there was a deadly stampede in northern israel. it was one of the country's worst civilian disasters. at least 44 people were killed and 150 injured. this terrifying scene played out today during a mass religious festival. it's estimated at least 100,000 people gathered for the event. witnesses say the stampede began when large numbers of people crowded a narrow tunnel-like passage. some people were asphyxiated or trampled. police are investigating. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a great tragedy. he said everyone was praying for the victims. >>> and now to the coronavirus pandemic, india is struggling to contain its devastating surge in new covid infections. overall, more than 208,000 fatalities from the virus have been reported there. that includes nearly 3500 deaths yesterday alone. emergency equipment arrived in the country today. ian lee reports. >> reporter: these american medical supplie

the virginia statute is and martin marty's words a hinge between the ages. i think sometimes we're when we're on this side of the change that the founders accomplished. it's hard to realize it because they have become so much a part of our lives. well madison made many decisions, but perhaps the wisest was to marry dolly payne todd. he was out walking on a spring day in 1794. when he caught side of her and was instantly smitten. this happened regularly to man who saw dolly. she was nearly five eight of shapely figure. she had black hair blue eyes and a startlingly a pale complexion which she had learned to shield the virginia sun. she came from a quaker family, which had not for her been a good fit. she was inclined for the gayities of the world one quaker woman wrote and this is my favorite story a quaker matron recall that during an effort to convince dolly of the seriousness of life. the young girl first smiled and then afterward fell fast asleep. the 26 year old dolly was recently widowed. her husband john had died in a yellow fever epidemic the year bef

the evolution of the governorship of virginia has had several periods. when we look at it from the independence, from 1776, when our first constitution as being governors could be elected for one-year terms to which they were eligible for two subsequent elections. and some people call it a term of three years if they're reelected. we choose to look at it as three elected terms because there's the possibility he would not have been in years two and three. so he did have those three initial ones and then he had been elected to a fourth which presumably could have set up a fifth and a six had he stayed, except he went and joined the madison administration. patrick henry just beat him out. patrick henry, i believe, ended up having five terms. i showed an image in that when i referred to it of the governor's mansion in richmond which monroe never got to stay in. he signed the legislation that had it built, but he didn't stay in the governor's position long enough to actually enjoy the new house that he authorized. sir? >> can you say a few words about the rel

the commonwealth of virginia had his remains taken and brought to virginia. elijah his daughter is actually buried in paris. when they created the two, the birch birdcage it's a familiar landmark if you will if you have or been there. this is an 1865. that's a photograph, scene there and for the first time since its creation, the tomb has been restored. and has been going through an extensive process, of refurbishment in which almost Ñ iron has been replaced. and i'm hopeful, that it will be ready in time for monroe's birthday observance coming up this april. because he desperately needed work to save this treasure. over the years, james munroe has been memorialized in many ways. from commemorative coins, postage stamps, a crackerjack price, in the upper right. symbols of education, and of military might. he ranks near the top in the number of places named for u.s. presidents. and as we observed, is the only american from a foreign capital. in 1927, monroe's great granddaughter, rose -- and her son, saved a billion safety billy building for demolition and ch

they taught in alexandria virginia. a another school in south carolina during the war. harriet tubman photographed. basically this is her way of getting people to move north and this is a young photograph as she imagines her life in the studio. one of the most important battles of the war of 54 he wrote letters and diary entries and was newly married to a young wife. i see some of the phrases in these experiences. these are some of the black soldiers that are part of the 54 in the album collection and the range of images. photograph of charles douglas, the son of frederick douglass when he entered the war and a photograph of his other son when he entered the war. we begin to see we need to read the sense of masculinity, the purpose, the purposeful poses and this is the first time we can see the love with a mother writing and explaining the story. then we see love through the relationship of lewis douglas and his fiancÉe, amelia. she writes to him and he writes to her i've been in two fights and i'm about to go to another. he says if i survive i will write you a long le

virginia made a big mistake. feel like they should be trying to get more action, kids with more individualized learning. i'm one that thinks we should be given a choice to choose our schools. a lot of people are frustrated enough with virginia public schools. we want a voucher to choose something different for our kids. >> martha: that's the big question. are you going to make a different choice for meredith or your younger kids? what are you going to do? >> i don't think we can afford to pull our kids out of the public schools. it's tempting. people are making big sacrifices. i think we're going to stick with our public schools for now. i try to be noisy about what we want. we want challenging and a focus on academics, not politics. >> martha: this is probably not the conversation in china. we're 17th or 38th in math and science against developed nations. other countries are working to push their kids to accelerate more quickly. not to pull people back. >> exactly. exactly. this whole idea of trying to find a on

he joins us live from west virginia. patrick, good morning to you. >> hey, good morning, it's good to be with you to talk about this very important issue. steve: it is important. and, for the most part, you know, you have got this 500 page bill or whatever it was there on one page was a little gem. just a little ied essentially that said that state like yours, you can't cut taxes if we give you a bunch of dough. this is one of the amazing provisions you will ever see come out of congress. it's not only that they are seeing that you can't directly use covid money for tax cuts. they are going much further. they are saying that to the extent that your state revenue is lowered or that there is indirect effect that you could be subject to a claw back from the federal government and when you are talking about a state like west virginia that last about 1.25 billion-dollar at stake, that has a very significant chilling effect. we think this is clearly are we are here and going to make our arguments. this is so critical for us to

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. allred, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. allred will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. and as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 1. as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 216. the nays are 207. the amendments en bloc are adopte

given virginia's proximity to d.c. and so much federal government taking place in virginia, i'm wondering what you think about this contradiction between federal law and state law when it comes ss to marijua legalization but currently it's a schedule i as far as marijuana and heroin. what's your take on that, and, governor, should that classification be changed? >> absolutely it should be. but virginia will be the 16th state to legalize recreational use of marijuana. as a physician, this is something we started working on two years ago by expanding the medicinal use of marijuana. last year we decriminalized marijuana. we did two very thorough studies over the last year, and we know the time is right and we want to do it right, and we can, so we'll be the 16th state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. it's an equity issue for virginia among other things. we know that blacks and whites use marijuana at the same rate, but blacks are three to times more likely to be arrested and convicted. so this is wrong, and

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took part of virginia. i hope the senate will take up this bill when we pass it and consider the question of d.c. statehood on its merits not on politics. maybe that's too much to ask. not on partisan -- this is not a partisan math problem or electoral prediction, which as we have seen may or may not come to pass. but on the merits alone. on the conviction that taxation without representation is not fair now as it was not fair in 1776. the people of this city, our nation's capital, deserve full and equal representation in congress. . mr. speaker, i hope this bill will pass with bipartisan support. it's going to pass, but i hope we have some bipartisan support. based upon the principle that every citizen in our country ought to enjoy the same representation of the congress of the united states as every other citizen. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. spe

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virginia has executed more prisoners than any other state. how did such a remarkable reversal come about? >> well, we've been moving in these directions for criminal justice reform that really accelerated after the murder of george floyd. this is one more of those reform measures. it is something that we needed to do in order to make sure that our criminal justice system is more fair. it's long overdue. >> mark herring, thank you very much for coming on the show. >> thank you for having me. >>> as florida congressman matt gaetz's week went from bad to worse, you couldn't help notice there wasn't a long line of colleagues rushing to his defense. up next i'll speak to charlie dent and ron brownstein. it's all included with 2 lines for only $70 bucks! only at t-mobile. overspending on a retinol cream? just one jar of olay retinol24 hydrates better than the $100 retinol cream. for smooth, bright skin or your money back. olay. face anything. and try new retinol24 max. [drum beat and keyboard typing] ♪ ♪ ♪ [keyboard typing] ♪ [trumpet] [key

host: in west virginia coming independent. what is info structure like in west virginia? what do you need? caller: it is simple. infrastructure is electrical grids, water, fresh water, wastewater, roads, bridges, broadband. it does not have to deal with transsexual studies or social justice. the other point being, the other guests made a point about hydrogen powered vehicles. how do you manufacture hydrogen? it takes massive quantities of electricity to do that. what form of electricity are you going to use to manufacture hydrogen? got nuclear, coal. host: i don't want to go too far down that road. what about his first comment? guest: i think there is support for a very broad definition of what infrastructure includes. i think you saw that with the senate gop proposal. maybe other people have not talked about traditionally -- when the federal government starts to talk about investment in infrastructure, there is bipartisan support for investing in broadband infrastructure. every community has access to broadband so that we would be able to connect with the internet and be

it's now in west virginia, but it was in virginia at that time. so and my fourth grade grandfather actually fought in the american revolution. because of him, my doctor are members of the sons of the american revolution. go figure. [ applause ] not exactly a predominantly black organization, you know what i'm talking about? so hold this in mind, west virginia becomes a state and joins the union in the middle of the civil war. it becomes a state june 20th, 1863. my -- and they had -- my free negro ancestors had cousins in winchester, virginia. those cousins who had been enslaved got the right to vote three years before my free ancestors get the right to vote because in the north, black men could only vote in the five new england states and in the state of new york, if you satisfied a $250 property requirement. isn't that amazing? that is so shocking, but it is true. and even when west virginia became a state, they refused to give black men in west virginia -- there ain't that many black people in west virginia today. we're only talking about a hand

took part of virginia. i hope the senate will take up this bill when we pass it and consider the question of d.c. statehood on its merits not on politics. maybe that's too much to ask. not on partisan -- this is not a partisan math problem or electoral prediction, which as we have seen may or may not come to pass. but on the merits alone. on the conviction that taxation without representation is not fair now as it was not fair in 1776. the people of this city, our nation's capital, deserve full and equal representation in congress. . mr. speaker, i hope this bill will pass with bipartisan support. it's going to pass, but i hope we have some bipartisan support. based upon the principle that every citizen in our country ought to enjoy the same representation of the congress of the united states as every other citizen. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. spe

he got a fully automatic weapon in virginia he brought back to dc. and this is just over the river. so those gun laws clearly don't work that is absurd. because if they didn't work including universal background check than the people in new york would not drive to georgia to stock up on guns where the laws are weaker and drive back. nobody wants to drive for any reason but they have to do that to get guns at cheaper prices are through the gun shows that they still for many times at a higher price in chicago or new york. and then to make this happens at the federal level. >> my understanding by and large there is public support for most of these efforts doesn't infringe on firearm ownership but rather allowing us to coexist with 400 billion firearms in circulation. is there a world in which we can coexist safely? is this a useless task? is there hope? >> we are not without dramatic change going from 4,302,220 by 2025 that wouldn't happen because we do have the 400 million plus guns but we could go from 43000 maybe 30 or 28 or 25. isn't that worth it? talking about 20000 lives. it doe

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monument at the circle in virginia february 5th, 2021 in term of reclaiming monument so here we have the importance of this image in the contemporary moment. and these are two artist who are projecting images from black lives matter experience, to also through the history of civil war. and this is the image, that i found with the help of a curator of fine art we see sergeant nimrod burks born in 1986 died in 1914 described as the veteran of the american civil war. his great, great, great grandsons able to identify the image where he was born with the image here of him without the casing. also that the research found that his gravestone, his tombstone is also in ohio. and it says this is a story of my great, great grandfather, nimrod burke so the story it becomes why this image is really important i was able to identify it. you know, after the book was published but the experience that this experience is still alive, and this experience is important that we know four years of the civil war about people who are still having a conversation about this experience. this is a portrait, and

has come up with another plan to get more young people vaccinated pay them in west virginia anyone between the age of 16 and 35 who gets the jab will now receive a 100 dollars savings bond and it's retroactive here's the state governor take a listen i'm speaking to the kids and i don't really and truly i do say it but if you're under 35 years of age to maybe you're still a kid in many ways think about the downside of the vaccination it's next to nothing and we got ahead of you and i want to place in your hand a certificate a certificate that is a savings bond that is your part of stepping up a certificate that basically is telling you how much you mean to west virginia how much you mean to your grandparents and your parents and all those that you're intermingling with and transmitting something that you may not even know you got so please step up right now step up step up that's the west virginia governor there i'm joined now by harold smith he's an assistant professor of medical ethics and health policy at the university of pennsylvania he joins me tonight from new york city it's good to

for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on h.r. 172. as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on h.r. 172. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: as the member designated by the honorable mr. richard neal of massachusetts pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that, mr. neal will vote yes on adoption of house resolution 172, the united states anti-doping agency re-authorization act of 2021. mr. speaker, as the member designated by the honorable ms. lori trahan of massachusetts, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. trahan will vote yes on house resolution 172, the united states anti-doping agency re-authorization act of 2021. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia

of virginia starting around fredericksburg. they pushed down to petersburg to me in the spring and summer of 1864 and this is a very bloody period of the war this is known as the overland campaign the union army loses. i think some 50 to 60,000 men during about a period of a month. i mean these casualties statistics are almost unfathomable for us today. now in in the past when a battle had happened, usually there would have been a break in the fighting and then maybe a month or two later they would fight again, but what grant does is he keeps pushing forward and forward and forward fighting a battle losing fighting again the next day. now ultimately grant gets stuck at petersburg and he lays siege to lee's army. and with all of these casualties and with all of this death the northern public begins to become very weary. and lincoln starts to wonder. if maybe he won't be reelected. because if the union can't win victories if the union can't capture richmond or can't capture atlanta. then people are going to think what are we figh

lynchburg, virginia, looks nice. parents across the country pushing back against critical race theory that is being taught to young children. one of those parents is the co-president of an education advocacy group in new york city. let's start with this. what is your problem with critical race theory? >> critical race theory is a huge problem we are seeing in education and private schools, drastic upheaval to admit schools in new york state as well as places around the country, because student body of these schools are not representative of local population, blunt and racist way of looking at the problem. stuart: are we looking at children in terms of the color of their skin rather than their educational ability, skin color is the main problem here? >> it is absolutely skin, by race, gender, sexual identification and these are not things we should be looking at. we need to treat kids as individuals, celebrate and challenge students who will become the leaders in our global economy. our education in the united states

>> we spent years together in virginia. back in the day in the 1970's when the confrontational atmosphere in philadelphia was extreme for move, members of the organization, john africa said the children to a place in virginia to get away from this confrontational atmosphere. tree and alisha and many other children were sent there. en i was born in -- after i was born, my grandmother took me to virginia, two, to be away from the crime and violence. we were there together for years. when the in virginia was raided and we re taken from all of us were put in an abusive orphanage for 11 days with our home being combed out of our scouts, some of us being pushed down the steps. very, very abusive. we were rescued from that situation and brought back to lindell via where we were reunited with other members of the organization -- we were brought back to where we were reunited with other members of the organization. we bounced around from house to house. all of us were, i guess, unconventional work ends. we were altogether because al

an exception was his consideration of the west virginia statehood bill. past a few days after his meeting with the caucus committee. the president asked and security approval and writing of his cabinet members to the bill, which he then signed. he continued, however and irregular practice of depending on individual members of the cabinet and old party hats as it was characterized. later in the war only three of us -- the others were absent as usual without cost, and the course pursued sustains in this neglect. stewart said every day when there is a cabinet meeting on cabinet days, statin does not go to the president, the president goes to him. the president who is now treasure secretary -- because there are no cabinet consultations and stays away according to wells. stewart never forgot presidents support of him in the cabinet crisis of 1862 -- the secretary of state's faithful service to him or -- returning from the grants army on april 9th 1865, lincoln rests at the bedside of